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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Talks About 'Middle Of Hell' Song; Video Available

Video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate talking about the band's new song "Middle Of Hell" can be viewed at this location. Tate recently stated about the track: "The title of this song came from a something a soldier's dad had said on the eve of his son's deployment. He asked his son ...

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DANKO JONES: Pro-Shot Footage From Hamburg Available

Professionally filmed video footage of DANKO JONES' March 16, 2009 concert at Grosse Freiheit 36 in Hamburg, Germany can be viewed below. A new DANKO JONES compilation entitled "This Is Danko Jones" will be released in Canada on April 7. It will feature the following track listing: 01. Bounce 02. Su...

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RIMFROST Begins Recording New Album

Swedish black metallers RIMFROST have entered Andy La Rocque's (KING DIAMOND) Sonic Train Studios in Varberg, Sweden to begin recording their second album, "Veraldar Nagli", due later in the year via Season of Mist's Underground Activists division. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "The Rav...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Talks ESP Guitars

ESP Guitars conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the first part of the chat below (second and third parts coming so...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Reaches Out To Soldiers With New Album

Christa Titus of Billboard reports that QUEENSRŸCHE's record label, Rhino, is heavily marketing the band's new album, "American Soldier", to service personnel to ensure that the soldiers whose stories inspired the album get to hear it. Vice president of marketing Kenny Nemes said the video for lead...

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DESTRUCTION Guitar Stolen In Anaheim

German thrash legends DESTRUCTION have issued the following update: "[Thursday] night (March 26) some retard stole Mike's [Sifringer] Dean guitar [see image below] out of the backstage area at the Chain Reaction club in Anaheim, California! Any information that will help us to find the thief and bri...

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ADAGIO Keyboardist To Guest On STYGIA Debut

ADAGIO's Kevin Codfert will record the majority of keyboards on "Divine Allegiance", the debut album from STYGIA, the project led by Boston, Massachusetts-based up-and-coming "shred" guitarist Todd Seitz. Todd says, "Though there have been a few changes of plans with keyboardists, this should be the...

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STRATOVARIUS: 'Polaris' U.S. Release Date Announced

Armoury Records (a division of Eagle Rock Entertainment) has set a May 26 U.S. release date for "Polaris", the new studio album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS. The CD — the group's first since the departure of guitar player and main composer Timo Tolkki — will be made available in Europ...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Hard At Work On Solo Album

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, EIDOLON) is working on a full-length album of instrumental rock/fusion songs. He says, "Things are going very well! Me and [keyboardist] Jim [Gilmour; SAGA] have been collaborating on material and we should have four songs complete by the en...

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CRYSTAL VIPER Confirmed For Germany's MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL

Polish female-fronted heavy metal squad CRYSTAL VIPER has been confirmed for the Magic Circle Festival, set to take place Saturday, July 18 in Loreley, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are headliners MANOWAR along with HOLYHELL, METALFORCE as well as Germany's most famous fantasy author, Wolfgang H...

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Ex-KING DIAMOND, CRIMSON GLORY Members To Release DISASTERPEACE Debut

DISASTERPEACE, the new band featuring singer Wade Black (CRIMSON GLORY, SEVEN WITCHES, LEASH LAW, BLACK REIGN, LEATHERWOLF),former KING DIAMOND guitarist master Pete Blakk, and bassist Hal Patino (KING DIAMOND),will release its self-titled debut album on April 24 via Music Buy Mail. The CD was pro...

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KERRY KING 'Would Be Surprised' If SLAYER Ever Joined METALLICA In ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Artisan News Service recently caught up with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King to find out if he ever thinks about his band eventually getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Only because... Didn't METALLICA get in this year or last year or something? And I'm like, oh yeah, they've experien...

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MERCYFUL FATE: 'Evil' Re-Recording Available For Streaming

The 2008 re-recording of the MERCYFUL FATE classic "Evil" is available for streaming below. The track, which is included in the upcoming "Guitar Hero: Metallica" game, features four of the five original MERCYFUL FATE members (vocalist King Diamond, guitarist Hank Shermann, guitarist Michael Denner a...

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DESTRUCTION: West Hollywood, New York City Shows Recorded For Upcoming Live Album

German thrashers DESTRUCTION recorded their concert on March 24 at the Key Club in West Holywood, California and are planning on taping their April 7 performance at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City for an upcoming live album, due on July 31. The band's Wacken Open Air festival (...

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EDGUY: 'F**king With F*** - Live' DVD Trailer Available

A three-and-a-half-minute trailer for "Fucking With F*** - Live", the new DVD and separate 2-CD package from German melodic metallers EDGUY, can be viewed below. 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 o...