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KING DIAMOND: Live Album To Surface Next Year

KING DIAMOND recorded several shows during their recent U.S. tour and are currently in Sweden at guitarist Andy LaRocque's studio (Los Angered) outside Gothenburg listening to the tracks and deciding what to use towards a possible live CD. "[The recordings] sound great and a live album should be fin...

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ARCH ENEMY To Support IRON MAIDEN In New York!

Sweden's ARCH ENEMY have been confirmed to open for IRON MAIDEN at the four New York City shows in late January. As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY will also support MAIDEN at the British heavy metal band's two Canadian gigs immediately preceding the New York dates. "We are excited about this opport...

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VOMITORY: Studio Update

Tobias Gustafsson, the drummer for the Swedish death metal act VOMITORY, has posted the following studio update on the group's official web site: "Our fifth album, 'Primal Massacre', is now taking its shape! We (Ulf - guitars, Henrik Larsson - producer, and me) arrived at [Studio Kuling in Örebro, S...

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THE CROWN Book Studio Time To Mix New Version Of 'Crowned In Terror'

Swedish thrashers THE CROWN will enter the studio on January 2 to begin mixing the "new" version of the "Crowned In Terror" album, tentatively due in early 2004 through Metal Blade Records. The new CD will feature returning frontman Johan Lindstrand in place of Tomas Lindberg (ex-AT THE GATES),who...

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EXHUMED Added To CANNIBAL CORPSE/HYPOCRISY Tour

EXHUMED have been added to the forthcoming North American tour featuring headliners CANNIBAL CORPSE and special guests HYPOCRISY and VILE, according to an online posting by the CANNIBAL CORPSE webmaster. The tour — CANNIBAL CORPSE's first in support of their upcoming "The Wretched Spawn" CD — will k...

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ARCH ENEMY To Open For IRON MAIDEN In Canada

Sweden's ARCH ENEMY will open for IRON MAIDEN at the British heavy metal veterans' headlining dates in Canada in late January, according to MAIDEN's official web site. As previously reported, ARCH ENEMY and SONATA ARCTICA will provide support at MAIDEN's Osaka and Tokyo dates on their upcoming Japan...

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MONSTROSITY's 'Rise To Power' To Receive European Release

Metal Blade Records Europe has signed a licensing deal with Conquest Music Inc. for the European release of the fourth MONSTROSITY album, "Rise To Power". "MONSTROSITY stands for classical American death metal," a spokesperson for Metal Blade said in a statement. "They are a band that always deliver...

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KORN, STATIC-X To Play Korea In January

KORN, STATIC-X and Korea's top-selling rock artist SEO TAIJI will be performing at the 10,000-capacity Jamsil Gymnastic Hall in Seoul, Korea on January 29, 2004. As previously reported, KORN, SLIPKNOT, EVANESCENCE and INSOLENCE are among the artists confirmed for Sonicmania festival, a two-day event...

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U.D.O.: European/Japanese Tour Dates Announced

U.D.O., the German band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, have announced the dates for their upcoming European and Japanese tour in support of their new CD, "Thunderball". The group's follow-up to 2002's "Man And Machine" is currently being produced by U.D.O. guitarist/former ACCEPT d...

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KORN, SLIPKNOT, EVANESCENCE Confirmed For Japan's SONICMANIA Festival

KORN, SLIPKNOT, EVANESCENCE and INSOLENCE are among the artists confirmed for Sonicmania festival, a two-day event set to take place in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan on January 31-February 1, 2004. The lineup for the festival currently looks as follows: Osaka – Jan. 31, Tokyo – Feb 01: KORN SLIPKNOT EVANES...

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CRIMINAL To Support SIX FEET UNDER In Europe

Anglo-Chilean metallurgists CRIMINAL, featuring former PENTAGRAM frontman Anton Reisenegger, have been confirmed to support SIX FEET UNDER on a two-week tour of Europe starting on February 26. The trek will coincide with the release of CRIMINAL's fourth studio album, "No Gods No Masters", which is d...

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BEYOND THE EMBRACE Name New Album

New Bedford, Massachusetts-based sextet BEYOND THE EMBRACE have set "Insect Song" as the title for their sophomore album, tentatively due in the spring through Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2002's "Against The Elements" will be recorded during late December/early January with producer/UNEART...

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SONATA ARCTICA To Support IRON MAIDEN In Japan

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA will support ARCH ENEMY and IRON MAIDEN at two dates on their upcoming Japanese tour: Osaka on February 7 and Tokyo on February 8. SONATA ARCTICA are currently working on the material for the follow-up to this year's "Winterheart's Guild", due out before the...

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FLESHCRAWL Complete Work On New Album

Germany's FLESHCRAWL have completed work on their seventh album, "Made of Flesh", at Studio Underground in Sweden. The follow-up to 2001's "Soulskinner" "kicks off where [the last album] ended, but with a lot more intensity, variety and deadliness," according to an official press release. The comple...

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LIMP BIZKIT's DURST Plays Down Chin-Slicing Incident

LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Oh my gosh!! Stop the press!! Headlines are coming!! Fred Durst has a weeeeee cut on his chin!! Must have been some fan/band violence, eh? Come on now. I went into the pit in NY and climbed onto a ...