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The first OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE album was a big hit for the Inside Out label. A prog-metal dream team — FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and his former bandmate, keyboardist Kevin Moore, and bassist Sean Malone (CYNIC, GORDIAN KNOT) — assembled a truly...

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'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' Documentary Set For VH1 Television Premiere

"Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", a brand-new documentary offering a guided tour through heavy metal's storied but largely ignored history, is one of eight new high-end feature-length programs that will be included in VH1's documentary series "VH1 Rock Docs". Each of the documentaries will reveal an...

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BLOODY SIGN, ESTUARY: European Tour Dates Announced

French black death metallers BLOODY SIGN will be teaming up with Ibex Moon labelmates ESTUARY for a European tour beginning on April 21 in Colmar, France. Confirmed dates are as follows: Apr. 21 - Le Grillen – Colmar, FRA Apr. 22 - Hotel Des Ors - Romans Sur Isere, FRA Apr. 23 - Sala Vietnam ...

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DINO CAZARES: FEAR FACTORY Owe It To Their Fans To Make A Killer CD

Former FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has commented on a recent interview with the band's vocalist, Burton C. Bell, in which Bell stated that Dino "took more credit than he deserved" during his tenure with the group. Speaking to Patrizia Mazzuoccolo of the Norwegian metal radio show "Tinitus" (...

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ORPHANED LAND Tap PORCUPINE TREE's WILSON To Produce Next Album

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND have announced that Steven Wilson of PORCUPINE TREE will produce their next album, entitled "The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR". Commented ORPHANED LAND vocalist Kobi Farhi: "We are a big fans of Steven's works, we are very much exited that we will work together and...

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ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET Replace IMPALED NAZARENE At France's METAL THERAPY Festival

ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET, the new Swedish band featuring former THE CROWN vocalist Johan Lindstrand, have replaced IMPALED NAZARENE on the billing of this year's Metal Therapy festival, set to take place on April 15 in Amneville, France. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:...

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ENTOMBED, GRAVE, GEHENNAH Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

ENTOMBED, GRAVE and GEHENNAH are among the newly confirmed bands for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY ASIA BALDROOM BLITZ BLITZK...

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OPETH Frontman Talks About Collaboration With MIKE PORTNOY, STEVEN WILSON

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has confirmed reports that he is planning on collaborating with PORCUPINE TREE's Steven Wilson and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy on an as-yet-unnamed new project. "We've been talking the three of us," Mikael said in a recent interview with Tony of KASC The Blaze...

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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY To Collaborate With OPETH's ÅKERFELDT?

Jakob Herrmann of Drummer's Digest recently conducted an interview with DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On whether the technical side of the band's music superior to the musical side: Portnoy: "We try to have a balance. There's times when we know we wan...

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GWAR Prepare To 'Go To Hell'

Legendary heavy metal band GWAR have posted the following message on their official web site: "Everyone (except everybody else) was ecstatic when GWAR put out 'Violence Has Arrived' in 2001 — it marked GWAR's triumphant return to metal, and the world breathed a collective sigh of relief that we hadn...

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METALLICA: Video Footage Of BLACK SABBATH Rock Hall Induction, Performance Posted Online

Video clips of METALLICA inducting BLACK SABBATH into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performing a medley of SABBATH songs during the induction ceremony held on March 13 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel have been posted online at YouTube.com. Check them out: Performance ("Hole in the Sky" / "I...

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NO RETURN: 'Don't Judge Me' Video Posted Online

NO RETURN's video for the song "Don't Judge Me" can be downloaded at VS-webzine.com. The clip was directed by Julien Metternich (THE OLD DEAD TREE, KAIZEN, DAYLIGHT DIES) and features actress Renata Bellmonbo in the main role. "Don't Judge Me" comes off the French thrashers' most recent, self-titled...

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MSG, SODOM, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, TREAT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK Festival

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG),SODOM, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, TREAT, EXTREMA and CRUCIFIED BARBARA have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE C...

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Full Text Of METALLICA's BLACK SABBATH Induction Speech Available

BLABBERMOUTH.NET has obtained the full text of the speech by METALLICA members Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield inducting BLACK SABBATH into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night (March 13) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. In addition to inducting SABBATH into the Roll Hall, METALL...

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Heavy Metal Documentary 'A Headbanger's Journey' To Receive DVD Release In May

Heavy Metal has long been a stigmatized musical genre characterized by aggressive rhythms, dark lyrics and satanic worship. "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" is a ground-breaking film that explores the history of how these stereotypes came to be and explains the motivation and truth behind the music t...