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DEVIN TOWNSEND, Members Of OPETH, TESTAMENT Pay Tribute To DIO On Australia's 'The Racket'

Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR),Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH) and Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, EXODUS, SLAYER, FORBIDDEN) were interviewed by Andrew Haug about the influence and legacy of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio during tonight's (Tuesday...
May 18, 2010
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RAVEN Frontman Interviewed On 'Metalkast'

Vocalist/bassist John Gallagher of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN was recently interviewed by Metalkast's Paul "The Rög" Rogne and Chris "Snakeskin" Townsend. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. RAVEN will play a very limited number of North Ame...
May 16, 2010
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CONTRIVE: 'The Internal Dialogue' Release Date Announced

"The Internal Dialogue", the second album from the Melbourne, Australia trio CONTRIVE, will be released on July 2. The first pressing will be a special hand-numbered embossed digipack limited to 500 copies only. The CD will be made available in stores Australia wide via MGM Distribution or order thr...
May 14, 2010
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WATCHTOWER Parts Ways With Singer ALAN TECCHIO

Austin, Texas technical metal godfathers WATCHTOWER have parted ways with vocalist Alan Tecchio. Commented the band: "We know this announcement may come as a shock to many who've heard our new song, 'The Size of Matter', and saw us live with Alan in Germany last month. Alan did a great job on 'Matte...
May 11, 2010
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Says His Friendship With JASON NEWSTED 'Ended Strangely'

Argentina's Jedbangers magazine recently conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Jedbangers: [Your] song "Resolve!" is too similar to the "Vanilla Radio"...
May 7, 2010
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DÉTENTE Forced To Cancel European Dates

Reunited California metallers DÉTENTE — featuring original members Dennis Butler (drums),Caleb Quinn (guitar) and Steve Hochheiser (bass) alongside new vocalist Tiina Teal — have cancelled the remaining dates on their short European tour "due to a bandmember's illness." No further information is cu...
May 6, 2010
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DEVIN TOWNSEND: Video Footage Of 'Ziltoid' Performance Preparations Posted Online

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) will perform his "Ziltoid The Omniscient" concept album in its entirety on Friday, July 2 at the thirteenth annual Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finland as a special one-off world-exclusive show...
May 3, 2010
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BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: Video Interview, Pro-Shot Live Footage Posted Online

Metal Injection has posted two video clips featuring North Carolina's BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. First up, there is a new interview, conducted on the band's recent headlining run with CYNIC, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and SCALE THE SUMMIT. They discuss their recent video, "Obfuscation", the show "Lo...
April 28, 2010
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CONTRIVE: Teaser Video For 'The Internal Dialogue' Posted Online

A teaser video for "The Internal Dialogue", the forthcoming second album from the Melbourne, Australia trio CONTRIVE, can be viewed below. The CD is tentatively due in late May via an as-yet-undisclosed record label. Two songs from the album — "Is This The Way?" and "The Internal Dialogue" — are ava...
April 19, 2010
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, LYNCH MOB To Join Forces For 'Battle Of The Axes' Tour

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (featuring Michael Schenker) and LYNCH MOB (featuring George Lynch) will join forces for the "Battle Of The Axes" U.S. tour this summer. So far the following dates have been released: Jul. 29 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ Jul. 30 - Jaxx - Springfield, VA More dates will...
April 14, 2010
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EVILE, BONDED BY BLOOD, MITHRAS Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK Festival

Thrash metallers EVILE and BONDED BY BLOOD have been added to the main stage at the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Commented BONDED BY BLOOD: "This is BONDED BY BLOOD's first big festival. We are r...
April 13, 2010
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BENEDICTION, WITCHSORROW, ENFORCER, STEELWING Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK

BENEDICTION, WITCHSORROW, ENFORCER and STEELWING have been confirmed for the Sophie Lancaster Stage at the 10th-anniversary edition of the Bloodstock festival, set to take place August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Commented BENEDICTION bassist Frank Healy: "Bloodstock were...
April 6, 2010
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MADDER MORTEM, KALMAH Confirmed For Czech Republic's BRUTAL ASSAULT

MADDER MORTEM and KALMAH have been confirmed for the 15-year-anniversary edition of the Brutal Assault festival, set to take place August 12-14, 2010 in Josefov, Czech Republic. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGNOSTIC FRONT AHAB ARSIS AURA NOIR BAL-SAGOTH BLEED FROM WITHIN CANDLEMASS...
April 5, 2010
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Reveals Plans For Remainder Of The Year

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) has just completed an extremely successful Australian headlining trek. This was his first trip Down Under in a number of years and the first in support of "Addicted", the second in a series of...
April 2, 2010
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WITHIN TEMPTATION Guitarist To Tour With ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN

Guitarist Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION) will join AGUA DE ANNIQUE — the band led by former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen — for several shows this spring/summer, starting with the group's April 30 appearance at Rock'n Dark festival in Istanbul, Turkey. Jolie will be filling in for regu...
March 31, 2010