MetalTalk.net has issued the following:
Manowar’s Joey DeMaio has given an interview with SVT Sweden in which he explains exactly what the situation was with the 2012 Getaway Rock Festival which Manowar are scheduled to headline.
Joey was alerted to problems with the festival last month and flew to Sweden to sort them out. You can view the video HERE where Joey explains everything in detail, straight from the horse’s mouth. Hail And Kill!
Drummer Eric Young of Swdish glam rockers CRASHDIET fractured his right hand and his unable to perform with his bandmates in Rome, Italy (December 13); Milan, Italy (December 14); and Lichtenfels, Germany (December 167). Filling in for him for those shows is Michael Sweet, the “kid brother” of CRASHDIET guitarist Martin Sweet.
As previously reported, CRASHDIET‘s third album, “Generation Wild”, was recently released on vinyl. This gatefold LP features the new bonus track “Hollywood Teaze” as well as updated artwork.
“Generation Wild” entered the official chart in Sweden at position No. 3. The CD, which was made available in Sweden in April 2010 through Gain/Sony Music, was helmed by RamPac, the production and songwriting team formed by Johan Ramström and Patrik Magnusson, in Gröndal, Sweden and was mixed by Tobias Lindell.
CRASHDIET in 2009 announced the addition of Simon “Simme” Cruz from the Stockholm act JAILBAIT as the group’s new lead singer.
The band parted ways with its previous vocalist, the Finland-based H. Olliver Twisted, in July 2008. Source: Blabbermouth.net
The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with bassist Jarkko Aaltonen of Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI on December 8, 2011 in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
THE INIQUITY DESCENT, the extreme-metal project featuring vocalist Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns of Finnish folk metallers FINNTROLL, has inked a deal with Massacre Records. The band has entered the studio to begin recording its debut album for a 2012 release.
THE INIQUITY DESCENT released its debut EP, “Trust The Serpent”, in November 2010. The CD was mastered at Nordic Audio Labs by Sami “Hannu” Koivisto and contains four songs (out of 11 that were tracked).
THE INIQUITY DESCENT is:
Mathias Lillmåns – Vocals
Mikael Mannström – Guitars
Philip Kerbs – Guitars
Jonas Frilund – Bass
Kenna Nygård – Drums
Source: Blabbermouth.net
“Man With A Mission”, the new video from Swedish melodic metallers GOLDEN RESURRECTION, can be seen below. The song is the title cut of the band’s second album, “Man With A Mission”, which was released in October.
GOLDEN RESURRECTION vocalist Christian Liljegren‘s rock-star dream began in his room as a child while living in Habo, a small village in the south of Sweden.
“YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, EUROPE and others were the musical heroes in my teens,” he said. “They are still big influences in my music. Their breakthrough in Japan was huge and I dreamed about my own success in Japan.”
In 1997, Christian‘s dream came true when his band NARNIA signed a deal with Pony Canyon in Japan — the same label as YNGWIE MALMSTEEN.
Since then, over 15 releases in the Japanese market have sprung from Christian‘s own record label from such bands as GOLDEN RESURRECTION, DIVINEFIRE, NARNIA and AUDIOVISION.
As the lead singer for some of these acts, Christian‘s relationship with the record companies and media in Japan has become close. Several tours in Japan have opened up doors for his musical career.
In 2008 Liljegren joined forces with Tommy Johansson, a 20-year-old super-talented vocalist and guitar hero. Both shared a big passion for melodic neoclassical metal and GOLDEN RESURRECTION was born.
GOLDEN RESURRECTION‘s debut album, “Glory To My King”, was released in Japan in October 2010 via King Records.
GOLDEN RESURRECTION is:
* Christian Liljegren (DIVINEFIRE, AUDIOVISION, ex-NARNIA) – Vocals
* Tommy Johansson (REINXEED) – Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
* Stefan Käck – Bass
* Rickard Gustafsson (PANTOKRATOR) – Drums
* Kenneth Lillqvist – Keyboards
Source: Blabbermouth.net
CENTURY MEDIA has issued the following:
Spanish Thrash Metallers ANGELUS APATRIDAnever rest! Only two days after the last show of their extensive ‘Clockwork Tour’, the band entered Ultrasound Studios in Moita, Portugal, together with producer Daniel Cardoso (Anathema, Anneke Van Giersbergen, etc) and sound engineer Hugo Andrade, with whom they already previously worked for their much lauded “Clockwork” album, which marked the band’s first release on Century Media Records.This new album will be released sometime before the summer of 2012 and still doesn’t have a title, but some details started surfacing already: ANGELUS APATRIDA are recording 10 new tracks and 2 additional songs for bonus use. Some of the songtitles are “It’s Rising!”, “You Are Next”, “Blood On The Snow”, “Violent Dawn” and “Still Corrupt”. They will also record a special cover track and the artwork for the album will again be done by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes (Arch Enemy, Firewind, The Crown, etc.), who’s currently finishing the last details.
Guillermo Izquierdo (guitars and vocals) stated about the new songs as follows: “We are working on an album that’s gonna be, without any shade of doubt, our most mature material. This time we have been able to do a pre-production of the whole record with Daniel Cardoso and it turned out to add a fresher taste in both the music and vocal melodies.”
ANGELUS APATRIDA recently escaped from studio’s routine on the night of Dec 9th to play a gig in Moita’s Live Caffé that also helped testing the new material on-stage. Highlights of the recently finished ‘Clockwork Tour’ include several runs of headlining shows in Spain, national support for Slayer and Megadeth as well as two European tours with Skeletonwitch / Warbringer and then the “Bonecrusher Tour 2011” with Dying Fetus, Keep Of Kalessin, Carnifex and many others.
ANGELUS APATRIDA are gonna spend the rest of December in Portugal recording the new album, so stay tuned via their official Facebook profile ( facebook.com/angelusapatrida ) and twitter ( twitter.com/angelusapatrida ) in order not to miss any reports and further details!
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