An expanded Carolina Rebellion returns May 4 and May 5 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte. After uncharted success in 2012, the Mid-Atlantic's biggest rock festival is growing to two full days in its third year and will feature more camping and VIP space at ...
"The Savage Playground", the fourth album from Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 2. The CD was released on January 25 in Europe (excluding Scandinavia) and January 22 in North America via Frontiers Records. With "The Savage Playground" recorded during summer/autumn 2012 at ...
Canadian metal legends ANVIL performed at the Bugera Amplifier Lounge at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show in Anaheim, California on Saturday, January 26. The performance was followed by an autograph signing session with the band's founding members, Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar), Robb Reiner (drums). Dan Gallagher, VP Instrument Amplification Division ...
On January 4, Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011), conducted an interview with vocalist James Paul Luna and guitarist Eli Santana of Southern California traditional metallers HOLY GRAIL for Australia's recently launched first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station,
According to People.com, former "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler made a surprise cameo on the show Thursday night (January 31) — dressed as a woman. "Calling himself Pepper LaBeija after the famous drag queen featured in the 1990 documentary 'Paris Is Burning', Tyler wore a blonde wig, snakeskin miniskirt and fake breasts that ...
RISE TO REMAIN, the up-and-coming London, England metalcore outfit fronted by Austin Dickinson — the son of IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson — is preparing to enter the studio to record its second album for a late 2013 release. The U.S. version of RISE TO REMAIN's debut CD, "City Of Vultures", was made available in ...
Brazilian traditional heavy metallers HELLISH WAR have inked a deal with Germany's Pure Steel Records. The band's new studio album, "Keep It Hellish", will be released later in the year. Produced by Ricardo Piccoli at PiccoliStudio in Biella, Italy, "Keep It Hellish" will mark the recording debut of HELLISH WAR's new vocalist, Bil Martins, and ...
MOTÖRHEAD unveiled the overwhelmingly loud and fast style of rock and roll with the official U.S. launch of Motörheadphönes on January 8 at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 100 journalists from four continents attended the event, which included a question-and-answer session with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister, Ulf Sandberg, CEO of ...
Former MISFITS frontman Michale Graves will release his new album, "Vagabond" on February 26. The CD is being distributed through BFM Digital and will be available for digital download at over 250 online locations, including Amazon and iTunes. You can also pre- order the actual CD at Hydraulic Entertainment. Graves utilized the Kickstarter ...
U.K. progressive metallers TESSERACT have "just turned in a 51-minute song as their next album," according to a new tweet from the band's record label, Century Media Records. ThrashHits.com recently spoke to TESSERACT bassist Amos Williams about the group's forthcoming CD, which is due later this year. The effort, which is rumored to ...
