Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL have announced that their show on August 21, at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany, will be the last to feature long-time frontman E.M. Caligula.

Caligula joined the band in the mid-ninties and has appeared on all but one of their albums to date. His statement on the amtters concludes with:
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our fans for their amazing support during all the 15 years I’ve been with the band. And I would also like to thank my brothers in Dark Funeral for all these years together.

Lord Ahriman and I have managed to raise Dark Funeral from the deepest of abyss, when we have confronted problems before. And there is NO doubt in my mind, that Dark Funeral, without me, will raise once more, stronger than ever..."

The band are now actively seeking a replacement and have invited any interested parties to send audio samples to: vocalist@darkfuneral.se

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 21:01 | Source: Dark Funeral

Former DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH vocalist Glenn Hughes has scheduled 15 UK and Irish dates beginning in September this year.

Filling his customary role as bassist and vocalist, Glenn will be joined by Søren Andersen on guitar, keyboard player Anders Olinder and drummer Pontus Engborg.

SEPTEMBER
23 MANCHESTER, Academy
24 HOLMFIRTH, Picturedrome
25 GLASGOW, ABC
27 GATESHEAD, The Sage
28 BILSTON, Robin 2
29 NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms

OCTOBER
01 FALMOUTH, Princess Pavillion
02 EXETER, Phoenix
03 CARDIFF, Millenium Music Hall
05 ISLINGTON, Academy
06 READING, Sub 89
07 LEAMINGTON SPA, The Assembly
09 BLEFAST, Spring & Airbrake
10 DUBLIN, The Village
12 BRISTOL, The Fleece
13 SOUTHAMPTON, The Brook

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 20:52 | Source: Glenn Hughes

UNISONIC, the new melodic metal band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and PINK CREAM 69 bassist Dennis Ward, have made a demo version of the song Souls Alive available for streaming. The link below leads to the band's MySpace page where the song can be heard.

UNISONIC marks Kiske's return to a full-time band and live performances for the first time since he left HELLOWEEN in 1993. Despite disavowing heavy metal to pursue a career in softer rock and pop projects since then, Kiske has continually made guest appearances for various metal bands such as GAMMA RAY and AVANTASIA.

Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou feature along with Kiske in the Frontier Records project band PLACE VENDOME, and have the three been joined by former GOTTHARD guitarist Mandy Meyer to form UNISONIC.

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 08:46 | Source: Unisonic

KILLING MACHINE, the American power metal band who have rcently relocated to Europe, have announced an 11-date UK tour. Support will come from enduring Norwegians GAIA EPICUS, who were forced to cancel a planned tour of the country last year. Further support will be provided by SWORN AMONGST.

KILLING MACHINE feature in their line-up former SLAYER drummer Jon Dette and have recently added ex-STRATOVARIUS bassist Jari Kainulainen to their ranks.

SEPTEMBER
16 LONDON, Academy 2
17 SOUTHAMPTON, Talking Heads
18 NOTTINGHAM, The Rescue Rooms
19 BIRMINGHAM, Academy 2
20 MANCHESTER, Moho Live
21 LIVERPOOL, Academy 2
22 LEEDS, The Well
23 NEWCASTLE, Academy 2
24 GLASGOW, Ivory Blacks
25 MARCGATE, Westcoast Live
26 BRISTOL, Bierkeller

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 08:24 | Source: Killing Machine

Rising US trad metallers WHITE WIZZARD have scheduled a short UK for tour later this year.

NOVEMBER
05 WOLVERHAMPTON, The Slade Rooms
08 GLASGOW, Cathouse
10 SHEFFIELD, Corporation

WHITE WIZZARD released their debut album, Over the Top through Earache Records earlier this year. Recently, they announced the addition of former CELLADOR vocalist Michael Gremio and Welsh guitarist Lewis Stephens to their line-up to replace the departed Wyatt Anderson and Erik Kluiber.

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 08:29 | Source: White Wizzard

IRON MAIDEN have confirmed that their new album The Final Frontier will be released on August 16th.

To mark the occasion, the track El Dorado is available as a free download from their webiste: www.ironmaiden.com

Bruce Dickinson explained: "El Dorado is a preview of the forthcoming studio album. As we will be including it in the set of our Final Frontier World Tour we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into The Final Frontier mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release".

The Final Frontier World Tour begins today in Dallas and will run for 25 shows across North America. The band will then return to Europe for a run of headline dates, including the O2 Arena in Dublin on July 30th and the Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth on August 1st.

