Sweden's MARDUK recently completed work on a new four-song demo containing material that may surface on an upcoming limited-edition EP. The tracks appearing on the CD, which are being described by the group's webmaster as "the most weird and bizarre" MARDUK have penned so far, are as follows: 01. Porträtt Av Döda Barn (Portraits Of ...
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is recording various concerts on his current European tour for an upcoming live album. "We have just finished 12 gigs in 14 days and that has been such a blast," YNGWIE vocalist Doogie White (ex-RAINBOW) wrote on his official web site. "Everyone is getting on very well and this is adding to the ...
Former ANTHRAX/SEBASTIAN BACH guitarist Paul Crook will be performing on "Top Of The Pops" and "TV Total" in London, England this weekend with MEAT LOAF. This is a continuation of the TV promotion for the MEAT LOAF album "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (Polydor Records), which was released overseas on March 31. ...
SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has finished recording the drum tracks for two FANTOMAS records, according to his official web site. The two albums, which will be released separately, will surface later in the year through Ipecac Records. In related news, Lombardo's early-'90s project GRIP INC. will possibly begin recording on their fourth album later this ...
Sweden's LEGION, the band featuring current MARDUK drummer Emil Dragutinovic, have inked a deal with France's Listenable Records for the release of their as-yet-untitled debut album, due in the fall. The recordings will take place early this summer at Sweden's Abyss Studios and will comprise eight-to-ten songs of "complex and eclectic black/death metal, ranging in ...
NIGHTRAGE, a brand new Swedish melodic death "supergroup" consisting of drummer Per M. Jensen (THE HAUNTED, INVOCATOR), melodic vocalist Tom S. Englund (EVERGREY), main vocalist Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, THE CROWN, guitarist Gus G. (DREAM EVIL, FIREWIND), guitarist Marios Iliopoulos (EXHUMATION), and bassist Brice Leclercq, have signed a deal with Century Media Records. The ...
PANTERA guitarist Dimebag Darrell's book, "Riffer Madness", a collection of the lessons the axeman wrote for Guitar World magazine, has finally been published by Warner Brothers Publications. It can be ordered online at this location. ...
Brazilian death metallers KRISIUN have set "Works of Carnage" as the title for their new album, due in late summer through Century Media Records. The follow-up to "Ageless Venomous" was recorded at Bebop 2 Studios in São Paulo with producer Pierre Rémillard (CRYPTOPSY, KATAKLYSM, GORGUTS) and is currently being mixed at Rémillard's studio in Quebec, ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE/BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message to the "Rock'n'Roll Diary" section of CRÜE's official web site: "As you've heard, Mr. [John] Corabi has left the building. We're all the greatest of friends and there is nothing but respect and love for each other... We each have our own journey ...
