Swedish Melodic Hard Rock outfit VOLSTER feat. ex-members of Masquerade and House Of Heavy have announced the addition of  new permanent singer Mattias Wellhag (House Of Heavy, Blackstorm, P.I.G, Glam Slam) to the group’s ranks. VOLSTER is currently writing new songs for their second album, to be finished before summer 2019. Henrik Lundberg says: “Mattias is the original singer for VOLSTER. He was on the first demo we did back in 1996. He also did the House of Heavy record with me […]

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends PRAYING MANTIS announce that they have joined forces with Dutch duo, Vocalist John "Jaycee" Cuijpers (Ayreon, Cooper Inc., C.T.P.) and Drummer Hans in 't Zandt (Vengeance, Bangalore Choir, Mad Max, Chinawhite).

German heavy rockers PUMP have announced the addition of vocalist Oliver Weers (OLIVER WEERS BAND, RIPE, D.I.M) to the group's their ranks. "Tear Down The Walls", a brand new song snippet with the new vocalist Oliver Weers can be viewed below:

Commented PUMP bassit Michael Vetter: "We had many candidates for the vacant position, among them a number of really good musicians, and having to reject them really wasn't easy.