Channel Zero so nova potrjena skupina za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012 na ladji Majesty Of The Seas na križarjenju med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Zaenkrat so potrjeni še Alestorm, Amorphis, Annihilator, Atheist, Cannibal Corpse, Children Of Bodom, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, Exciter, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hamerfall, In Extremo, Kamelot, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Pretty Maids, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Venoom, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. Festival je skoraj razprodan, saj je na voljo le še nekaj kabin. (Če se kdo želi pridružiti desetčlanski slovenski odpravi, naj se odloči hitro) /P.G./

Skupina Annihilator je najnovejša potrditev za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012 na ladji Majesty Of The Seas na križarjenju med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Zaenkrat so potrjeni še Alestorm, Amorphis, Atheist, Cannibal Corpse, Children Of Bodom, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, Exciter, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hamerfall, In Extremo, Kamelot, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Pretty Maids, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Venoom, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Venom in Exciter sta najnovejši potrditvi za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012 na ladji Majesty Of The Seas na križarjenju med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Zaenkrat so potrjeni še Nightwish, Hammerfall, Cannibal Corpse, Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom, Pentagram, Suffocation, Overkill, My Dying Bride, Coroner, Athiest, Tankard, God Dethroned, Whiplash, Samael, Pestilence, Therion, Riot, Amorphis, Eluveitie, Moonsorrow, Grave Digger, Alestorm, Kamelot, Virgin Steele, Dark Funeral, In Extremo, Tristiana in Pretty Maids. /B.B./

Pretty Maids so nova potrjena skupina za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal. Zaenkrat so poleg njih potrjeni še Alestorm, Amorphis, Atheist, Cannibal Corpse, Children Of Bodom, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hamerfall, In Extremo, Kamelot, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Sedaj je tudi na DVDju dosegljiv dokumentarec Promised Land Of Heavy Metal, ki se ukvarja z razvojem heavy metal scene na Finskem. Film pokriva celotno zgodovino od underground začetkov s Sarcofagus, pa vse do današnjih dni z velikimi imeni, kot so Nightwish ali Children Of Bodom. V intervjujih poleg samih glasbenikov sodelujejo tudi psihiatri, akademiki in celo luteranski 'heavy metal' duhovnik. DVDju je priložen še bonus CD, na katerem z dvajsetimi skladbami med drugim sodelujejo tudi Amorphis, Ghost Brigade, Korpiklaani in Nightwish. /B.B./

Progresivci Leprous so pred kratkim posneli videospot za skladbo Restless z zadnjega albuma Bilateral, ki je izšel pri InsideOutMusic. Fantje se naslednji teden kot predskupina Amorphis odpravljajo tudi na evropsko turnejo, v okviru katere bodo v naši bližini nastopili 15.11. v Trevisu, 16.11. v Milanu, 6.1. v Grazu in 10.1. na Dunaju. /B.B./

Children Of Bodom so najnovejša potrjena skupina za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki bo od 23. do 27. januarja 2012 potekal na križarjenju med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Zaenkrat so poleg njih potrjeni še Alestorm, Amorphis, Atheist, Cannibal Corpse, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hamerfall, In Extremo, Kamelot, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /B.B./

Hexfire bodo 11. novembra pri Nightmare Records izdali prvenec z naslovom The Fire Of Redemption, na katerem gostujejo tudi Niclas Etelavuori (Amorphis), Novy (ex-Behemoth, ex-Vader), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody Of Fire, Avantasia), Jonno Lodge (ex-Paul Di’Anno, Biomechanical, Darke Horse), Diego "Grom" Meraviglia (Testing Tomorrow, ex-Ancient, ex-Doomsword), Kasper Gram (Manticora), Martin Arendal (Manticora, Wuthering Heights), Kristian Larsen (Manticora) in Kel'Thuz (Spiritual Demise, Sorcerer). /B.B./

