Metal Hall eZine

Dark Funeral Announce New Vocalist

2011-07-04T15:01:40-07:00

Swedish black metallers, Dark Funeral, have officially announced a replacement for longtime vocalist, Emperor Magus Caligula. In an official statement from guitarist Lord Ahriman: "It surely was not an easy task to find a worthy replacement for Emperor Magus Caligula, who has been doing an amazing...

DORO PESCH: Special DVD Release Show In NYC This Fall

2011-07-02T17:51:55-07:00

Legendary metal maven, Doro Pesch, will perform a special show in New York City this Fall. Scheduled for September 9, 2011 at the Gramercy Theatre, the show will mark the official U.S. screening/release party for DORO's 25 Years In Rock DVD, set for release in North America via Nuclear Blast on...

Stonelake - Red Canyon - Video

2011-06-30T12:07:44-07:00

The 5th album by the Swedisch hard rock/melodic metal quintet Stonelake, Walking On Timeless Tales, is out. Take a first taste by watching their new video "Red Canyon"

My Black Light - Detriny - Video

2011-06-29T14:15:04-07:00

The female fronted Prog band My Black Light just signed with Massacre to release their debut album Human Maze. Take a taste of the My Black Light watching their new clip Detriny below

Robert Plant to release DVD

2011-06-24T17:28:02-07:00

Blue Note, Robert Plant's new DVD just released. The DVD follows Plant's musical evolution on the last five decades. The press release follows: Robert Plant's journey through the territories that have most acutely informed and inspired his music is perhaps one of the most multi-faceted of...

Lou Reed "Lollapalooza Live" DVD Track List Revealed

2011-06-23T05:52:14-07:00

Lou Reed has revealed the track listing of his forthcoming DVD “Lollapalooza Live”, filmed at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago on August 9th, 2009. The DVD, released in the UK and Europe on Monday August 1st, boasts eight Reed classics including ‘Sweet Jane’, ‘Senselessly Cruel’, ‘Dirty...

Thunder And Lightning - Shadowlight - Video

2011-06-19T02:27:57-07:00

Thunder And Lightning just released the new musicvideo for their song ''SHADOWLIGHT''. The song is available for free download on their website: www.tnlmetal.de. On guestvocals you can hear berlin-based female rocksinger Cora Lee. Watch the video on YouTube.

Havok - Covering Fire - Video

2011-05-30T15:39:14-07:00

Havok came a long way since their demo "World Shroud" (read the review here). Today their latest video "Covering Fire" was released and you can watch it below. Shot in Tyler, Texas, produced by Mike Gillespie and directed by Brian Jaynes, "Covering Fire" is the fifth track off the band's...

'Headbangers Ball: The Year In Metal': Entire Episode Posted Online

2010-12-28T09:37:52-08:00

For more than twenty years, thrashers have tuned in to the "Headbangers Ball" and on December 18, MTV2 once again honored the biggest tours, craziest stories and top metal releases of the year with the "Headbangers Ball: The Year in Metal". The half-hour special, which kicked off at midnight, was...

Escape The Fate - City Of Sin - Video

2010-12-26T14:30:24-08:00

"City Of Sin", the new video from Las Vegas, Nevada-based post-hardcore band Escape the Fate, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed last month at the group's raucous record-release party at famed Los Angeles strip club Crazy Girls and it showcases Escape the Fate at its incendiary best flanked...

Psychotic Waltz Frontman Discusses Reunion, Future Plans (Video)

2010-12-26T11:16:41-08:00

Reini of Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Devon Graves (a.k.a. Buddy Lackey) of Psychotic Waltz, the reunited cult early 1990s progressive metal band from El Cajon, California. You can now watch the chat below. Guitarist Dan Rock recently rejoined...

Fear Factory To Kick Off U.S. Tour December 29

2010-12-25T02:50:59-08:00

Fear Factory will return to the stage later this month as part of their ongoing Fear Campaign tour. The short string of U.S. dates will kick off in Tempe, Arizona on December 29 and conclude 9 days later in San Diego, California on January 8. Fear Factory -- guitarist Dino Cazares, vocalist...

Neuronia - Slipping Into Oblivion - Video

2010-12-23T11:35:51-08:00

"Slipping Into Oblivion", the new video from Warsaw, Poland-based metallers Neuronia, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's latest album, "Follow The White Mouse", which came out in March. The clip was filmed on October 19 at Warsaw's Metal Cave club and was produced by the...

