According to TMZ.com, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee has filed a lawsuit against her longtime record company Wind-Up, claiming the label attempted to sabotage the band by appointing under-qualified promoters who lacked useful ideas. Lee is reportedly seeking $1.5 million in unpaid royalties from the record label as part of her suit. Lee sued ...
In the five-minute video report below, Wall Street Journal celebrity business reporter Lee Hawkins examines the success of KISS' merchandising for Fox Business News. KISS currently sits, alongside THE BEATLES, THE ROLLING STONES and AC/DC, as a merchandising music giant. Live Nation Merchandise oversees the band's merch and licensing business that includes: mugs, comic books, ...
France's TV Rock Live recently conducted an interview with guitarist Jason Hook and vocalist Ivan Moody of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. You can now watch the chat below. The second volume of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's two-record set, "The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell", sold 77,000 copies ...
Lifelong horror enthusiast and METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett will host his first annual horror convention, dubbed Kirk Von Hammett's Fear FestEviL, on February 6-8, 2014 at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The three-day event will include musical performances by Nuclear Blast artists EXODUS, CARCASS, DEATH ANGEL and ORCHID. In addition to hosting the ...
Metal-Trails.com conducted an interview with TRISTANIA singer Mariangela Demurtas on December 6, 2013 at Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. TRISTANIA's seventh studio album, "Darkest White", was released on May 31 via Napalm Records. The CD artwork was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED). "Darkest ...
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will embark on a "Speaking Words" tour of North America in February. Fan can have a drink with Scott after his 2014 North American "Speaking Words" shows. Join Scott and other fanatical fans for a special VIP meet-and-greet that will follow all spoken-word performances on the 2014 tour. According to a ...
A pre-production trailer for the forthcoming album from German death metal lunatics HACKNEYED can be seen below. HACKNEYED released its third album, "Carnival Cadavre", on August 22, 2011 in Europe and August 30, 2011 in North America via Lifeforce Records. The CD was once again produced by the band and Corni Bartels (DIE RZTE, KILLERPILZE, ...
BACKYARD BABIES and MICHAEL MONROE guitarist Dregen (real name: Andreas Tyrone Svensson) and Nicke Andersson, former ENTOMBED mainman/drummer, co-founder of THE HELLACOPTERS and now the driving force behind IMPERIAL STATE ELECTRIC, were recently interviewed by Germany's EMP Rock Invasion. You can now watch the chat below. Dregen released his debut solo album on September 25, ...
Fan-filmed video footage of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing on December 20, 2013 at Aquarius Rock Bar in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Bayley, Thomas Zwijsen and Anne Bakker are currently out on tour in Brazil in support of their release "Russian Holiday". The "Russian Holiday" EP ...
