Swedish heavy metal warriors HAMMERFALL have released the third album trailer, giving a first glimpse into the upcoming new music video on ‘Hector’s Hymn’. The video is uploaded on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel and can be seen below:
To give you a first idea, of what to expect from the band’s new chapter of revolutionizing Metal, HAMMERFALL put out the very first single called ‘Bushido’ on July 18, 2014.
The single is available on a limited vinyl edition (different colors), as well as digitally.
The tracklist will be:
A: Bushido
B: The Way Of The Warrior (remixed by Fredrik Nordström)
HAMMERFALL played successful show at Wacken Open Air 2014 last weekend. In case you missed HAMMERFALL at the annual festival madness, their full show will be airing on the German TV stations 3Sat and ZDF Kultur at the following dates:
Monday, August 11 at 02.00 CET on 3sat
Saturday, August 16 at 20:15 CET on ZDF Kultur
Metallers STARKILL have recently announced more details of the band’s upcoming album. “Virus of the Mind” is set to be released on October 14th in USA and Canada and on October 20th in Europe and Australia/NZ via Century Media Records.
STARKILL has posted the first song, “Breaking The Madness” on the Century Media YouTube channel, which can be seen below:
“Virus Of The Mind” track listing:
1. Be Dead or Die
2. Winter Desolation
3. Breaking the Madness
4. Virus of the Mind
5. Skyward
6. Before Hope Fades
7. Into Destiny
8. God of This World
9. My Catharsis
10. Convergence
The Chicago based metallers will embark on a full U.S./Canadian tour joining up with Arch Enemy, Kreator and Huntress as well as headlining shows in between. For more information click here.
Swedish heavy metallers BULLET will release their upcoming album, “Storm Of Blades” on September 5th (Sweden: 03.09., UK: 08.09., US: 09.09.) via Nuclear Blast. It is the band’s fifth longplayer and the first featuring the band’s new guitar player Alexander Lyrbo, who replaced Erik Almström in 2012.
The band has recently released a fire blazing and riff-ridden music video for ‘Storm Of Blades’, which can be seen below:
Also BULLET launched a new video trailer online, available to watch below:
“Storm Of Blades” was recorded during December/January 2014 and April/May 2014 at the Pama Studio in Torsås, Sweden and produced by BULLET and Magnus “Mankan” Sedenberg.
“Storm Of Blades” tracklist:
01. Uprising
02. Storm Of Blades
03. Riding High
04. Tornado
05. Hawk Eyes
06. This One’s For You
07. Hammer Down
08. It’s On
09. Crossfire
10. Run With The Hunted
11. Coming In Loud
Swiss avant-garde extreme metallers TRIPTYKON have announced that they will release two video clips filmed to accompany of the group’s second album, “Melana Chasmata”. Now, the first video is premiered by Metal Hammer and can be seen below:
The clip is an ominous visualisation of “Aurorae”, one of the most poignant and personal songs on “Melana Chasmata”. It was directed by Philipp Hirsch (who previously collaborated with TRIPTYKON for the group’s highly acclaimed “Shatter” video clip), and filmed in Leipzig, Germany, earlier this year. As it was the case with “Shatter”, the “Aurorae” clip is based on concepts by Hirsch and TRIPTYKON singer/guitarist Tom Gabriel Warrior.
The “Aurorae” clip is to be followed later in 2014 by an EP of the same title, featuring additional unreleased music by the group and released through Century Media Records/Prowling Death Records. Moreover, the end of the year will see TRIPTYKON embark on a major European tour with At The Gates.
Here is a list of all upcoming live-shows for Triptykon in 2014:
According to Nuclear Blast, NIGHTWISH ‘s drummer Jukka Nevalainen, who has been with the band since 1997, forced to take a break due to health issues. He surprised the other band members and their fans with the following statement:
“How to begin telling something that you wouldn’t want to have to tell, although you know that the decision you made is the only (at least the only right) one you could make at the moment? I face this dilemma now, and will do my best to find the right words.
For a number of years, I have suffered from occasional but very difficult insomnia, something that has been my unwanted companion during many of our tours, too. I’ve done my best to try to control it or at least to cope with it. Still, we don’t even really know why we need sleep, so unfortunately there’s not much information available on why some of us suffer from sleeplessness. There is no 100% cure for the problem.
During the last month, it has become evident for me that due to my insomnia, I can’t fulfill my duties as a musician in the way that I’d want and with the precision that the music deserves. Thus I have decided to step aside from my duties as the drummer of Nightwish during the recording of the forthcoming album and the subsequent tour. I will still be involved in managing the day-to-day affairs of the band, but the dearest and the most important thing, playing, is, for the time being, not possible. Time will tell what the future holds.
On a personal level, my decision obviously feels indescribably sad. Fortunately, looking at it with some distance, it is “just” part of the constant, inevitable ebb and flow of life. The sad things are part of it as well as the beautiful, unforgettable experiences and adventures that I’ve already had the pleasure to experience in spades. Surely, there will still be many adventures ahead, too.
My good friend Kai Hahto will play drums on the forthcoming album. I’m extremely grateful that he didn’t hesitate for a minute when he decided to help us in this challenging situation. What comes to touring, everything is still open, but we will let you know as soon possible what the line-up will be.
If beginning this was hard, so is ending it. So maybe I will just quote something fitting.
“You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” ― Eckhart Tolle
Guitar hero GUS G, well known as the guitarist of FIREWIND and OZZY OSBOURNE, has recently launched a new video for ‘Blame It On Me’ track, taken from his solo debut “I Am The Fire”. The video can be seen below:
“I Am The Fire” was released in March via Century Media Records. GUS G. handles all guitar, bass and keyboards on this album and is joined by a roster of friends and guests that helped bring his vision to fruition: drummers Jeff Friedl (A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER, DEVO) and Daniel Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY), bassists David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Marty O’Brien (TOMMY LEE, WE ARE THE FALLEN), and vocalists Mats Leven (CANDLEMASS, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/THERION), Blake Allison (DEVOUR THE DAY), Michael Starr (STEEL PANTHER), Alexia Rodriguez (EYES SET TO KILL), Tom S. Englund (EVERGREY), Jacob Bunton (ADLER) and Jeff Scott Soto (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ex-JOURNEY).
GUS G. also just announced a string of US dates with support by Lynam, kicking off on October 15th in Los Angeles, CA at the world famous Whisky a Go Go and marking his first solo band appearances in North America.
GUS G. comments: “I’m very excited to play my first solo shows in North America! Expect a killer set-list with songs from my debut solo album ‘I Am The Fire’, as well as material from FIREWIND, OZZY and some surprises! I’m putting a killer band together for this short run and Mats Leven will be handling vocal duties! Also, I’m very happy to team up with LYNAM– they’re a killer hard rock band, and their singer Jacob Bunton co-wrote with me and sang a song on ‘I Am The Fire’. See you all out there!”
See below for upcoming dates:
GUS G. and LYNAM US tour dates 2014:
15 – The Whisky a Go Go – Los Angeles, CA
17 – Count’s Vamped – Las Vegas, NV
18 – Ramona Mainstage – Ramona, CA
19 – Club Red – Tempe, AZ
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