Enter the studio with MACHINE HEAD in part two of "The Blackening Sessions", a behind-the-scenes look at the band as they record their upcoming album, "The Blackening". Head on over to the "Media" page of the band's official web site at this location to watch the clip. MACHINE HEAD's sixth studio album, "The ...
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French extreme metallers GOJIRA will appear on Rockworld.TV in the U.K. with four songs taken from their live DVD, "The Link Alive", and a full interview that happened at their London show at the Underworld back in October. The next airing is scheduled for Monday, December 18 at 9:00 p.m. Rockworld.TV officially launched this past ...
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After a phenomenal reception on the recent tour with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, American metal flag-bearers LAMB OF GOD will return to Australia for a series of headline shows in April. The dates are as follows: Apr. 27 - Palace Melbourne Apr. 28 - Arena Brisbane Apr. 29 - Roundhouse Apr. 30 - HQ Adelaide May 01 ...
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TRIVIUM has launched a YouTube channel at this location. "We're going to be sure that you guys see the best videos of TRIVIUM out there right now," the group writes on its web site. "We'll be adding videos to the channel that we find online, and occasionally we'll be adding our own performances ...
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As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on November 22, 2006, LAMB OF GOD has now officially confirmed that it will embark on a headlining American tour in 2007 with Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD, modern-day metal traditionalists TRIVIUM and France's heaviest metal export GOJIRA. Having spent the summer of 2006 on the Unholy Alliance ...
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TRIVIUM is currently on the road in the U.K. on the final leg of their European tour as the support act for IRON MAIDEN. Frontman Matt Heafy took a few minutes out of his hectic schedule to let the fans know how things are going: "The IRON MAIDEN support tour has been a fantastic experience ...
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Asheville, North Carolina-based classic metal quartet SANCTITY was forced to miss last night's (Dec. 2) concert at The Eagles club in Milwaukee with CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMON AMARTH and GOJIRA after the group's van was stolen, a representative for the group's record label, Roadrunner Records, has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET. It is not presently clear if ...
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France's Listenable Records has launched its exclusive YouTube channel at this location. Currently available for viewing on the channel are videos by such artists as IMMOLATION, THE AMENTA, GOJIRA, ABORTED and TEXTURES. ...
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Swiss noisemongers KRUGER have inked a deal with France's Listenable Records. The band's third studio album, "Redemption through Looseness", is being recorded at Belle Fontaine studios in Lausanne, Switzerland and will be mixed by Kurt Ballou at Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts. Mastering duties will be handled by Alan Douches in New York. KRUGER's last ...
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Asheville, NC classic metal quartet SANCTITY has set "Road to Bloodshed" as the title of its new album, due in early 2007 via Roadrunner Records. The group formed in 2000 and is comprised of Jared MacEachern (vocals, rhythm guitar), Zeff Childress (lead guitar), Billy Moody (bass) and Jeremy London (drums). SANCTITY was signed by longtime ...
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Icelandic extreme metal band CHANGER has posted another new demo song, entited "Drown in Misery", on its MySpace page. The track is the second of five new cuts recorded since the release of the band's "Breed the Lies" EP in June this year. CHANGER expects to spend the next few months writing material ...
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Danish thrashers HATESPHERE have issued the following update: "Home again after a fantastic tour in the U.K. with French metal hippies from GOJIRA and we are back to the writing of new material. "We have five songs ready so far that we recorded for a small pre-production this weekend. It's gonna be some heavy stuff, ...
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Swedish death metal masters ANATA have been busy composing a variety of new material and playing assorted show dates in support of their latest album, "The Conductors Departure" (Earache) throughout Europe. One of the top international online metal resources, TheMetalObserver.com, recently conducted a podcast interview with Fredrink Schalin, vocalist and guitarist of ANATA. Check out ...
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Icelandic extreme metal band CHANGER has posted a new demo song, called "God Shaped Hole", on its MySpace page. The track is one of five new cuts recorded since the release of the band's "Breed the Lies" EP in June this year. CHANGER expects to spend the next few months writing material for ...
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GOD FORBID guitarist Doc Coyle has issued the following update: "We are very happy to be home from a great European run as part of the Hell On Earth Tour. HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MAROON, CATARACT, PURIFIED IN BLOOD, A PERFECT MURDER, and NARZISS were all great people and excellent bands. Some of my personal highlights ...
