German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have been confirmed for this year's Screamfest, set to take place November 7-8 on three different stages in Oslo, Norway. Eight more bands will be announced soon. Screamfest will also host the first-ever Norwegian Metal Awards. "On Saturday, November 8, we will celebrate our hard rock and metal musicians and ...
BILLY IDOL guitarist Steve Stevens is a guest on this week's edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. Steve talks about his music roots, upcoming tours with BILLY IDOL, his new solo CD, and he describes severel funny incidents that happened while on the "Rebel Yell" tour with BILLY IDOL. The 35-minute interview is now available ...
Southern Lord Records will premiere the new album from the Chicago-based doomsters LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, entitled "War Metal Battle Master", at an exclusive pre-release listening party. The event will take place on March 18 at Kuma's Corner (2900 W. Belmont Avenue) in Chicago, Illinois at 10 p.m. Limited-editions versions of the CD will be ...
Swedish metallers OPETH will perform on the 21st anniversary Schizoid Boat March 8-9, 2008 in honor of Mellotronen's birthday. The party will take place over 40 hours on the largest ferry on the Baltic Sea, the Silja Symphony, a 204-meter luxury cruiser equipped with sauna and swimming pool facilities, cabins complete with showers, a shopping ...
DRAGONLORD, the San Francisco-based black metal band featuring Eric Peterson (guitar, vocals; TESTAMENT), Gian Pyres (guitar; ex-CRADLE OF FILTH), Derrick Ramirez (bass), Lyle Livingston (keys) and Jon Allen (drums; SADUS, ex-TESTAMENT), has released the following statement regarding the cancellation of the group's participation in the upcoming TROUBLE European tour: "Last October, our former label, Escapi ...
Long-running Frankfurt, Germany-based thrash metallers TANKARD have cancelled their previously announced March 9 concert at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City. No reason was given for the cancellation. TANKARD last summer released "Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers", a collection of re-recorded versions of the band's biggest "hits" — ...
ROYAL HUNT's entire back catalogue will be re-released this spring. All albums ("Land of Broken Hearts", "Clown in the Mirror", "Moving Target", "1996", "Paradox", "Closing the Chapter", "Fear", "The Mission", "Eyewitness", "Paper Blood") have been re-mastered by André Andersen and Jan Eliasson at Audio Planet Mastering and will include bonus tracks (except for the live ...
British rock journalist Mick Wall, who just released his new biography of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, "W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose", was recently interviewed by "Elliot in the Morning". Download the chat as an MP3 audio file at this location. In a recent interview with Lafayette's daily newspaper ...
ASHES DIVIDE, the new project fronted by A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel, has released a widget that features the brand new video for the song "The Stone". The clip was directed by Paul R. Brown, who has previously worked with MÖTLEY CRÜE, SMASHING PUMPKINS and EVANESCENCE, among many others. The cover artwork ...
