Search results for 'orbit culture'

News

SLAYER's KING Says GRAMMY-Winning Track is 'One Of The Poorest Representations Of Us' On New CD

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King recently told Sean Piccoli of Sun-Sentinel.com that the group's song "Eyes of the Insane" — for which it recently won a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category — is "one of the poorest representations of us on the record," meaning SLAYER's 11th studio album, "Chri...

News

1349 Confirms Band Lineup For Upcoming Tour

Norwegian black metallers 1349 have confirmed their lineup for the upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to kick off late March. It is as follows: Ravn - Vocals Seidemann - Bass Archaon - Guitar Teloch - Guitar Tony Laureano - Drums The dates are: Mar. 23 - Crowbar, Tampa, FL Mar. 24 - Th...

News

Exclusive: Complete NIGHTWISH North American Tour Details Revealed

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can exlusively reveal the details of NIGHTWISH's upcoming North American headlining tour ahead of the official tour announcement, which is expected tomorrow (Monday, February 19). The pre-sale begins on February 23 through the Internet only and will be the only way to purchase ticke...

News

Black Metal-Inspired Exhibitions To Open In Amsterdam This Friday

This coming Friday, February 16, the de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, Holland will open two exhibitions that could be of interest to the lovers of heavy metal, black metal, and grindcore: "Steven Shearer - Steven Shearer" and "Erik Smith - The Ghost of James Lee Byars Calling", both on view from F...

News

Report: Black Metal Rises From The Shadows

Bob Gendron of the Chicago Tribune reports: "Black metal is not about life," says Wrest, the San Francisco-based musician behind the bands LEVIATHAN and LURKER OF CHALICE. "It is horrible, ugly and negative music. It reflects the negativity of the surrounding world and the disgust from within." True...

News

THE HAUNTED, DARK TRANQUILLITY Members Comment On Upcoming Tour

This spring marks the Century Family's inaugural Metal For The Masses tour, which will be co-headlined by Swedish titans THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY, with INTO ETERNITY and SCAR SYMMETRY rounding out the stellar bill. The trek will be sponsored by Decibel magazine, Draven and Lambgoat.com, and...

News

Black Metal Band SHINING Performs 'Scandalous' Concert In Sweden; Video Available

According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Swedish black metallers SHINING performed a "scandalous" concert at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden last Saturday (February 3). During the show, SHINING singer Niklas Kvarforth drank urine out of a bottle, was physically assaulted by a Norwegian fan, and cu...

News

ORPHANED LAND Taking Break From Live Shows To Focus On Writing

Israeli metal band ORPHANED LAND is taking a six-month break from live shows in order to focus on writing its new album, "The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR". The CD will be produced by Steven Wilson (PORCUPINE TREE, BLACKFIELD, OPETH) and is tentatively scheduled for release in 2008. Commented vocal...

News

ZENI GEVA To 'Come Back To Life Soon'

Japanese prog-hardcore band ZENI GEVA, led by singer and guitarist KK Null, has announced plans to reform. In an interview in the latest issue of Rock-A-Rolla magazine (web site),Null states that "ZENI GEVA will come back to life soon. Actually, we're planning to do a short tour in Europe in April...

News

MALEVOLENT CREATION Guitarist Slams BLABBERMOUTH.NET 'Sh*t-Talkers'

Guitarist Phil Fasciana of the veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION has slammed the BLABBERMOUTH.NET detractors who have bashed the group for inviting SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson to make a guest appearance on the upcoming MALEVOLENT CREATION album, "Doomsday X". In a state...

News

MALEVOLENT CREATION: New Album To Include Guest Appearance By SLIPKNOT Guitarist

Veteran Florida-based extreme metallers MALEVOLENT CREATION have completed work on their tenth full-length album, "Doomsday X", at Mercury Recording Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida for an early summer release via Nuclear Blast Records. "Recording sessions went very well and the band is very satisf...

News

SCAR SYMMETRY Officially Added To DARK TRANQUILLITY North American Tour

Sweden's SCAR SYMMETRY has confirmed that it will participate in the upcoming North American tour featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HAUNTED and INTO ETERNITY. "We're really glad and excited to be a part of this great package, as well as getting the chance to play on American soil for the first time!"...

Review

Vulcanus

Germany's FEAR MY THOUGHTS has been honing their musical form on each release, making the term "progression" a most fitting description for what has occurred on the basically traditional thrash of "The Great Collapse" to the more varied work (keys, melodic development) of "Hell Sweet Hell", both rel...

Review

A Raining Sun of Light and Love...

You miss those organ-drenched, fuzzed out, space rock jams of the '70s, don't you? Tee Pee knows that, which is why TITAN's "A Raining Sun of Light and Love, for You and You and You…" will be released on February 6. As it turns out, "stoner rock" is not an ill-fitting descriptor for this band ...

News

AEROSMITH Frontman To Speak For Peace

On February 5, AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler will be participating in a campaign to establish a United States Department of Peace. Tyler will be speaking as part of a lobbying effort hosted by the Peace Alliance, "a nonpartisan citizen organization advocating for legislation that supports a cultur...