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Dvne’s Victor Vicart: “We want to make something special”
Dvne will release their second album ‘Etemen Ænka’ 19 March 2021, via Metal Blade Records and it promises to mark an imaginative and thrilling leap forward from 2017’s ‘Asheran’. Guitarist/vocalist Victor Vicart told MetalTalk: “It is an album that has a narrative musically and we hope will encourage the listener …
Agent Steel / Back with a Speed Metal vengeance
Formed in 1984 by vocalist John Cyriis, L.A. Speed Metal band Agent Steel are finally back after a long break with a video for the new song ‘Outer Space Connection’. The track is released ahead of their new album ‘No Other Godz Before Me’, which is due for release 19 …
The Dead Daisies / Travelling out of this world in Sci-Fi film
Buoyed by the success of ‘Holy Ground’, The Dead Daisies have released a stunning Sci-Fi video for the track ‘Chosen And Justified’, which you can also listen to on MetalTalk’s SoundCloud Tracks of the Week Playlist. MetalTalk understands the band were delighted with the reception for the album, which smashed into numerous Top …
Nick Menza / 2014 Rehearsal recording with Chris Poland and James LoMenzo emerges
A previously unreleased rehearsal recording featuring former Megadeth members Nick Menza, Chris Poland and James LoMenzo has emerged on YouTube. Edited by Menza, the track is a fusion jam and features the trio in an all-out original, free-for-all fusion jam session. Menza and LoMenzo had started work on a new project …
MTTV Episode Thirty : Ricky Warwick Part One
MetalTalk TV recently caught up with Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy and former frontman of The Almighty Ricky Warwick, whose sublime sixth solo album ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’ was released recently to great acclaim. Interview: Robert Adams In the first of a two part interview, Ricky discuses the …
Baest / Death Metal candy for the ears
Danish Death Metal phenomenon Baest have been busy establishing themselves as one of the countrys most promising recent Metal acts. Both their debut album ‘Danse Macabre’ in 2008, closely followed by 2019’s ‘Venenum’, received a lot of acclaim and which saw more of a Baest defined sound continuing to develop. …
Voodoo Bloo / Listen to debut single ‘Her Name Was Human’
Voodoo Bloo have released their first UK Single ‘Her Name Was Human’ via PlasticGroove Records. Originally from Sheffield, frontman Rory McDonald is now based in Wellington, New Zealand where the bands alternative Rock has gone down a storm. McDonald told MetalTalk: “The track [‘Her Name Was Human’] has a lot …
UK Budget 2021 / No festival insurance but £390m art sector boost announced
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in this weeks UK budget that a further £390m will be invested in supporting arts venues in England, with £300m allocated to the existing Culture Recovery Fund. Other measures such as extensions to furlough, SEISS [Self-Employment Income Support Scheme] and the VAT cut on ticket sales …
Heretic Fest / Moved to 2022 – new band slots available
Heretic Fest has moved to the weekend of 13 May 2022. There are some new band slots available, with details of how to apply for 2022 included in their statement below. It is with great regret that I must inform you yet again of the postponement of Heretic Fest 2021, …
Director Danny Boyles’ Sex Pistols series begins principal photography
Principal photography has begun on director Danny Boyles’ TV series ‘Pistol’, a six episode series about the legendary Sex Pistol guitarist Steve Jones. The series is based on Jones’ book ‘Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol’. Director Danny Boyle told MetalTalk: “Imagine breaking into the world of The Crown …
