American traditional power metallers ARCTIC FLAME are to support the legendary HELLOWEEN for their show in Columbus, Ohio, due to take place on September 29th 2013.
ARCTIC FLAME commented on their official website: “Arctic Flame is now the support for Helloween at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus Ohio on Sunday, September 29th. This brings the band to that area for the first time. The band is looking forward to seeing some friends and making new ones!!!!”
Metal Shock Finland author Mike Paradine is drummer for ARCTIC FLAME and he formed the band in 2001. They have released four albums, the latest being “Shake The Earth” at the end of last year. For more information, check out the album review at this location.
Check out the dates for HELLOWEEN‘s tour of the USA and Canada below:
2013-09-24 USA New York City, NY – Stage 48
2013-09-25 CAN Montréal, QC – Club Soda
2013-09-26 CAN Québec, QC – Impérial de Québec
2013-09-28 CAN Toronto, ON – The Opera House
2013-09-29 USA Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
2013-09-30 USA Joliet, IL – Mojoes
2013-10-02 USA Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
2013-10-03 USA Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
2013-10-05 USA Seattle, WA – El Corazón
2013-10-07 USA Anaheim, CA – The Grove
HELLOWEEN, who are currently on the European leg of the Hellish Rock Part II tour with GAMMA RAY have posted a video clip from their April 8th show in Paris, France at L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix with a request for help in finding a fan. Check out the video HERE.
Remaining Hellish Rock Part II dates include:
April
18 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
19 – Geiselwind, Germany – Music Hall
20 – Balingen, Germany – Volksbankmesse
21 – Schwandorf, Germany – Oberpfalzhalle
Metal-Rules.com’s Marko Syrjala has posted a new interview conducted with HELLOWEEN guitarist Michael Weikath. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: In your opinion, what is the classic lineup of HELLOWEEN?
A: “The classic lineup—that’s the one with Michael Kiske and Ingo (Schwichtenberg, drums) and (Kai) Hansen. That’s a time… that’s something that time passed by. Now we’re in the present and that’s what we do to make a good living and whatever. You know, the new lineup has its advantages and the old classic one had its disadvantages. Actually, it wasn’t an easy life. I mean, you hear the complaints about me and what kind of asshole and dictator I was or whatever… and the people who say that, they know themselves that it’s not true if they really reflect. They know what was going on back then and it’s actually just easy to put the blame just on me.”
Q: Yeah, but everybody has their own side of the story.
A: “It could have all been so cool if not for the fucking bikers around and it could have been so cool if I wouldn’t have been around because then I wouldn’t have had to have that entire struggle that was going on. For me what counts is that you have a great act that works and functions and is looked upon by the people as something important or great or something and that is indispensable. Because you can do so many bands which are not really necessary. Then you can go and say hmm or whatever.”
Q: Would I dare to ask that how is your relationship with Roland Grapow on these days?
HELLOWEEN recently announced a 10-date North American tour this fall. Tickets are on sale now at this location.
Confirmed dates include:
September
24 – New York, NY – Stage 48
25 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
26 – Quebec City, QC – Theater Imperial
28 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
29 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
30 – Joliet, IL – Mojoes
October
2 – Engelwood, CO – Gothic Theater
3 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
5 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
7 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove
Remaining Hellish Rock Part II dates include:
April
9 – Saarbrücken, Germany – Garage
10 – Langen, Germany – Neue Stadthalle
12 – Kaufbeuren, Germany – Allgäu Event Center
13 – Bochum, Germany – Ruhrcongress
14 – Mons, Belgium – PPM-Fest
16 – London, UK – HMV Forum
18 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
19 – Geiselwind, Germany – Music Hall
20 – Balingen, Germany – Volksbankmesse
21 – Schwandorf, Germany – Oberpfalzhalle
The Hellish Rock Part II tour hit the Fuzz Club in Athens, Greece on March 9th with GAMMA RAY in tow. Check out video footage of both bands jamming the HELLOWEEN classic ‘I Want Out’ below:
The lineup for this summer’s edition of the Graspop Metal Meeting(28-29-30 June 2013) is really shaping up now with the addition of another seven bands. The newcomers are Helloween, W.A.S.P., Prong, All That Remains, Tankard, Newsted and Love And Death.
A small change to our day schedules: Heaven Shall Burn has been moved up from Saturday 29 June to Friday 28 June.
In September 2012, W.A.S.P. celebrated the 30th anniversary of their first ever show in LA by kicking off their ’30 Years of Thunder’ world tour, which will also bring them to Dessel this summer. The band around figurehead Blackie Lawless, now the only remaining founding member, was particularly successful in the early years. Thanks to their self-titled 1984 debut ‘W.A.S.P.’ and the hit single ‘I Wanna Be Somebody’, their career took off like a comet and despite numerous lineup changes the band never lost its drive and identity. The upcoming tour offers an overview of W.A.S.P.’s 30 years in the business and promises to be the greatest W.A.S.P. show ever.
