DOKKEN is continuing work on its new album, "Lightning Strikes Again", for a 2007 release via Rhino Records in the U.S. and Frontiers Records in Europe. The follow-up to 2004's "Hell to Pay" will feature the lineup of Don Dokken (vocals), Jon Levin (guitar, ex-WARLOCK), Barry Sparks (bass, TED NUGENT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MSG) and Mick ...
On December 2, 2006 in Vantaa, Finland at Fight Club Finland's Winter War 2006 event, "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck — frontman of heavy rock band STONER KINGS — defeated Bernard Vandamme of Belgium to become the new European heavyweight wrestling champion. In a grueling bout lasting over 27 minutes, StarBuck finally hit a devastating superkick ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx recently reflected on the past year and offered a look ahead to what 2007 may bring in the following update, courtesy of KNAC.COM Boston contributor Deb Rao: "You know, there were a few reasons that MÖTLEY CRÜE and AEROSMITH wanted to tour together. One reason was we both knew that ...
According to StonerRock.com, New Jersey-based stoner rockers THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX have finished filming a video for the song "So Come On", taken from the group's "Boxriff" CD. The clip was shot in the Mohave desert "on the side of the road" on the way to the group's Albuquerque show. "We got real high ...
2007 will see the release of another Carnifex Press imprint, Carnifex Metal, this time a (mostly) non-fiction series of books about heavy metal music. Besides the very personal book by Armand Rosamilia ("Growing Up Heavy Metal") that will see the light of day in mid-2007, there are other books being planned: * "Metal Queens", which ...
Dutch old-school death metallers MASSIVE ASSAULT have parted ways with drummer Gideon. "Although Gideon will help out the band with some future shows, we are of course looking for a worthy replacement," the band writes on its web site. "Anyone who thinks he/she is capable of replacing him, contact us at hashkoning at hotmail dot ...
Norwegian goth-inspired symphonic metal band WHERE ANGELS FALL has issued the following update: "This year has been exciting, but also frustrating for us in the band. The first half of the year was a blast with a lot of gigs here in Norway, but also a period where we learned a lot about the music ...
Finnish thrashers THE SCOURGER — who scored a sensational No. 1 single in their home country with "Hatehead" last year — have issued the following update: "Only three days to go and we start recording the drums for the new studio album at Seawolf Studios in Helsinki. There are currently 11 songs to choose from ...
REVEREND has uploaded its 1992 live version of "B.O.B. - Butcher of Baghdad" (from the "Reverend Live" EP, released through Charisma Records) to its MySpace page as a show of support for U.S. troops and recent events in Iraq. "We have recieved quite a few requests for us to do this and with ...
