DOKKEN have set “Hell To Pay”
as the title of their new album, tentatively due in late April. The follow-up to 2002's “Long Way Home” is expected to feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals), Barry…
German power metallers PARAGON have written five songs
for the follow-up to last year's “The Dark Legacy”, tentatively due in early 2005 through Remedy Records (distributed by Zomba). Songtitles set to appear on the as-yet-untitled CD include “Assassins”,…
Finnish melodic thrash metallers MAPLE CROSS
have parted ways with guitarists Late and Sami Siekkinen and have replaced them with THYRANE's Avather and SETHERY's J. Henttunen.
The following is MAPLE CROSS frontman Marco R.J.'s official statement on…
Polish death metal veterans VADER
have posted the following message on their official web site:
“During the recording session of VADER's new album, [drummer] Doc met with an unfortunate accident at the studio. He seriously injured…
Candlelight Records and Arctic Music Group
have signed an agreement that will see all catalog and new releases from the Florida-based label distributed in the United States via Candlelight Records. The first new recordings to be…
BLACK 'N BLUE singer Jaime St. James
has vowed to complete work on the band's new album, entitled “Hell Yeah!”, in spite of the fact that he has just become a full-time member of WARRANT. “Hell Yeah!”…
KING DIAMOND singer/namesake has spoken to Swedish Metal
about the group's new album, “The Puppet Master”, and the prospect of him doing another MERCYFUL FATE album in the not-too-distant future. Asked if it's hard to keep MERCYFUL FATE…
Swedish “raw, bestial death metallers” DEATHWITCH
have undergone “some changes in [their] lineup,” according to a posting on the band's web site. The band will offer “no comment or information on the changes at the moment.”…