Paganizer Working On New Music

Last month Paganizer announced a mini-CD would see release in 2016, and now the band has issued this update about working on new material:

"New Paganizer hymns in progress. It's now more than 15 years ago Rogga called me and asked if I should join his band.

"Through the years we have done hundreds of song together in a lot of different bands. The madness continues and hopefully will we bring you some awesome songs during 2016."

Photos from the studio sessions of this impending release can also be seen at the Paganizer Facebook profile here.

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The Walking Dead Orchestra Teases New Singer

Brutal deathcore group The Walking Dead Orchestra is teasing the recruitment of a new vocalist with this message:

"WE HAVE A NEW SINGER!!!! And he's French. We want first of all to thank our bro Slava Antonenko of Lost In Alaska for his amazing work on the composition of our new album. You rock dude! But we finally find the new frontman of TWDO ! His name will be revealed next Sunday! In your forecasts!" More...

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Theatres Des Vampires Recruits New Guitarist

Italian vampiric metal band Theatres Des Vampires is proud to announce a new guitarist joining the fold - Giorgio Ferrante. The band also had this to say:

"We’re thrilled to have Giorgio as a band member, he's a great friend and a great musician. He shared the stage with us two years ago at Gothic Treffen Festival in Lipsia and we understood his attitude and sound was perfect for us. There’s a great feeling and respect between us. Welcome to the family, Giorgio!

"We spent with our ex-guitarist Stephan an amazing period of about eight years. His presence in the band was important for us as a member of TDV and as a friend. We had great time together on stage all around the world but also in private life. Our friendship is still strong and We wish all the best for his new band and career."

Theatres Des Vampires is currently in the studio working for a 10th studio album that is set to be released in 2016.

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Per Valla Launches New Band

In April 2015, it was announced that Abbath (ex-Immortal frontman) had recruited members to his new band, specifically King Ov Hell from God Seed and drummer Creature. He also recruited Vredehammer guitarist / vocalist Per Valla for touring.

However, in December of 2015 it was announced that Norwegian session member Per Valla had left the band for personal reasons.

Sitting on many songs and riffs of his own, Per decided to launch his new project, simply titled Valla. He had this to say about the new endeavor:

“The plan is to do this project a little against the current. The music business is just so messed up today and because of that I will record at home and release this on YouTube. If anyone wants to buy the music, they can download it directly from me for 1 euro per song. This way I don`t have to give 99% of everything to Spotify or other services. It`s just not fair!” More...

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Former Dio Bassist Jimmy Bain Passes Away

The veteran rock and metal bass player Jimmy Bain, best known for his work with Dio and Rainbow, as well as Thin Lizzy, has passed away at the age of 68 according to his friends. He was most recently involved in the band, Last In Line, which featured fellow Dio alumni Vivian Campbell and Vinny Appice, who will release their debut album, "Heavy Crown" on February 20th.

Bain was born in Newtonmore, Scotland and made his presence known first with Rainbow, with whom he recorded the album "Rising" and the live releases, "On Stage" and "Live in Germany," before joining Thin Lizzy, performing on the "Black Rose: A Rock Legend" record, as well as contributing significantly to Thin Lizzy mastermind Phil Lynott's solo material. After working with Gary Moore and forming his own band, Wild Horses, he joined forces with former Rainbow vocalist Ronnie James Dio to help form the singer's eponymous band, and remained a member throughout the eighties, rejoining at the beginning of the millenium to record the albums, "Magica" and "Killing the Dragon." More...

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Sunday Old School: Crimson Glory

Believe it or not, Slipknot, Mushroomhead and Ghost were not the first hard rock and metal bands to wear masks as part of their image. It’s been a staple of metal music for some time, with a few of these hidden faces becoming quite successful. One of these bands would help to pioneer a genre many follow today and brought a greater attention to progressive metal. They went, and indeed still do go, by the name of Crimson Glory.

Crimson Glory began life as Pierced Arrow in 1979, after a group of musicians which consisted of Tony Wise on vocals, Bernardo Hernandez and Ben Jackson on guitars, Glen Barnhardt on Bass later, and Dana Burnell on drums, formed a band in Sarasota, Florida. Not long after, Chris Campbell and John Colemorgan were brought in on bass and drums respectively by 1982, though a year later, they would go through another transformation when Jeff Lords, who had previously replaced Barnhardt, returned to the group, as well as bringing in a new singer who went by the moniker, Midnight. It was after these changes that the group would change their name to the now familiar alias of Crimson Glory. More...

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Watch Grohl, Anselmo, Bostaph & Brown Cover "Walk"

The 2016 edition of "Dimebash" was held last friday, January 22nd at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, CA. See below for the live performance of the Pantera song "Walk", played by an all star band including Dave Grohl, Paul Bostaph, Phil and Rex from Pantera and more.

Proceeds from the event, late Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, will go towards Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund.

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