Drummer Bobby Blotzer has vowed to continue "Ratt -N- Rolling in December and onward" with his version of RATT despite the fact that he was expelled from the partnership which owns the RATT name and brand. Less than a month ago, a judge ruled against Blotzer with respect to whether bassist Juan Croucier had committed ...
Reactivated Washington, D.C. doom metal overlords THE OBSESSED have released their first new recording since 1994. A re-recording of one of their earliest tracks, a 1983 song called "Sodden Jackal", it was released as part of the Adult Swim Singles series, and can now be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. THE OBSESSED is working ...
Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA will release their new studio album, "Machine Messiah", on January 13 via Nuclear Blast. Inspired by the robotization of our society, the disc was produced by the band and Jens Bogren (SOILWORK, OPETH, KATATONIA, AMON AMARTH) of Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. The CD's stunning cover artwork was created by Filipino ...
German/Dutch symphonic metallers XANDRIA will release their new album, "Theater Of Dimensions", on January 27, 2017 via Napalm Records. Audio samples of the songs "Where The Heart Is Home", "When The Walls Came Down (Heartache Was Born)", "Ceilí" and "Song For Sorrow And Woe" can be streamed below. Commented the band: "After the release of ...
Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, the Croatian cello duo known as 2CELLOS, has released a music video for their version of the QUEEN classic "The Show Must Go On" as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, who passed away 25 years ago. The world may be coming to an end in their new video, but even ...
ARDUINI/BALICH, the new project featuring Victor Arduini, a founding member/guitarist of FATES WARNING, and Brian Balich, the almighty voice of ARGUS as well as the former singer of PENANCE, will release its debut album, "Dawn Of Ages", on February 24, 2017 via Cruz Del Sur Music. The story goes back in time to the end ...
Japan's rising heavy-rock band CRYSTAL LAKE will release its new album, "True North", on Friday, December 2 via Artery Recordings. In anticipation, the band has debuted a video for its brand new song "Black And Blue". "Black And Blue" features guest vocals by Jesse McFaddin from fellow Japanese rock bands RIZE and THE BONEZ, and ...
Frontiers Music Srl will release the brand new PLACE VENDOME album, "Close To The Sun" on February 24, 2017. One of the most popular projects put together over the years by Frontiers president Serafino Perugino, PLACE VENDOME was an idea sparked during a phone conversation between Serafino and former HELLOWEEN singer Michael Kiske, where they ...
Past and present members of LINKIN PARK, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and GUNS N' ROSES will hit the road together for a string of East Coast dates under the KINGS OF CHAOS moniker, starting on December 17 in Montclair, New Jersey and ending on December 22 in Verona, New York. The mini-tour will be preceded by ...
