Former STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipelto has broken his silence regarding his departure from the band. The following is Kotipelto's official statement regarding his split with the group and his future plans: "Dear Friends, "There's been so many rumours out lately that I wanted to sort things out with a short comment from my side. First ...
NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen flew to London, England today (Jan. 29) to oversee the recording of orchestra parts for the group's forthcoming album, tentatively due this summer. The sessions will last a couple of days and will be followed by another trip to London in late February for some additional recording. All the basic tracks ...
Police were called in to stop unruly fans who attempted to force their way into METALLICA's sold-out show in Melbourne, Australia Wednesday night (Jan. 28), according to Undercover. The fence surrounding the Myer Music Bowl was pushed over at one stage with one fan telling Undercover about four people ran through before being pursued by ...
Spanish death metallers AVULSED have inked a deal with Metal Age Productions. According to an official press release, "after summer 2003 the band was pretty disappointed with [previous label] AvantGarde's work and decided to break their contractual obligations with them and started to search for a new label. Four options were seriously considered (Crash, Blackend, ...
Former STRATOVARIUS vocalist Timo Kotipelto has finalized the track listing for his second solo album, "Coldness", due this spring through Century Media Records. Joining Timo during the recording sessions for the follow-up to 2002's "Waiting For The Dawn" (which was issued under the KOTIPELTO banner) were the following world-class musicians: Janne Wirman (CHILDREN OF BODOM ...
Former ENTOMBED bassist Jörgen Sandström has spoken out about his departure from the group, saying that he found the touring aspect of being in the band too "boring" for him to continue playing with the long-running Swedish extreme metallers. "To keep a long story short I should stop right here, but.... I quit ENTOMBED for ...
ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer recently spoke to Russia's Darkside e-Zine about the group's split with vocalist Matt Barlow during the recording sessions for their new album, "The Glorious Burden". Asked about Matt's official statement announcing his departure band — in which he cited the tragic events of September 11, 2001 as a ...
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus will be performing at the Michael Houghton Fashion Show in New York City on February 8. Accompanying him during the gig will be Marky Ramone on drums and Andy Hilfiger on bass. The fashion show and the subsequent live performance will take place at the legendary club Don Hill's ...
EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has posted the following message in regards to the band's upcoming record-release party (scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 11 at DNA Lounge in San Francisco): "Okay, here's the scoop on the record release party. There is NO opening band. First band on is us, EXODUS. We are going to ...
BENT BROTHER — TWISTED SISTER's evil twin (essentially a makeup-less version of the real thing) — will be re-emerging from the ashes of infamy to perform on Saturday, January 31 at The Shark Bar at Double Ds in Morristown, New Jersey. For more information and directions, call (973) 326-9554. As previously announced, TWISTED SISTER have ...
