TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — has just completed a U.K. tour as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The fifth in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the trek can be seen below. TRILLIUM released its debut album, "Alloy", in November 2011 ...
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EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project has set "The Mystery Of Time" as the title of its new album, due in March. Immediately after the release of this new metal opera, based on a story written by Sammet, the band will embark on a full-fledged indoor tour, during which the band and special guests will ...
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TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The fourth in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM released its debut album, "Alloy", in ...
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"Nabataea", the first single from "Straight Out Of Hell", the new album from German power metallers HELLOWEEN, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track talks about the fabled high culture whose secret city, Petra, was only discovered at the beginning of the 20th century, and is the origin of many legends and ...
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The "Nada Que Hacer" show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Jansen of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA in October kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM and DESTINY POTATO. EPICA will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a ...
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"From Heroic To Depraved", the new rehearsal video from German death metallers OBSCENITY, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's eighth studio album, "Atrophied In Anguish", which was released on September 14 as a digipak and as a digital download via Apostasy Records. The CD was again recorded at Soundlodge Studio in ...
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TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The third in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM released its debut album, "Alloy", in ...
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Vocalist Andi Deris of German power metallers HELLOWEEN was interviewed on the November 29 edition of the "The Metal Command" radio show, which airs on 88.3 WBWC in Cleveland, Ohio. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. HELLOWEEN will release its new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on ...
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TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The second in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM released its debut album, "Alloy", in ...
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Bill Zebub recently conducted an interview with vocalist Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now watch the chat in three parts below. The full interview will appear on the DVD "Total Metal Retardation", to be released through Bill Zebub Productions. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on ...
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Metal4 conducted an interview with Spanish female-fronted symphonic metallers DIABULUS IN MUSICA at this year's edition of the Metal Female Voices Fest, which was held on October 19-21 at the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. DIABULUS IN MUSICA released its sophomore album, "The Wanderer", in Europe on March 5 ...
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Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick (pictured below) was in the studio earlier this month recording lead guitar tracks for the forthcoming album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, due in March 2013. Bruce previously appeared on AVANTASIA's "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon" CDs and Tobias contributed guest vocals to Bruce's last solo ...
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German death metallers FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING will release their fifth album, "The Art Of Coming Apart", on November 30 via Cyclone Empire. According to the band, the CD "will contain eight brutal Swedish death metal songs and two instrumentals." The group adds, "The songs sound awesome after being mixed in Soundtunnel Studio by Ingo Maier ...
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TRILLIUM — the metal project launched by American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville — is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support act for British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM. The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the tour can be seen below. TRILLIUM released its debut album, "Alloy", in ...
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EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project is planning to embark on a headlining tour for in April 2013. Also in the works are several summer festival appearances, as well as South American and Asian tours at the end of the summer. Commented Tobias: "I know I once said we weren't gonna do it again, but ...
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Quality fan-filmed video footage of EPICA's entire November 21 performance at Backstage Live in San Antonio, Texas can be seen at this location. A couple of the clips are available below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM, SYSTEM DIVIDE and DESTINY POTATO. ...
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Superskum conducted an interview with Mark Jansen and Isaac Delahaye of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA before the band's November 7 concert at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, ...
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Metal-Trails.com recently conducted an interview with bassist Markus Grosskopf of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. You can now watch the chat below. (Note: The interview was conducted in German. To see English subtitles, click on "CC" button or activate "Interactive Transcript" function.) HELLOWEEN will release its new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with Mark Jansen and Rob Van Der Loo of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA before the band's November 17 concert at Joe's Grotto in Phoenix, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. The cover artwork — which was once again created by Martin Häusler, who previously worked with the band on the "7 Sinners" and "Gambling With The Devil" CDs — ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. The cover artwork — which was once again created by Martin Häusler, who previously worked with the band on the "7 Sinners" and "Gambling With The Devil" CDs — ...
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Peter Ruttan of MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Ariën Van Weesenbeek of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM, SYSTEM DIVIDE and DESTINY POTATO. EPICA will celebrate its ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. The cover artwork — which was once again created by Martin Häusler, who previously worked with the band on the "7 Sinners" and "Gambling With The Devil" CDs — ...
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. The cover artwork — which was once again created by Martin Häusler, who previously worked with the band on the "7 Sinners" and "Gambling With The Devil" CDs — ...
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Metal Storm conducted an interview with keyboardist Coen Janssen of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA on November 7 in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM and DESTINY POTATO. EPICA will celebrate its ...
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EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet entered VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Germany late last month with producer Sascha Paeth (KAMELOT, EDGUY, EPICA, RHAPSODY) to begin recording the new album from Sammet's AVANTASIA project for a spring 2013 release. The CD will once again be a rock opera based on a conceptual story very similar to the early ...
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UpVenue conducted an interview with drummer Ariën Van Weesenbeek of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA on October 30 at Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA last month kicked off an extensive North American tour. Support on the trek is coming from ALESTORM, INSOMNIUM, SYSTEM DIVIDE and DESTINY POTATO. EPICA ...
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On November 2, GetYourRockOut.com conducted an interview with vocalist Andi Deris of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. HELLOWEEN will release its new album, "Straight Out Of Hell", in Europe on January 18 and in North America on January 22, 2013. The CD is described ...
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Metal4 conducted an interview with Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA at the 2012 edition of the Rockharz Open Air festival, which was held July 12-14 at Airport Ballenstedt in Harz, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. EPICA will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special performance, dubbed "Retrospect", which will take place on March ...
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