Former TESTAMENT/DEATH guitarist James Murphy has issued the following update regarding his upcoming DEATH tribute project, "Within The Mind - In Homage To The Musical Legacy Of Chuck Schuldiner", tentatively due in June through Holland's Mascot Records: "This past Saturday, February 28th, the first recording session for the 'Within The Mind' project was completed at ...
Jerry Cantrell's manager Bill Siddons has confirmed to Launch that the former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist has formed a new band with former THE CULT axeman Billy Duffy (as first reported here Feb. 29). Siddons, however, was unable to confirm that ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE vocalist John Corabi had also been jamming with the two ...
Two full-length MP3s from the debut OVERLORD EXTERMINATOR CD, entitled "Crucify Everyone", have been uploaded at this location. OVERLORD EXTERMINATOR is the new "black metal" band featuring Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, THE RAVENOUS, ex-BRUTAL TRUTH, ANTHRAX), Lee (COMMIT SUICIDE) on bass and Adam Bonacci (WITHERED EARTH) on vocals. The songs available for download ...
Veteran German thrashers SODOM recently became the first metal band to ever play Bulgaria twice, according to www.wallsoffire.de. The group's stage debut in this Eastern European country took place on September 15, 1991, at the Academic Stadium in front of 12,000 "sodomaniacs." 13 years later, the trio was to be seen at a ...
Melbourne, Australia's CONTRIVE are currently writing new tracks for an upcoming EP due out mid this year. It will also feature a cover from Australian metal legends ARMOURED ANGEL ('89/'90 era). After a huge year of shows including supports with SEPULTURA, SOILWORK and SKINLAB, CONTRIVE make a return to the stage this Friday, March 5 ...
HORTUS ANIMAE, the prog-black metal project of ANCIENT drummer Diego "GroM" Meraviglia, have finished recording a cover of DEAD CAN DANCE's "Summoning of the Muse" for the upcoming DEAD CAN DANCE double-CD tribute album, "The Lotuseaters". The band will shortly enter Alpha-Omega Studios in Como, Italy to mix and master the track, which features a ...
Finland's Sonera Plaza has posted several photos of STRATOVARIUS performing at Spain's Piorno Rock festival on Saturday, including pictures of keyboardist Jens Johansson pissing (literally!) on guitarist Timo Tolkki during the opening notes of the song "Forever" (no, we're not kidding). Check them out here. STRATOVARIUS' set list for the Piorno Rock performance: ...
LULLACRY have posted several photos from their recent recording sessions at Astia Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland. Check them out here. As previously reported, LULLACRY have finished recording several new tracks for inclusion on an upcoming single or EP, due later in the year through Spinefarm Records. Produced by Kippo and main songwriter Sami ...
Industrial rock band HELL ON EARTH have been dropped from the bill of Florida's Sun n' Steel Metalfest after "Baptists were calling [the promoter] and complaining about [the band] performing at the show," according to a post on the group's web site. In response to the cancellation, band leader Billy Tourtelot said, "It's a sad ...
