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CELTIC FROST Frontman: 'I Have Never Claimed To Be A Pleasant Person'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "CELTIC FROST was not formed to please everybody. I have never claimed to be a pleasant person. And the reactions of those who expect otherwise are bemusing. "If anything, CELTIC FROST exists to achieve...

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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...

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THE MERCY CLINIC 'Taking A Little Breather'

Guitarist Brian Harrah of THE MERCY CLINIC — the new San Francisco Bay Area-based band featuring former DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman, guitarists Harrah and Josh Stinson (DRIST),bassist Steed Najera (TRIPLE SEVEN),and drummer Bevan Davies (DANZIG, COMES WITH THE FALL, JERRY CANTRELL) — has i...

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ABSCESS: 'Horrorhammer' Artwork, Release Date Revealed

ABSCESS, the California-based band consisting of Chris Reifert (drums/vocals; ex-DEATH/AUTOPSY),Clint Bower (guitar/vocals; ex-HEXX),Danny Coralles (guitar; ex-AUTOPSY),and Joe Allen (bass; ex-VON),will release its long-awaited seventh full-length album, "Horrorhammer", in March via Tyrant Syndi...

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SUPERVILLAIN Recording Second Album

New York City dealers of pure American power metal SUPERVILLAIN are currently laying down basic tracks for their second full-length album, entitled "Dreaming Gods". According to a press release, this CD "features one continuous storyline loosely based on the writings of Frank Herbert and H.P. Lovecr...

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Ex-ONWARD Guitarist To Complete New Solo CD In May

Ex-ONWARD guitarist Toby Knapp has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "The wait is almost over for the seriously revamped pressing of the demo for ONWARD's posthumous third album 'The Neverending Sun'! It has been nice to finally see all these 'unreleased' recordings materialize these...

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ROBERT PLANT Says That He And JIMMY PAGE Are Out Of Touch

According to Launch Radio Networks, Robert Plant says that, although there's no bad blood between him and LED ZEPPELIN co-founder Jimmy Page, the two have fallen out of touch. Plant spoke to Britain's Mojo magazine, who asked him if he and Page, who co-wrote most of the band's most popular material,...

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GOATWHORE: Live Video Posted Online

A video of GOATWHORE performing the track "The Serpent That Enslaves What Is Worshipped From Funeral Dirge For The Rotting Sun" at Magic City Music Hall in Binghamton, NY last November during the band's tour with CELTIC FROST has been posted online at the Underground Video Television web site. GOATW...

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SLAYER's KING Says GRAMMY-Winning Track is 'One Of The Poorest Representations Of Us' On New CD

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently told Sean Piccoli of Sun-Sentinel.com that the group's song "Eyes of the Insane" — for which it recently won a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category — is "one of the poorest representations of us on the record," meaning SLAYER's 11th studio album, "Chri...

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CALIBAN Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

German metalcore masters CALIBAN have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIAH BOL...

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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Guitarist Mixes Music From BRAND NEW SIN, CINDER ROAD

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES guitarist Anthony Focx has issued the following update: "Be sure to check out AEROSMITH's new version of 'Back in the Saddle' as the theme song for NASCAR on ESPN; it should be debuting at the end of February. It was recorded by Marti Frederiksen, and mixed by me. I've also worke...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Hope' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 3

SWALLOW THE SUN's third album, "Hope", has entered the Finnish national chart at position No. 3. View the whole chart at this location. The follow-up to 2005's "Ghosts of Loss", "Hope" was recorded at Seawolf Studios in Helsinki and was mastered at Finnvox studios with Minerva Pappi. The CD features...

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SEPTIC FLESH To Reunite For Greece's METAL HEALING FESTIVAL

Greek death metal legends SEPTIC FLESH will reunite for one-off performance at the Metal Healing Festival, set to take place July 20-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The running order is as follows: Friday, July 20: 00:00 - 01:15 RAGE 02:50 - 23:40 ORPHANED LAND 21:50 - 22:35 ROTTING CHRIST 20:50 - 21:35...

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SWALLOW THE SUN, DAGOBA, POWERWOLF Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival

SWALLOW THE SUN, DAGOBA and POWERWOLF have been confirmed for the tenth-anniversary edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 16-18, 2007 in Dinkelsbühl. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABSOLUTE AFTER FOREVER AMON AMARTH BLACK MESSIA...

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MORIAN To Release Debut Album In May

Finnish band MORIAN will release its debut album, "Sentinels of the Sun", on May 16 via Dynamic Arts Records. A single, "Away from the Sun" — featuring the single version and music video for the title song — will precede the album on March 7. "Sentinels of the Sun" was recorded at Studio Musica with...