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When a celestial body falls to earth, it burns up as a shooting star or bangs in the ground as a meteoroid. Sometimes it carries the legendary cosmic metal which famous swords are made of. The German language names this kind of material “Sterneneisen” – and so is the title of In Extremo’s new album that will be out on February 25. In Zurich Michael Rhein, the singer of the medieval rock band, talked about the upcoming release and he casually answered some personal questions. Weiterlesen »
Over three decades ago a British vocalist filled the shoes of Ronnie James Dio, one of the greatest singers in Heavy Metal ever. The engagement of Graham Bonnet who looked more like a 1950′s actor than a rockstar ushered in a new age for the band called Rainbow: Two singles of their album Down to Earth, which was released in 1979, reached a Top10-position in the UK Charts. But the collaboration of the unlike musicians didn’t last very long and despite their success Graham left the band only one year later. Why he took the decision at that time, what he did afterwards and why we have to count on him in the future – all that explains the charismatic singer on heart4metal. Weiterlesen »
Four Danes uniquely forge new musical paths and mix together what has been regarded as incompatibly so far: Rockabilly, Metal, Country and Punk. That sounds like a bad starting position for commercial success – and turned out to be just the opposite: With their fourth album Beyond Hell / Above Heaven Volbeat blasted their way to the top of the European charts and keep playing in sold out venues. Before his performance in Winterthur, Switzerland guitarist Thomas Bredahl presented himself as a notedly interesting conversational partner – not only in the matter of music.
Four years or so after their triumph at the Eurovision Song Contest, the Finnish monster entourage is still rolling on European roads, hiding their faces behind scary masks and holding high the battle flag of the platform-shoed Kiss fan. But no amount of latex can hide the fact: The paint is chipping off.
A resident of Buenos Aires, soprano Tarja Turunen toured Germany as a Special Guest of Alice Cooper for nearly two weeks and continues her tour as headliner for her new album What Lies Beneath. During an interview with heart4metal a few weeks ago, she was looking forward to her upcoming concert in Switzerland – for a good reason, as revealed on Tuesday.