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February 27, 2010

Venom have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Hole In The Sky festival (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI), set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway.

Saxon have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. Saxon will play two unique shows. One night they will perform the "Wheels Of Steel" LP in its entirety and on a different night, for the second show, they will play "Strong Arm Of The Law" from start to finish.

Raven have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 5-7, 2010 in Wacken, Germany.

February 19, 2010

Raven has been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. For more information, click here.

Cornish youth music charity Livewire is releasing a cover of Girlschool''s 1980s hit single "Emergency" in order to raise much needed funds for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. For more information, click here.

February 3, 2010

Some sad news out of the Hammerhead camp. Brian Hodgson has expressed a wish retire from playing in the band, Steve & Tony have decided that if Brian goes, then it wouldnt be right to carry on, as his guitar playing is a vital part of the Hammerhead sound, as much as I would like to carry on myself, it would'nt be Hammerhead without the rest of them, so it looks like our support slot with UFO on April 22nd 2010 will be our last ever gig.

Hammerhead has always been great to us here at the Old School Metal Show over the years and we wish them nothing but the best for their future. Hopefully retirement will not sit well with them and we will be getting some new Hammerhead music very soon.

January 29, 2010

The newly revamped lineup of the Tokyo Blade - featuring Andy Boulton (guitar) alongside John Wiggins (guitar) and bassist Andy Wrighton (bass), alongside new singer Chris Gillen — has announced the return of the group's original drummer, Steve Pierce.

Tokyo Blade's current lineup is:

Andy Boulton (guitar)
John Wiggins (guitar)
Andy Wrighton (bass)
Steve Pierce (drums)
Chris Gillen (vocals)

January 23, 2010

2010 will see Tygers Of Pan Tang celebrate the 30th anniversary of the "Wildcat" album, the band's first and most iconic recording.

Robb Weir, who originally formed the band in 1978, has resurrected the TygersS with a new lineup, culminating in the release of the album "Animal Instinct" in 2008 to worldwide critical acclaim. As "Wildcat" is very close to Robb's heart, the band has decided to pick his top five tracks and re-record these to celebrate and remind the fans of the quality of the album which may have been long forgotten.

The song to be included are:

Euthanasia
Slaves to Freedom
Suzy Smiled
Don't Touch Me There
Wildcat

The five-track EP will be recorded late January and be available for pre-sale exclusively from the Tygers web site/shop in February.

The band expects to dispatch the EP to buyers in early March 2010

This will be a limited-edition release of 1000 copies, with new artwork. It will only be available from the web site and Tygers live shows. The band will also be looking at some commemorative shirts which will also be sold via the web site from March onwards.

 

 

January 20, 2010

Angel Witch has been confirmed for Muskelrock, a two-day festival set to take place June 4-5, 2010 in Tyrolen outside Växjö, Sweden.

Chronos of Venom commenting on their new album, "Cronos: The new album should be out by the summer of 2010, mate. The new tracks are tremendous. Basically, if you think of the way Antton was playing, especially on the last album "Hell", he is a nu-metal drummer and comes from that kind of background. He's hung 'round Venom most of his life and it was just good to introduce him to the whole Venom concept of playing like the way Abaddon used to play. Basically Abaddon came from a rock background and then basically developed a black metal, speed metal, thrash metal style. The nu-metal drumming is very different and it was a steep learning curve for him. At the end of the day he's got his own style and he wants to be known for what he's done and not be in my shadow, which is totally understandable. Some of the guys we had coming to the rehearsals were not ex-Cradle Of Filth but they were still, "I've been in this band, I've been in that band," but they were all far too young, you know. We were looking for someone in their thirties upwards who understood rock music.

Asked about the type of songs on their new album, "I would say more like those off "Metal Black". More like our earlier stuff. "Hell" was getting a bit too much like session tracks. Too . . . polished. And polish isn't a good word for Venom songs. Venom songs need to be off the cuff, loose, a little bit thrash. Once you start polishing songs up a bit much you end up going in the wrong direction. There's a spontaneity about Venom songs that I've always loved. When we're coming up with new Venom songs there's one thing that I always try and keep in mind: "Is that kid in his bedroom on his knees playing air guitar and going 'Yeah! Get in!'" You know? I'm not interested in Joe Satriani sitting there and discussing whether it's technically correct or not! That's the last thing on my mind.

January 8, 2010

Raven has inked a deal with Metal Blade Records for the U.S. release of its new album, "Walk Through Fire". The CD, which came out in Japan in March 2009 via King Records, was recorded at the Assembly Line Studios.

Due in the U.S. on March 30 (one day earlier in Europe through SPV/Steamhammer), Raven's first album since 2000's "One for All" contains 14 new songs and two live bonus tracks.

January 7, 2010

Happy New Year to one and all.

23 years after the release of its last studio album back in 1986, Black Rose will put out its third LP, tentatively titled "Cure For Your Disease", in early 2010. As a taster for the upcoming album, some new song samples have been uploaded to the band's MySpace page.

Black Rose is featured in "No Sleep Till Saltburn", an affectionately humourous look at the NWoBHM scene of the mid-1980s, which was released this past Halloween. The book can now be purchased via Lulu.com and it comes with a free download link with each purchase for a brand new Black Rose track called "Twice Shy Once Bitten".