According to a posting on EDGUY singer Tobias Sammet’s
web site, the new album from Sammet’s solo project
AVANTASIA, “The Scarecrow”, was “officially one of the
20 best selling albums in whole Europe during the
fourth week of January. The record label has just
announced that it has also reached #27 in the Spanish
album charts and [...]
According to the Portuguese webzine Rock Heavy Loud,
OPETH and SOILWORK have been confirmed for the second
edition of the Lagoa Burning Live Festival, set to
take place July 25-27 in Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in
alphabetical order):
ANCESTRAL
ANCIENT RITES
ANGRA
CRUACHAN
DARK MOOR
DIONYSUS
EVERGREY
FINNTROLL
FIREWIND
KORPIKLAANI
LEAVES’ EYES
MOONSPELL
OBITUARY
OPETH
ROYAL HUNT
SIEGES EVEN
SOILWORK
TANKARD
W.A.S.P.
A total of 40 [...]
According to Metalzone.gr, concert promoter Didi Music
has announced that KISS will appear for the first time
ever in Greece on Sunday, May 18 in Terra Vibe Park,
Malakassa (Athens). Ticket pre-sales will begin on
February 22. Ticket prices vary from 45 to 75 euros.
The running order has been announced for the MMD
(March Metal Day) festival, set to [...]
According to Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE is
apparently “in negotiations” to play the 42nd Montreux
Jazz Festival, which runs from June 4-19 in Montreux,
Switzerland. The band is listed for Great Classics
Night along with the likes of SCORPIONS, CHICK COREA,
STANLEY CLARKE, AL DI MEOLA. The final band lineup
will be confirmed in April.
No other band is [...]
Canada’s pioneering metal band VOIVOD will enter the
studio this spring to record its final album using
songs left behind by founding guitarist Denis “Piggy”
D’Amour, who died in August 2005 from colon cancer.
An official band statement reads as follows: “There
remain 13 songs that Denis D’Amour (Piggy) had written
with the band that have yet [...]
Tune in to Sirius Satellite Radio’s Hard Attack in
late March to hear a week-long party celebrating Max
and Igor Cavalera’s mighty metallic return with their
new “apocalyptic” project CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, also
featuring Marc Rizzo from SOULFLY and Joe Duplantier
from GOJIRA.
Every hour for seven days straight, you’ll hear
something from a Cavalera… whether it’s new [...]
New MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick (ex-JAG PANZER,
NEVERMORE) has posted the following message in the
“Forums” section of the band’s web site:
“So I just finished the third gig [of MEGADETH's
European tour]!!!! In Oslo, Norway, and it was a great
time. I’m still working on some things but they are
getting better all the time. Overall [...]
BLOOD RED ANGEL, DARVIN and DAVIDIAN are among the
confirmed bands for the Mosh It Up festival, set to
take place April 26 at Musik Bunker in Aachen,
Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as
follows:
BLOOD RED ANGEL
DARVIN
DAVIDIAN
INSANE
KADAVRIK
MOTORJESUS
OUTBURST
REDRUM INC.
SAIPH
SCORNAGE
For more information, visit www.moshitup.de.
Finnish metal cellists APOCALYPTICA have been
confirmed as the headliners of [...]
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ArtInfo.com reports that LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy
Page and ’80s band SPANDAU BALLET’s Gary Kemp are
selling rare works at Sotheby’s on March 20 in the
largest-ever auction of British design from the 19th
and 20th centuries, the Telegraph reports.
The auction, worth more than $5.94 million, is the
first either at Sotheby’s or Christie’s to be
organized [...]
