Search results for 'kai hansen'

News

ALL THAT REMAINS Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Massachusetts' ALL THAT REMAINS has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 ALL THAT REMAINS AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY B...

News

Reunited POWERMAD Working On New CD

Reactivated Minneapolis, MN metallers POWERMAD have been confirmed to appear at the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 22-23, 2007 in Balingen, Germany. A new studio album is currently being recorded for a summer release. POWERMAD 2007 is: Joel DuBay - Guitar/Vocals Todd Haug - Guita...

News

SOULFALLEN Signs With OFF RECORDS

Jyväskylä, Finland-based metallers SOULFALLEN have inked a deal with Off Records. The group will enter the studio this spring to begin recording its debut album for a late August release. SOULFALLEN's last release was a three-song demo, "Death of the Tyrant", which came out last year. SOULFALLEN is:...

News

YYRKOON Frontman 'Reconsidering' His Position In Band

French thrash/death metallers YYRKOON appear to be on the verge of breaking up after guitarist/vocalist Stephane Souteyrand "lost his motivation" for the group. In a statement released today (Wednesday, February 21),Souteyrand writes, "Since [we came] back from European tour with NILE, I have to ad...

News

NIGHTRAGE: 'Scathing' Video Posted Online

Swedish/Greek death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has posted its video for the track "Scathing" at YouTube.com. The clip was shot last month in Athens, Greece. The track comes off the group's third album, "A New Disease Is Born", due in North America on April 17. The CD was recorded at Hansen studios in Ri...

News

STIKKI FYKK Confirmed For Germany's SWORDBROTHERS V Festival

STIKKI FYKK, the long-running "nasty dirty glam thrash rock" from Germany featuring Dr. Vinnie Stikk (a.k.a. Andreas Preisig, owner of Battle Cry Records),Baron Carloz (a.k.a. Eren Eraslan, former guitar player of STORMRIDER),Sergeant Ryan Vixxen (a.k.a. Mathias Czop, former guitar player for STOR...

News

CHILDREN OF BODOM Named 'Band Of The Year' At FINNISH METAL AWARDS

CHILDREN OF BODOM was honored with the "Band of the Year" award at the Finnish Metal Awards, which were held Friday night (February 16) during the Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. Members of the Finnish metal media pre-selected the candidates and the people cast their vo...

News

HEAVEN AND HELL's APPICE: 'It's Gonna Be Fun Playing These Old Songs Again'

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with Vinny Appice (HEAVEN AND HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine: I thought I'd start off with HEAVEN AND HELL. What's it like being back together after all these years? Vinny:...

News

DESTRUCTION Added To SWORN ENEMY, KATAKLYSM Show In Arizona

Long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION have been added to the SWORN ENEMY / KATAKLYSM / SUICIDE SILENCE concert this coming Friday, February 16 at The Rock in Tucson, Arizona. Says DESTRUCTION's Schmier: "This way the fans in Arizona still have the chance to catch DESTRUCTION live after the show...

News

HEAVEN SHALL BURN: South American Tour Dates Announced

Germany's groundbreaking death metal and hardcore fusionists HEAVEN SHALL BURN have announced the following dates in South America as part of their Libfest tour: Mar. 09 - Asbury Rock - Buenos Aires, Argentina Mar. 10 – Blondie - Santiago, Chile Mar. 11 - Hangar 110 - Sao Paulo, Brazil HEAVEN SHALL...

News

STRANGER TIDES Adds New Members

STRANGER TIDES, the Danish band featuring former ANUBIS GATE vocalist Torben Askholm, has been joined by guitarist Lars Frederiksen from Danish melodic thrashers ANOXIA and drummer Jan Sørensen, previously with the now-defunct Danish cult thrashers RIGID DOMAIN. The group is currently writing new m...

News

'80s Hard Rockers HURRICANE Resurrected; New Album In The Works

'80s hard rockers HURRICANE are reportedly being resurrected by guitarist and founding member Robert Sarzo (brother of former QUIET RIOT bassist Rudy Sarzo). This new version of the group will record a new album and tour throughout the world. The new CD will feature original material along with new...

News

TYPE O NEGATIVE And CELTIC FROST To Team Up For U.S. Tour?

TYPE O NEGATIVE, CELTIC FROST and BRAND NEW SIN will aparently team up for a North American tour beginning late March. So far the following dates have been announced : Mar. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero Apr. 09 - Chicago, IL @ Metro Apr. 11 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club As previously ...

News

NIGHTRAGE Announces New Guitarist

Swedish/Greek death metal outfit NIGHTRAGE has announced the addition of guitarist Constantine to the group's ranks. Constantine hails from Athens, Greece and is said to be "a really talented guitarist" who "is willing to give everything for NIGHTRAGE. For more information on Constantine, visit his...

News

CHAOSWAVE To Embark On European Tour

Italian/Danish power-thrash metal act CHAOSWAVE will embark on their third European tour in support of their debut album, "The White Noise Within". Support on the trek will come from Holland's ANOTHER MESSIAH and Denmark's THE DOWNWARD CANDIDATE (in Denmark only). The dates are as follows: Feb. 23 -...