The following were the songs played on Monday 08 February Metalzone’s Radio Show At 94FM in Athens Accept - Princess Of The Dawn Savatage - Power Of The Night Spitfire - Danger In The World Saxon - If I Was You Running Wild - Demonized Picture - Message From Hell Nightmare - Diamond Crown Mad Max - Riding Through The Night Europe - Children Of This Time Darxon - Heart Breaker I...

Their brief slumber has done nothing to quell the thirst for power and conquest as Nightfall return to claim the metal throne! Refreshed and rejuvenated, Nightfall fire again on all cylinders as they begin work on their new genre-defying opus, Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants. Frontman and lyricist Efthimis Karadimas returns with a fresh line-up, adding Evan Hensley on guitars, Stathis...

Metalzone.gr recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Peter "Peavy" Wagner of German metallers RAGE. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. A text version of the interview can be found here. RAGE’s new album, "Strings To A Web", was released on February 5 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Twilight Hall Studi...

Swiss thrash heroes CATARACT will enter the studio in June/July to begin recording their sixth full-length album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Metal Blade Records. Commented drummer Patrick Dürst: "It’s murphy’s law. As soon as you have everything sorted, everything changes again. "Here we go: our planned stay in the studio will be moved towar...

The U.S. release date of "No Guts. No Glory.", the sophomore album from Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, has been pushed back to April 20. No reason was given for the delay. The special-edition digipack version of the CD will include five bonus tracks and a bottle opener (see image below). "No Guts. No Glory." special-edition digipack track listing: 01. Born To Kill ...

The "uncut" version of "Sorrow I Know", the new video from the Canadian all-girl act KITTIE, can be viewed below. "We are a metal band, but as women, we wanted to do a role-playing, dress-up video," vocalist/guitarist Morgan Lander told AOL’s Noisecreep. "All of our videos have always been us in the live setting, with some storyline. We wanted more cos...

The Spanish metal web site Metalaakko.com conducted an interview with vocalist Nick Holmes of British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST when the band played Madrid on December 16, 2009. Watch the chat below. PARADISE LOST was forced to postone six shows on its recent European tour due to a serious illness within guitarist Greg Mackintosh’s family. Milly Evans, PARADISE LOST’s lo...

Swedish metallers PAIN will release a new live CD that was recorded on March 23-24, 2009 at the Zenith in Paris, France during the band’s European tour with NIGHTWISH. In other news, PAIN’s most recent studio album, "Cynic Paradise", will be made available in the U.S. with a bonus CD including the Paris live recordings. The exact release date will be announced later th...

Italian metallers LABYRINTH will enter a studio in Imperia, northern Italy, on February 16 to begin recording their new album, "Return To Heaven Denied Pt. 2", for a late 2010 release. The new CD will mark a reunion of the band’s original members Olaf Thorsen (guitar), Andrea Cantarelli (guitar) and Roberto Tiranti (vocals) and will be the musical follow-up to LABYRINTH’s 199...

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL kicked off their European tour thsi past Saturday night (February 6) at De Pul in Uden, The Netherlands. Support at the gig came from SUICIDAL ANGELS, SAVAGE MESSIAH and CRIPPER. A number of high-quality photos from the show can be found at Metal-Experience.com. OVERKILL’s setlist was as follows: 01. The Green And Black 02. Rotten To The Core...

Arizona-based metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will embark on a European headlining tour in April. The dates are as follows: April 01 - De Kelder - Amesfoort, Holland April 02 - Dynamo - Eindhoven, Holland April 03 - Romein - Leeuwarden, Holland April 04 - Turbinenhalle - Oberhausen, Germany April 05 - Le Grillen - Colmar, France April 06 - Sottotetto Club - Bologna, Italy April 07 - Sal...

In mid-February, multi-national thrashers NIGHTRAGE will travel to Athens, Greece to film a video for the title track of their latest album, "Wearing A Martyr’s Crown". The clip will once again be directed by Bob Katsionis, who previously worked with the band on the "Scathing" video (from NIGHTRAGE’s previous album, "A New Disease Is Born"). Katsionis has...

Starting tonight (Monday, February 8), MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and co-host Kerri Kasem will sound off on issues of the day while interviewing rock royalty and everyday characters on two syndicated shows airing on rock/alternative stations: "Sixx Sense" (Monday through Friday, 7 p.m.-midnight ET/PT) and weekend companion "Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx"....

Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN took third place in the grand final of the national Eurovision Song Contest called "Melodi Grand Prix" which was held this past Saturday (February 6) at the Spektrum in Oslo. Commented the band: "A quarter of a milllion votes is a powerful vote of confindence for us, our fans and metal music. "We wish to thank all of th...

MetalIsrael.com" target="_blank">MetalIsrael.com reports that "Metal Kachol Lavan" (Blue & White) — known in English as "Metal IL" — is a grassroots documentary exposing the thriving Israeli metal scene. The film’s premiere will be held on February 23 at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque at 17.30. Entrance is free, but if you want to guarant...

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has issued the following update: "At last, after five nominations, I am happy to say the PRIEST has at last come home with a Grammy Award! "I know that some of you may think that the awards are geared up mainly for the pop and country fraternity. But, really, it is a celebration of music excellence around the globe that inspires people in al...

Swedish progressive/experimental metallers THERION are putting the finishing touches on their new album, "Sitra Ahra", which will be mixed at the legendary Polar Studios in Stockholm. 13 songs are being recorded for the CD, although it is presently unclear if all of the tracks will end up on the final record. THERION mainman Christofer Johnsson previously stated about the upcoming C...

Ozzy Osbourne’s long-awaited memoir, "I Am Ozzy", has landed at position No. 2 on The New York Times "hardcover nonfiction" best-seller list. The book, which was originally slated to arrive almost two years ago but was delayed twice, was released in the U.S. on January 25 via Sphere Publishers (the book was published in the U.K. on October 1, 2009). "I Am ...

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson recently had the opportunity to play and showcase his "Old Skull V" signature Dean guitar to Guitar World magazine. He took part in an exclusive video shoot for the GuitarWorld.com web site. Check out the clip at this location. "It’s a guitar I’ve been playing for a while, and I think people will enjoy the action," Peterson...

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET will perform its debut album, "Rest in Sleaze", in its entirety at this year’s edition of the Rest In Sleaze festival, which will take place tonight (Saturday, February 6) at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden. Rest In Sleaze was launched in 2007 as a tribute to former CRASHDIET singer David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard), who committed suicide in Janu...