METALLICA frontman James Hetfield recently made an appearance on Jim Breuer's satellite radio program "Breuer Unleashed". Download an audio clip of Hetfield's appearance at this location. In other news, Hetfield's Ford F-150 truck, detailed with MTX Audio and custom paint by Dirty Donny, was shown at the SEMA display at the Chicago Auto ...
NINE INCH NAILS' "With Teeth" has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. "With Teeth", which sold 271,563 copies of in the United States in its first week of release, was recorded in part at Sound City Studio in Van Nuys, Ca., and features ...
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently took time out of his schedule to record the guitar parts for a remake of "Trashed" from BLACK SABBATH's "Born Again" album, which featured Ian Gillan (DEEP PURPLE) on vocals. The new version of the track will be included on Gillan's upcoming album "Gillan's Inn" — a celebration of ...
Hollywood, California-based RUIN recently completed work on a three-song demo with producer Mikey Doling (former SNOT/SOULFLY guitarist). The three tracks — "Pull You Down", "Guilty Conscience" and "Unstable" — are currently available for listening at MySpace.com. The song "Pull You Down" features a guest guitar appearance by Doling. Upcoming RUIN shows: Jul. 15 ...
WITHIN Y, the Swedish melodic death metal band featuring former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, have scheduled a live appearance at the summer premiere of Gothenburg, Sweden's metal club Metallterrassen. The show will take place on Friday, July 1. Metallterrassen will take place every other Friday during the entire summer. Future concerts include RAM. WITHIN Y ...
According to a posting on the Rock N Roll Experience web site, the parents of former STATIC-X guitarist Tripp Eisen attended the SCUM OF THE EARTH/SOCIETY ONE concert at the House of Rock in White Marsh, Maryland on June 29 (Tripp's brother, Berzerk Kirk, is the drummer for SOCIETY ONE). Stated Rock N ...
Polish death metallers LOST SOUL have just scooped a slot (alongside VADER, ROTTING CHRIST and ANOREXIA NERVOSA) on the entire Blitzkrieg III European tour which steamrollers through the continent between September 5 and October 23. LOST SOUL, who were originally only due to lay waste to their native Poland, are fired up about landing the ...
Norwegian metallers PAGAN'S MIND have been confirmed for the U.K. edition of the ProgPower festival, set to take place March 25, 2006 at The Centaur in Cheltenham. Other groups scheduled to perform at the festival are THERION, THRESHOLD, FREEDOM CALL, ORPHANED LAND and FIREWIND. One more band has yet to be confirmed for what is ...
Greece's Metal-Temple.com webzine recently conducted an interview with NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Temple.com: You're going to participate in Gigantour. What do you think of the other bands that will be taking part? Warrel Dane: "In the beginning it was quite strange because I thought that ...
TheNewsTribune.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: I think I read somewhere that you're living in the desert these days, in Arizona. Rob Halford: "I first went to Arizona in the late '70s when JUDAS PRIEST came out to work ...
