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 ...
HOOKERS 'N' BLOW — the band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed, guitarist Alex Grossi (ex-QUIET RIOT, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES), drummer Troy Patrick Farrell (WHITE LION), and bassist Scottie Griffin (LIARS AND CHEATS) — will be kicking off the Northeast leg of their tour with a live on-air interview on WMMR 93.3 FM in Philadelphia ...
According to a posting on the KORN fan site Korn Unleashed, the band's guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer told fans after the group's show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Tuesday, March 28 that KORN will be touring with DEFTONES on the second leg of their U.S. tour this ...
Candlelight Records USA will premiere "Paths of Vanir" from ENSLAVED's forthcoming album, "Ruun", on Saturday, April 1 beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST at www.candlelightrecordsusa.com. Set for U.S. release on May 2, "Ruun", was recorded at Amper Studios in Olso and mastered at The Cutting Room in Sweden. The album follows the critically acclaimed ...
Swedish band BLOODY APRIL will open for STAIND at Nalen in Stockholm on April 1. BLOODY APRIL recently inked a recording deal with the Swedish label Ninetone Records. The band will begin recording their debut album in May for a fall release. Formed back in 1998 under the name STARF*CK in the small town Örnskoldsvik ...
