Video footage of several of the press conferences held at last weekend’s Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany has been posted online at Podcast.Wacken.com. Question-and-answer sessions with the following artists can be found on the page:SCORPIONSCELTIC FROSTGAMMA RAYSchenker brothers (Rudolf and Michael)AMON AMARTH

Norway’s RED HARVEST will release its long-awaited live DVD, “Harvest Bloody Harvest“, on September 18, 2006. The disc features the group’s entire September 2005 gig at Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo that was recorded with a professional, 12-camera film team. The DVD comes in a limited deluxe metal box.“Harvest Bloody Harvest” (view cover here) track […]

LOUDNESS guitarist Akira Takasaki will release his new solo album, “Nenriki“, on September 20 via Tricycle Entertainment. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Surf Trip02. Mars03. I Want To Take You Higher04. Neighborhood05. Mindphase06. Chicago Drive07. The Sun Goes Down08. No One To Depend On09. Black Gold10. Paradise Jungle11. Echoes12. Funk […]

Norway’s GRIMFIST has issued the following update:“As many of you know, Frediablo sent out a statement a couple of weeks ago, about how fed up he is with being in a metal band, the genre and all that goes with it. Since we were already booked to do the Hole In The Sky festival and […]

Reunited New York thrashers NUCLEAR ASSAULT will release their first-ever DVD, “Louder Harder Faster“, on October 10 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Recorded during the band’s performance at the 2005 Louder Harder Faster Festival (taped on June 5, 2005), “Louder Harder Faster” also includes such extra bits as vintage live footage, slide shows (put to the original […]

SEVEN WITCHES, the East Coast-based band featuring former SAVATAGE guitarist Jack Frost and ex-HADES frontman Alan Tecchio, will release its first-ever DVD, “Years of the Witch“, on September 26 via Screaming Ferret Wreckords.Concert footage track listing on “Years of the Witch“:01. Open02. Dance With the Dead03. Apocalyptic Dreams04. Metal Tyrant05. The Answer06. Johnny07. Jam Session08. […]

GWAR‘s video for its cover of ALICE COOPER‘s “School’s Out” — directed by David Brodsky of My Good Eye — has been posted online at SingingFool.com.

Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N’ ROSES), Warren DeMartini (RATT) and Billy Duffy (THE CULT) are among the musicians that performed with CAMP FREDDY last Saturday night (August 5) at a private event being held at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. Other guests at the concert included Steve Isaacs, Steve Jones, Mark McGrath, […]

Two songs from the VIRGIN STEELE‘s forthcoming eleventh album, “Visions of Eden – The Lilith Project – A Barbaric Romantic Movie of the Mind” — “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” and “The Hidden God” — have been made available for streaming. Check them out: “Immortal I Stand (The Birth Of Adam)” : Windows […]

Finnish band EMBRAZE has a posted a new MP3 file containing audio samples of tracks that will appear on its fourth album, “The Last Embrace“, due on August 16. Download it at this location. “The Last Embrace” tentative track listing: 01. Carvings on the Gallowstree02. Branded03. Racing Against Time04. Dead Roses05. Liquid Fire06. Memory Trace […]