DEF LEPPARD have revealed the cover artwork of their 12th studio album, "Yeah!", due on May 23, 2006. Check it out at this location. On their highly anticipated new album, DEF LEPPARD have created a heartfelt and hard-rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late '60s and '70s — THE KINKS, BADFINGER, ...
Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. An excerpt from the chat follows: Ultimate-Guitar.com: Ever thought of doing a solo album to give these shredding tendencies of yours an outlet? Munky: "Absolutely, and it's going to happen. At the moment I'm kind of going with the concept of what ...
RHINO BUCKET, the Bon Scott-era AC/DC sound-alike band that recorded two albums for Warner Bros./ EMI back in '90 and '92 and an independent album in '94 with former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright, have lined up the following dates in April/May: Apr. 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Viper Room Apr. 19 - Costa ...
SODOM and CARPATHIAN FOREST have been confirmed as the headliners of the Kaltenbach Open Air festival, set to take place July 14-15 in Spital am Semmering, Austria. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ASMODEUS CARPATHIAN FOREST CONVERGENCE DARK DECEPTION DARKSIDE DAVIDIAN DEVANIC DISASTROUS MURMUR DISMAL DISMEMBER DUSK RITUAL EMPYRE ENSIFERUM ...
ALL THAT REMAINS, the Massachusetts-based act featuring former SHADOWS FALL vocalist Philip Labonte, have set "The Fall of Ideals" as the title of their new album, due on July 11 via Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to 2004's "This Darkened Heart" was recorded at Zing Recording Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts with Adam Dutkiewicz (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) and ...
METALLICA have posted a 10-minute video clip from their recent trip to South Africa, where they headlined the country's biggest international music festival ever. The Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix festival took place on March 18 in the city of Centurion, March 21 in Durban and March 25 in Cape Town. The clip in question contains ...
HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta has posted the following message on the band;'s official web site: "We've decided to become a five-piece again. Mainly because of the new album having a lot of parts that involve second guitar, but also because me and [bassist Chris] Beattie started this band as a five-piece and feel like it's ...
Britain's MURDER ONE, featuring vocalists Paul Catten (ex-MEDULLA NOCTE) and John Loughlin (RAGING SPEEDHORN), bassist Jules McBride (ex-PULKAS) and guitarist Mark Seddon (ex-MEDULLA NOCTE), have inked a deal with Grind That Axe Records (the U.K. label formed by former Kerrang! magazine writers/A&R executives Dante Bonutto and Derek Oliver). The group's recently completed debut album, "Some ...
FANDANGO, the late '70s ecelctic pop-rock band featuring vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (who would later front RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE), have had their four albums released on CD for the first time via the Wounded Bird label (the same company that brought us the re-release of Joe Lynn Turner's "Rescue You" in 2004). The four ...
ROOT vocalist Jiri Valter (a.k.a. Big Boss) has been tapped to sing two songs on the upcoming album from the Norwegian viking metal band HELHEIM, entitled "The Journeys and Experiences of Death". The CD, which is expected to be released in May via Dark Essence Records, will also feature a guest appearance on vocals by ...
