Grand Rapids, Michigan's POP EVIL has been confirmed as the opening act for JUDAS PRIEST and WHITESNAKE on their upcoming North American tour. POP EVIL has toured consistently since (and prior to) the release of its latest album, "Lipstick on the Mirror", with a combination of headline dates and special guest support with PUDDLE OF ...
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will perform at the New York Mets Autism Awareness Day on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Citi Field. Bach will perform a set in support of VH1 Classic Rock Autism, a campaign that is designed to help educate parents and build awareness about autism. VH1 Classic Rock Autism also ...
MACHINE HEAD bassist Adam Duce is currently recovering from an emergency root canal to address a massive infection in his jaw, and as a result will miss Monday's (May 4) METALLICA show in Stockholm, Sweden. Replacing Duce on bass for the show will be MACHINE HEAD's good friend Patrik Jensen of local metal heroes THE ...
A new audio interview with HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 4 MB). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Tangra Mega Rock: Your longtime guitarist Sean Martin decided to leave the band which was ...
Guitarist Mike Scaccia of Texan thrashers RIGOR MORTIS will undergo emergency neck surgery this Monday morning (May 4) at 6:00 a.m. Commented the band: "Scaccia has been having problems with severe pains in his arms in recent years. It appeared it was always from medical conditions such as tendonitis from the many years of playing ...
Buick McKane (a.k.a. Emily) conducted an interview with guitarist Cristiano "Pizza" Migliore of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL on April 5, 2009 at the New Orleans stop of the Music as a Weapon IV tour with DISTURBED, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and CHIMAIRA. Watch the 10-minute chat below. LACUNA COIL's new album, "Shallow Life", has registered the ...
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland will be the featured musical guest on this Friday night's (May 8) episode of ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have begun announcing new summer tour dates, the band's first since ending their six-month 2008 reunion tour at the end of last October. Only four shows have ...
Florida metallers TRIVIUM have posted video footage (see below) of the rehearsal sessions for the band's current run of Canadian dates with SLIPKNOT and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. TRIVIUM will embark on a headlining tour of Australia later this month. They will be joined by HEAVEN SHALL BURN and BLACK TIDE. TRIVIUM's latest album, "Shogun", ...
Ragin' Ron of Rochester New York's "Sudden Death Overtime" podcast conducted an interview with vocalist Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill of the of the Irish dark metal masters PRIMORDIAL at the kick-off show on this year's Paganfest USA Part 2 tour on April 28 at the Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The chat is now available ...
German death metallers DEFEATED SANITY have inked a deal with Willowtip Records. The band will enter Soundforge Studios in Berlin this summer to record its third full-length album, "Chapters Of Repugnance", for a late 2009/early 2010 release. DEFEATED SANITY's sophomore album, "Psalms of the Moribund", was recorded at Soundlodge Studios in Rhauderfehn, Germany by Jörg ...
