METALLICA will be filming a video for the title track to their new album, "St. Anger", next week at an as-yet-undisclosed location, a representative of Mercury Records U.K. revealed Monday (April 28) during a listening session for the CD in Stockholm, Sweden. There will be no single released prior to the album, which is scheduled ...
April 2003 - Blabbermouth Archive
OZZY OSBOURNE's Son In Rehab
The Sun has published photos of Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon allegedly visiting son Jack at the Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, where the young Osbourne is said to be being treated for an undisclosed addiction. The pair looked shocked when they came face-to-face with Jack at the private clinic. Then they cuddled ...
DIMMU BORGIR Line Up Dutch Dates
Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have lined up two dates in Holland in early October. The details are as follows: Oct. 02 – Amsterdam, NETH @ Paradiso Oct. 03 – Tilburg, NETH @ 013 Tickets for both shows go on sale on May 3. DIMMU BORGIR have spent the past few weeks at Studio Fredman ...
MARILYN MANSON On The Dead Rock Star
MARILYN MANSON has penned an article for the latest issue of Rolling Stone on the subject of the dead rock star. He writes, "It's not just death that turns you into an icon. It's how many people are watching when you die, and the way the camera can turn you into a martyr. I had ...
KRUX Announce One-Off Gig
KRUX, the Swedish band featuring CANDLEMASS mainman/bassist Leif Edling, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Mats Levén, plus ENTOMBED members Peter Stjärnvind (drums), and Jörgen Sandstrom (guitar), will perform a one-off show at Kägelbanan in Stockholm, Sweden on May 18. The gig, which will likely be the group's last for quite some time, will be recorded for a ...
HEADSTRONG Split Up
Canada's HEADSTRONG have officially split up, citing their disillusionment with the record industry as one of the reasons for the group's break-up. The following is an excerpt from vocalist Matt Kinna's "parting words" message as posted on the group's official web site: "HEADSTRONG is dead. Long live the headstrong. "It's funny. I don't know if ...
THE PROJECT HATE Name New Album
Sweden's THE PROJECT HATE, featuring Jörgen Sandström of ENTOMBED/GRAVE fame on lead vocals, have set "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" as the title for their forthcoming third album, due later in the year through ENTOMBED's Threeman Records. "Hate, Dominate, Congregate, Eliminate" was recorded at Soundlab Studios (where the band's last CD, "When We Are Done, Your ...
COAL CHAMBER Finishing Up Work On B-Sides/Rarities Album
COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara is scheduled to hit the studio later this week to record vocals for an unfinished track from the "Chamber Music" sessions. The song in question will be included on the group's upcoming B-sides/rarities album, "Giving The Devil His Due", slated for release on June 17 through Roadrunner Records. Fafara's side ...
TAPROOT Line Up U.K. Dates
Michigan-based nu-metallers TAPROOT will be following up their appearance at the forthcoming Download Festival with a number of U.K. dates. You can catch the band at: Jun. 01 – Liverpool, UK @ University Jun. 03 – Oxford, UK @ Zodiac Jun. 04 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde ...