Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER have announced "The Astonishing, The Novel", which will tell the deeper story of the band's double concept album, "The Astonishing". To bring this vision to life, DREAM THEATER has selected Peter Orullian. In its first incarnation, it will be a limited edition, with several exclusives only available in a short ...
METALLICA's latest studio album, "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct", debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart, having shifted 291,000 equivalent album units in the week ending November 24. This marks the sixth time METALLICA has topped The Billboard 200. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, ...
Fan-filmed video footage of ASKING ALEXANDRIA's November 27 perormance at Concrete Street Amphitheater in Corpus Christi, Texas can be seen below. ASKING ALEXANDRIA drummer James Cassells recently said that the band is planning on entering the studio next year with singer Danny Worsnop to begin work on new material as a follow-up to "The Black" ...
METALLICA frontman James Hetfield visited the offices of the German newspaper Bild in Berlin on November 17 and was asked to comment on various items associated with the band's early years, including the first "Metal Massacre" compilation, METALLICA first concert flyer and a picture of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton. Check out the clip below. ...
NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen, who is expecting a baby early next year with her partner, SABATON drummer Hannes Van Dahl, was asked by Finland's Radio Rock whether it will be difficult for her to calm down and enjoy family life during NIGHTWISH's previously announced year-long break in 2017. She responded (see video below): "I don't ...
Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE performing on November 26 at Trees in Dallas, Texas can be seen below. QUEENSRŸCHE is in the middle of a month-long headlining tour of the United States. Support on the trek is coming from ARMORED SAINT and MIDNIGHT ETERNAL. QUEENSRŸCHE's latest album, "Condition Hüman", debuted at No. 27 on The ...
"Trinity", the tour featuring three of heavy metal's finest vocalists — Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE, OPERATION: MINDCRIME), Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — hit Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis, Maryland on November 26. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Backed ...
Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris's solo/side project BRITISH LION performing on November 25 at Hellraiser in Leipzig, Germany can be seen below. BRITISH LION previously debuted two new songs, "Spitfire" and "Bible Black", during its summer 2015 tour. Asked if BRITISH LION has been road-testing new material on its recent tours ...
