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BEHEMOTH Issues Studio Update

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH are tracking guitars for their as-yet-untitled new album with Woytek and Slawek Wieslawscy from Studio Hertz. Commented Woytek: "Works are in progress, everything is going just smooth. We get along real fine and I believe we found a killer tone for each guitar." Add...

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SENTINEL BEAST Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement

Reactivated '80s Sacramento, California thrash band SENTINEL BEAST has parted ways with bassist Nic Atomica X. According to the group, "Nic decided to leave the band to pursue his career as a recording engineer." His replacement is Steve Oliver, who also hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. SENTIN...

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STRATOVARIUS: 'Polaris' Track Listing Unveiled

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS have revealed the final track listing for their new album, "Polaris", which is scheduled for release on May 21. The CD — the group's first since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki — will be made available via the band's new label partn...

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DIO's 'The Very Beast Of Dio' Certified Gold

DIO's "The Very Beast of Dio" was officially certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 11, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of 500,000 copies. Issued in October 2000, "The Very Beast of Dio" is the second greatest-hits collection CD — and the fi...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Schedules Hometown Acoustic Performance

According to The Breakdown Room, AnybodyListening.net's QUEENSRŸCHE discussion forum, the band has lined up an acoustic performance for its hometown Seattle fans on Saturday, April 4. The details are as follows: Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m. Silver Platters (Queen Anne) 701 5th Avenue North Seattle...

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HAMMERFALL: Quality Munich Footage Posted Online

Video footage of HAMMERFALL's March 11, 2009 concert in Munich, Germany can be viewed below (courtesy of "eblinternational"). "No Sacrifice, No Victory", the new album from HAMMERFALL, has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: #2 - Sweden #7 - Germany #20 - Switzerland #21 -...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: New Video Podcast Available

A new QUEENSRŸCHE video podcast featuring vocalist Geoff Tate explaining the meaning behind the band's new track "Hundred Mile Stare" is available for viewing at this location. He states: "One of the most important aspects of the miliary, in my opinion, is this feeling that must be present in the mi...

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EDGUY: 'F**king With F*** - Live' DVD Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

Nuclear Blast has set a May 2 release date for "Fucking With F*** - Live", the new DVD and separate 2-CD package from German melodic metallers EDGUY. The footage for the DVD was shot on November 3, 2006 at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil and "presents a mind-blowing performance of Tobias Sam...

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STRATOVARIUS: 'Polaris' Artwork Unveiled

The cover artwork for "Polaris", the new album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS, can be viewed below. Due on May 21, the CD — the group's first since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki — will be made available via the band's new label partner Edel under the new i...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer's 'American Soldier' Track-By-Track Breakdown

The Breakdown Room, AnybodyListening.net's QUEENSRŸCHE discussion forum, has posted a track-by-track description of the band's forthcoming album, "American Soldier", written by vocalist Geoff Tate. It is also available below. QUEENSRŸCHE's twelfth studio release, the epic concept album "American Sol...

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DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL To Perform On PAUL GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK ALL-STARS Tour

The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars are about to experience the "Metalocalypse" in the name of Brendon Small. Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the smash hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK, is the latest and, in many ways, the greatest "guest profe...

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MESHUGGAH Guitarist: To Call NIGHTWISH Metal Is 'A F**king Insult'

MetalSucks' Vince Neilstein conducted an interview with guitarist Mårten Hagström of the Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH prior to the band's New York City show with CYNIC and THE FACELESS. An excerpt from the chat follows below. MetalSucks: You guys came from Sweden with a lot of fa...

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EPICA To Release 'The Classical Conspiracy' Double Live Album

According to Metalfan.nl, Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA will release a double live CD, titled "The Classical Conspiracy", on May 8 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was recorded in Miskolc, Hungary, on June 14 2008 during the Miskolc International Opera Festival. The band per...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's SUNSTORM: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records has set an April 17 European release date for the second album from legendary vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) SUNSTORM project, entitled "House of Dreams". The first SUNSTORM album saw the light of day in 2006 when Turner followed Frontiers presi...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Chop Shop'; Audio Available

Steve Black of the "Chop Shop" syndicated guitar show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Wilton of QUEENSRŸCHE. Listen to the three-minute chat below. QUEENSRŸCHE will take part in a signing session and performance at Best Buy in Thousand Oaks, California on Thursday April 2 begi...