Stuff.co.nz is reporting that Waikato-based alternative rock/heavy metal four-piece CHUGANAUT claimed a victory for New Zealand music at the international Battle of the Bands final. In front of a 400-strong crowd at downtown Auckland venue The Studio on Saturday (Nov. 27), the band's three-song set — the last of the night — secured ...
As part of their upcoming retrospective release on Abacus Recordings, Philadelphia's hardcore legends TURMOIL will be heading into the studio in mid-January to record three brand new songs. The new tracks will be recorded at Water Studios in Hoboken, NJ with producer Ted Young (LAMB OF GOD, STATIC LULLABY). Tenatively titled "Staring Back", the release ...
KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has told Billboard.com that the band are planning on entering the studio in Janaury to begin work on their seventh album, tentatively slated for a late spring/early summer 2005 release. "On Jan. 2, we're going to go back and finish writing our next album," Shaffer said. "We have about four ...
RockersDigest.com has posted photos and review of DRAGONFORCE's trip to Slovakia for the festival lineup of SHAMAN, KOTIPELTO, DRAGONFORCE, SALAMANDRA, POWER 5 and KRLEŠ on November 20, 2004. Check it out at this location. As previously reported, DRAGONFORCE and Brazilian melodic metallers ANGRA will be teaming up for a special one-off concert in ...
A 14-minute audio interview with MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel, conducted earlier this month, has been made available for download at Toazted.com. MACHINE HEAD are in the middle of their "World Turns Blue To Gray" European headlining tour. The group's next appearance will take place on Tuesday (Nov. 30) at University in Leeds, ...
Reunited Midwest hard rockers LAST CRACK have set "Burning Funkhouse Live" as the title of their upcoming double live album, slated to be released digitally on December 15, 2004 on Rökker Records' download site and on CD on January 15, 2005. "Burning Funkhouse Live" documents LAST CRACK's reunion concert on November 15, 2002 ...
DAMAGEPLAN, SHADOWS FALL and THE HAUNTED rolled through Chicago and Milwaukee last weekend, Nov. 20-21, 2004. Photos from both nights are online now and can be found at RockConcertFotos.com: Damageplan, Shadows Fall. In the DAMAGEPLAN gallery, you will also find a few exclusive photos of Dimebag's first photo shoot with his ...
Belgian gory death metallers ABORTED will enter Antfarm Studios in Denmark on December 8 with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, PANZERCHRIST, MNEMIC, EKTOMORF, DESTINY) to begin recording their new full-length album, "The Archaic Abattoir", tentatively due in early 2005 through Listenable Records. Among the 10 songs expected to appear on the album is a re-worked ...
Ronnie James Dio's first LP, a 1963 release by RONNIE DIO AND THE PROPHETS entitled "Dio At Domino's", was recently auctioned on eBay. The album, only 500 copies of which are believed to have been manufactured, was reportedly sold for over $360 to a U.S.-based collector. The songs that featured on the LP included "I ...
Sweden's PAIN, the band led by acclaimed metal producer and HYPOCRISY frontman Peter Tägtgren, have announced the details of their Swedish tour in support of their upcoming CD, "Dancing With the Dead". The dates are as follows: Jan. 27 – Malmö, SWE @ KB Jan. 28 - Karlskrona, SWE @ Kino Jan. 29 - Göteborg, ...
