Dave Wedge of the Boston Herald reports: Aging rockers GREAT WHITE are kicking off a reunion tour in Los Angeles later this month, but they'll be raising money to save harp seals in Canada, not to help the hundreds of victims burned when the band's pyrotechnics sparked a deadly nightclub blaze in Rhode ...
DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice will join Italian guitarist Matt Filippini for five dates in Italy and Spain during January/February. Performing with Paice and Filippini will be singer Roberto Tiranti from LABYRINTH and Alessandro Del Vecchio from EDGE OF FOREVER. According to Matt, "These shows are going to be a sort of jam session including ...
Danish symphonic metallers EVIL MASQUERADE have posted their video for the song "Black Ravens Cry" at YouTube.com. The track comes off the group's third album, "Third Act", which was released last May in Japan and Southeast Asia via Marqee/Avalon. The CD was recorded at Stonelab (Copenhagen, Denmark), Lipton (Malmö, Sweden) Sonic Adventures (Princeton ...
Former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould will join German heavy rock/noise trio HARMFUL as a touring guitarist for the band's upcoming European tour. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Mar. 27 - Würzburg, GER @ Cafe Cairo Mar. 28 - Stuttgart, GER @ Röhre Mar. 29 - München, GER @ Backstage Mar. 30 ...
HEAVEN AND HELL — the new band featuring legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) alongside original BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, plus drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH) — has been confirmed as the headliner of this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to ...
Finnish grinding death metal act DEATHBOUND, featuring members of THE DUSKFALL and ROTTEN SOUND, will release its third album, "We Deserve Much Worse", via Dynamic Arts on the following dates: January 10, 2007 (Scandinavia) March 9, 2007 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) March 5, 2007 (Rest of the world) "We Deserve Much Worse" was recorded and mixed ...
Brazil's Marquee Records has re-released the classic debut album from German thrashers ASSASSIN, entitled "The Upcoming Terror" (originally issued in 1986). This double-CD edition also features the band's "Holy Terror" demo (1985), "The Saga of Nemesis" demo (1986), and a live recording of the show in Pforzheim, Germany on May 23, 1987. The track listing ...
A brand new xDEATHSTARx track, entitled "Where's Your Faith Now?", has been posted online at the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the Redlands, California-based hardcore/metal act's forthcoming album, "We Are the Threat", due on February 20 via Facedown Records. The CD was recorded at Trax East Studios in South River, NJ ...
According to the Belfast Telegraph, the first-ever recordings by legendary rocker Phil Lynott have reportedly been rediscovered after almost 40 years. Reports this morning say the recordings were made in Dublin in 1968, when Lynott was just 18. He sings on two tracks and provides harmonies on a third for Brush Shiels' band ...
