Search results for 'blind guardian'
News
SYNASTRY Signs With YEAR OF THE SUN RECORDS
Montreal-based death metal quartet SYNASTRY has signed with Year of the Sun Records. The group's debut album, "Blind Eyes Bleed", is scheduled for release on May 13. Commented SYNASTRY frontman Jimmy Anastasopoulos: "All of us in SYNASTRY are eager and thrilled that 'Blind Eyes Bleed' will be issued...February 4, 2008
Review
A Mounting Crisis…
Who knew that the most Germanic of the new wave of retro thrash bands would be from Japan? GRIEF OF WAR at their best are dealing in the kind of skittering, fast-paced, four-on-the-floor thrash that was the province of TANKARD and DEATHROW twenty years ago (though without the former's maniacal edge...February 3, 2008
News
PERSUADER To Enter Studio In May
Swedish metallers PERSUADER will enter the studio in May to begin recording their fourth album for a late 2008 release via Dockyard 1. PERSUADER's third full-length effort, "When Eden Burns", was released in May 2006 via Dockyard 1. The follow-up to 2004's "Evolution Purgatory" (Sanctuary/Noise) was...February 2, 2008
News
SCELERATA Films 'Enemy Within' Video
Brazilian progeressive metallers SCELERATA have just finished filming a video for the song "Enemy Within". The clip was shot at an abandoned factory site in Porto Alegre by Velha Árvore. "Enemy Within" should be released in March as a free download single, with exclusive artwork and a preview of the...January 31, 2008
News
BLAZE BAYLEY, AWAKE Confirmed For Holland's DOKK'EM Open-Air Festival
Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley and AWAKE have been confirmed for the Dokk'em open-air festival, set to take place August 9, 2008 near Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DIAMOND HEAD (UK) TRAIL OF TEARS (NO) BLAZE BAYLEY (UK) AWAKE (UK) VENGEANCE...January 31, 2008
News
MOTÖRHEAD's LEMMY: 'I Think All Politicians Are A**holes'
Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with MOTÖRHEAD mainman Lemmy Kilmister. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: Does it bother you that METALLICA went on to fame and fortune to a level MOTÖRHEAD didn't? Lemmy: It is just the luck of the...January 31, 2008
News
AT THE GATES Confirmed For Denmark's ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
Reactivated Swedish metal band AT THE GATES has been confirmed for this year's edition of the Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 3-6 in Roskilde, Denmark. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows: Jun. 4-7 - Sweden Rock Festival - Sölvesborg, Sweden Jun. 20-22 - Hellfest - Clisson, F...January 30, 2008
News
PYURIA: 'Blind Victim' Video Posted Online
"Blind Victim", the new video from the Finnish death metal band PYURIA, can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's new album, "Obliette Ontology", which was released late last year via Violent Journey Records. PYURIA is: Eero - Vocals Oskari - Guitar Hatsa - Drums Juuso - Bass "Obliette On...January 29, 2008
News
Former VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Singer, Guitarist To Tie The Knot
Former VISIONS OF ATLANTIS singer Melissa Ferlaak has issued the following update: "Well, after months and months of waiting for a fiancé visa, Wolfgang [former VISIONS OF ATLANTIS guitarist Wolfgang 'Wops' Koch] and I can finally announce we will be getting married on May 3, 2008 here in Minnesota...January 29, 2008
News
IRON GIANT Signs With DIMINISHED FIFTH RECORDS
Diminished Fifth Records has announced the signing of Moncton, New Brunswick's IRON GIANT. The group's second full-length album, "Creator of Scars", will be released later in the year. According to a press release, IRON GIANT "needs no introduction in Eastern Canada," having been "tearing up stages...January 27, 2008
News
AYREON Mastermind, AFTER FOREVER Singer To Perform On Dutch TV
AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen will be joined by Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER) and Peter Vink (member of HDK, the side project of AFTER FOREVER guitarist Sander Gommans) this coming Monday (January 28) to perform one of the new AYREON songs on Dutch TV. The program is called "De wereld draait door"...January 25, 2008
News
IRON MAIDEN Singer Summit: BRUCE DICKINSON To Interview BLAZE BAYLEY On 'Rock Show'
Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, February 15 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". This will mark the very first interview that Bruce and Blaze have ever done t...January 25, 2008
News
Reunited BLIND MELON To Release New Album In April
Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports: The recently reborn BLIND MELON will release its first studio album in 13 years this spring. "For My Friends" is due April 22 via Adrenaline and introduces new singer Travis Warren as a replacement for late frontman Shannon Hoon, who died in 1995. Warren joins or...January 23, 2008
News
CALIBAN: Video Interview Available
The Italian branch of Roadrunner Records has posted a "blind test" interview with the German metalcore act CALIBAN. Watch the seven-minute clip below. CALIBAN's sixth album, "The Awakening", was released in North America on October 23, 2007 via Century Media Records. The CD was produced by Benny Ric...January 22, 2008
News
LIBERTY N' JUSTICE: New Song Featuring LILLIAN AXE Singer Posted Online
Versailles Records will release a "greatest-hits" LP from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, entitled "4-ALL: The Best of LNJ". Due on March 28, this compilation features a "who's who" guest-star list of hard rock and heavy metal legends, including Lou Gramm (ex-FOREIGNER),Sebastian Bach (ex-SKI...January 21, 2008
Prev 