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FIREWIND, TALON Members Launch OUTLOUD

OUTLOUD is a brand new hard rock band featuring Chandler Mogel (TALON) on vocals, Bob Katsionis (FIREWIND) on guitar and keyboards, Mark Cross (FIREWIND, HELLOWEEN, KINGDOM COME) on drums, Tony Kash on guitar and Jason Mercury on bass. According to a press release, "These guys give you melodic hard...

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ULI JON ROTH To Host 'Legends Of Rock' Concert To Benefit Italian Earthquake Victims

Former SCORPIONS guitar legend Uli Jon Roth will host a Legends Of Rock concert on June 7 at Stazione Birra in Rome, Italy to raise funds for the victims of the recent earthquake in the region of the city of L'Aquila, which was largely destroyed. Uli will share the stage with a variety of artists, ....

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BRUCE DICKINSON And RONNIE JAMES DIO Are Heavy Metal's Top Singers

Headbang, a Turkish rock and metal magazine which is sold as a Blue Jean magazine supplement, has published its list of top 30 heavy metal and hard rock vocalists of all time (as compiled by the magazine's writers). It is as follows: 01. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN, BRUCE DICKINSON) 02. Ronnie Jame...

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REECE: New Audio Samples Available

REECE, the solo project of former ACCEPT/BANGALORE CHOIR and current GYPSY ROSE frontman David Reece, has posted audio samples of three new songs — "Chasing Shadows", "Before I Die" and "Yellow" — at www.reecerocks.com. Due later in the year via AOR Heaven, the group's debut CD was produced by Andy...

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German Metal Label SPV Declared Insolvent

Wolfgang Spahr of Billboard.biz reports: SPV Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH in Hanover has declared itself insolvent. The managing partner, Manfred Schütz, decided to submit an application to commence insolvency proceedings on May 25 — roughly equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protecti...

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BLACK MAJESTY To Work With ROLAND GRAPOW On New Album

MASTERPLAN/ex-HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow will record and mix the new album from Australian melodic power metallers BLACK MAJESTY, tentatively due in early 2010 via Limb Music Products. The drum tracking for the follow-up to "Tomorrowland" will commence in August 2009 at Grapow Studios in Slov...

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FATE Announces New Singer

Danish hard rockers FATE have announced the addition of Faroe Islands-based singer Dagfinn Joensen to the group's ranks. FATE is currently working on material for a new album which they hope to begin recording in the fall. The band will appear on "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild", the upcoming...

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WHIPLASH Confirmed For Mexico's MEZCAL METAL FEST

Reunited New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH have been confirmed for this year's Mezcal Metal Fest, set to take place September 13, 2009 at Vive Cuervo Salon in Mexico. The festival biling is shaping up as follows: TESTAMENT GRAVE DIGGER SACRED REICH WHIPLASH ALCATRAZZ THE AGONIST MISERY INDEX MALIGNO MOR...

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EDGUY Frontman Hard At Work On New AVANTASIA Album

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet is currently working on material for the next album from his AVANTASIA project. He writes on his official web site, "This is not a rock and roll, home-studio project; we'll work with a choir, with a symphony orchestra and — no matter if the music industry goes down the t...

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VIPER Singer Launches Solo Project

Ricardo Bocci, vocalist of the Brazilian heavy metal band VIPER, will launch his solo project with the release of the "My Way" single, featuring a guest appearance by Japanese drummer Yuichi Nagoshi (whom Ricardo met over the Internet). "Yuichi recorded the drums there in Japan and sent me [the comp...

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PRIMAL FEAR: 'Six Times Dead (16.6)' Video Available

"Six Times Dead (16.6)", the new video from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, can be viewed below. PRIMAL FEAR's new album, "16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", will be released in Europe on May 22 and in the U.S. on June 7 via Frontiers Records. The track listing is as follows: 01. Befor...

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RAGE: 'Soundchaser' Released On Limited-Edition Heavy Vinyl

RAGE's "Soundchaser" album, which originally came out in 2003, has just been released on limited-edition heavy vinyl with hand-forged steel labels via Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records. It is limited to 250 copies and available at this location. The follow-up to 2002's "Unity", "Soundchaser" was recor...

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WHIPLASH To Team Up With AGENT STEEL For One-Off Show In Oslo

Legendary New Jersey thrashers WHIPLASH will share the stage with California metal veterans AGENT STEEL on August 13 at Smuget in Oslo, Norway. Support at the show will come from Norwegian thrashers NEKROMANTHEON. A poster for the gig can be viewed below. WHIPLASH recently completed tracking its new...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: First Sample Of New Material Available

New video footage from the studio of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach can be viewed below. Bach says, "Here it is! Your first taste of brand NEW Bach n' roll 2009 style! Served up hot and fresh, just how you like it!" He adds, "This clip is of me and Charlie Bellmore [of the ...

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DAATH Guitarist To Guest On ASYLUM Debut

DAATH guitarist Emil Werstler will lay down a guest guitar solo on the upcoming debut album from ASYLUM, the Chicago-based band featuring Markus Johansson (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Johnny Rox (bass guitar). Johansson and Rox are joined on the CD album by drummer Kevin Talley (DAATH, CHIMAIRA, D...