According to Undercover News, GUNS N' ROSES' "Chinese Democracy" managed to sell "only" 20,790 copies in Australia in its first full week of release — a number that wasn't enough to topple stalwarts PINK and KINGS OF LEON. Even if you include "Chinese Democracy"'s first-day sales of 3,454 (sold before the album's official ...
November 2008 - Blabbermouth Archive
GILBY CLARKE At His Home Studio
Japan's WeROCK City has posted video footage of former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke at his home studio. Gilby shows off his guitar collection, including his treasured Zemaitis Silvertop Custom Deluxe axe, which was made by Tony Zemaitis in London in 1991. Gilby had the wonderful opportunity to meet Tony and his ...
GORGOROTH: Footage From Last Night's Birmingham Concert Available
Fan-filmed video footage of the Gaahl-fronted version of the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH performing the song "Prosperity and Beauty" last night (Saturday, November 29) at the Asylum in Birmingham, England can be viewed below (clip uploaded by Dave Ingham a.k.a. YouTube user "triptykon"). GORGOROTH entered the studio on August 25 in the band's hometown ...
SAMAEL Going Back To Its Roots With 'Above'
After completing work on the material for their ABOVE side project, Swiss industrial metallers SAMAEL have decided that "Above" will no longer be a project but the title of their new album. Commented SAMAEL frontman Vorph: "After 20 years, we've tried to do an album that would represent what SAMAEL is all about and we ...
MEGADETH Drummer Comments On Passing Of LOUDNESS' MUNETAKA HIGUCHI
MEGADETH's Shawn Drover has commented on the passing of LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who died this morning (November 30) after a seven-month battle with liver cancer. He said, "I just found out that one of my favorite drummers passed away — Munetaka Higuchi from the band LOUDNESS. Munetaka had been diagnosed with liver cancer less ...
THIS ENDING: 'Dead Harvest' Video Teaser Available
THIS ENDING, the Swedish death metal band featuring AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson, has uploaded a 51-second video teaser for its second album, "Dead Harvest", due on January 30, 2009 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 2, 2009 in the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records. Watch it below. According to a ...
GUNS N' ROSES: More 'Chinese Democracy' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed
GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy", has registered the following first-week chart positions so far (Note: The album wasn't available a full week in many of these territories when the charts were compiled): Brazil: #1 Finland: #1 New Zealand: #2 UK: #2 Australia: #3 Ireland: #3 Japan: #3 Norway: #3 Hungary: #4 Netherlands: #4 ...
Drummer JOHN MACALUSO Opens Music Instruction School
Drummer John Macaluso (ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TNT, JAMES LABRIE, UNION RADIO, RIOT, POWERMAD, DELMAR BROWN, GEORGE LYNCH, STARBREAKER) has returned to his hometown of Commack, New York to open a new music instruction school, where he hopes to share his legacy with aspiring drummers. The Music Lab, located on Commack Road just south of Jericho ...
IRON MAIDEN To Play Lima In March?
Although the concert has yet to be confirmed via the band's official web site, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will reportedly perform a headlining show at Estadio Nacional in Lima, Peru on March 26, 2009. A commercial for the gig, which was apparently aired during Argentinian band FABULOSOS CADILLACS' performance in Lima, can be ...