Chicago-based death metallers GORGASM are currently looking for a new drummer. "We have festival dates lined up as early as May and more on the way. Serious responses only!" the band write on their web site. "We would like someone permanent or temporary, preferably permanent. All applicants must be ready, willing, and able to travel ...
January 2005 - Blabbermouth Archive
Former SPINESHANK Frontman Signs Record Deal For SILENT CIVILIANS Project
SILENT CIVILIANS, the new project featuring former SPINESHANK vocalist Jonny Santos, have inked a deal with Corporate Punishment Records. The group's debut is tentatively scheduled to be released in September. More details will be made available soon. ...
'Battle For Ozzfest' Finalists CYNDER Talk About Being On The Show
Vocalist Ryan Camp of Asheboro, North Carolina's CYNDER (now CYN, short for CURSE YOUR NAME) — one of the two final competitors on the MTV reality show "Battle for Ozzfest" — recently spoke to goTriad.com about his experience and what lies ahead. Several excerpts from the interview follow: goTriad.com: What kind of effect ...
MORTAL SIN To Be Inducted Into Australian Metal 'Hall Of Fame'
Australia's Kerrang! magazine is holding its first ever Australian Heavy Metal Awards on February 4 in conjunction with the country's premier metal festival, Metal from the Brain. The ceremony, which is expected to become an annual fixture in the Australian metal calendar, celebrating the best the local scene has to offer, will feature the induction ...
MORGION Split Up
Californian death-doomsters MORGION have officially split up, according to a statement released by the group's record label, Dark Symphonies. The message reads as follows: "After a five-year hiatus, a successful tour of Europe in 2003 with the Doomination Tour, and their most successful and critically acclaimed release with 'Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth' (Dark ...
CROWBAR's WINDSTEIN Auctioning Custom Guitar
DEVILINSIDE Announce Lineup Changes
Minneapolis' DEVILINSIDE have announced the addition of drummer Dan Johnson (ex-WITH DEAD HANDS RISING), vocalist Joe Talbot (RICHARD PRYOR ON FIRE) and bassist Patrick Morris (DEMONICON) to the group's ranks. The band will be hitting the road for the better part of February and March, first heading out with SUFFOCATION and then with CRYPTOPSY. Confirmed ...
TONY IOMMI Says BLACK SABBATH Show With ROB HALFORD Was OZZFEST Highlight
BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi recently spoke to Revolver magazine about his recently released collaborative CD with singer Glenn Hughes (ex-DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH), entitled "The 1996 DEP Sessions", and the possibility of a new SABBATH studio album, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: Revolver: Any plans to work again with SABBATH? ...
DAMN 13 To Open For SLIPKNOT In Ontario
Toronto "riot rock" band DAMN 13, featuring ex-MONSTER VOODOO MACHINE vocalist Adam Sewell and ex-IGNORANCE NEVER SETTLES guitarist Mike Charette, have been added to the SLIPKNOT / KILLSWITCH ENGAGE / UNEARTH show at Arrow Hall in Mississauga, Ontario this coming Sunday (Jan. 9). In other news, DAMN 13 will be heading back into the recording ...