"We're hugely excited about this tour," said bassist Steve Harris. "I think the fans will really like the brand new stage production - Eddie has changed a bit for this tour but is possibly the most outrageous one to date. I can't say too much about him as don't want to spoil the surprise, but I guarantee he will scare the hell out of you!"

Comments (0) | Posted By: Ann at 19:11 | Source: Iron Maiden

BONDED BY BLOOD have announced two UK dates in the run up to their new album release and appearance at BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR this August.

AUGUST
13 LEEDS, The Well
14 EDINBURGH, Bannerman's

The thrash metallers will then play the Ronnie James Dio Main Stage at BLOODSTOCK on August 15th.

BONDED BY BLOOD's new concept album, Exiled to Earth will be released through Earache on August 10th in the US and August 16th in the UK and Europe.

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 11:39 | Source: Bonded By Blood

The organisers of BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR, celebrating the festival's 10th anniversary this year, have announced details of Thursday's Metal Party Night.

The festival itself takes place from Friday, August 13th to Sunday the 15th, and will be preceded by a night of entertainement for early bird arrivals. Gates open at midday and the entertainment begins at 17.00.

BLOODSTOCK regulars 4 DJ's OF THE APOCALYPSE will be in attendance, followed by sets from comedians Killian Monson, Andrew O'Neill and Lou Saffire.

BLOODSTOCK have also renewed their four-night music license, and Welsh death metal veterans DESECRATION will take to the stage that evening to warm the crowd up for another three days of heavy metal.

Further details and full line-up listings for all three stages are available on the festival's official website.

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 10:49 | Source: Bloodstock Open Air

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have been confirmed as replacements for WOLFMOTHER at this year's DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL. WOLFMOTHER have been forced to cancel their appearance due to illness.

DOWNLOAD takes place on June 11-13 at Donington Park and will be headlined by AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AEROSMITH.

Comments (0) | Posted By: Ann at 13:59 | Source: Killswitch Engage

Guitarist Andy Sneap of thrash legends SABBAT has announced that his band have been removed from ARCH ENEMY's reschedulded UK tour in November because they organised headline dates of their own in the interim period.

Speaking on his MySpace page, Sneap said:
"Just received the following email: 'Arch Enemy feel your August dates will pull heads away from the November tour dates, and feel it is best that you do not do the November tour.'

So we look forward to seeing everyone who hasn't seen Sabbat in a while in August where we can do a headline set anyway. Apologies to anyone with tickets to see us on the Arch Enemy shows, I'm sure they'll be great... hopefully no volcanos in November. Anyone seeking a refund should contact point of purchase."

Norwegian prog/black metallers ENSLAVED have also removed themselves from the tour due to scheduling conflicts. Replacements are yet to be announced.

SABBAT's Mad Gods And Englishmen Tour, with support from IMPERIAL VENGEANCE and CINDERS FALL, is on he following dates:

AUGUST
16 BRISTOL, Bierkeller
17 LEEDS, The Well
18 GLASGOW, Ivory Blacks
20 NOTTINGHAM, Rock City
21 LONDON, Underworld
22 WREXHAM, Central Station

Comments (0) | Posted By: Craig at 10:23 | Source: Andy Sneap

14/05/10 - New SABATON album streaming in its entirety
12/05/10 - THIN LIZZY announce new line-up, tour
11/05/10 - JOE SATRIANI announces UK tour
11/05/10 - BLIND GUARDIAN announce details of new single, album title
10/05/10 - ANTHRAX reunite with Joey Belladonna
10/05/10 - POWER QUEST announce new singer and guitarist
05/05/10 - SABATON, CKY, INME and more for SONISPHERE
04/05/10 - HEAVEN & HELL cancel all European Summer dates
12/04/10 - ALTER BRIDGE schedule British dates
12/04/10 - DINOSAUR JR announce UK/Irish dates
07/04/10 - ALICE IN CHAINS, PENDULUM, LACUNA COIL and more announced for SONISPHERE UK
07/04/10 - First bands announced for BLOODSTOCK's Sophie Lancaster Stage
02/04/10 - Duff McKagan officially joins JANE'S ADDICTION
02/04/10 - TYGERS OF PAN TANG update tour schedule
01/04/10 - Choose the Muse setlist this summer!
16/03/10 - CLOVEN HOOF rejoined by Matt Moreton
15/03/10 - DEATHSTARS announce UK shows
15/03/10 - POWER QUEST part with vocalist, guitarist
12/03/10 - First bands announced for HEVY MUSIC FESTIVAL
11/03/10 - AHOORA interview posted online

| View News Achieve |