Finnish rock 'n' roll legends HANOI ROCKS will release their new single, "Fashion", in May. The track will be accompanied by "a very cool and classy video," according to a posting on the band's studio blog. "The single's gonna be a nice package, also including the song 'Trouble Boys' (which will not be on the album), the video for 'Fashion' plus a live video of 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' from our most recent gig at Nosturi, Helsinki. As far as the [new studio] album goes, we’ve recorded the basic tracks and are currently doing overdubs."
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY CONFIRMED FOR GERMAN BATTLE OF METAL FEST
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY has been confirmed for the Battle of Metal open-air festival, set to take place July 5-7, 2007 at Eventzentrum in Geiselwind, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
BEHEMOTH
BELOVED ENEMY
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
DEATHSTARS
DISBELIEF
DRONE
EISHEILIG
EISREGEN
ELIS
ENSIFERUM
HAGGARD
HOLY MOSES
IN EXTREMO
KATAKLYSM
LEGIO MORTIS
MAMBO KURT
NODE
PARADISE LOST
SAMAEL
SATYRICON
SKYCLAD
THE DOGMA
THE HAUNTED
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
TÝR
POSSESSED will reunite for an exclusive appearance at this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. Also newly confirmed is AS I LAY DYING. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):
1349
ALL THAT REMAINS
AMORPHIS
AS I LAY DYING
BELPHEGOR
BENEDICTUM
BLACK MAJESTY
BLIND GUARDIAN
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CANNIBAL CORPSE
CHTHONIC
COMMUNIC
DESTRUCTION
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DIMMU BORGIR
DIR EN GREY
DISILLUSION
ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK
ENSLAVED
FALCONER
GRAVE DIGGER
HAGGARD
HEAVEN SHALL BURN
ICED EARTH
IMMORTAL
IN FLAMES
J.B.O.
KAMPFAR
LACUNA COIL
LETZTE INSTANZ
LORDI
MENDEED
MOONSORROW
MOONSPELL
MUNICIPAL WASTE
NAPALM DEATH
NARZISS
NEAERA
NORTHER
POSSESSED
RAGE & LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTER
SACRED REICH
SAMAEL
SAXON
SCHANDMAUL
SODOM
SONIC SYNDICATE
STORMWARRIOR (feat. GAMMA RAY's Kai Hansen) STRATOVARIUS
SUBWAY TO SALLY
SWALLOW THE SUN
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
THE SORROW
THE VISION BLEAK
THERION
TYR
UNHEILIG
VADER
VITAL REMAINS
VOLBEAT
