Search results for 'hypocrisy'

News

PAIN Re-Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

PAIN, the Swedish metal band fronted by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tgtgren, has re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records, the label that released the group's 1997 self-titled debut album. Peter is currently working on material for PAIN's next CD, which is tentatively due in October 2008. IN FLAMES bassist Peter...

Review

Unblessing the Purity

Sweden's BLOODBATH just keeps on churning out their modernized old school (if that makes any sense) brand of death metal. Yet the detractors are sure to bitch when they find out that new EP "Unblessing the Purity" no longer includes what many considered to be the driving force of the act, Dan Swanö....

News

HYPOCRISY: 'Catch 22' Reissue Details Revealed

Swedish metallers HYPOCRISY will reissue their 2002 album "Catch 22" under the title "Catch 22 V2.0.08" on May 9. Peter Tgtgren re-recorded the guitar parts, his vocals and remixed and remastered the LP for the new version of the album, whch will feature bonus material. The band previously stated ab...

News

HYPOCRISY: 'Penetralia' Reissue To Include Bonus Material

Poland's Metal Mind Productions will re-release the debut album from the legendary Swedish extreme metal band HYPOCRISY "Penetralia" (1992) on May 12 in Europe (July 8 in the USA via MVD). The limited-edition digipack title (limited to 2,000 copies) will be made available on golden disc, digitally r...

News

HIRAX Hard At Work On 'El Rostro de la Muerte'

Following last year's release of HIRAX's highly acclaimed EP "Assassins Of War", the Long Beach thrashers have recorded six new songs with producer John Haddad for their upcoming album, "El Rostro de la Muerte". This will be the band's first full-length since the 2004 release "The New Age Of Terror"...

News

PAIN: Paris Show Filmed/Recorded For Possible Use As 'Bonus S**t' On Next Album

PAIN, the Swedish metal band fronted by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tgtgren, filmed its April 6, 2008 concert at the sold-out Zenith in Paris, France for possible use as "bonus shit on the next album." According to the group, Paris was "the best crowd we ever had, on any tour, ever." Watch a short fan-filmed...

News

Reformed HYSTE'RIAH Releases Samples Of New Songs

Long-defunct '80s Swedish thrashers HYSTE'RIAH have reformed and have posted instrumental pre-production samples of their new material on the band's MySpace page. HYSTE'RIAH's current lineup includes Jerry "Krown" Kronqvist on vocals/bass and Cliff T (a.k.a. Klas Ideberg; DARKANE, THE DEFACED, TERRO...

News

MY DYING BRIDE Begins Recording New Album

UK doom legends MY DYING BRIDE have entered the studio to begin recording their next album. Pre-production started last week and the band has since gone into full studio mode at Futureworks in Manchester, with Mags once again at the helm. According to guitarist Andrew Craighan, there are no song or...

News

DEICIDE: New Interview With GLEN BENTON Available

Headbanger's Blog recently conducted an interview with DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton in which he discusses the tragedy of matrimony, the hypocrisy of the media, how working with a record label is as futile as entering into a bad marriage, why DEICIDE is good music for torturing prisoners and how hes...

News

CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Slams 'Internet Tough Guys'

Lucem Fero recently published an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alex Laiho, conducted by Welsh interviewer Anthony Morgan. Topics of discussion included the band's sixth studio album "Blooddrunk"'s lyrical content, working with Peter Tgtgren (PAIN, HYPOCRISY),the CD's musical stylings, a...

News

PAIN Announces New Touring Guitarist

PAIN, the Swedish metal band fronted by HYPOCRISY's Peter Tgtgren, has recruited Ren Sebastian (photo) from ICONDEMN to play guitar on the second leg of PAIN's European tour as the support act for NIGHTWISH. Commented PAIN: "We're looking forward to meet [Ren] for the first time on the plane to Hamb...

News

Producer TOM WERMAN Fires Back At NIKKI SIXX

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE producer Tom Werman has fired back at the group's bassist Nikki Sixx after Sixx responded to Werman's letter to the New York Times calling Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star", "totally deluded" and "stunningly inaccurate." Werman took i...

News

PAIN Launches Tour Blog

PAIN, the Swedish band featuring HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren, is currently on the road in Europe as the support act for NIGHTWISH. The band has launched a tour blog where the bandmembers promise to "keep you updated with news and share whatever happens during the tour. Everything you read or se...

News

Former VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Frontwoman Singing Opera

Former VISIONS OF ATLANTIS singer Melissa Ferlaak has issued the following update: "I will be working with the group Coro!, a group of opera singers in the Twin Cities, where we will present arias, duets, and ensembles from operas in concert style. Stay tuned for details on the upcoming performance...

News

BEHEMOTH Frontman In Hot Water Over Bible-Tearing Incident

Ryszard Nowak, who heads the All-Polish Committee for Defence against Sects, has reportedly registered an official complaint with the authorities in Poland regarding a BEHEMOTH concert that took place in the Polish city of Gdynia in September 2007 that included the destruction of a Bible by the band...