Redlands, California-based hardcore/metal act xDEATHSTARx have inked a deal with Facedown Records. The band will enter Trax East Studios in South River, NJ in May with producer Eric Rachel (ATREYU, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, GOD FORBID) to begin recording their Facedown debut for an August release. xDEATHSTARx opened the floodgates in summer of 2002 after ...
Several brand-new photos of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's final resting place at the Moore Memorial Gardens cemetery in Arlington, Texas — taken earlier today (February 28, 2006) by Amanda Zurfluh — have been posted online at this location (all pictures are "Copyright A.M.Z 2006"). Dimebag was buried next to his mother, Carolyn Abbott, who ...
Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have announced two new Scandinavian dates to support their latest release, "Paper Blood". They are as follows: Mar. 23 - Jonkoping, SWE @ Sir Simons Mar. 25 - Copenhagen, DEN @ Amager Bio More dates will follow. ROYAL HUNT filmed a "live in concert" DVD on the historic stage of ...
Reformed classic British thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT will be special guests of VENOM on the following three U.K. dates in March: Mar. 23 – Glasgow, UK @ Garage Mar. 25 - London, UK @ Mean Fiddler Mar. 26 - Mamchester, UK @ Academy 2 ONSLAUGHT have also confirmed the following festival appearances: Jun. 8-10 – Sölvesborg, ...
ALICE IN CHAINS, OPETH, SOULFLY and IN FLAMES have been confirmed for this year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 2-4 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE IN CHAINS ART BRUT BABYSHAMBLES ...
GRIM REAPER frontman Steve Grimmett has revealed the identities of the musicians that will be backing him during the group's upcoming performance at the Keep It True VI festival in Germany and subsequent headlining show in Greece. "[I've] been informed by a few people that the [Keep It True VI] promoters are advertising this as ...
KORN's video for their new single, "Coming Undone", has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The song comes off the band's seventh studio album, "See You On The Other Side", which has sold 702,000 copies since its December 6 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. KORN kicked off the North American leg of their ...
MONSTER MAGNET's previously announced March 1, 2006 warm-up show for their upcoming European tour at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey has been cancelled "due to unforeseen circumstances." No further information is available at this time. As previously reported, MONSTER MAGNET officially entered the recording phase for the follow-up to 2004's "Monolithic Baby", ...
METALLICA have added two festival appearances in Japan to their upcoming "Escape from the Studio '06" tour. The group's schedule is shaping up as follows: Jun. 03 - Nurburgring, GER - Rock Am Ring Festival Jun. 04 - Nurnberg, GER - Rock Im Park Festival Jun. 06 - Berlin, GER - Waldebuhne Jun. 08 - ...
