Long-running Birmingham, UK-based extreme metallers BENEDICTION have issued the following update: "First off, a big thank you to everybody that turned up to the shows on the [recently completed European] tour [with HOLY MOSES and NOMINON]. Also apologies to the few shows that got cancelled; this was beyond our control due to tour bus issues, ...
METALLICA's classic 1988 album "…And Justice for All" is featured in the December 2008 issue of Decibel (web site) as part of the magazine's ongoing Hall of Fame feature. The Hall of Fame feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and "…And Justice for All" has joined the ranks of previously ...
Greek progressive death metallers GRND_0 have inked a deal with 279 Productions. The group's debut album, entitled "Destroyer/Creator", will be released on December 1. The CD will include special bonus material from GRND_0's previously unreleased albums and a video for the song "Cold Logic" (which can also be viewed below). For more information, visit
The reunited original lineup of BIOHAZARD kicked off its 20th-anniversary European tour earlier tonight (Sunday, November 2) at the Corporation in Sheffield, UK. Fan-filmed video footage of the "Tales from the Hard Side" performance can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). The group's setlist was as follows 01. Victory ...
The author of the upcoming book based on late ALICE IN CHAINS singer Layne Staley's last five years of reclusive life in downtown Seattle is now accepting submissions from AIC fans. "Itch, Love Stories about Heroin" was originally slated for publication in August 2008 to coincide with what would have been Staley's 41st ...
The original cover artwork for METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master of Puppets", painted by artist Don Brautigam, will be auctioned at Christie's auction house at Rockefeller Plaza, New York City on November 24. The framed, 17x17-inch piece is signed on the lower right of the painting DB. The estimate sale price is set between $20,000 ...
TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band featuring THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, made its live debut on October 28 at the Tom Lee Music Hall in Vancouver as part of the Vancouver International Drum Festival presented by Tom Lee Music. A one-and-a-half-minute clip of the band's performance can be viewed ...
Legendary drummer Gene Hoglan (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, DEATH) made an appearance at this year's Vancouver International Drum Festival on October 30, 2008 at Tom Lee Music in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A three-minute compilation of highlights from Hoglan's clinic can be viewed below. Hoglan, 41, is acclaimed for his creativity in drum ...
Cape Town, South Africa's A WALK WITH THE WICKED is currently in pre-production for its first release, a five-track EP, tentatively due in early 2009 via Middle Finger Records. The CD will be recorded with Cape Town's Dean Bailey (THE HORROR CAST, MARCHING DEAD) at Dean Bailey Productions and will be mixed by Swedish producer ...
A new song from SIX FEET UNDER entitled "Involuntary Movement Of Dead Flesh" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Death Rituals", which is scheduled for release on November 11 via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the CD "features 12 ...
