Northern California rockers Y&T will celebrate the reissues of "Earthshaker" (1981) and "In Rock We Trust" (1984) by performing both albums in their entirety on March 17 at the Independent in San Francisco. Re-released last month, "Earthshaker" "was carefully digitally re-mastered in November 2006 at a high sampling rate taken directly from the 1/2" analog ...
According to Hits Daily Double, Victory Records and ADA are the indie market leaders with information gleaned from this week's current album sales chart. The RED-distributed Victory Records has .44 of the market for all labels that are not owned or partially owned by a major, not publicly traded, distributed by a major or in ...
TESTAMENT, KREATOR, ROTTING CHRIST and GRAVE have been confirmed for the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 17-18 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping upas follows (in alphabetical order): ALTARIA AMORAL BURNING POINT DOMINATION BLACK ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW GRAVE HOLY MOSES KREATOR MACHINE MEN NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE OMNIUM ...
THE SHOWDOWN's latest CD, "Temptation Come My Way", sold nearly 5,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 191 on The Billboard 200 chart. The album was produced by Paul Ebersold (THREE DOORS DOWN, SALIVA) and was mixed by J.R. McNeely (UNDEROATH, RELIANT K). According to ...
DYING FETUS recently shot the first music video, for the track "Homicidal Retribution", from their upcoming album "War of Attrition". The video was lensed by director Frankie Nasso (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS) and producer Kim Resteghini for Raging Nation Films (TRIVIUM, SHADOWS FALL, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, UNEARTH) at Philadelphia's historic Eastern State Penitentiary. ...
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I am back on solid ground in my little house in San Diego Co. after a long and very bizarre promotional trip to London, Paris, and Cologne. The verdict is in and Caesar sez: "Besides the ...
Members of KORN, LAMB OF GOD, DIMMU BORGIR, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER have spoken to Kerrang magazine about their upcoming participation in the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. KORN's performance at last year's Download festival was overshadowed by the illness of vocalist Jonathan Davis, who was rushed to ...
A brand new MEGADETH track, entitled "Sleepwalker", is available for listening at the band's official MySpace page. [UPDATE: The song has just been removed from the site.] "Sleepwalker" comes off MEGADETH's new album, "United Abominations", due on May 15 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was mixed at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, England by ...
Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has lined up the following U.S. tour dates: Mar. 30 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre Mar. 31 - Las Vegas, NV @ Sesert Breeze Pk. (Extreme Radio) Apr. 02 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre Apr. 05 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theatre Apr. 07 ...
