Search results for 'crystal ball'

News

Watch THE AGONIST's Video For 'As One We Survive'

"As One We Survive", the new video from Montreal, Quebec, Canada's extreme metallers THE AGONIST, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Orphans", which will be released on September 20 via Rodeostar Records. "The first lyrics for 'As One We Survive' were written at a...

News

TOM MORELLO: PROPHETS OF RAGE's Next Album Will 'Define Who We Are In 2019 And Beyond'

Tom Morello recently spoke to Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC Radio 6 Music about PROPHETS OF RAGE's plans to release new music, following the arrival of the standalone song "Made With Hate", which was made available in June. The guitarist is joined in the supergroup by other musicians from RAGE AGAINST THE...

News

EUROPE's JOEY TEMPEST Likes Recording Albums Fast: All Important Decisions Are Made Within A Two-Week Period

EUROPE singer Joey Tempest recently spoke to France's Le Coin Metal about the band's songwriting process. He said (see video below): "We tour quite a lot, but we usually write an album — it takes about six months to get the material ready. Then we record it fast — we go into the studio and we record...

News

DAVID ELLEFSON Reunites With Ex-MEGADETH Drummer CHUCK BEHLER On Stage For First Time In More Than 30 Years: Video, Photos

Former MEGADETH drummer Chuck Behler, who played with the band from 1987 to 1989 and appeared on the group's classic album "So Far, So Good… So What!", reunited with bassist David Ellefson on stage for the first time in more than 30 years last night (Friday, August 16) at the Token Lounge in Westlan...

Review

Metaportal

The impulse to push the envelope is never-ending, with regard to the more extreme side of music, metal and otherwise. Whether we are talking about bands as varied as SLAYER or SQUAREPUSHER, striving to be faster, louder, harder and/or more bizarre is inevitable—at least in the early stages. Intuitiv...

News

Video Premiere: TARJA's 'Tears In Rain'

The official video for "Tears In Rain", the new single from former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, can be seen below. The song is taken from her upcoming studio album, "In The Raw", which will be released on August 30 via earMUSIC. The clip finds the golden-voiced singer engaging in some roller der...

News

X JAPAN's YOSHIKI Donates $94,000 In Support Of Victims And Survivors Of Kyoto Animation Fire

X JAPAN's Yoshiki has donated 10 million Japanese yen (approximately $94,000) in support of the victims and survivors of the Kyoto Animation fire which occurred on July 18. After learning about the tragedy that befell the studio, Yoshiki made the donation to the dedicated support fund established by...

News

WOODSTOCK 50 Is Officially Canceled

Woodstock 50 has officially been canceled. Michael Lang, a co-founder of the original three-day concert, called off the event after attempting to move it to Maryland. Earlier this month, organizers attempted to relocate the festival to Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion after four failed attempt...

News

Video Premiere: THE AGONIST's 'Burn it All Down'

"Burn it All Down", the new video from Montreal, Quebec, Canada's extreme metal juggernaut THE AGONIST, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Orphans", which will be released on September 20 via Rodeostar Records. Says Chris Kells, THE AGONIST bassist and video direc...

Review

Entrance To The Otherwhere

If death metal had its own dictionary, the entry for "prolific" would read, simply: "see ROGGA JOHANSSON for details." Given how ridiculously productive the Swede has been over the last two decades, it's still staggering how little his work is acknowledged by the broader metal scene. Just check out...

News

STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH: SGT. D Action Figure Coming Soon

NECA Toys will release the Stormtroopers Of Death Sgt. D eight-inch clothed action figure in December. The figure is based on the mascot of the satirical 1980s metal band STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH (a.k.a. S.O.D.),which consisted of ANTHRAX members Scott Ian (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums),ex-ANT...

News

EUROPE Has 'Started Talking About' Making New Album

EUROPE frontman Joey Tempest has confirmed to Finland's Kaaos TV that he and his bandmates have "started talking about" making the follow-up to 2017's "Walk The Earth" album. "Everybody is collecting ideas individually," he said (see video below). "And that's how we start. And sometimes we start som...

News

DEVIN TOWNSEND To Perform STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Material On 2020 Tour

Devin Townsend has confirmed that the setlist for his 2020 tour will include material from STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, the seminal industrial metal outfit he fronted until 2007. Since the band's dissolution, Townsend has been asked repeatedly whether he would reform STRAPPING, only to cite the mental and p...

News

GENE SIMMONS Says KISS Got Energy Infusion By Recruiting ERIC SINGER And TOMMY THAYER

Gene Simmons has credited "new blood" with inspiring him and Paul Stanley to keep KISS going through the lean times of the '80s and '90s. "It's no different than a soccer team or a football team," he said during an appearance on this week's edition of "Three Sides Of The Coin". "When you have the sa...

News

KATAKLYSM To Tour Europe With WHITECHAPEL And FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE

Reanimated three years ago, the iconic "MTV Headbangers Ball Tour" is set to haunt European stages once again in November and December 2019. After delivering all-out thrash metal 2018, the fourth edition of the tour is nothing short of a breath-taking death metal package: The 17-show run will be hea...