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MICHAEL KISKE's SUPARED Call It Quits

According to the Michael Kiske (ex-HELLOWEEN) fan site MichaelKiske.tk, Michael's most recent project, SUPARED, has officially called it a day. SUPARED guitarist Sandro Giampietro has reportedly said about the group: "SUPARED does not exist anymore. But Michael and me will go on working together in...

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AFTER ALL Complete Work On New Album

On May 14, Begium's AFTER ALL completed the recording of the their fifth full-length album, "The Vermin Breed". The CD is set for release this fall. Like its predecessor, "Mercury Rising", "The Vermin Breed" was recorded and mixed by veteran producer Harris Johns at his Spiderhouse Studio in Berlin,...

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Organizers: Spain's METAL MANIA FESTIVAL To Last Only One Day

Due to problems experienced in trying to secure a suitable site for the second edition of Spain's Metal Mania Festival, the event's organizers have announced that this year's gathering will take place in the city of Valencia and will last only one day (June 25) — not three days as initially expected...

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HIBRIA: Debut Album Mixed By IRON SAVIOR's PIET SIELCK

Brazilian heavy metallers HIBRIA have finished mixing and mastering their debut album, "Defying the Rules", with Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR) at a studio in Germany. A release date for the CD has yet to be announced. Based out of Porto Alegre, HIBRIA play traditional metal in the vein of HELLOWEEN and...

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WISDOM: Hungarian Traditional Metallers Make Video Available For Download

Hungarian "traditional" metallers WISDOM have completed work on their debut album, tentatively due later in the year through an as-yet-undetermined label. A video for the track "Strain of Madness", filmed over a month ago in Budapest, can be downloaded from the group's official web site. Drawing inf...

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IN FLAMES, FEAR FACTORY, HELLOWEEN Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

IN FLAMES, FEAR FACTORY, HELLOWEEN and ROSE TATOO are among the bands confirmed for Earthshaker Fest 2004, a two-day open-air event set to take place July 23-24 in Geiselwind, Germany. The complete list of artists current scheduled to perform at Earthshaker Fest 2004 is as follows: IN FLAMES FEAR FA...

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BESEECH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock festival, set to be held June 10-12 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to appear at the festival is as follows: The complete list of bands currently scheduled to a...

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SWEDEN ROCK Festival: SKID ROW Out, Y&T In

SKID ROW have cancelled their previously announced appearance at this year's Sweden Rock festival and have been replaced on the bill by Y&T. SKID ROW's decision to pull out of the festival is being blamed on "the fact that [SKID ROW guitarist] Snake decided to bring his wife to be to the altar a...

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SWEDEN ROCK Festival Nearing Sell-Out

Last year, Sweden Rock festival sold out all the 15,000 two-day tickets two days before the first band took the stage. That was actually the first time ever the festival was sold out. This year the tickets will sell out much earlier. As of today, more than 13,000 of the 16,000 three-day tickets have...

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RAGE: DVD Details Revealed

RAGE bassist/vocalist Peavy Wagner and guitarist Victor Smolski are currently at the Blind Guardian Studio in Germany with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (HELLOWEEN, MOTORHEAD, SAXON, BLIND GUARDIAN) completing work on their upcoming DVD, tentatively titled "From the Cradle to the Stage". The two-disc...

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VINNIE MOORE: Guitar Clinic Photos Posted Online

UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore's official web site is currently hosting a number of new photos from some of Vinnie's recent German guitar clinics. Check them out here. As previously reported, veteran rocker Richie Scarlet (MOUNTAIN, ACE FREHLEY BAND, FREHLEY'S COMET, SEBASTIAN BACH & FRIENDS) will b...

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'Monsters of Metal Vol. 2': The Ultimate Metal DVD Compilation Returns With Second Installment

Nuclear Blast Records Europe has just released "Monsters of Metal Vol. 2" (view cover here),the second installment of what it calls "the ultimate metal DVD compilation," featuring both Nuclear Blast artists and bands signed to other labels. The complete track listing for the two-disc set is as foll...

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TWISTED SISTER, CRADLE OF FILTH Confirmed For Spain's METAL MANIA FESTIVAL

TWISTED SISTER and CRADLE OF FILTH are the latest acts confirmed to appear at the second edition of the Metal Mania Festival, a three-day event set to take place June 25-27 in Villarobledo (Albacete),Spain. The complete list of bands currently scheduled to perform at the festival is as follows: TWI...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2004: Trailer Available For Download

The official web site of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival has uploaded a video trailer for this year's event. Download it at this location (Windows Media). This year's Wacken Open Air festival is set to take place August 5-8, 2004 in Wacken, Germany and will include appearances by the following ac...

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Ex-HELLOWEEN Singer MICHAEL KISKE Shopping Around For New Record Deal

Former HELLOWEEN frontman Michael Kiske has recorded 10 new songs and is currently shopping around for a record deal. In other news, more information has surfaced regarding Kiske's guest appearance on the debut album from the Brazilian band THALION. Michael will record lead vocals for the orchestra...