Austrian deathcore band INZEST will release its second album, "Grotesque New World", on November 21 via Mad Lion Records/Twilight Distribution. The CD was mixed and mastered at Stage One Studios with producer Andy Classen (DEW-SCENTED, CALLENISH CIRCLE, TANKARD, OCCULT). A studio report (in German) with pictures can be found at the Austrian webzine
Becky Tycz of the Tyndall Tribune and Register Online reports: When Ozzie Osborn's parents decided on the name at birth, they didn't know that later in Ozzie's life he would be teased about his name and mistaken for a famous person. Ozzie currently resides in Yankton [South Dakota] with his family and is ...
Fan-filmed video footage of the Canadian metal band KITTIE performing a new song — "My Plague" — on October 28, 2008 at Logo in Hamburg, Germany can be viewed below (clip uploaded by YouTube user "DocSommer"). David Lander, the father of KITTIE's Morgan Lander (guitar, vocals) and Mercedes Lander (drums), reportedly died of a heart ...
Bassist Randy Butman of PATHS OF POSSESSION — the Florida-based band fronted by CANNIBAL CORPSE vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher — has issued the following update: "The new PATHS recording (originally scheduled for September) has been delayed until sometime around summer. CANNIBAL CORPSE will be touring relentlessly after their upcoming release, so we have to get ...
DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno has posted the following message on the band's studio blog: "It deeply saddens me to inform you all that our brother Chi Cheng [DEFTONES bassist] was involved in a terrible car accident [Monday] night. He is currently in a Northern California hospital in serious, but stable condition. I am on my ...
Bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, ex-BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, WHITE LION) attended the Bass Player LIVE! convention, which was held November 1-2, 2008 at S.I.R. Studios in Hollywood, California. Commented Lomenzo: "What a trip! I can't believe how many talented bassists there are out there. I saw pre-teens ripping it up, seasoned pros putting it across and ...
Vocalist Russell Allen of progressive metallers SYMPHONY X and his wife welcomed a baby girl on November 2, 2008 at 5:43 a.m. Ava Christine Allen weighed in at 5 pounds and 10 ounces and arrived four weeks early. Russell said, "I got home [from SYMPHONY X's South American tour] just in time, it seems." Fan-filmed ...
Swedish all-female rock/metal band CRUCIFIED BARBARA has posted its new single, "Sex Action", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's second full-length album, "Til Death Do Us Party", which is scheduled for release in February 2009. "Til Death Do Us Party" was produced by Mats Levén, who is better ...
German death metallers FLESHCRAWL have scheduled the following dates in 2009: Jan. 24 - Battlefield Metal Fest - Meliana - Valencia, Spain Jun. 06 - 5th Anniversary Delirium Merfelle 04 - Stadthalle - Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany Fan-filmed video footage of FLESHCRAWL's March 30, 2008 conceret at The Baroeg in Rotterdam, The Netherlands can be viewed below. ...
