European tour with DYING FETUS

WITHIN TEMPTATION

Theatre tour announced

Dutch gothic rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION have issued the following update on their forthcoming Theatre Tour 2010: "We have great news! After receiving great responses on our sold out theatre tour in 2008, we decided to do a rerun of this tour, so you'll still have the opportunity to attend these special seated concerts. During these shows we will be playing a lot of our songs in an acoustic version and we'll have special lighting and visual effects. The tour will cover 17 shows in The Netherlands and Belgium. These will be our first live shows after a long period of writing and recording. We are already looking forward to see you again!" More...

WITH FULL FORCE

Festival update

With only two months left there's a right time to start the final countdown before this year's edition of WITH FULL FORCE. One of the Europe's most famous Summer Open Air Festivals will take a place in first weekend of July at Roitzschjora near Lepizig in East Germany. Like always WITH FULL FORCE is set to be an event full of great live shows and other special attractions. More...

ANAAL NATHRAKH

Two new songs available for streaming

England's extreme metal duo ANAAL NATHRAKH will release its new album, "In The Constellation Of The Black Widow", on June 29 via Candlelight Records. A limited-edition vinyl version of the effort will be made available the same month via Feto Records (the label run by NAPALM DEATH's Shane Embury and ANAAL NATHRAKH's Mick Kenney). A digital single entitled "More Of Fire Than Blood" will precede the full-length CD via iTunes on June 6. More...

TOMMY VICTOR

25 years of chaos and rock'n'roll

He may be already considereed as a living legend. But regardless of bombastic introductions without any doubts Tommy Victor is one of the most interesting individuals on US heavy rock scene. Involved in such influential and respected acts like: PRONG, MINISTRY and DANZIG he's resposible for delivering of quality noise and the one who stands behind the such a classic and powerful albums like “Cleansing”, “Rio Grande Blood” and “Prove You Wrong”. As a vocalist, guitarist, composer and producer he has many times proved that he deserves the respect which he gained. This year Tommy finishes his journey with Al Jourgensen under MINISTRY's flag with “Adios... Puta Madres” live album. Do we need a better opportunity to have a chance to talk to Tommy? I don't think so. So enjoy this – I hope interesting, although Tommy seemed to be not too talkative this time – interview and prepare for what future has in store. 'Cause it seems that we may expect some really nice surprises.  More...

Good sound comes from good people

TUE MADSEN

Tue Madsen. 40-year old, very successful Danish sound engineer and music producer. The owner of famous Antfarm Studios (his customers' list is impressively long and features such renowned and famous bands as MOONSPELL, ROB HALFORD, HATESPHERE, ILLDISPOSED, THE HAUNTED, SICK OF IT ALL, DARK TRANQUILLITY, BARCODE, GOREFEST, HEAVEN SHALL BURN among others). Very friendly and talkative person. Exclusively for Metal Portal the guru of atomic metal sound shares some of his deepest secrets. Sit down, shut up and listen. More...

PHIL RIND

SACRED REICH

Damn me, I'm getting old. That's right 'cause I dont't remember who used to say that you shouldn't talk or write about music masterpieces, yo should listen to them. But one thing is sure: whoever it was, he/she was right. Phil Rind - a leader of Arizona based thrash metal legends SACRED REICH. Seems to follow that rule. So his description of 10 all time favorite albums probably is the shortest in whole history of Metal Portal. But I guess that he's done a part of this homework in unforgettable „31 Flavors”. So let's check what has changed after almost 20 years... More...

METAL TOP 15

As black as Metal

The winter is a very special season. Lifelessness, darkness and frost put us in a specific, melancholic mood. This atmosphere is perfectly reflected in one of the most outstanding and hermetic music generes, in black metal. This music is an ideal soundtrack for long, contemplative, winter evenings. However, besides this most popular kind of black metal, this music has many other faces. Below, you can find a chronological list of the most seminal albums in this genre. Still, I'm aware that it isn't complete and it's lacking some big names but it's just pointless to create an endless list which almost nobody would be able to go through.  More...

CRIMFALL

As The Path Unfolds

I wonder how many Finnish bands starting their musical career deal with playing stuff of pleasant and catchy character. Some time ago I received the first full-length from Crimfall and it just reassured me that musicians originating from the land of the thousand lakes simply have charming melodies in their blood. The concoction prepared by this band based in the Finnish province of Uusimaa offers a rich pattern of various musical flavours, which many connoisseurs of eclectic sounds might find utterly captivating.  More...