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MESHUGGAH's 'Destroy Erase Improve' Inducted Into DECIBEL's 'Hall Of Fame'
MESHUGGAH's "Destroy Erase Improve" is the 21st album to be inducted into Decibel magazine's as ongoing "Hall of Fame" feature. The "Hall of Fame" feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and "Destroy Erase Improve" joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as...September 29, 2006
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It's Official: CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates
Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, has confirmed plans to embark a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of f...September 25, 2006
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ATHEIST Drummer's GNOSTIC Project To Perform At South Carolina's S.C.U.M FEST
Hot on the trail of this summer's festival reunion touring success of ATHEIST (with monumental performances at Wacken Open Air [Germany], Bloodstock [U.K.], Hole in the Sky [Norway], and Evolution Fest [Italy]),drummer Steve Flynn — along with ATHEIST guitar duo Sonny Carson and Chris Baker — will...September 22, 2006
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DARK TRANQUILLITY Checks In From Korea
Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "Finally got some time out of the hectic schedule to issue a website update from the luxurious bar of our hotel in Korea. The tour has been a truly phenomenal experience so far, and we wan...September 22, 2006
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COPROFAGO Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS
Chile's COPROFAGO has inked a deal with Candlelight Records. COPROFAGO was formed in Santiago on June of 1993 by Sebastián Vergara (guitar, vocals) and Pablo Alvarez (guitar),plus two friends of theirs. With that young lineup (all still at school),the band recorded a standard death metal demo that...September 12, 2006
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First Annual AUDITORY ASSAULT FESTIVAL Pushed Back A Week
The first annual Auditory Assault Festival, which is slated to take place at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland, has been postponed to December 2 from the previously announced November 25. According to an online posting by one of the festival organizers, "We could've moved it to one day later on Sunday, N...September 11, 2006
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ATHEIST Frontman Talks About His VELVET REVOLVER Audition
Blastwave webzine recently conducted an interview with the seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Blastwave: You've recently had Relapse reissue your back catalogue. A lot of people would probably not have heard this music without those reissues. A lot of peop...September 11, 2006
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CYNIC To Reunite For European Festival Appearances, Possible U.S. Dates
Long-defunct Florida-based band CYNIC, whose 1993 album "Focus" is regarded as a landmark release in the field of technical/progressive metal, is rumored to be planning a reunion tour in the spring/summer of 2007, beginning with possible U.S. warm-up performances and culminating in a number of festi...September 6, 2006
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ATHEIST Frontman Issues Report On Thessaloniki Show
Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has posted a lengthy report on the band's trip from Bergen, Norway (where they performed at the Hole in the Sky festival) to Thessaloniki, Greece for a headlining appearance at the Mylos Xilourgio club on August 27. Read it at this locat...September 4, 2006
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ATHEIST Frontman Reports On HOLE IN THE SKY Appearance
Vocalist Kelly Shaefer of the technical metal pioneers ATHEIST has posted a lengthy report on the band's appearance at the Hole in the Sky festival, which took place August 23-26 in Bergen, Norway. Read it at this location. As previously reported, a video clip of ATHEIST bassist Tony Choy falling th...September 2, 2006
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ATHEIST Drummer Delivers Technical Ecstasy With New GNOSTIC Demo
Starrfactory Entertainment, founded by ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer, has announced it will be shopping around the demos for one of the most technically exciting new bands to emerge since the legendary ATHEIST delivered its three classic albums from 1988 to 1993. Shaefer says record companies shoul...September 1, 2006
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ATHEIST: New Audio Interview With KELLY SHAEFER Posted Online
Denmark's Revolution Music (web site) has just uploaded a new audio interview with Kelly Shaefer of the seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. In the interview, Kelly talks about the band's European reunion tour, how the music scene has evolved and his upcoming projects. The 13-minute chat can be...August 23, 2006
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DISSECTION Guitarist: JON NÖDTVEIDT Didn't Have Copy Of 'The Satanic Bible' At Suicide Scene
DISSECTION guitarist Set Teitan (ex-ABORYM, BLOODLINE) has dismissed media reports that the group's frontman, Jon Nödtveidt, placed an open copy of "The Satanic Bible" in front of him before killing himself last week at his apartment in Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm. According to the Swedish newsp...August 23, 2006
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SCORPIONS, CELTIC FROST, GAMMA RAY, AMON AMARTH: Press Conferences From WACKEN Available
Video footage of several of the press conferences held at last weekend's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at Podcast.Wacken.com. Question-and-answer sessions with the following artists can be found on the page: SCORPIONS CELTIC FROST GAMMA RAY Schenker brothers (Rud...August 12, 2006
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ATHEIST Bassist Falls Through Stage In Italy: Video Available
A video clip of ATHEIST bassist Tony Choy falling through an unsecured part of the large outdoor stage at at Italy's Evolution Festival on July 16, 2006 has been posted online at YouTube.com. Fortunately, his face was saved by his bass which was what the six-foot plank inevitably hit, in the process...August 9, 2006
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