Drummer Morten Lowe Sorensen (MERCENARY, THE ARCANE ORDER, AMARANTHE), bassist Loic Colin (SCARVE, ONE-WAY MIRROR, WATCHA) and guitarist Ben Antonio (NO RETURN) have joined INDRAMA, the French metal band led by guitarist/vocalist Gwen Kerjan.

Code666 has announced the signing of the Hamburg, Germany-based metal band TODTGELICHTER.

AC/DZ, the San Francisco Bay Area-based AC/DC tribute band formed by legendary thrash singer Steve “Zetro” Souza (TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY) and executive producer Walter Morgan (organizer of the Thrash Of The Titans 2001 benefit conc…

Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR.

Demand for the newest edition of Billboard magazine (Oct.

Hugin, frontman and founder of the Danish black metal band BLODARV, is featured in a book on Danish subculture by Peter Grønulnd, the author of “Sub-Land” (Gyldendal, 2005) and “Eurotrash” (Bogkompagniet, 2009).

A two-minute audio sample of the song “Death Before Disco” from Swedish thrashers TUCK FROM HELL is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page.

Brazilian TV program “Hoje em Dia” conducted an interview with the Canadian rock trio RUSH when the band played Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia on September 18, 2010.

French-Canadian technical death masters MARTYR are working on material for the follow-up to 2006′s “Feeding The Abscess”, tentatively due next year.

Mark Morton of Heavy Metal Examiner recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch.

Norway’s DØDHEIMSGARD (DHG) has been rejoined by vocalist Kvohst (a.k.a.

According to the Omaha World-Herald, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY was forced to cancel two shows on its current tour after the band’s frontman, Zakk Wylde, suffered a blood clot in his leg.