The waiting is (almost) over! Sziget tickets are already available at some official retail partners, while the renewed Sziget central ticket webshop will open on 7 November. Till then, please make sure you vote at the European Festival Awards! Sziget organizers are happy to report that the ticket sales period has officially started today, so…
Ratpack Records/Playground To DOKKEN or not to DOKKEN… In the wake of what surely will be the last (Don) DOKKEN album, remaining originals George Lynch, guitars, Jeff Pilson, bass, and “Wild” Mick Brown (doubling in both versions) do a version of their own, scantily clad as T&N (“Tooth and Nail” as you have already gathered)….
Magic Circle Music/Playground Music 12 studio albums on, MANOWAR are still at war, not far away from their warrior looks and still ageing. This album has already been out, as a Hammer Edition, which Joey Demaio, bass, explains with the fact that many movies have two versions, and that MANOWAR are no different. As a…
Rainbow are set to release Deluxe Reissues of On Stage and Long Live Rock N’ Roll this November. Rainbow, lead by the guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of the seventies and eighties. From ‘Stargazer’ and ‘Man On A Silver Mountain’ to ‘All Night…
Blodarv från danska ön Bornholm är black metal. Black metal sprungen ur ideologi, övertygelse och säregen begåvning. Dessutom stinker det ordentligt på deras spelningar! På Bornholm bor det drygt 40 000 människor och jag tar mig dit på knappt en-och en halv timme med färjan från Ystad. Hugin, som bildade Blodarv är född och bosatt…
The fans have had to wait for 8 years but on Monday (22nd) the new WINTERSUN Album ”TIME I” will finally be released via Nuclear Blast! To shorten the wait, the band is currently streaming the whole album on their homepage and they have also revealed all lyrics to the songs. Direct link to the…
We at Nuclear Blast are extremely excited to welcome extraordinary Swedish rockers, FREE FALL, to our ever-growing family! Commented the band: ”We believe that the deal FREE FALL made today with Nuclear Blast will be a significant step towards our quest to liberate people through Freedom Rock; World domination through Power and Volume!” FREE FALL…
Californian up-and-comers HOLY GRAIL – vaunted for their innovative ’NWoBHM’ mixture of styles and talked about as L.A.’s most exciting metal band of the past two decades – have recently inked a European deal with Nuclear Blast Records! The band sent a greeting message to all their fans in Europe: http://bit.ly/QShPKn With their upcoming second…
Helsinki Vampires, THE 69 EYES, have just confirmed a UK Date to add to their already extensive European 2012/2013 tour for February 12th at Islington O2 Academy! After the spectacular release of latest studio album ’X’, which hit the Finnish charts on position #4 and #47 in Germany in its first week, singer ’Jyrki’ said,…
It is with great sadness and regret this morning that we have to report that Mitch Lucker, vocalist of SUICIDE SILENCE, passed away a few hours ago due to injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident. NUCLEAR BLAST would like to offer our condolences to his family, friends, band members and fans worldwide who are affected…
Steve Hackett’s latest album is a follow up to 1996’s ”Genesis revisited” (I’m sure you’d never have guessed that from the title would you). The album is going back to Genesis in the 70’s and taking some of those songs and remaking them. Recording new versions of songs is like remaking or updating a classic…
In March 2012 Seth Lakeman played with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Plymouth Pavilions. This five track EP features recordings from that show. The songs chosen are some of his best known songs and are taken from four of his albums including his current album, ”Tales from the Barrel House”. It’s an interesting combination…