Brand new song from Fullforce - None Of Your Concern

2010-12-23T01:53:02-08:00

A rough-mix version of "None Of Your Concern", a brand new song from Fullforce — the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (Cloudscape, Silent Memorial Planet Aliance) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (Hammerfall) on guitar, Anders Johansson (Hammerfall, Yngwie Malsteen) on...

Sirenia - The End Of It All available for streaming

2010-12-22T11:00:05-08:00

"The End Of It All", a brand new song from Norwegian/Spanish female-fronted gothic metallers Sirenia, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "The Enigma Of Life", which will be released on January 21, 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. You can...

Iron Maiden Guitarist Adrian Smith Writing Music With INXS Singer

2010-12-12T07:45:00-08:00

J.D. Fortune, the Canadian singer who is back fronting the Australian rock band INXS on the road, told the QMI Agency in a recent interview that he has been writing tunes with Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, and that one of his songs has been picked up by producer Jerry Bruckheimer for a movie....

Avantasia Kicks Off 'The Metal Opera Comes To Town' World Tour

2010-12-08T06:37:30-08:00

Avantasia — the project led by Edguy frontman Tobias Sammet — kicked off its "The Metal Opera Comes To Town" world tour 2010 at Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland. Joining Sammet in Avantasia's touring lineup are a number of special guests, including Gamma Ray/ex-Helloween guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen,...

Reunited System of a Down to play Sweden's MetalTown Festival

2010-12-01T01:06:43-08:00

The reunited System of a Down will be one of the headliners of next year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 17-18, 2011 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The official confirmation of SOAD's participation in the event will be made tomorrow (Monday, November 29) via the festival's web...

Sratovarious To Release New Studio Album This January

2010-11-18T07:52:07-08:00

Finnish melodic metal troupe Sratovarious are readying to unleash their thirteenth studio album, Elysium, this winter. Recorded at 5-by-5 studios in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland, the nine-track full-length will be released in the US and Canada January 18, 2011 (not January 14 as originally...

Metalium Say Goodbye

2010-11-15T11:23:09-08:00

METALIUM say goodbye. Sad news for fans of METALIUM. On their homepage the band announced to split and stop all activities in 2011. After nearly 13 years with 9 CDs and 2 DVDs the chapter METALIUM will come to an end. But they won't go without one last present for their fans: In 2011 they will...

Rush preparing new album

2010-05-25T15:06:44-07:00

Rush are preparing their 20th studio album "Clockwork Angels". Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush has announced the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated new single. "Caravan" — which will be featured on the legendary band's forthcoming album, "Clockwork Angels" — will be available at all...

Slipknot's Paul Gray Found Dead

2010-05-25T02:29:07-07:00

Probably, this is the worst month in metal history. After Dio and Peter Steele, it was time for Paul Gray from Slipknot to left us. According to the Des Moines Register, Urbandale, Iowa police are investigating the death of Slipknot 's bass guitarist at a local hotel. There was no evidence of foul...

Scar Symmetry - The Iconoclast - Video

2010-05-24T11:14:47-07:00

Swedish progressive melodic death metallers Scar Symmetry have uploaded their latest clip for "The Iconoclast", taken from the last album "Dark Matter Dimensions" released in October 2009. The video was directed by Denis Goria and features also guest appearances of Peter Tagtgren (Hypocrisy/Pain)...

Elijah Wood, Selma Blair, Lemmy Kilmister and Mike Watt join Danko Jones in new video!

2010-05-24T02:49:49-07:00

Elijah Wood, Selma Blair, Lemmy Kilmister and Mike Watt join Danko Jones in new video! It gives us great pleasure to finally unleash the Danko Jones "Full of Regret" video upon the world! With the aforementioned all-star cast it's an action packed tale that MTV Buzzworthy describes as "one-part...

VTT - The Victim - Video

2010-05-22T04:28:21-07:00

Check bellow an amazing band called VTT and their new video "The Victim" which comes from the latest album Symptoms Of Sin. New Jersey’s VTT will kick off the band’s “Victims of Sin” Summer Tour May 15 in Akron, Ohio, continuing to support the band’s third full-length release, ‘Symptoms Of Sin’....