Hails webzine conducted an interview with NIGHTRAGE guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and vocalist Antony Hämäläinen when the band played at Whisky A Go Go in Wet Hollywood, California on September 27 with FIREWIND. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Sweden’s CrankItUp.se recently conducted an interview with keyboardist/songwriter Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
According to the web site of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone, IN FLAMES and TRIVIUM will play at the city’s The Regency Ballroom on February 6, 2012. The date is expected to be part of a co-headining North American tour the two bands will announce this coming Monday, November 7.
IN FLAMES‘ tenth album, “Sounds Of A Playground Fading”, sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart.
IN FLAMES‘ previous CD, “A Sense of Purpose” (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of “Come Clarity” (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.
TRIVIUM‘s latest album, “In Waves”, sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart — the highest U.S. chart entry of the band’s career. The group’s previous CD, “Shogun”, opened with just under 24,000 units back in October 2008 to debut at No. 23. The effort followed up “The Crusade”, which registered a first-week tally of 31,000 copies in October 2006 to enter the chart at No. 25.
“In Waves” was recorded primarily at Paint It Black Studios in Orlando, Florida (with only the drums having been tracked at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida) with the production/mixing team of Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, SLIPKNOT, FEAR FACTORY) and Martin “Ginge” Ford, along with engineer Carl Bown. A two-disc special edition is also available. It features five bonus tracks, plus a DVD with a 40-minute, behind-the-scenes documentary, as well as an exclusive concert filmed in a warehouse located in Orlando, Florida, which is the band’s stomping grounds. This concert features the first performances of tracks from “In Waves”, along with TRIVIUM classics.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
CADAVERIA, the Italian band featuring former OPERA IX vocalist Cadaveria and ex-OPERA IX drummer/NECRODEATH vocalist Marçelo Santos (a.k.a. Flegias), has inked a deal with Bakerteam Records, a division of Scarlet Records which aims “to discover and offer support to the best talents of the hard rock and heavy metal international scene.” The group’s long-awaited follow-up 2007’s “In Your Blood” (released on French extreme metal label Season Of Mist) has been described by Cadaveria as “the most obscure, raw and horror-filled work ever produced by the group.” An early 2012 release is expected. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, who currently resides in Hollywood, California, conducted an interview with former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe on October 20 at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood. You can now watch the chat below.
Michael Monroe‘s latest album, “Sensory Overdrive”, was released in the U.S. and Canada on August 23 via Spinefarm/Universal. The CD, which was released in Europe on March 14 via Universal Music subsidiary Spinefarm Records, features guest appearances by MOTÖRHEAD‘s Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister and three-time Grammy-winning country/folk singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.
“Sensory Overdrive” was recorded in Los Angeles with legendary producer Jack Douglas, who has previously worked with AEROSMITH, JOHN LENNON, CLUTCH, SLASH’S SNAKEPIT and NEW YORK DOLLS, among many others. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Peek From The Pit conducted an interview with guitarist Mircea Gabriel Eftemie Denmark-based “future fusion metallers” MNEMIC at the Euroblast festival, which was held October 21-22, 2011 in Cologne, Germany. You can now watch the chat below.
MNEMIC recently parted ways with drummer Brian “Brylle” Rasmussen and guitarist Rune Stigart and replaced them with Brian Larsen and Victor-Ray Salomonsen, respectively.
MNEMIC 2011 is:
Guillaume Bideau – Vocals
Mircea Gabriel Eftemie – Guitar
Victor-Ray Salomonsen – Guitar
Simone Bertozzi – Bass
Brian Larsen – Drums
Commented Mircea Gabriel Eftemie: “We’ve been together for a long time, and I am sad to see the guys not being there anymore, as we once used to. We were not able to work as a unit anymore, due to many reasons, being personal and even logistical. That is why we have chosen to part ways. It has not been easy at all, since lots of turns have taken place in our personal lives and, unfortunately, this has been the only solution. It’s been a spirit-crusher for me, not being able to create music, being creative and share the passion we once used to have. The band needs to tour a lot more, go to places we haven’t been, play for audiences that crave the music we make — and this is exactly what we intend to do with a new lineup. Apparently there is still a demand for our machine, and we are grateful for that. Therefore we are now reloading it by making a new album to be released in 2012, followed by an intensive touring schedule.”
Added vocalist Guillaume Bideau: “Obeast in April and now Brian and Rune are not part of the band anymore. It’s a very weird feeling, because a band, as often said, is like another family to you. It will be more than strange not to see their faces anymore on stage, in the rehearsal, in the studio and in all the other places we were used to share together. But we’re still friends and that’s the most important.
“We cannot look into the past, we have to be moving forward.
“I think this new line up is the best we could have and Simone, Victor and Brian are great, creative and dedicated musicians. On top of that, they are great guys, so it could not be better.
“Today MNEMIC‘s face on stage is different — but what are we here for!? To play some fucking metal and kick some asses! And this will not change, I promise.”
MNEMIC has commenced writing a new album, to be released in 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records.
MNEMIC‘s fourth studio album, “Sons Of The System”, was released in Europe on January 15, 2010 and in North America on January 26, 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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