According to a posting on BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi's official web site, there are three tracks that were recorded during the sessions for his new solo album, "Fused", that do not appear on the final CD. As reported last week, "Let It Down Easy" will be the bonus track on the Japanese edition of ...
CLUTCH sold 12,611 copies of their latest album, "Robot Hive / Exodus", to debut at No. 93 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. "Robot Hive / Exodus" is the follow-up to the acclaimed "Blast Tyrant", which registered a first-week tally of 8,345 back in April 2004 and has gone on to sell 59,963 copies ...
Swedish guitarist YNGWIE MALMSTEEN has spoken to Norway's Metal Express about the inspiration behind his new album's title ("Unleash the Fury") — the infamous "unleash the fucking fury" tape (mp3), which first surfaced exclusively on BLABBERMOUTH.NET in December 2002 — 14 years after it was allegedly made. The now-legendary ...
Swedish "gothic metallers" BESEECH have revealed via their web site that their upcoming fifth album, "Sunless Days", will include a cover of the DANZIG track "Devil's Plaything". The follow-up to last year's "Drama", "Sunless Days" was recorded at StudioMega in Varberg, Sweden and is set to include a re-recording of the song "Manmade Dreams" from ...
Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an in-depth interview with W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Classic Rock Revisited: There is a lot of metal on the road right now. You have JUDAS PRIEST on tour and you have Rock Never Stops sweeping the country. Does that help ...
According to a posting at JonOliva.net, SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva has been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the first annual Hard Music Awards, set to be held on Thursday, August 4 at the Tampa Theatre in Tampa, Florida. The Hard Music Awards are being established to offer hard music artists acknowledgement for their ...
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted another installement in his online "diary" at the group's official web site. Read it at this location. As previously reported, MACHINE HEAD's "Elegies" DVD is scheduled for release on August 16. The group's first-ever DVD release will focus around (and contain the entirety of) MACHINE HEAD's ...
Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has posted the following message on his official web site: "I am totally excited to announce the Evolution Festival, which happens this July 16 in Toscolano Maderno, Italy!! This will be the first outdoor festival I have ever played in my life in Italy, which has ALWAYS been one ...
STATUS QUO guitarist Rick Parfitt's son, Rick Parfitt Jnr. (photo), will be playing at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, July 10 to an estimated 60,000 people, in support of Jules Holland. The gig will directly follow the Grand Prix. This year has seen Rick Jnr. headline the notorious Kitsch Lounge Riot evenings ...
