Legendary Swedish death metallers UNLEASHED will be filming their July 1 performance at the With Full Force festival in Leipzig, Germany for an upcoming full-length DVD, tentatively due next year. "Together with all the UNLEASHED warriors we'll make the loudest piece of video in the history of death metal," the band write on their web ...
According to Pause & Play, Geffen Records has set a November 29, 2005 release date for the long-awaited GUNS N' ROSES album, "Chinese Democracy". "Chinese Democracy" will feature the band's first new music since "Oh My God", the group's contribution to the soundtrack to the 1999 movie "End of Days". GUNS N' ROSES' ...
ILL NINO have hit back at former guitarist Marc Rizzo over his assertion that the band use backing tapes during their live performances and that he gave the group's lead singer, Cristian Machado, a "beatdown" after Machado allegedly "talked shit" about Rizzo's current band, SOULFLY, from the stage while on tour as the support act ...
According to Billboard.com, AUDIOSLAVE plan to make a quick return to the studio after their European festival tour ends July 10 in Dublin to record some of the material the band have been working on since the release of their sophomore album, "Out of Exile" (Interscope/Epic). "What we'd like to do is blur ...
Sweden's Metalshrine.se recently conducted an interview with DEMONS & WIZARDS frontman Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metalshrine.se: When you started working on this album, how long did it take from the first step to the final product? Was it a difficult process or easy writing it? ...
IRON MAIDEN lost 8-1 in a friendly football (soccer) match against a team composed of a lot of famous Norwegian players and musicians on Wednesday (June 29). The Norwegian team consisted of the following players: Musicians: Sigurd Vongraven (SATYRICON), Hank von Helvete (TURBONEGRO), Dan Thunderbird and HP Baarlie (BACKSTREET GIRLS), Diesel Dahl (TNT) Professional football ...
Swedish progressive metal band PAIN OF SALVATION have lined up the following dates in support of their "BE" album (InsideOut Music): Aug. 20 - Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, FRA @ Crescendo (free festival) Sep. 07 – Oberhausen, GER @ Zentrum Altenberg Sep. 08 - Aschaffenburg, GER @ Colos-Saal Sep. 09 - Rijssen, NETH @ Lucky Sep. 24 - ...
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "I'm sitting in a cafe in Zagreb drinking really strong coffee and watching some guy with the greatest mullet I have ever seen. It's magnificent! The anti-mullet forces have not reached this far yet. Thank God! And he's got a ...
Jeff Kerby of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How is PRIEST dealing with the increase in press and the amount of people interested in your personal lives? Is it more or less difficult to come to terms with ...
