When the so-called "Big Four of 1980s thrash metal METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX play Yankee Stadium on September 14, the concert will be a celebratory and emotional experience for the five New York born-and-bred members of ANTHRAX, the only New York band on the bill. To begin with, ANTHRAX's hometown gig will be preceded ...
Alice Cooper announced today that eminent guitar prodigy Orianthi will join his band, replacing departing guitarist Damon Johnson, for the next leg of his 2011 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" world tour starting September 22 in Auckland, New Zealand. Currently in progress, the tour hits ninety plus cities, covering five continents, including Europe and North ...
CANNIBAL CORPSE has been confirmed for next year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMORPHIS CANNIBAL ...
Roadrunner Records has announced a new worldwide partnership with Anthem Records and rock trio RUSH. The band will remain on Anthem/Universal Music in Canada only. "We have tremendous respect for Roadrunner Records and what Cees Wessels and Jonas Nachsin have built on a worldwide level. After years of Roadrunner pursuing the band, Tom Lipsky presented ...
Jenna Williams (a.k.a. "The Scream Queen") of TheScreamQueen.com conducted an interview with Kirk Windstein of KINGDOM OF SORROW, CROWBAR and DOWN at the seventh show of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival on July 17 in Englewood, Colorado. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. TheScreamQueen.com: For your next album ...
Southern California's heavy fuzz rock legends FU MANCHU will celebrate the 15th anniversary of their major label debut, "In Search Of" The hardworking group will be undertaking a headlining tour of the United States and Canada with a set comprised of the entire album from start to finish. This tour is a companion to the ...
Drum-cam footage of AT THE GATES' Adrian Erlandsson performing during the band's July 22 appearance at this year's edition of the Tuska open-air metal festival at Suvilahti in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below (courtesy of Pearl Drums Finland). Regarding their decision to play more reunion shows in 2011, the members of AT THE GATES ...
Eleven-year-old "America's Got Talent" contestant Anna Graceman performed a cover version of MTLEY CRE's "Home Sweet Home" this past Monday (August 29) on the program's second night of semi-finals. Video footage of her rendition of the classic CRE ballad after which the entire live audience gave the youngster a standing ovation can be seen below. ...
Video footage of Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen performing with MAIDEN UNITED the IRON MAIDEN tribute project which plays classic MAIDEN songs in new acoustic arrangements on August 2, 2011 at Little Devil in Tilburg, Netherlands can be seen below. Also available is a video interview with MAIDEN UNITED conducted by
