STONE SOUR's new album, "House of Gold & Bones - Part 1", sold 31,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's third album, "Audio Secrecy", opened with 46,000 units back in September 2010 to debut at No. 6. ...
On November 30, Arizona thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH will perform a short set in between GYPSYHAWK and ARMORED SAINT at Metal Blade Records' 30th-anniversary show at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. The set will serve as a brief preview of the concert SACRED REICH has announced for February 23 at the ...
According to The Pulse Of Radio, P.O.D. canceled an appearance this past Sunday (October 28) at a festival in Ventura, California after officials objected to the lyrics of one of the band's biggest songs, "Youth Of The Nation". According to the Ventura County Star, an official at the Ventura County Fairgrounds sent an email to ...
An American flag that was flown over Camp Leatherneck, amid the battlefields of Afghanistan, during decisive operations against enemy forces in Helmand Province, was dedicated in honor of MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen D. Sklenka of United States Marine Corps. Commented Mustaine: "Besides getting married and the birth of my two children, ...
Greek symphonic metallers NIGHTFALL have completed work on their new album, "Cassiopeia", for a January 2013 release through Metal Blade Records. The recordings took place in four different places: vocals and keyboards were laid down in Greece (Soundflakes studios and Cyberia); the drums were tracked in Germany in the Soundlodge studios; and the guitar and ...
Brader Bo (a.k.a. Bo Skullbanger) of Singapore’s only metal radio show, "Vicious Volume", which airs on Ria 89.7FM, a station of MediaCorp., conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA) before SOULFLY's October 20 performance at Malaysia's Rockaway festival. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. On his as-yet-unnamed new ...
InsideOut Music has announced the signing of rising young prog upstarts MASCHINE. The U.K. act, which features guitarist/vocalist Luke Machin and bass player Dan Mashal of THE TANGENT, was named "Best New Band" by both Prog magazine and the Classic Rock Society in 2011. "Since I can remember I've always played the guitar and composed ...
SLAYER's classic song "Raining Blood" is featured in a 30-second commercial for Google's new $249 Chromebooks from Samsung. Check it out below. The ad is part of Google's new ad campaign that is designed around the "a computer for everyone" theme. Google's new Chromebooks will be sold in 100 Best Buy stores, to be expanded ...
Chicago metallers DIRGE WITHIN have recruited Travis Neal (DIVINE HERESY) as their new lead singer following the recent departure of Jeremy "Jerms" Genske. Commented the band: "[We have] wasted no time and [have] begun writing new material as well as planning some new shows in February. We have also put together a raw 100% live ...
David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. You can now watch the chat below. As previously reported, Criss will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, December 19 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are ...