For German metallers Helloween, the release of their brand-new studio ‘Straight Out of Hell’ was the perfect excuse to embark on yet another world tour, entitled ‘Hellish Rock Part II’. The new release is actually one of their top selling albums to date. Helloween has always been extremely popular in mainland Europe and Japan but they are also a crowd favourite at festivals worldwide because they know how to throw one hell of a metal party!
Metallica at Graspop Metal Meeting? Well, no, not this year but who knows? Still, Jason Newsted represents a big chunk of Metallica history and our loyal Graspoppers will be more than happy to get reacquainted. Jason has kept busy since his departure from the biggest band of the Big Four but now he’s back with a new project. The new band is simply called Newsted and their classic metal has that typical Jason touch so expect a pinch of doom, a dash of punk and, above all, raw Newsted vocals. The prodigal son is back so don’t miss it…
Some acts are simply larger than life. Whether it’s personnel changes, declining CD sales or a worldwide economic crisis, nothing gets in the way of true rockers and their calling. A fine example of this dying breed is Tommy Victor, the brains behind Prong. Prong first came to the fore in the late 80s with their excellent debut ‘Force Fed’. Successful bands like Korn and Nine Inch Nails still quote Prong as a major influence on their music. During the 90s, Prong became one of the top acts of the alternative scene.
Eight years ago, Brian ‘Head’ Welch left the American metal band Korn to dedicate himself to the Lord Jesus Christ. He’s kept a low profile ever since but now he’s back with a new project called Love and Death and GMM was quick to invite them over for an introduction. Be sure to check out their debut album, ‘Between Here and Lost’. There’s quite a bit of Korn in there, so if you’re a fan…
Click here for an updated overview of our day schedules.
German power metallers HELLOWEEN have announced via their official website, that they have have had to cancel their upcoming show tomorrow (March 12th) in Istanbul, Turkey, as vocalist Andi Deris is ill:
“Due to illness of Andi we unfortunately have to cancel the Istanbul show. We feel very sorry for our Turkish fans! We are looking forward to be able to continue the tour after that small break in Sofia on Friday.”
The band are touring with GAMMA RAY and have been touring since 28th February. They have taken Europe by storm, so far blasting Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Greece.
The tour dates can be seen below:
March
1 – Madrid, Spain – La Riviera
2 – Bilbao, Spain – Santana 27
4 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7
5 – Milan, Italy Alcatraz
6 – Bologna, Italy – Estragon
9 – Athens, Greece – t.b.a.
10 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Principal
12 – Istanbul, Turkey – Refresh the Venue CANCELLED
15 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Arena Armeec
16 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane
18 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Media Park Club
19 – Budapest, Hungary – Pesca Music Hall
21 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Sport Hall
22 – Prague, Czech Republic – Tesla Aréna
23 – Zlín, Czech Republic – Hala Euronics
24 – Brezno, Slovakia – Sport Hall
26 – Krakow, Poland – Studio
27 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
29 – Helsinki, Finland – The Circus
30 – Tampere, Finland – Pakkahuone
31 – Oulu, Finland – Teatria
April
2 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
4 – Stockholm, Sweden – Arenan
5 – Karlstad, Sweden – Nöjesfabriken
6 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Lisebergshallen
8 – Paris, France – Olympia
9 – Saarbrücken, Germany – Garage
10 – Langen, Germany – Neue Stadthalle
12 – Kaufbeuren, Germany – Allgäu Event Center
13 – Bochum, Germany – Ruhrcongress
14 – Mons, Belgium – PPM-Fest
16 – London, UK – HMV Forum
18 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
19 – Geiselwind, Germany – Music Hall
20 – Balingen, Germany – Volksbankmesse
21 – Schwandorf, Germany – Oberpfalzhalle
HELLOWEEN‘s Hellish Rock Part II tour hit the Fuzz Club in Athens, Greece last night (March 9th) with GAMMA RAY in tow. Check out video footage if both bands jamming the ‘Weenie classic ‘I Want Out’ below:
Remaining dates on the tour are as follows:
March
10 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Principal
12 – Istanbul, Turkey – Refresh the Venue
15 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Arena Armeec
16 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane
18 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Media Park Club
19 – Budapest, Hungary – Pesca Music Hall
21 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Sport Hall
22 – Prague, Czech Republic – Tesla Aréna
23 – Zlín, Czech Republic – Hala Euronics
24 – Brezno, Slovakia – Sport Hall
26 – Krakow, Poland – Studio
27 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
29 – Helsinki, Finland – The Circus
30 – Tampere, Finland – Pakkahuone
31 – Oulu, Finland – Teatria
April
2 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
4 – Stockholm, Sweden – Arenan
5 – Karlstad, Sweden – Nöjesfabriken
6 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Lisebergshallen
8 – Paris, France – Olympia
9 – Saarbrücken, Germany – Garage
10 – Langen, Germany – Neue Stadthalle
12 – Kaufbeuren, Germany – Allgäu Event Center
13 – Bochum, Germany – Ruhrcongress
14 – Mons, Belgium – PPM-Fest
16 – London, UK – HMV Forum
18 – Hamburg, Germany – Docks
19 – Geiselwind, Germany – Music Hall
20 – Balingen, Germany – Volksbankmesse
21 – Schwandorf, Germany – Oberpfalzhalle
In a new interview with Anthony Morgan at Metal Forces Magazine, HELLOWEEN frontman Andi Deris revealed that he’s currently working on his third solo album. An excerpt from the story is available below:
“I hope to be ready somewhere in May or June, and take it from there,” he reveals. “I will probably release it through JVC in Asia, and probably through Edel Music in the rest of the world. We just finished the drums. They sound great, but drums don’t make a record. I know that the ideas are very good. It’s much harder than you would expect from an Andi Deris solo album, but it’s not SLIPKNOT or something like that. It’s somewhere in between (laughs). I would describe it as hard rock meets metal or metal meets hard rock, any way you can turn and twist it (laughs). The truth is somewhere in the middle. It’s modern hard rock with metal influences.”