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French METALLICA fan site Metal Monster has uploaded GOJIRA's cover version of the METALLICA song "Escape" at this location. As previously reported, GOJIRA's video for the song "To Sirius" made its North American debut last weekend (Sept. 23) on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" show. According to a press relase, the video is "a technical ...
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French metal/hardcore act X-VISION has announced a special show on December 19 at Les Trinitaires in their hometown of Metz. The first set will be composed of the band's entire first album, "Time of the New Slavery", while the second set will feature the 11 tracks to be included on the group's forthcoming second CD, ...
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French extreme metallers GOJIRA's video for the song "To Sirius" will make its North American debut this weekend (Sept. 23) on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" show. According to a press relase, the video is "a technical wonder produced by famous French photographer Alain Duplantier: it was entirely made from photographs displayed at various speed, one after ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM will embark on a North American headlining tour beginning in late November. Support at the shows will come from AMON AMARTH, SANCTITY and GOJIRA. The dates are as follows: Nov. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero * Nov. 30 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall * Dec. 01 - Detroit, ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM will team up with AMON AMARTH, SANCTITY, and GOJIRA for a North American tour in December. Tentative dates so far are as follows: Dec. 01 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's Dec. 04 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Ballroom Many more dates will be announced soon. As previously reported, CHILDREN OF BODOM's DVD, ...
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Members of BURST, NECROPHAGIST and GOJIRA will be the featured guests on this week's "Tinitus" radio show, airing Wednesday, September 13 between 20.00 CET (8:00 p.m.) and 22.00 CET (10:00 p.m.) on Norway's P3. The program can also be heard on the Internet: www.nrk.no/tinitus. ...
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Norwegian extreme metallers SHE SAID DESTROY have issued the following update: "So our U.K. and Ireland tour ended about a week ago. We had a great time travelling with SYLOSIS, GOREROTTED and CRYPTOPSY. I truly enjoyed getting to watch these bands every night for about 10 days. Our second-to-last show on the tour was as ...
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Danish metallers HATESPHERE will embark on a co-headlining U.K. tour with the French technical metal beast GOJIRA. Dates are as follows: Oct. 03 - Birmingham (UK) @ Barfly Oct. 04 - London (UK) @ Underworld Oct. 05 - Stoke (UK) @ SUGAR Mill Oct. 06 - Glasgow (SCO) @ King Tuts Oct. 07 - Manchester ...
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ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her official MySpace page: "I get so many wonderful messages every day it is almost overwhelming. I am sorry, but it is impossible to answer them all.. So I have collected the most frequently asked questions and will answer them here in one go: ...
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Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting — which is taking place June 23-25 in Dessel — is currently offering a live Internet video stream of the bands performing at the festival. Watch it online at this location (ANVIL just finished their set. Up next: Y&T beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST). Graspop Metal Meeting lineup: Friday, ...
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FEAR FACTORY, MORBID ANGEL, NAPALM DEATH and DESTRUCTION have been confirmed for the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 1012 at Svojsice U Prelouce (100 km east of Prague) in the Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ADOR DORATH AMORPHIS ARSEBREED BIRDFLESH BORN FROM PAIN CARNIVAL ...
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Swedish high-energy thrashers DARKANE have been confirmed for the Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 23-25 in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 23: WHITESNAKE LACUNA COIL SATYRICON DIE KRUPPS MOONSPELL MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP EVERGREY EDGUY TRIVIUM Y&T THE GATHERING LEAVES' EYES STREAM OF PASSION GOJIRA SOILWORK ...
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According to various Internet reports, the European version of the SLAYER-headlined "Unholy Alliance" tour will take place in October and November under the name "Unholy Alliance - Chapter II", and will feature IN FLAMES instead of MASTODON (who are taking part in the North American edition of the tour). Also scheduled to appear on the ...
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VirtualFestivals.com is reporting that Finland's LORDI — having just won the Eurovision Song Contest with their arockalyptic anthem "Hard Rock Hallelujah" — will return to Download festival at Castle Donington, England to play the Gibson Guitar/MySpace.com stage prior to SICK OF IT ALL on Sunday 11 June. LORDI made their Download debut last ...
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THE SISTERS OF MERCY and FREEDOM CALL have been added to the lineup of the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. FREEDOM CALL have replaced U.K. power metallers DRAGONFORCE, who were forced to pull out of the event after landing ...
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