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CATTLE DECAPITATION: Former UNHOLY GHOST Drummer Joins The Fold

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have announced the addition of Tampa, Florida-based drummer J.R. Daniels (ex-UNHOLY GHOST, ROYAL ANGUISH) to the group's ranks. As previously reported, CATTLE DECAPITATION have set "Karma.Bloody.Karma." as the title of their new album, tentatively due...

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KAMELOT Working On First Anthology, Live DVD

KAMELOT guitarist/songwriter Thomas Youngblood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Lots going on this year for the band. We are finishing the editing and mixing of our first DVD, 'One Cold Winter's Night', that we shot in Oslo this February. It was truly a night to rem...

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ARMORED SAINT: More Tour Dates Announced

ARMORED SAINT have announced a number of European festival and headline appearances set for June and July. Included are the band's first dates in the U.K. since 1991 and their first-ever appearances in Ireland and Scotland. In addition, ARMORED SAINT will be playing select dates in California, inclu...

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ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Team Up For Hollywood Show

ARMORED SAINT, DEATH ANGEL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will be teaming up for a special performance on Friday, July 7 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. ARMORED SAINT will play several West Coast dates in June/July in adition to their upcoming European mini-tour, which is scheduled to k...

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HELLOWEEN: Sifting Through Footage For Upcoming DVD

Veteran German power metallers HELLOWEEN have posted the following message on their official web site: "The band has just finished their successful Latin American tour and is now going to prepare the stuff for the DVD. They recorded three complete shows from Sofia [January 29], Tokyo [March 1] and S...

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WINTER SOLSTICE Call It Quits

Virginia-based metalcore act WINTER SOLSTICE have officially split up. The group's statement on the matter reads as follows: "For those of you who have yet to hear, we at the WINTER SOLSTICE camp have decided to call it quits. Each of our members was feeling pulled in different directions and it see...

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AMON AMARTH: 'Wrath Of The Norsemen' DVD Delayed

Due to "technical reasons," Metal Blade Records has been forced to postpone the release date of the AMON AMARTH DVD, "Wrath of the Norsemen", to May 15 (May 12 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland) from the previously announced April 24. As previously reported, the three-disc set will be released in a d...

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BLUDGEON To Release 'World Controlled' In June

Chicago's BLUDGEON — the first band to be signed to MANOWAR's Magic Circle Music — will release their sophomore album, "World Controlled", on June 27. BLUDGEON has earned several distinctions in their relatively young career. When MANOWAR bassist and Magic Circle Music founder Joey DeMaio discovered...

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UNEARTH: Another Studio Update Posted Online

UNEARTH have posted another studio update at MetalBlade.com. As previously reported, UNEARTH have set "III: In the Eyes of Fire" as the title of their new album, due on August 8 via Metal Blade Records. The CD is being recorded at a Seattle studio with producer Terry Date (PANTERA, DEFTONES). Commen...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Create Conceptual Album Based On Life Of NOSTRADAMUS

JUDAS PRIEST have announced that they are creating their first conceptual album based upon the life and predictions of Nostradamus. The CD will be theatrically staged and performed in its entirety as an epic musical by JUDAS PRIEST. JUDAS PRIEST made their only live appearance of 2006 at the Royal A...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have set "Karma.Bloody.Karma." as the title of their new album, tentatively due in June/July via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Billy Anderson (SWANS, MR. BUNGLE, SLEEP) and features guest appearances by Joey Karam (THE LOCUST) and John Wi...

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IN BATTLE Sign With NOCTURNAL ART PRODUCTIONS

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have inked a deal with Nocturnal Art Productions/Candlelight Records for the release of their fourth album, "Kingdom of Fear", tentatively due this fall. The follow-up to 2004's "Welcome to the Battlefield" (Cold/Metal Blade Records) will be recorded...

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HALLOWS EVE Sign With XTREEM MUSIC

Xtreem Music has announced the signing of the reunited Atlanta-based thrashers HALLOWS EVE. The band returned in 2005 with a self-financed fourth album, entitled "Evil Never Dies", which went unnoticed due to a lack of real promotion and distribution, so the band finally signed a deal with Xtreem Mu...

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PSYOPUS To Enter Studio In June

Rochester, NY-based tech grindcore/hardcore outfit PSYOPUS will enter Watchmen Studios in Lockport, NY on June 24 with producer Doug White to begin recording their next album for Metal Blade Records. Titled "Our Puzzling Encounters Considered", the CD will feature new drummer Jon Cole (a Boston nati...

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ULI JON ROTH Says 'Virgin Killer' Album Cover Makes Him Cringe

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCOPRIONS). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: You are basically introducing your Sky Academy to the United States. Uli: "At the end of May we are doing a se...