The Associated Press has issued the following report from KSTP-TV: When Denny Bennett couldn't make it to the MÖTLEY CRÜE concert at the Minnesota State Fair, he figured he'd just sell his tickets to recoup the money he spent. He ended up spending a lot more. Undercover authorities in front of the grand stand wrote ...
Metal Blade Records CEO/owner Brian Slagel has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "When I first heard the original VOIVOD demo and then their first album for us and their debut as well, 'War and Pain', I knew they would be a great band for a long time. ...
Pollstar.com is reporting that GREAT WHITE have called off the rest of their U.S. tour, with around 20 dates affected. The band, which has been on the road for much of the last six months, cited "medical reasons" as the cause for the cancellations. A press release said the group "will also not perform on ...
England's premier hard/melodic rock festival, Firefest II, which will take place on Saturday, November 26 at Nottingham Rock City in Nottingham, U.K., will also nbe held in Greece with a slightly different bill. The show will take place at the Underworld Club in Athens on Tuesday, November 29 and the bands that will be appearing ...
Belgium's ABORTED are preparing for their first full North American invasion. Their formidable new album, "The Archaic Abattoir", won the band considerable praise. Founder and vocalist Sven De Caluwe commented on the upcoming tour and lineup changes: "Things are really starting to move fast for us, and we're fully preparing ourselves for the upcoming U.S. ...
GOD AMONG INSECTS, the Swedish "old-school" death metal band featuring vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula (DARK FUNERAL), guitarist Lord K (a.k.a. Kenth Philipson) (THE PROJECT HATE), bassist Tomas Elofsson (SANCTIFICATION) and drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY), have set "Zombienomicon" as the title of their sophomore album, tentatively due late 2005/early 2006 via Threeman Recordings. "We can tell ...
Sweden's DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted the following message on their official web site: "We're sorry to announce that due to several reasons beyond our control, we're not able to do the previously announced ARCH ENEMY/TRIVIUM [European] tour in September/October. We were looking forward to the trip and examined all possible solutions, but at the end ...
Sweden's THE QUILL will enter Area 51 studios in Celle, Germany on Thursday (September 1) with producer Tommy Newton (VICTORY, UFO, HELLOWEEN) to begin recording their new album for a tentative early 2006 release via SPV/Steamhammer Records. 13 new songs will be recorded for the CD, including "Trespass", "Rock and Roll Might Be Dead", "Slave/Master" ...
Jeff Spevak of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reviewed the Gigantour festival trek when it passed through Buffalo, New York Tuesday night (August 30). An excerpt from his review follows: "This is weird ... it's a concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center ... and virtually no one's here. "Four thousand people, probably, ...
Norwegian thrashers DEAD TROOPER have uploaded their video for the track "Mold of the Unspeakable" at their official web site. Check it out at this location. DEAD TROOPER, who are currently unsigned, recently made their "Spiritual Funeral" EP available via their official web site. Copies can be ordered (for 50 NOK + shipping) ...
