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ATHEIST Confirmed For Norway's HOLE IN THE SKY Festival

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST are the second confirmed band for the Hole in the Sky – Bergen Metal Fest VII, set to take place August 23-26 in Bergen, Norway. Also scheduled to perform at the festival are CELTIC FROST. More acts will be announced soon. For more information on the Hole in...

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SIX FEET UNDER Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE...

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AMON AMARTH, METAL INQUISITOR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

AMON AMARTH and METAL INQUISITOR have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ABORTED AMON AMARTH ATHEIST BLOODTHORN BORN FROM PAIN CANNIBAL CORPSE CELTIC FROS...

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GAMMA RAY, PRIMAL FEAR, ORPHANED LAND Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

GAMMA RAY, ORPHANED LAND, ABORTED, PRIMAL FEAR, WINTERSUN, EKTOMORF, ATHEIST and BLOODTHORN have been confirmed for next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 3-5, 2006 in Wacken, Germany. EKTOMORF will perform on the "True Metal Stage" on August 4. The festival billing is now sh...

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ATHEIST Regroup, Announce Exclusive Festival Appearances

Seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have regrouped for a run of exclusive live performances. Guitarist/vocalist Kelly Shaefer has reassembled what is widely considered the band's classic recording lineup (Shaefer, guitarist Rand Burkey, bassist Tony Choy, and drummer Steven Flynn) for two exclu...

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Former ATHEIST Drummer Schedules Live Debut With GNOSTIC

GNOSTIC, the Atlanta, Georgia-based band featuring former ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn, will be making their live debut on Friday, January 6 at The Darkside (attached to the Sidelines sports bar) in Marietta, GA. In other news, Flynn will be appearing live on WREKage 91.1 FM in Atlanta at midnight th...

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Ex-ATHEIST Drummer's GNOSTIC Remix And Remaster Debut

GNOSTIC, the Atlanta, Georgia-based band featuring former ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn, have re-released their demo from earlier this summer with all-new vocals as well as a brand new mix. "We're excited about the new mix," says Flynn. "We changed the vocal style and arrangements. We added a little d...

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PITBULLS IN THE NURSERY Sign With BLACK LOTUS RECORDS

French technical death metallers PITBULLS IN THE NURSERY have inked a deal with Greece's Black Lotus Records. The group's full-length debut, "Lunatic", was recorded over a three-week period at Studio des Milans (GOJIRA, PSYKUP, TREPALIUM) and was mastered by Jean Pierre Bouquet (LOUDBLAST, WATCHA, L...

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GNOSTIC: Former ATHEIST Drummer Releases First New Music Since 1991

GNOSTIC, the new band featuring former ATHEIST drummer Steve Flynn, have posted two demo tracks at www.myspace.com/gnosticmusic. The songs "Wall of Lies" and "Splinters of Change" mark Flynn's first recordings since the legendary ATHEIST album "Unquestionable Presence" was recorded in 1991. Commente...

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ATHEIST Launch Official Web Site

Long-defunct seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST have launched an official web site for fans to interact and comment on the much-anticipated reissues of the group's three full-length albums. 1988's "Piece of Time" will be following 1993's "Elements", and 1991's "Unquestionable Presence" which w...

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Former ATHEIST/NEUROTICA Frontman To Guest On TOTAL ROCK

BIG MACHINE frontman Kelly Shaefer (ex-ATHEIST, NEUROTICA) will be taking part in a live interview on U.K. rock station Total Rock on Saturday, September 3 to chat about the band's plans for Europe and news on BIG MACHINE's debut album. All tracks from the band's forthcoming debut CD were written by...

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Former ATHEIST Frontman Doesn't Rule Out Festival Appearances

Denmark's Antenna webzine recently conducted an interview with ATHEIST founder, guitarist and vocalist Kelly Shaefer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Antenna: Was it a surprise to you that there still is such an interest for the band? Kelly Shaefer: "Yeah, of course. When we originally ma...

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Former ATHEIST Frontman Says Response To Reissues Has Been 'Bananas'

Former NEUROTICA/ATHEIST and current BIG MACHINE frontman has issued the following update: "Response to the ATHEIST catalog being reissued is bananas!!! I wish to thank everyone for all the great letters and support on these. Relapse has done an incredible job on this package, it must be seen to be...

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VELVET REVOLVER: 2002 KELLY SHAEFER Vocalist Audition Tape Posted Online

A VELVET REVOLVER vocalist audition tape, featuring former NEUROTICA/ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer, has been posted online at Shaefer's official web site, KellyShaefer.com. The songs available for download are Eye for an Eye" (mp3, 3.1 MB) and "Room 169" (mp3, 1.7 MB). The tape in question was "a l...

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ATHEIST: Release Dates Set For Forthcoming Reissues

Relapse Records has set release dates for the reissues of the three full-length albums (1989's "Piece of Time", 1992's "Unquestionable Presence", and 1993's "Elements") by seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST. "Elements" and "Unquestionable Presence" will be released officially on August 30 (Nor...