SLAYER guitarist Kerry King has made available six new designs from his clothing line, dubbed KFK Industries (Kerry Fucking King), at MerchMonster.com. An official web site is currently under construction and will be launched soon. A source close to SLAYER had previously told BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "[Kerry]'s very excited about [the clothing line]. ...
December 2003 - Blabbermouth Archive
FIREBIRD To Support MONSTER MAGNET In London
Britain's FIREBIRD, the band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, have lined up the following dates during December: Dec. 05 - Station Road, High Wycombe, UK @ The Irish Center Dec. 07 - Charing Cross Road, London, UK @ Astoria (w/ MONSTER MAGNET) FIREBIRD's latest album, "No. 3", was released in June through ...
CRUACHAN, BALANCE OF POWER Confirmed For U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL
CRUACHAN, BALANCE OF POWER, FOURWAYKILL, INFOBIA and WHITE BUFFALO are the latest acts confirmed for next year's installment of the Bloodstock Festival, set to take place September 3-4, 2004 at The Assembly Rooms in Derby, England. As previously reported, Austria's EDENBRIDGE are also scheduled to perform at the event, which will feature a total of ...
VIRGIN STEELE To Play Special Benefit Gig
VIRGIN STEELE'S David DeFeis (vocals), Edward Pursino (guitar) and Josh Block (bass) will team up with former EXORCIST drummer Geoff Fontaine to perform a gig of "strange and beautiful" cover tunes on December 13 at The Village Pub South (198 Broadway) in Amityville, New York. This concert is a benefit for the South Shore Music ...
LIFE OF AGONY Announce New Jersey In-Store Appearance
Reunited New York metallers LIFE OF AGONY will be making an in-store appearance at Vintage Vinyl on Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00 p.m. Vintage Vinyl is located at 51 Lafayette Rd. Fords, NJ 08863. Tel. #: (732) 225-7717. LIFE OF AGONY are currently preparing for their upcoming U.S. tour, which will kick off in early ...
STRATOVARIUS Guitarist Apologizes, Hires Bodyguards
STRATOVARIUS guitarist Timo Tolkki has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "After speaking with all the band members I am now travelling to Berlin to talk with the Sanctuary team about the future of STRATOVARIUS. "At this point I cannot say more about the situation. I am very sorry ...
METALLICA To Play Helsinki Stadium In May
According to the Finnish daily newspaper Aamulehti, METALLICA will perform at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on May 27, 2004. As previously reported, METALLICA are scheduled to headline the Aerodrome festival in Austria on June 11. In addition, METALLICA will play a massive show in Gothenburg, Sweden as part of their spring 2004 European tour. ...
Former DEFIANCE Guitarist To Re-Launch SORRY
Guitarist Jim Adams, formerly of the San Francisco Bay Area thrashers DEFIANCE, is looking to restart his project band SORRY. The group has in the past had guest appearances by Steve Chinn of FANG, John of FLIPPER and Mitch Mayes of DEFIANCE. The project will begin recording songs and looking for gigs at a later ...
THANATOS Complete Work On New Album
Veteran Dutch death metallers THANATOS have completed work on their fourth full-length album, "Undead. Unholy. Divine", due in late February release through Black Lotus Records. The follow-up to 2000's "Angelic Encounters", which contains a guest appearance on backing vocals by Ashmedi (MELECHESH) and Ed Warby (STAR ONE, AYREON, ex-GOREFEST), was recorded at Excess studios in ...