Search results for 'northern plague'

News

SOILWORK Frontman Says New Guitarist Hasn't Yet Been Confirmed

SOILWORK vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "It's been ages… Anyways, had a good tour with HYPOCRISY, SCAR SYMMETRY and ONE MAN ARMY in Europe. We also did our first festival for this summer last weekend (yes, the summer has actually arrive...

News

ORANGE SKY Announce Second Run Of Tour Dates With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

ORANGE SKY, the pride of the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, is announcing its second tour with legendary guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN for May 2006. Dates are scheduled in the United States and Canada. ORANGE SKY first toured with the Swedish six-string master in the winter of 2005. "Upstairs...

News

Australian DIMEBAG Tribute Album To Surface In August

14 Australian bands have joined forces to pay tribute to late PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott in the form of "The Art of Shredding - A Tribute to Dime" CD. DarkStar Records plans to release this album on August 20, 2006 to celebrate what would have been Dime's 40th birthday. A percentage...

News

CERBERUS Announce Track Listing For 'What Have We Become?' EP

Los Angeles melodic thrash/death metallers CERBERUS have announced the track listing for their new five-song EP, entitled "What Have We Become?" The band are still in the studio and are currently finishing up vocal tracks and getting a final mix. The EP is slated for a July 15 release through Hell a...

News

THE PROPHECY Announce U.K. Tour Dates

Yorkshire doomsters THE PROPHECY have been hit by a series of studio delays, forcing them to postpone the release of their long-awaited second album. However, in the meantime the band have decided to go ahead and do a bit of touring. This Friday (May 5) sees THE PROPHECY hitting home turf at the Mar...

News

CALIFORNIA METAL FEST Moves Location

The organizers of the first annual California Metal Fest — which is scheduled to take place May 13 and May 14, with a warm-up day May 12 — have issued the following update: "Due to high advanced ticket sales and the city of Whittier doing everything they can to try and prevent the first annual ...

News

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: Keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN Rejoins Touring Band

According to a posting on legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's official web site, former DREAM THEATER keyboardist Derek Sherinian will be rejoining Yngwie's touring band for their upcoming spring U.S. dates. The band lineup will be as follows: Yngwie Malmsteen: Guitars Dougie White: Vocal...

News

BATHORY: More 'In Memory Of Quorthon' Details Revealed

The complete track listing has been revealed for the three CDs that will be included in the upcoming BATHORY box set, "In Memory of Quorthon", due on June 3 via Black Mark Records. As previously reported, the full package will contain three CDs, one DVD, a book and a poster. Börje "Boss" Forsberg —...

News

Report: 'The Black Metal Group' Does Not Exist In Malaysia's Perak State

Malaysian national news agency Bernama.com is reporting that the so-called "The Black Metal Group" does not exist in Perak, Malasyia, the state legislative assembly was told Monday (April 17). Nevertheless, the state religious department, police, Rela and other agencies would monitor the situation f...

News

THE TRACII GUNS BAND: Learning Cover Songs For Upcoming Tour

THE TRACII GUNS BAND, featuring Tracii Guns, Paul Black, Nickey Alexander and Jeremy Guns, are gearing up to tour the U.S. April 20 through May 20. They will be performing L.A. GUNS hits along with songs from BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and Tracii's solo tunes, along with various covers. This is almost th...

News

MERCENARY Announce New Album Title

Danish metallers MERCENARY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We've been waiting for this moment for a long time, and now it's finally here. The new MERCENARY album — the follow up to '11 Dreams' – is done. The recordings ended on Friday, April 7th. We're also finally abl...

News

NORTHWEST DEATH FEST 2006: Complete Lineup Announced

Headliners of the third annual Northwest Death Fest 2006 — OBITUARY and SADUS — will be joined by 27 death metal bands on Sunday, May 28, at Fenix Underground in Seattle. California acts DEEDS OF FLESH and SEVERED SAVIOR will co-headline the second stage. The support bands, hailing from Seattle as w...

Review

Mighty Cosmic Dances

"Mighty Cosmic Dances" by the Czech Republic's OBLOMOV is an album that fans of boundary pushing black and death metal should know about. With a conceptual inspiration drawn from the likes of Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, and Thomas S. Kuhn (i.e., the scientific revolution),OBLOMOV creates a cla...

News

TRACII GUNS BAND Prepare To Hit The Road

THE TRACII GUNS BAND, featuring Tracii Guns, Paul Black, Nickey Alexander and Jeremy Guns, are gearing up to tour the U.S. April 20 through May 20. They will be performing L.A. GUNS hits along with songs from BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION and Tracii's solo tunes. This is almost the entire original L.A. GUNS...

News

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: More North American Tour Dates Announced

Legendary Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has announced the following North American dates in May: May 03 - Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar May 04 - Charlotte, NC @ The Neighborhood Theatre May 05 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel May 06 - Falls Church, VA @ The State Theatre May 04 - Norfolk, VA...