Search results for 'twilight'

News

AMON AMARTH: 'Once Sent From A Golden Hall' Reissue Detailed

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH will have their first four albums reissued in 2009. The series will kick off with "Once Sent From A Golden Hall", which will be released on February 27 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and March 2 in the rest of Europe as a double-popup-digipak featurin...

News

Former BLACK SABBATH Frontman Featured On New MARIO PARGA Compilation

MidnightCafé Music has put together a special compilation album of U.K. guitarist Mario Parga's music called "Spirit of Night" based around the song of the same name and with a dark theme throughout. As well as the title track (including the vocal version released as a single with ex-BLACK SABBATH v...

News

AMON AMARTH: Audio Interview With JOHAN HEGG Available

Vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH was the featured guest on the October 19, 2008 edition of Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie". The interview is now available for streaming at this location. AMON AMARTH will embark on a full European hea...

News

MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2008

The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found a...

News

METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD Members Interviewed For New SAXON Documentary; Trailer Available

U.K.'s Coolhead Productions is working on a new documentary about the legendary British heavy metal band SAXON called "Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie". The film, which is expected to be released later in the year, will include interviews with members of METALLICA and MOTÖRHEAD. A two-minute trailer...

News

WINTERS IN OSAKA Signs With HAUNTED HOTEL RECORDS

Chicago, Illinois' premier noise terrorists WINTERS IN OSAKA have struck up a deal with Haunted Hotel Records for the release of their next album. "Molded to Crawl" features guest appearances by Rich Hoak (BRUTAL TRUTH, TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION),Topon Das (FUCK THE FACTS),DEATH AGONIES (a.k.a. TH...

News

TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

News

AMON AMARTH: '2009 Is Already Filling Up With Plans'

Swedish Viking metallers AMON AMARTH have issued the following update: "2008 has been one hell of a year for AMON AMARTH. The year has been filled with one exciting event after another. "We started the year with our first-ever Australia/New Zealand tour — one more continent conquered. It was great t...

News

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Plays Final Show With Keyboardist CARSTEN ALTENA

Keyboardist Carsten Altena played his final concert a member of the Dutch death band THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT on December 24, 2008 at De Gigant in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Video footage of his farewell announcement from the stage can be viewed below. THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT recently announced plans to r...

News

LOST DREAMS: In Writing Mode

Austrian melodic death metal band LOST DREAMS has commenced the songwriting process for its fourth album, tentatively due next summer. The follow-up to this year's "End of Time" will contain nine songs and will be mixed and mastered at the Rape of Harmonies studio (HEAVEN SHALL BURN, MAROON, NEAERA)...

News

TROLLFEST: Three New Songs Posted Online

Norwegian "ompa-party-trollish" metallers TROLLFEST, featuring members of PANTHEON I and SARKOM, have posted three new songs from their forthcoming third album, "Villanden", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Wo Bin Ich Jetz Aufgewacht?", "Der Jegermeister" and "Uraltes Elemente" at this l...

News

SAXON To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

British heavy metal legends SAXON will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on January 16, 2009 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. t...

News

SAXON: More 'Into The Labyrinth' Samples Available

Audio samples of all 13 tracks that appear on "Into The Labyrinth", the new album from British metal legends SAXON, are available at the JPC.de web site. "Into The Labyrinth" will be released in Europe on January 12, 2009 (Germany: January 9; USA: January 13) via SPV Records. The CD was recorded at...

News

GODIVA, BARON ROJO, DARKMOOR Members Featured On 'Legado De Una Tragedia' Spanish Rock Opera

Vocalist Fernando Garcia (GODIVA, ex-VICTORY) and members of BARON ROJO and DARKMOOR are among the musicians who are featured on the first Spanish rock opera "Legado De Una Tragedia". The album, which features a "who's who" of the Hispanic rock scene, is a rock opera divided into two acts — Twilight...

News

SOULGRIND Signs With FEMME METAL RECORDS

SOULGRIND, the Finnish band featuring former LULLACRY frontwoman Tanja "Whisper Lilith" Kemppainen (a.k.a. Tanya),has inked a deal with the new U.K.-based record label Femme Metal Records. The band's ninth album is tentatively due in late 2009. SOULGRIND's latest CD, "Pakana", was released in Febru...