A half hour interview with Epica guitarist Isaac Delahaye has been posted on YouTube. You can view it in the embedded box below.

The interview by Kalle Rock took place in Germany in May 2012 during the Dutch symphonic metal outfit’s ‘Requiem For The Indifferent World Tour’.

The remaining tour dates are as follows:
13-07-2012 Rock Harz Open Air Ballenstedt Germany
05-08-2012 Foire au Vins de Colmar France
07-08-2012 Velvet Rimini Italy
08-08-2012 Metal Camp Tolmin Slovenia
10-08-2012 ARTmania Festival, Sibiu Romania
16-08-2012 Summer Breeze Open Air, Dinkelsbühl Germany
18-08-2012 Rockstad, Falun Sweden
14-09-2012 Progpower USA, Atlanta United States
25-09-2012 Teatro Flores, Buenos Aires Argentina
26-09-2012 Teatro Caupolican, Santiago Chile
28-09-2012 Via Funchal, Sao Paulo Brazil
30-09-2012 Opiniao Bar, Porto Alegre Brazil
12-10-2012 Kade Sporthal, Zaandam The Netherlands
21-10-2012 Metal Female Voices Fest, Wieze Belgium
23-10-2012 Howard Theater, Washington DC United States
25-10-2012 Trocadero, Philadelphia PA United States
26-10-2012 Irving Plaza, New York NY United States
27-10-2012 Palladium, Worcester MA United States
29-10-2012 Imperial, Qeubec City QC Canada
30-10-2012 Metropolis, Montreal QC Canada
31-10-2012 Opera House, Toronto ON Canada
02-11-2012 Peabodys, Cleveland United States
03-11-2012 Altar Bar, Pittsburgh PA United States
04-11-2012 Mojoes, Joliet IL United States
05-11-2012 Station 4, St. Paul MN United States
07-11-2012 Bluebird Theater, Denver CO United States
08-11-2012 Complex, Salt Lake City UT United States
10-11-2012 FIvesixty, Vancouver BC Canada
11-11-2012 El Corazon, Seattle WA United States
12-11-2012 Hawthorne Theater, Portland OR United States
14-11-2012 Regency Ballroom, San Francisco CA United States
15-11-2012 House of Blues, San Diego CA United States
16-11-2012 House of Blues, Los Angeles CA United States
17-11-2012 Marquee Theater, Tempe AZ United States
19-11-2012 Trees, Dallas TX United States
20-11-2012 Scout Bar, Houston TX United States
21-11-2012 Backstage Live, San Antonio United States
23-11-2012 Headliners, Louisville KY United States
24-11-2012 Soundstage, Baltimore MD United States
09-12-2012 Bataclan, Paris France
11-12-2012 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham United Kingdom
12-12-2012 Corporation, Sheffield United Kingdom
14-12-2012 Academy 2, Newcastle United Kingdom
15-12-2012 Classic Grand, Glasgow United Kingdom
16-12-2012 Ritz, Manchester United Kingdom
18-12-2012 Robin 2, Wolverhampton United Kingdom
19-12-2012 Electric Ballroom, London United Kingdom

Following the release of Overkill’s sixteenth studio album 2012’s ‘The Electric Age’, frontman Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth gave a lengthy interview with Hardrock Haven. You can watch their chat below.

‘The Electric Age’ was well-received in the US, hitting #77 on the Billboard 200 Chart. It is the first time the cult thrash metal outfit have broken into the top 100.

As previously reported, Green Day have a slew of new material awaiting release and the band planned to release three new albums between September 2012 and January 2013.

Official release dates for the ‘¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!’ trilogy have now been annouced!

The first, ‘¡Uno!’ is in stores on September 25 in the US and one day earlier in the UK, with the second, ‘¡Dos!’, appearing on November 13/November 12 in the US and UK respectively.

Finally, on January 15th, ¡Tré! will be released in the US. As before, the UK release will be available one day previously.

As yet, no tracklistings have been announced.

Twin Atlantic are currently writing material for a follow up to their 2011 album ‘Free’.

Before any new material appears, the Scottish band are giving their fans a present – a five track EP of live and acoustic material. The EP can be downloaded from the Twin Atlantic facebook page.

The band are supporting US pop-punk/emo band Blink-182 at a number of arena shows, but have also announced a string of tour dates for the autumn:

October:
27th Glasgow, Barrowlands
29th Aberdeen, Music Hall
30th Edinburgh, HMV Picturehouse

November:
1st Newcastle, O2 Academy
2nd Manchester Academy
3rd Birmingham o2 Academy
5th Norwich, UEA
6th Bristol, O2 Academy
7th Southampton Guildhall
8th London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

On Monday 11th June, EMI released a new Saxon box set in the UK covering the entire second phase of the band’s career.

Following a first set, ‘The Carrere Years’ box set (released in April), EMI have now released ‘The EMI Years’, a four disc set containing a complete set of studio recordings issued by the NWOBHM stalwarts between 1985-88.

While ‘The Carrere Years’ represented a great purchase for the curious and more casual listener, it omitted most of the bonus tracks issued on the seven separate releases, making it redundant for most hardcore fans.

‘The EMI Years’ caters for both the casual listener and long-term fan. Not only does it contain the ‘Innocence Is No Excuse’, ‘Rock The Nations’ and MTV-friendly ‘Destiny’ albums in their entirity, but also includes all the bonus tracks issued on the previous remasters.

More importantly, the box set contains the CD debut for a 1985 BBC live concert, recorded at Hammersmith on the ‘Innocence’ tour (previously only ever available as a download).

Both ‘The Carrere Years’ and ‘The EMI Years’ box sets are available now at a budget price.

Earlier in 2012, Saxon released a 2CD + DVD set of live material entitled ‘Eagles Over Wacken’. Reports also suggest the band are working on an acoustic album, set for release early in the new year.

Read a review of ‘Saxon’ here.
Read a review of ‘Rock The Nations’ here.
Read a review of ‘Heavy Metal Thunder: The Movie’ here.
Read a review of ‘Call To Arms’ here.
Watch a video interview with Biff Byford here.