ILL NINO drummer Dave Chavarri became the proud father of a daughter, Tiana Lee Chavarri, who was born on January 22, 2010 at 9:24 a.m., weighing in at 7 pounds (see photo below). "I have been wanting to be a dad for a while, and I am ready," Chavarri told AOL's Noisecreep. "Becoming ...
Singer Brent Smith and drummer Barry Kerch of the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN joined Tori Thomas of the 95.1 WZZO radio station in Allentown, Pennsylvania on the air last Thursday (January 28) before the band's show with PUDDLE OF MUDD and SKILLET in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. You can now listen to the chat in ...
It's no secret that RATT are back and raring to go. The band is proud to announce April 20, 2010 as the release date for their Loud & Proud debut, "Infestation", an 11-song opus that is their first studio record in 11 years. The first single, "Best of Me" (hear streaming audio below), is scheduled ...
SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair co-hosted last weekend's (January 29-31) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the interview using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. In other news, video footage ...
Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will perform a special "Classic and Divine" opera rock show with a symphonic orchestra and choir on June 12, 2010 at the Miskolc International Opera Festival at at the Miskolc Ice Hall in Miskolc, Hungary. Tarja's two-hour set will include a selection of the best-loved songs from her "My Winter ...
THE MAN-EATING TREE, the new atmospheric metal band featuring former SENTENCED drummer Vesa Ranta alongside current/former members of POISONBLACK, REFLEXION and EMBRAZE, has set "Vine" as the title of its debut album, tentatively due in September 2010. The CD is being recorded at Mastervox Studio in Oulu, Finland with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, SENTENCED, AMORPHIS). ...
A trailer for the DVD portion of the upcoming special edition of "Parallels", the classic 1991 album from the progressive metal band FATES WARNING, can be viewed below. In addition to remastered audio, there will be a second audio disc of live and demo material. Due on March 16, the package will also include a ...
Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will guest on the "Metal Crypt" show on Hard Rock Radio Live on Wednesday, February 10 at 4:00 p.m. EST. To listen to the program live via the Internet, visit www.hardrockradiolive.com. OVERKILL filmed a video for the song "Bring Me The Night" on ...
Erin Broadley of LA Weekly spoke with legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) about his recent L.A. Web Award win for "Best MySpace Music Page". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. LA Weekly: What's the weirdest thing you've come across via Twitter, MySpace or Facebook? Slash: The weirdest ...
