While they are cruising North along the Swedish East Coast they got word from one of our scouting parties in Germany. When they made it to the city of Herne, they were greeted by three men that are filled with RAGE! 70000TONS OF METAL: The World’s Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival! 24 out of 40 on board and counting... The confirmed 24 out of 40 bands are: Agent Steel Amon Amarth...

Friday September 3rd On Metalzone Radio Show LIVE interview with ACCEPT mainman/guitarist Wolf Hoffman. Metalzone radio show with Kostas PurEviL Kyriakakis is broadcasted twice a week Mondays and Fridays 21.00 to 01.00 CET on 94fm in Athens Greece and also online through www.metalzone.gr by pressing the LISTEN HARD graphic. ...

After a very successul and fantasic festival experience 2010, which we´d like to thank you all again for, it´s now time to move on and look forward to METALFEST 2011! Next year´s METALFEST will take place at Dessau/Airport from May 27 – May 29, and the following bands have already been confirmed: ARCH ENEMY EQUILIBRIUM BELPHEGOR SUICIDAL ANGELS Order your ticket...

Finnish melodic metallers SONATA ARCTICA have been forced to postpone their concert at the Alcatraz in Milan, Italy to Sunday, February 27, 2011 from the previously announced September 30, 2010. According to the band, the reason for the date change is the fact that SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Elias Viljanen broke his right hand "while doing his daily exercise routine." As a result, he wil...

"Asylum", the new album from Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED, is likely to sell between 145,000 and 160,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at the top of next week’s The Billboard 200 chart, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on August 31. ...

STONE SOUR’s third album, "Audio Secrecy", is now available for streaming in its entirety at NME.com. It can also be heard using the Soundcloud player below. "Audio Secrecy" is available for pre-order in three different versions: * Standard edition * Limited-edition two-LP version which comes with the double LP in gatefold packaging and a special signed album cover...

"The Great Pandemonium", the new video from American/Norwegian metallers KAMELOT, can be viewed below (courtesy of AOL’s Noisecreep). The clip was helmed by Swedish director Owe Lingvall of Village Road Films. A three-and-a-half-minute medley of tracks that will appear on "Poetry For The Poisoned", the highly anticipated ninth studio album from KAMELOT, can be strea...

Reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST will release their long-awaited fourth album, "Jupiter", on November 9 (one day earlier internationally) via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at LedBelly studios in Atlanta, Georgia with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER). The cover artwork (see below) was created by Eliran Kantor...

Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and political activist Serj Tankian at this year’s Reading festival, which was held this past weekend in the United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Tankian’s new solo album, entitled "Imperfect Harmonies", is scheduled for release on September 21 via Serjical Strike/Repris...

Video footage of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner during a promotional trip in Europe in 1991 can be viewed below. The clip was shot and edited by DEATH manager Eric Greif who was with Schuldiner during the trip. The three-minute clip shows highlights from the cross-country trip, culminating with Schuldiner’s interview for MTV’s "Headbangers Ball" at th...

Italian progressive metallers DGM will celebrate their 15-year aniversary with the release of a "stunning" live DVD, "Synthesis", due on September 24 via Scarlet Records. Recorded in April 2010 in Rome, Italy, the DVD will be made available in a special package containing extra material plus a bonus CD featuring the band’s greatest hits, re-recorded specifically for thi...

Swedish vocalist Elize Ryd of AMARANTHE has been selected to fill the female singer spot on KAMELOT’s upcoming North American tour in September/October. She will also take part in KAMELOT’s VIP meet-and-greets during the trek. Elize previously performed with KAMELOT on the recent "Summer Pandemonium Tour" and the band’s European tour in April/May. Fan-filmed vid...

Video footage of the new DIMMU BORGIR track "Gateways" being performed by KORK, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, can be viewed at this location. "Gateways" is the first single from DIMMU BORGIR’s ninth album, "Abrahadabra". The track is now available for purchase via iTunes. "Abrahadabra" will be released in Germany on September 24, in the rest of...

Most of the back catalog from the Swedish metal band SABATON will be re-released on September 24 in new "Re-Armed Editions" featuring a number of bonus tracks — including old demos, cover songs, live recordings, previously unheard material and completely new songs recorded at Studio Abyss in Sweden. The albums being re-released are as follows: * "Primo Victoria" (2...

Having just released their epic "The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh" DVD, which shows the band live in Wacken 2007, mighty black metal icons IMMORTAL strike back with the first official music video from their comeback album, "All Shall Fall". Shot in Norway by Vardefilm, the clip for the title track features the band`s full lineup (Abbath, Demonaz, Apollyon, Horgh) and is the firs...

Adam "Nergal" Darski, the 33-year-old guitarist/vocalist from Poland’s greatest extreme-metal export, BEHEMOTH, was recently diagnosed with a life-threatening form of leukemia, a cancer of blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow Since Nergal’s health issues were first made public, the band, its management and label has received an overwhelming response from fans and ban...

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison tells Kyle Munson of DesMoinesRegister.com that he still mourns the passing of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead May 24 in an Urbandale, Iowa hotel room. "He was my best friend and still is," Jordison said. "And he was my musical soul mate." Jordison also reveals that there were times when he could have been the casualty of rock-...

Join us tonight on METALZONE INTERNET RADIO and listen to the latest albums of KAMELOT, DISTURBED, END OF GREEN, APOCALYPTICA and LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE...and much more! FROM THE CRYPT  live on METALZONE INTERNET RADIO every WED @21.00 till midnight ***   ...

The following were the songs played on Monday August 30 Metalzone’s Radio Show At 94FM in Athens 1. Accept - Metal Heart (5:09) 2. Saxon - Crusader (6:33) 3. Manowar - All Men Play On Ten (3:58) 4. Stormwitch - Priest Of Evil (4:34) 5. Judas Priest - The Sentinel (4:57) 6. WASP - Arena Of Pleasure (4:07) 7. Twisted Sister - Under The Blade (4:38) 8. Twisted Sister - Ride To Liv...

THRASHFEST is quickly coming closer and we wanted to tease you a little bit with a short tour trailer. Mighty KREATOR will headline this fantastic and outstanding package; legandary bay area thrashers EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL will be direct support. Both of whom have brand new albums ready – Exodus released their „Exhibit B – The Human Condition“ in May and DEATH ANGEL are ...