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AMORAL: Italian Dates Announced

Finnish melodic death metallers AMORAL will embark on a short Italian tour in early February. Confirmed dates are as follows: Feb. 01 - ITA - Dinasty, Cuneo (w/ GORY BLISTER, RAIN) Feb. 02 - ITA - La Gabbia, Bassano del Grappa (w/ GORY BLISTER, RAIN) Feb. 03 - ITA - Siddharta, Prato (w/ GORY BLISTER...

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JON OLIVA: 'To Me SAVATAGE Was Never SAVATAGE After CRISS Died'

Metal-Temple.com / Rock Hard writer Orpheus Spiliotopoulos recently conducted an in-depth interview with SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. An excerpt from the chat follows: Q: I'd like to ask you why you left SPV Records and how [much] better do you feel it is with AFM Records now? Jon Oliva: "The SPV...

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MEGADETH Tour Manager Reports On Six Flags New England Performance

MEGADETH's official web site, Megadeth.com, has been updated with another journal entry by MEGADETH's assistant tour manager, Tracey Wiedeman. An excerpt from the entry follows: "Here I sit on another airplane leaving another MEGADETH gig but this time the show had a different flare. On Halloween ni...

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TRIVIUM Frontman: First U.S. Headlining Tour Was 'Incredible'

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Finally home in Chicago for a little break before we head to Finland this Friday. We have just a little time off before we get back at it. "Well, I gotta say man, at first we were very nervous about ...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer Says Internet 'Keeps Everything Alive And Vibrant And Energized'

Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A few excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: What's the status of the next JUDAS PRIEST album "Nostradamus"? Rob Halford: I'm in San Diego at the moment working on the lyrics. The...

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WHITESNAKE: New Song Available For Streaming

A new WHITESNAKE studio track, entitled "Ready to Rock", is available for streaming at this location (Real Media). The song is one of four previously unreleased tracks that appear on WHITESNAKE's new live record entitled "Live… In The Shadow Of The Blues", due on November 27 in Europe via Steamhamme...

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SOILWORK To Headline Europe's X-MAS FESTIVALS Tour

Sweden's SOILWORK has replaced SIX FEET UNDER (who cancelled) as the headliner of the X-mas Festivals tour, which is scheduled to kick off early December. Also scheduled to appear are GOREFEST, BELPHEGOR, TRAIL OF TEARS and DARZAMAT. The dates are as follows: Dec. 08 - D - Berlin @ K17 Dec. 09 - D -...

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MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Completes Work On 'Performance' DVD

World-renowned progressive rock guitarist Michael Angelo Batio's brand new DVD, entitled "Performance", is finished and will be available within the next few weeks. "Performance" is said to be an in-depth look at Michael Angelo Batio the man, the artist, the entertainer, performing live at "Monster...

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WHITESNAKE: German In-Store Appearances Announced

WHITESNAKE members David Coverdale (vocals) and Doug Aldrich (guitar) will perform a short acoustic set and take part in a signing session at the following locations in Germany: Nov. 24 - Köln - Saturn Hansaring 97 - 5:00 p.m. Nov. 25 - München - Saturn Schwanthaler Strasse 115 - 4:00 p.m. WHITESNAK...

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TRAIL OF TEARS Added To Europe's X-MAS FESTIVALS

Norway's TRAIL OF TEARS has been confirmed for the X-Mas Festivals, set to take place in December. Also scheduled to appear are GOREFEST, BELPHEGOR and DARZAMAT. The dates are as follows: Dec. 08 - D - Berlin @ K17 Dec. 09 - D - Engeldorf (Leipzig) @ Hellraiser Dec. 10 - A - Wien @ ...

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Punk Bands Cover Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Classics: Audio Available

Punk bands NICOTINE (Japan) and SUN EATS HOURS (Italy) have teamed up to record a split album, "Metal Addiction", featuring covers of heavy metal classics. Due on November 15, "Metal Addiction" (cover) will contain the following track listing: 01. It's My Life (BON JOVI) - NICOTINE 02. I Was Made Fo...

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ROSE TATTOO: Final European Dates Announced

Australia's ROSE TATTOO has announced the final details of its upcoming European tour after the first part of the trek had to be postponed. The schedule is now shaping up as follows: Mar. 04 - UK - London Scala Mar. 06 - UK - Wolverhampton Civic Hall * Mar. 07 - UK - Nottingham Rock ...

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NEGATIVE: New Single Due This Month

Finnish hard/glam rock band NEGATIVE will release its new single, "Sinners Night/Misty Morning", in Finland on November 29. The title cut comes off the band's third album, "Anorectic", which entered the Finnish chart at position No. 1. The group previously topped the Finnish chart with its last sing...

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EWIGKEIT Previews More New Material

The U.K.'s left-field metal band EWIGKEIT has uploaded another new track to their MySpace page. The new song is called "End Times", and like the last previewed track ("Guantanamo Bay International"),it continues a commentary on current world events. Commented EWIGKEIT mainman James Fogarty: "'End T...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman: 'About Socialist Libertarianism... Words Are Not Enough'

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I am slightly confused here. What is hard to grasp with the idea of an anarchist society? A social structure built on responsible individual action based in free will rather than that of the obligatory choicele...