Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., has revealed more information about its Super Bowl commercial featuring legendary British heavy metal vocalist Steve Grimmett (GRIM REAPER, ONSLAUGHT, LIONSHEART). The 30-second television commercial will air today (Sunday, February 4) during Super Bowl XLI in Miami. The spot airs midway through the Super Bowl's second quarter. ...
Decibel magazine (web site) reports that MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine forced Greece's ROTTING CHRIST off a 2005 Athens gig, later saying he didn't want to play with "full-on" Satanic band since being "saved" in 2002. He further spouted off on MEGADETH's web site that "No one knows for sure what [ROTTING CHRIST's] intent ...
Hudson Music will release a new instructional DVD from DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, "In Constant Motion", mid-March. Featuring three discs with over seven hours of instruction, live and studio performances and insights on the numerous projects he has been involved with, "In Constant Motion" is Mike Portnoy's latest DVD release from Hudson Music. "In ...
Pittsburgh traditional metal upstarts ICARUS WITCH took a week off from recording their new album to take part in a meet-and-greet at the Dean Markley guitar strings booth at the NAMM show in late January. Pictures from the event can be seen at the band's MySpace page. ICARUS WITCH is back in the ...
Paul Edward Parker of The Providence Journal reports: Feb. 20, 2003, was a busy day for Brian Butler, a camera operator at Channel 12. He raced around to a handful of stories: A chess club event. The opening of a play. A man whose prayers for his son’s health had been answered. A ...
Dutch metallers MAGNACULT have inked a deal with Rusty Cage Records. The group's debut album, "Synoré", was produced by the band themselves along with Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES) and Bouke Visser and was mixed and mastered at the Split Second Sound Studio. A May release is expected. Commented guitarist D.: "When we were thinking of a ...
A video clip of the legendary female-fronted metal act BITCH performing the song "Live for the Whip" at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany in June 2003 has been posted online at this location. Alex Henderson of All Music Guide had the following to say about BITCH: "Although BITCH never headlined ...
Dutch doom metal band ERIA D'OR has announced the addition of former HER ENCHANTMENT vocalist Richard to the group's ranks. The band has also parted ways with bassist Martijn and is currently seeking a replacement. Interested parties can contact the group at info@eridor.nl. Formed in 1997 in the Southern Dutch province of Gorinchem, ERIA D'OR ...
LORD GORE, the underground death metal band from Portland, Oregon, which was part of the late '90s/early 2000s wave of old-school metal-influenced bands from the Pacific Northwest that also included THY INFERNAL, FRIGHTMARE, ENGORGED, BLOOD FREAK, FORNICATOR, and DRAWN & QUARTERED, has broken up. However, Razorback Records will issue a collection CD sometime in 2007 ...
