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ELIS Drummer Forced To Sit Out European Tour

Drummer Max Naescher of Liechtenstein-based gothic metallers ELIS will sit out the band's upcoming "Beauty & The Beast" European tour with LEAVES' EYES, ATROCITY, SIRENIA and STREAM OF PASSION due to "job-related reasons." An "amazing" replacement drummer by the name of Trevor has been enlisted...

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KATATONIA Members Talk About 'Night Is The New Day'; Video Available

Video footage of Sweden's KATATONIA talking about their upcoming eighth studio album, "Night Is The New Day", can be viewed below. The mini-site for "Night Is The New Day" can be accessed at this location It includes audio samples, downloads, album information, interviews, art gallery plus exclusive...

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CYPHER Announces New Drummer

Dutch death metallers CYPHER have announced the addition of drummer Robin to the group's ranks. Video footage of Robin's audition can be viewed below. CYPHER will enter the studio in early 2010 to record its sophomore album. The CD will feature a guest appearance by CARCASS vocalist/bassist Jeff Wal...

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3 INCHES OF BLOOD: 'Battles And Brotherhood' Video Preview Available

A short teaser for "Battles and Brotherhood", the new video from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, can be viewed below. Produced and directed by Rick Podd, who has worked on such movies as "The Watcher" and "Hellraiser", the clip features the band set in the middle of...

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METALLICA Debuts Finger-Tapping App In iPhone

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "We're hitting the Apple iPhone App store again, this time so that you can play games on your phone! With all of our kids wild about it, we thought it would be super-cool if you could play Tap Tap METALLICA style, so we hooke...

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EUROPE: Video Interview With JOEY TEMPEST Available

Spain's Rafabasa.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Joey Tempest of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE. Watch the chat below. "Last Look At Eden", the new album from EUROPE, has been certified gold in the band's home country for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. Note: The International Feder...

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BROKEN MELODY: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Mirroring Identities", the new album from the Italian melodic heavy metal band BROKEN MELODY, can be viewed below. The CD is scheduled for release this month via Copro Records. "Mirroring Identities" was recorded at Real Sound Studios in Parma and contai...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Bassist Performs With LEAVES' EYES At METAL FEMALE VOICES FEST; Video Available

Bassist Oliver Holzwarth (TARJA TURUNEN, BLIND GUARDIAN) joined LEAVES' EYES — the band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — for two songs during the German/Norwegian female-fronted metal group's acoustic performance at the Metal Female Voices...

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EUROPE: 'Last Look At Eden' Certified Gold In Sweden

"Last Look At Eden", the new album from Swedish hard rockers EUROPE, has been certified gold in the band's home country for sales in excess of 20,000 copies. Note: The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Sweden has revised the sales requirements for albums to reach gold s...

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DIO To Play New Song On European Tour

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has revealed to Classic Rock magazine that DIO will play a new song on the band's upcoming European tour, which kicks off next month. "It's called 'Electra', which will be released as a limited-edition s...

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PARADOX Replaces FUELED BY FIRE At Germany's THRASH ASSAULT 4 Festival

FUELED BY FIRE has cancelled its appearance at the Thrash Assault 4 festival, which will be held on November 14, 2009 at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. Replacing them on the bill will be veteran German metallers PARADOX. The final lineup is: SODOM LEGION OF THE DAMNED DARKNESS NECRONOMICON ROOT PAR...

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DIMMU BORGIR Frontman, Ex-GORGOROTH Bassist Join Forces In OV HELL

Out of Norway's biggest and darkest metal bands rises OV HELL. This group of Satan's all-stars has been sharpening their teeth in some of black metal's most influential bands for many years. Known as key figures in bands such as DIMMU BORGIR and GORGOROTH, Shagrath and King have come together to bri...

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EX DEO To Film 'In Her Dark Embrace' Video

EX DEO, the Ancient Roman-themed arsenal led by KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, recently returned from a succesful trek in Europe and is now preparing to take on North America alongside ENSIFERUM, HYPOCRISY and BLACKGUARD. Plans are also underway for the band to film a video for the song "In Her...

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RUSH Drummer Remembers BLUE CHEER's DICKIE PETERSON

RUSH drummer and BLUE CHEER fan Neil Peart wrote the following piece for RollingStone.com in memory of singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, who died after a battle with liver cancer on October 12: "In the summer of 1968, I was going on 16, living in a small Canadian city (St. Catharines, Ontario),and ha...

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IMMORTAL: New Video Interview Posted Online

Imhotep's Roy Kristensen recently conducted an interview with Abbath and Demonaz of reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL in Oslo. Watch the chat in four parts below. "All Shall Fall", the new album from IMMORTAL, sold around 3,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to de...