CANNIBAL CORPSE, ARMORED SAINT, LIZZY BORDEN, ENGINE, CATTLE DECAPITATION and VEHEMENCE have been confirmed to appear at Metal Blade Records' 20th Anniversary Party at The Palace (1735 Vine St.) in Hollywood, California on Dec. 4. ...
Philadelphia's DYSRHYTHMIA has inked a worldwide recording deal with Relapse Records. The band — drummer Jeff Eber, guitarist Kevin Hufnagel and bassist Clayton Ingerson — will enter Chicago's Electrical Audio Studios in late January with engineer Steve Albini (NIRVANA, HELMET, NEUROSIS) to record their as-yet-untitled new album. The album will include the songs "Bastard", "My ...
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett has been singing the praises of Sweden's MESHUGGAH, calling the band's music "really fucking interesting." “You know, I think MESHUGGAH is brilliant," Hammett said in a recent interview with journalist Martin Popoff. "A lot of that extreme stuff doesn't make much sense to me, but when I heard MESHUGGAH, and everybody ...
FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell has teamed up with longtime FEAR FACTORY collaborator/keyboardist John Bechdel in a new project called THE WATCHERS. Featuring a sound described by Bell as "painfully moody and eerily hypnotic at the same time," THE WATCHERS have launched their official web site at this location. ...
NIGHTWISH's upcoming gig in Stockholm, Sweden has been upgraded from Klubben to Arenan. ...
Italian metallers BEHOLDER will issue their sophomore effort, "Wish For Destruction", on Nov. 4 in Italy and Nov. 11 in the rest of Europe through Dragonheart Records. An MP3 of the album's projected title track can be downloaded at this location. ...
Bristol, UK-based ONEDICE is looking for a new drummer to replace sticksman Damien Radford who has left the band to spend more time with his family. Interested parties should send an e-mail to: onedice@hotmail.com. ...
Italian black metal act HANDFUL OF HATE has inked a deal with Code666 Records and will enter the studio in February to record its new album, "Vicecrown". Among the tracks set to appear on the CD are "Vexer's Kult", "I Hate!" , "Boldly Erected", "Risen Into Abuse", "Beating Violence", "Hierarch In Lust (Vice Ostentation XI)" ...
Ozzy Osbourne is close to signing a deal with a major studio for a biopic about his wild life and times, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Asked whether she could see her successful MTV series "The Osbournes" make the leap to the big screen, Ozzy's wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, said, "I wouldn't want to ...
