LOCH VOSTOKFrom These Waters ViciSolum Productions (2015)Rating: 6/10 Swedish metalheads Loch Vostok formed out of the ashes of Maydome in 2001, and this sixth studio album From These Waters features a line-up of Teddy Möller (lead vocals / guitar), Niklas Kupper (guitar / backing vocals), Jimmy Mattsson (bass / backing vocals), Lawrence Dinamarca (drums) and […]
MAMMOTH MAMMOTHVolume IV: Hammered Again Napalm (2015)Rating: 8/10 The Australian rockers claim to be “the most rock ’n’ roll rock ’n’ roll band in the history of history”, and already I’m getting tired of the repeated words. I guess they couldn’t call themselves Mammoth though, otherwise they’d be expecting a call from John McCoy’s defunct […]
DEF LEPPARD And WHITESNAKE To Co-Headline December UK Tour March 27th, 2015 Rock groups Def Leppard and Whitesnake perform in the United Kingdom and Ireland during December 2015 as part of a co-headlining tour. Supporting are rock ensemble Black Star Riders. The dates are as follows; Dec. 06 – Dublin, Ireland, 3 Arena Dec. 07 […]
MAMMOTH MAMMOTH Release Third Studio Album ‘Volume IV – Hammered Again’ March 27th, 2015 Melbourne, Australia-based rock group Mammoth Mammoth issued third full-length studio album Volume IV – Hammered Again on March 27th, 2015 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Australia through Napalm Records. The label scheduled release for March 30th in the UK, Norway, France, […]
RED DRAGON CARTEL Part Ways With Bassist Greg Chaisson March 27th, 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada-based hard rock group Red Dragon Cartel parted ways with bassist Greg Chaisson, revealing this development on March 27th, 2015. Greg Chaisson issued the following statement: “I’m afraid to say real life just jumped right up and got in the way […]
NIGHTWISH Release Eighth Studio Album ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ March 27th, 2015 Kitee, Finland-based symphonic metal group Nightwish issued eighth full-length studio album Endless Forms Most Beautiful on March 27th, 2015 in Europe through Nuclear Blast. The label scheduled North American release for March 31st. Endless Forms Most Beautiful was made available in the following […]
INCULTERPersisting Devolution Edged Circle Productions (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 My ears always prick up when I’m presented with a Norwegian band to review; for me, it’s one of the most productive snow-laden arenas in modern metal, having given birth to such delights as Darkthrone, Obliteration, and more recently Gouged. Inculter is another band from those frosted shores. […]
AMORAL Rejoined By Original Vocalist Niko Kalliojärvi March 26th, 2015 Helsinki, Finland-based progressive metal group Amoral announced the return of original vocalist Niko Kalliojärvi, revealing this development on March 26th, 2015. Causing Amoral to become a six-piece, Kalliojärvi’s return had been in the works since 2014. Amoral’s seventh full-length studio album is currently being written, […]
Abbath Retires IMMORTAL And Forms Namesake Group March 26th, 2015 Abbath (Olve Eikemo) retired Bergen, Norway-based black metal group Immortal and subsequently formed a namesake group, revealing this development on March 26th, 2015. Abbath was the vocalist, guitarist and founding member of Immortal. According to Abbath, he had been writing and rehearsing material, with a […]
PURSON Sign Album Contract With Spinefarm Records March 26th, 2015 Southend-On-Sea, England-based psychedelic rock group Purson have signed a worldwide album contract with Spinefarm Records, revealing this development on March 26th, 2015. Vocalist and guitarist Rosalie Cunningham issued the following statement: “As I sit here in the control room at Gizzard Studios, the pride of […]
