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) ...
SMNNews.com has uploaded video footage and pictures of Gigantour bands MEGADETH, FEAR FACTORY, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, LIFE OF AGONY, DRY KILL LOGIC and others partaking in a game of baseball in New York City on their day off. Check it out at this location. The entire game, which took place ...
BLESSED IN BLACK, the new hard rock band featuring former NOTHINGFACE members Tom Maxwell (guitar), Jerry Montano (DANZIG, ex-THE DEADLIGHTS) and Tommy Sickles (drums), have confirmed the departure of singer Billy Keeton (ex-SKRAPE). Commented Montano in an online posting: "After over a year of hard work (on our end as a band), we have been ...
FEAR FACTORY's latest CD, "Transgression", sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release (according to Nielsen SoundScan) to debut at position No. 45 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is substantially less than the first-week number registered by its predecessor, "Archetype", which sold 32,000 copies back in April ...
Australia's Inside_Out666 recently conducted an interview with original ANTHRAX frontman Neil Turbin. Several excerpts from the chat follow: Inside_Out666: For those who don't know the story how did you get involved with the guys in ANTHRAX? Neil Turbin: "Well, it's pretty interesting, actually. I went to school with Scott Ian and Danny Lilker. ...
Guitarist Allen West has announced his departure from OBITUARY. West's exit from the group comes on the eve of OBITUARY's U.S. tour with NAPALM DEATH and Allen feels that the fans deserve no surprises when they don't see the band that they were expecting. Allen will concentrate fully on LOWBROW, whose revamped lineup consists of ...
