- Details
- Parent Category: News
Christuskirche, Bochum, Germany
21st January 2012
Empyrium, Dornenreich
EMPYRIUM started as a symphonic folk doom metal band from Franconia founded in 1994 by Markus Stock and Andreas Bach, but later Markus separated from Andreas Bach and took Thomas Helm as his partner. Their first two albums, 'A Wintersunset' and 'Songs of Moors and Misty Fields', can be considered doom metal with folk and symphonic influences. EMPYRIUM combine harsh and operatic male vocals with deep slow guitar parts and atmospheric keys.
- Details
- Parent Category: News
Rearmament of THE PROPHECY 23. The new weapons: MARIO (Bass) and PHIL (Death Vocals). THE PROPHECY 23 is already presenting two new members while one or two are still speculating about the replacement of Tobias: MARIO MACARONI is following the 23rd Prophecy as their new bassist and PHIL HECKEL will unite his rough Death Vocals with the Thrash Vocals of Hannes to a powerful unit. The new guys already showed their unruly live-action during the “Tour The Pit 2010”, when they already stepped in for Tobias. Now they are officially in!
- Details
- Parent Category: News
UNISONIC – the new super group uniting the legendary heavy rock musicians Michael Kiske (vocals, ex-Helloween), his former bandmate Kai Hansen (guitars, Gamma Ray, ex Helloween), Mandy Meyer (guitars, ex-Gotthard, ex-Krokus), Dennis Ward (bass, Pink Cream 69) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums, Pink Cream 69) is finally unveiling the cover artwork for its debut EP and precise details about the album release. The artwork for the mini album "IGNITION", the band's long-awaited first release to see daylight by end of January 2012, can be checked at www.youtube.com/earmusicofficial. Fans can listen to the first single „Unisonic“ on earMUSIC's official channel with immediate effect, also checking a first band picture of the five-piece.
- Details
- Parent Category: News
Successful Swiss Pagan band ELUVEITE has been confirmed to headline the Paganfest Tour in spring 2012 with PRIMORDIAL, NEGURA BUNGET, HEIDEVOLK and SOLSTAFIR. Singer Chrigel Glanzmann states: "Of course we look forward to the Paganfest Tour 2012! One hand, we can not wait to show our fans the songs from our new album 'Helvetios' live (and we will do this extensively on Paganfest). On the other hand, we look forward to tour with such cool bands and to be on the road with good friends, like the Irish guys from Primordial. We are convinced of the line-up of the upcoming Paganfest. It is an honor for us to headline this package of great bands. We are confident that each evening on the Paganfest tour will be a musical experience that you will never forget! See you there!"
- Details
- Parent Category: News
Aussie technical death metal outfit, Psycroptic, has revealed the cover art for the band’s fifth studio album, The Inherited Repression, which will hit stores on February 7th in North America and February 10th in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records. Commented Psycroptic guitarist, Joe Haley, “The Inherited Repression is far and away my favorite Psycroptic album thus far - all of us in the band think this. It’s the age-old cliché from bands when they talk about their current album as being the best of their career, blah, blah, but I have to say it because it’s true. We wouldn’t think there is a point of going on if we couldn’t outdo each album prior. We are certainly not playing music for anything else than the love of creating it and performing it.
- DORO - “Merry Metal X-Mas” out now!
- THE FORSAKEN - Sign to Massacre Records
- POWERWOLF - Headline "Wolfsnächte Tour 2012"
- KELLERKIND - Debut will be released in February 2012
- GRASPOP 2012 - Stay in Graspop Metal Town!
- Preview PROJECT PITCHFORK – Krefeld, Frankfurt & Herford 2012
- Preview MEGAHERZ - Bochum 2012
- Preview ROCK MEETS CLASSIC - Essen 2012
- Preview ROCKY HORROR SHOW - Oberhausen 2012
- NINJASPARK - Popular bit pop band quits!