Other musical influences might be on the cards, perhaps. “This is something you have to ask me when it’s finished,” Andi cautions. “We’re still in the recording process, and there are probably lots of spices we will add or maybe some things that we’ll take away again. I would rather describe it as modern sounding but evergreen hard rock / metal though, so there are lots of catchy refrains and stuff like that, and lots of things to sing along to definitely. There’s no speed metal stuff on it, but it’s rather heavy.”
The resultant lyrics will be of a more personal nature. “Very personal,” the wordsmith underlines. “There’s a lot of bitching and a lot of aggression that I’ve built up during the last few years concerning politics and systems, but it’s all in great stories I think, and I think everybody will nod. There’s a lot of filthy mouth stuff on it which makes it fun to sing along to, but it’s very aggressive lyrically.”
The solo endeavour’s working title is Million-Dollar Haircuts On Ten-Cent Heads. “As the name suggests, it’s all about those idiots who actually just work without moral ethics and are just corrupt,” Andi complains. “They just work for their own pockets, and don’t ask about people down there who are actually suffering, and take away money which is obviously lacking down there. That’s probably the reason why we have more poorer people, and more richer people.”
The official video for the first single is the six-minute opus for ‘Nabataea’ which develops on several levels, including 3-D animation at motion picture level. The legendary kingdom Nabataea provides the atmospherically dense reference for the strong first release from Helloween’s new album. Check it out below:
HELLOWEEN have announced via their facebook page that drummer Dani Loeble has written a book about about double bass drumming, entitled “Dani Loeble’s Double Bass Drumming – For Not Only Metal!”:
German publisher “musiktotal Verlag“ is pleased to be able to release HELLOWEEN´s Drummer Dani Loeble´s first DrumBook.
The book, “Dani Loeble’s Double Bass Drumming – For Not Only Metal!”, considered to be an „biography written in notes“ about Dani´s career behind the drumkit and in the heavy-metal-world.
His book is packed with effective exercises, techniques, tips and his personal approaches on the drumkit, that came to life due to his challenges he´s passed in band and studio situations as a professional drummer.
This book´s been written for all practically-oriented drummers, whose main focus is about groove, solid timing and feeling.
Drummers will find helpful tips for their foot technique, also they´ll find double-bass-drum-groove and fill-in-systems for the reality of a working drummer.
The book is available on march, 18th, 2013, for more info visit:
German power metallers HELLOWEEN have made a request of their fans who will go to see their shows on the upcoming “Hellish Rock Part II” tour, which starts on February 28th.
The band have stated the following on their official website helloween.org :
“On February 28 the worldwide “Hellish Rock Part II” tour finally kicks off – and naturally not only the guys on stage will be going full force, but your power and creativity will be needed as well to make every single show an unforgettable “Helloween-Party from Hell”. After the Dr. Stein lookalikes made the stages quake on the “7 Sinners” tour, it’s now time to rock the whole venues. Dress as Dr. Stein, Keeper, Mrs. God, in the style of the new pumpkin soldiers, or as whatever else you can come up with thinking about HELLOWEEN, and celebrate the loudest carnival of your life. Of course, the wildest disguises will be rewarded once again: The best outfits will receive a small gift at the merchandise stand, and the winners will also gain an eternal spot in the legendary “Hall of Hell” on HELLOWEEN’s homepage. So, go through your wardrobe and ransack the next costume shop – coming up next: Hellish HELLOWEEN Live on Tour!”
HELLOWEEN released their highly anticipated new album “Straight Out Of Hell” in January. To read more check out this location.
German bashers HELLOWEEN have posted a video diary from the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which sailed Monday, January 28th aboard the Royal Caribbean Majesty Of The Seas from Miami, FL to Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, and returned to the real world last Friday, February 1st. Check out the short clip HERE.
The official video for the first single is the six-minute opus for ‘Nabataea’ which develops on several levels, including 3-D animation at motion picture level. The legendary kingdom Nabataea provides the atmospherically dense reference for the strong first release from Helloween’s new album. Check it out below:
