The new Metallica album is getting hotter and hotter, and it’s just making us more and more interested and frantic about it. After the single, the new video, Cyanide, now we have the words of the masters of puppets themselves, talking about their new release. In the latest issue of Kerrang! magazine, you could read an interview, which is just amazing, at least for me. So tu cut a long story short, here’s what they…
What a weekend for Metallica. After providing a world class performance at Texas’ Ozzfest, where they also revealed a new song Cyanide, the influential metal icons also mapped an extensive North American tour, in support of their upcoming album, Death Magnetic, which seems to be complete! The Sword will open all dates with Lamb Of God, Machine Head, and Down opening select dates Dates, plus an awesome artwork of the new album, right after the…
It’s official now, metal masters Megadeth are going to start work on another studio effort, which will definitely please all of us. This comes after the dvd set, called Warchest and their previous album, United Abominations. Here’s what Dave McRobb, Megadeth’s official webmaster had to say, via the website: “So…. I was talking to my beloved master [Dave Mustaine] tonight on the phone and he wanted me to let you all know that things are…
Wednesday, 23 July, I had the luck of being at a Metallica concert, in Bucharest, at Cotroceni stadium. Living not that far from it and knowing the city pretty much, I arrived early in the morning to check some parts of the city. Some good and bad news came up from then: some parts of the city looked great, with amazing architecture, while some were in very bad shape. The traffic was almost really stuck…
Listen up “maggots,” the Iowan metal heads of [tag]Slipknot[/tag] are making their last preparations, before the release of their much anticipated forth full studio album, “All Hope Is Gone,” scheduled to hit the record stores on August 26. The celebrate this forth installment and probably to better promote their upcoming new work, the band have also released footage of the new mask. Slipknot have always been famous for their massive cult fallowing, that like to…
Both Within Temptation and Armin van Buuren are from the Netherlands; but that’s where the similarities end. The band shows a brilliant metal/goth spirit, being probably the best artist of the genre while Armin is considered by most to be the best DJ in the whole world. But still, it’s a pretty large bridge to cross. While I have to say the song is a great trance one, it’s nowhere near anything WT’s greatest work….
Photo courtesy of dave1968 We didn’t have a chance to write about this, but about a week ago Metallica previewed a mix of songs from their forthcoming new album, to a bunch of journalists in London. Apparently there was a misunderstanding, though, and the subsequent reviews of the material where quickly withdrawn from various websites, within minutes from their posting. Now, the band itself (the whole mix was put to the journalists disposal by their…
It’s been a while since I’ve heard anything about the epic power/speed metallers from Dragonforce. Well, as it turns out, they’ve been working really hard to release their new album, “Ultra Beatdown”, on August 25 via Roadrunner Records. Band members also took the time to talk about this album. Guitarist Sam Totman says: “It’s not going to be majorly different. But hopefully the melodies will be nicer, the guitar solos will be better, the production…
I was just scanning through Blabbermouth, a few moments ago, when I stumbled across a post, that just made go all WTF?! Apparently, during a more or less familiar interview for Norway’s NRK, the KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons confirmed that him, as well as co-founder Paul Stanley will retire from the band, then jokingly or not, he confessed he’s planning to keep the band alive forever. It seems it’s all part of a diabolical master…
Credits Is there a bigger musical event this year than the release of the Metallica album? Could be, but I can’t think of any other thing. They’ve got reclaiming, reconquering, and recreating to do – and that’s no easy job, even for them. After the disappointing not-so-impressive St. Anger, true fans are expecting a return to the roots; we’re waiting for the amazing music we know they can do. The amount of attention directed towards…
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