Finski melodični death metalci Grendel so objavili videospot za skladbo Apocalyptic Rain z njihovega zadnjega albuma Corrupt To The Core, ki je izšel letos pri Sonic Pump Records. Video je režiral Owe Lingvall, ki je že sodeloval s skupinami Kamelot, Pain Of Salvation, Thunderstone in Amorphis. /B.B./

Kamelot bodo nastopili na festivalu 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal čez dobrih 115 dni (med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012) na ladji Majesty Of The Seas, ki bo plula na poti med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Nastop so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Amorphis, Atheist, Cannibal Corpse, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Finski doomerji Swallow The Sun so trenutno zaposleni z delom na novem studijskem albumu, ki bo izšel 1. februarja 2012 pri založbi Spinefarm Records. Snemanje poteka v Drumforest Studios v Viitasaariju na Finskem, za produkcijo pa je tokrat zadolžen legendarni Mikko Karmila (Nightwish, Sentenced, Amorphis, Children Of Bodom). /B.B./

Atheist bodo nastopili na festivalu 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal čez dobrih 119 dni (med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012) na ladji Majesty Of The Seas, ki bo plula na poti med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Nastop so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Amorphis, Cannibal Corpse, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pentagram, Pestilence, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Pentagram bodo nastopili na festivalu 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal čez dobrih 119 dni (med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012) na ladji Majesty Of The Seas, ki bo plula na poti med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Nastop so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Amorphis, Cannibal Corpse, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pestilence, Riot, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Riot bodo nastopili na festivalu 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal čez dobrih 136 dni (med 23. in 27. januarjem 2012) na ladji Majesty Of The Seas, ki bo plula na poti med Florido in Kajmanskimi otoki. Nastop so zaenkrat napovedali tudi Amorphis, Cannibal Corpse, Coroner, Dark Funeral, Eluveitie, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Hammerfall, In Extremo, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Overkill, Pestilence, Samael, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Virgin Steele in Whiplash. /P.G./

Založba Century Media bo 13. septembra izdala trojno kompilacijo z naslovom Metal For The Masses Volume 9.

Disc One (The Century Family):
Winds of Plague - California
Vampires Everywhere! - Carnage At The Castle
Suicide Silence - You Only Live Once
Architects (UK) - Day In Day Out
iwrestledabearonce - Karate Nipples
Demolisher - Two Sided Coin
Arsonists Get All The Girls - Will Someone Please Turn Down the Ocean
Earth Crisis - Total War
Suffer Well - For Today, For Yesterday, For Everyday
The Devastated - The Devil's Messenger
Arch Enemy - Bloodstained Cross
Turisas - The Great Escape
Deicide - How Can You Call Yourself a God?
7 Horns 7 Eyes - Vindicator
TesseracT - Eden

Disc Two (Nuclear Blast America):
Decapitated - Homo Sum
All Shall Perish - There's Nothing Left
Symphony X - The End Of Innocence
Sepultura - Kairos
Lock Up - Brethren Of The Pentagram
Belphegor - Impaled Upon The Tongue Of Satan
Hell - On Earth As It Is In Hell
Destruction - Hate Is My Fuel
World Under Blood - God Among The Waste
Korpiklaani - Tequila
Agnostic Front - My Life My Way
Graveyard - Ain't Fit To Live Here
While Heaven Wept - Destroyer Of Solace
Before The Dawn - Deathstar
Sylosis - Empyreal
Pain - Dirty Woman
Origin - Expulsion of Fury
Amorphis - You I Need
Scar Symmetry - Extinction Mantra

Disc Three (Classics from The Century Family):
Arch Enemy - Taking Back My Soul
Dark Tranquility - Through Smudged Lenses
Despised Icon - Retina
Eyehategod - 30$ Bag
God Forbid - Precious Lie
In This Moment - Daddy's Fallen Angel
iwrestledabearonce - I'm Cold and There Are Wolves After Me
Lacuna Coil - Heaven's a Lie
Nevermore - The River Dragon Has Come
Shadows Fall - Idle Hands
Strapping Young Lad - Shitstorm
Suicide Silence - The Disease
Turisas - The Dnieper Rapids
Winds of Plague - One Body Too Many
/B.B./