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Guitarist JOE STUMP Checks In

REIGN OF TERROR/HOLYHELL guitarist Joe Stump has issued the following update: "It's looking like this year should be very busy. I just came back from Bulgaria where HOLYHELL played a New Year's Eve show opening for SAXON (three-band bill, we were in the middle). Believe it or not, it was an outdoor...

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HELLOWEEN: 'Gambling With The Devil' Two-CD Version To Be Released In Japan

HELLOWEEN's Japanese record label, JVC Victor, will release a special two-CD version of the band's latest album, "Gambling with the Devil", on January 23. Disc One will contain the regular LP — complete with the Japan-only bonus track "We Unite" — while the second CD will include the European bonus...

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR have been confirmed for this year's instalment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place on June 27-28, 2008 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGE OF EVIL AGENT STEEL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM FORBIDDEN GRAVE...

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ALESTORM Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARZ Festival

Scotland's ALESTORM has been confirmed for the Rock Harz open-air festival, set to take place July 17-19, 2008 in Osterode/Förste, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALESTORM AMON AMARTH CAST IN SILENCE CREMATORY DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA EISBRECHER FEUERSCH...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD Has A New Drummer

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD have reportedly recruited drummer Ash Pearson (SOUND OF THE SWARM, JUST CAUSE) for their current tour with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, HATE ETERNAL and DECREPIT BIRTH. Pearson joins the group as the replacement for Alexei Rodriguez,...

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HELLOWEEN Confirmed For UK's BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

German power metallers HELLOWEEN have been confirmed for this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: AT THE GATES COMMUNIC DIMMU BORGIR ELUVEITIE EVILE HELLOWEEN MOONSORROW OP...

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SAXON Cancels Glasgow Appearance

British heavy metal legends SAXON have issued the following update: "Unfortunately we can't make it to the Rock Radio anniversary in Glasgow, Scotland because the band is writing the new album and Biff [Byford; vocals] has a serious, serious cold. We thank you for your understanding!" On December 9,...

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HELLOWEEN: Road Update

HELLOWEEN's web site has been updated with the following message: "After successful appearances in Sweden and Finland, 3,500 fans have welcomed HELLOWEEN and GAMMA RAY at the first concert on the Czech part of the Hellish Rock tour in the Lokomotiva Sports Hall in Plzen. "Together with the Swedish o...

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SAXON Confirmed For Spain's ATARFE VEGA ROCK Festival

British heavy metal legends SAXON have been confirmed for the rescheduled Atarfe Vega Rock festival, which will now take place March 7-8, 2008 at Coliseo Ciudad Atarfe in Atarfe, Granada, Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGELUS APATRIDA BELPHEGOR DANGER DANGER DESTRUCTION EXCIT...

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SAXON: New Year's Eve Video Podcast Available

British heavy metal legends SAXON have posted a video podcast from Bulgaria, where they performed at a New Year's Eve celebration alongside the U.S. power metal act HOLYHELL and the Bulgarian rock band BTR. Check out the podcast at this location (M4V file). A 19-minute audio interview with SAXON fro...

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SAXON Frontman Discusses Songwriting Process

Metal-Experience.com recently conducted an interview with SAXON frontman Biff Byford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Experience.com: Can we go back to your latest album "The Inner Sanctum" for a moment? What do you think are the main differences between "The Inner Sanctum" and "Lio...

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MANOWAR Gets A Lift To Bulgaria From IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON

According to SofiaEcho.com, Joey DeMaio and Eric Adams from MANOWAR arrived in Bulgaria to take part in the New Year'e Eve concert in the town of Kavarna on Bulgaria's Black Sea. Novinite.com reports that Kavarna will celebrate New Year's Eve with a heavy metal concert, as has become traditional in...

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BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER, DIAMOND HEAD, IRON MAIDEN Among Top Albums For Riffs

Leading Japanese rock magazine Burrn! has published an article titled "Think About The Riffs" in which it cites DIAMOND HEAD's "Lightning To The Nations" album as the third greatest album for riffs following BLACK SABBATH's "Master Of Reality" and SLAYER's "Reign In Blood". The article goes on to sa...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer Says He Will Tour U.S. East Coast With SAXON

HOLY RAGE/ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins has issued the following update: "We [the members of HOLY RAGE] have all been busy towards the end of 2007 in one way or another. "Wwe had a great gig a few weeks ago playing alongside SKID ROW to a capacity crowd at our favourite haunt JB's nightclub [in ....

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DORO Talks 'Metal' Christmas

While in Europe on tour, Doro Pesch spoke with Metal Asylum about her latest EP, "All We Are: The Fight", and plans for another run of U.S. tour dates for 2008. Metal Asylum: Now I know you have homes in both the States and Germany so where are you spending the holidays? Doro: ...