Author: Andrew Bansal

Legendary Seattle rockers Queensrÿche are poised to regain their place as hard rock/heavy metal royalty in 2013. The band has just signed a new label deal with Century Media for the release of their latest studio album. The album is slated for release on June 11 and marks the debut album from the lineup comprised of Todd La Torre (Vocals), Michael Wilton (Guitars), Parker Lundgren (Guitars), Eddie Jackson (Bass) and Scott Rockenfield (Drums).  The band premiered a snippet from a new song called “Redemption” from the upcoming release on Eddie Trunk’s radio show on February 22.  The 90-second snippet can be viewed at http://youtu.be/P8iaNZBUK9c.  Queensrÿche join Century Media’s diverse roster comprised some of music’s most recognizable talent including In Flames, In This Moment, Lacuna Coil and Arch Enemy to name a few. Continue reading “Queensrÿche Ink New Record Deal With Century Media”

Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters, ARSIS, have announced Unwelcome as the title of their upcoming fifth full-length album. The follow up to their 2010 release Starve for the Devil, will be released on April 30, 2013 in North America via Nuclear Blast records. Continue reading “Arsis: New Album Title & Release Date Announced”

To end his run of North American tour dates which started last month, guitar legend Uli Jon Roth will perform tomorrow, March 2nd at Paladino’s in Tarzana CA, with guest vocalist Bruce Dickinson. This was confirmed by Roth in the following tweets: Continue reading “Uli Jon Roth To Perform Tomorrow With Bruce Dickinson”

 

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that: In a closed system energy is conserved, nothing is lost. It merely changes from one state to another.

UK’s progressive rock band, TESSERACT, has announced that their second full length album, ALTERED STATE, will be released on May 27, 2013 throughout Europe and May 28, 2013 in North America via Century Media Records. Divided into four movements: Of Matter, Of Mind, Of Reality and Of Energy, ALTERED STATE in its purest form, is about the transformations the band has gone through over the past few years.  TESSERACT elaborates: Continue reading “Tesseract Announces Release Date And Track Listing for New Album ‘Altered State’”

Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY, will return to North America once again this May for a headlining tour in support of their upcoming album, End Of Disclosure! Joining them are Brazilian brothers in death KRISIUN, Belgian gore-grinders ABORTED, and technical-melodic-death-masters ARSIS! AUTUMN’S END and STARKILL will also support them on their metal crusade across the continent on select shows. Continue reading “Hypocrisy Announce ‘End Of Disclosure’ North American Tour”

Indian old-school metal band Kryptos have announced a summer Europe tour, including an appearance at Wacken Open Air, and are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year. Below is the press release issued by them: Continue reading “Kryptos Announces ‘Coils Around Europe’ Tour”