Chicago-based progressive thrash metal band TWELFTH GATE has issued the following update: "TWELFTH GATE is very excited to report that the band has been working with a new singer, and is finally back on track. Of course, due to the fact that the band doesn't want to make another hasty decision regarding the vocalist postion, ...
Ozzy Osbourne is scheduled to appear at an NFL charity event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida today (Thursday, February 1) to distribute $1 million worth of hearing aids to needy kids. Ozzy Osbourne recently told Dan Epstein of Revolver magazine (web site) that unlike 2001's slickly produced ...
Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION has issued the following update: "The feedback on [the new PAIN OF SALVATION album] 'Scarsick' so far has been absolutely tremendous. The album has rendered more press and good reviews than any of the previous PAIN OF SALVATION albums, and stirred a lot of discussion. Some reviewers have already called it ...
VELVET REVOLVER has been selected by John Varvatos, the man behind the award-winning clothing brand, to be the face of the brand's spring 2007 ad campaign. Created by New York agency Yard, with photography by music documentarian Danny Clinch, the campaign captures the members of VELVET REVOLVER in such Los Angeles locations as the Hollywood ...
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's Zakk Wylde and Nick Catanese will be hitting the road beginning today (Thursday, February 1) for a radio station acoustic tour. They are going to be visiting your local radio stations in support of the new radio single, "Blood Is Thicker Then Water", from the latest BLACK LABEL SOCIETY release, "Shot to ...
On August 25, 2007, Tacoma Scene Media will launch Hot August Metal, a deathphonic black metal concert and a manifestation of rhythmic symphonic death metal magnificence. To date, two bands have signed on to perform… metal mystics WOLVEN ANCESTRY from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, one of Canada's leading black metal bands, and CEREMONIAL CASTINGS from Battle ...
According to the Danish music webzine Gaffa.dk, KORN is in talks to play this year's Roskilde Festival, set to take place July 5-8 in Roskilde, Denmark. Also Currently confirmed to appear at the event are RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and BJÖRK. More acts will be announced soon. KORN's performance at Roskilde will mark the band's ...
Danish thrashers HATESPHERE entered the studio on January 5 to begin tracking their new CD, "Serpent Smiles and Killer Eyes", due in Europe on April 30 (April 27 in Germany). U.S. and Japan release dates will be announced later. The following update has been posted on the group's official web site: "At last the new ...
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the 2007 edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 6-9 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): AFTER FOREVER ALL ENDS AMON AMARTH ANNIHILATOR AXEL RUDI PELL BLACK OAK ARKANSAS BLIND GUARDIAN CIRCUS ...
The complete three-song reunion performance from classic Swedish death metallers NIRVANA 2002 at Stockholm's Kafé 44 on January 26 has been posted online at YouTube.com. The NIRVANA 2002 show featured original members Orvar Säfström (better known in metal circles as the singer on ENTOMBED's "Crawl" EP) and Lars Henriksson. Robert Ericsson of THE ...
