Finnish rock band, LORDI, have set October 28th for the release of their forthcoming new album via The End Records. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to The Arockalypse will showcase the band’s trademark melodic hard rock sound.
LORDI spent 2007 on the mainstage of Ozzfest and then opened up for TYPE O NEGATIVE. The mega-successful The Arockalypse has [...]
Taiwanese extreme metal band CHTHONIC, who recently wrapped up a successful appearance on Ozzfest, are currently trekking across the US on their historic “UNlimited” tour, performing their first headlining concerts in America.
“Ozzfest has been a great experience for CHTHONIC, but we’re excited to perform for our fans for longer than 20 minutes,” says vocalist Freddy [...]
Glendale, AZ’s extreme metal unit JOB FOR A COWBOY and Polish death metal troupe BEHEMOTH will be co-headlining this year’s “Radio Rebellion” tour, presented by Hurley and Converse. The twenty-eight city North American trek will also feature highly regarded French band GOJIRA and Canadian technical death metal quartet BENEATH THE MASSACRE.
Ozzfest breakthrough artists BEHEMOTH [...]
MONDO GENERATOR has been forced to drop off this year’s Ozzfest due to matters beyond the band’s control. A statement from band frontman Nick Oliveri reads as follows:
“It’s very disappointing but MONDO GENERATOR has been forced to cancel the remaining dates we have booked with Ozzfest and CIRCUS DIABLO. We tried everything in our power [...]
MONDO GENERATOR have uploaded the video for “Lie Detector,†from their recently released new album Dead Planet, online at the following location: www.one.revver.com/watch/327137
MONDO GENERATOR recently returned from their European tour where front man Nick Oliveri checked in from the road with the following update:
“Eastern Baltic rock! There were tons of hot girls, but unfortunately none [...]
MP3.com is streaming NILE’s fifth studio album, Ithyphallic, in its entirety for seven days prior to the album’s North American street date of July 17th at the following link: http://www.mp3.com/artist/nile1/summary/
Engineered by Bob Moore and produced by Neil Kernon (CANNIBAL CORPSE, NEVERMORE, DEICIDE), Decibel Magazine recently praised Ithyphallic in their August 2007 issue: “The trio’s attack [...]
This week two albums by Taiwan’s premier metal act CHTHONIC – dubbed the “BLACK SABBATH of Asia†by their home country’s largest newspaper, and soon to be the first-ever Asian act to take part in Ozzfest – will finally be released in North America. Relentless Recurrence, initially released in 2002, and last year’s A Decade [...]
Tickets for this summer’s free Ozzfest have reportedly “sold out” through LiveNation.com. However, Monster Energy still has tickets which they are giving away via specially marked Monster Energy 4-packs and 8-packs via retail outlets throughout the U.S. Those select packs contain a secret code for ticket registration. (Possession of a code does [...]
Polish extreme metal titans BEHEMOTH make their much-anticipated return to North America on April 26th to perform five special shows. This trek includes an appearance at the renowned New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and two rare headlining shows in addition to performances alongside such acclaimed acts as CANNIBAL CORPSE and DIMMU BORGIR, among others. [...]
Ticket codes for this summer’s free Ozzfest (a.k.a Freefest) will be distributed through sponsor websites beginning May 12. Details on these programs are available on ozzfest.com, livenation.com, monsterenergy.com, jagermusic.com and fye.com. Additionally, various sponsors will have offline initiatives for acquiring tickets, details of which will also be available via their respective websites.
These codes can be [...]
Poland’s blackened death metallers, BEHEMOTH, have been added to this summer’s Ozzfest’s second stage, joining second stage headliners HATEBREED. Vocalist/guitarist, Nergal, commented on their participation:
“I couldn’t be more proud about the fact that BEHEMOTH will be joining this year’s Ozzfest! I’m speechless and beyond excited. No doubt it’s going to be the [...]
Finland’s monster rock n’ roll band, LORDI, have been selected as one of the mainstage acts for Ozzfest 2007, alongside mainstage headliners, OZZY OSBOURNE and LAMB OF GOD.
The band - who released a special 2CD/DVD version of The Arockalypse (with bonus tracks/videos) this week via The End Records – are excited to be on this [...]
