Fan-filmed video footage of BATTLE BEAST's April 16 performance at Kulturhuset in Örebro, Sweden can be seen below. BATTLE BEAST in February parted ways with lead guitarist and main songwriter Anton Kabanen due to "insurmountable disagreements" with the other members of the band. A substitute guitarist has been enlisted for BATTLE BEAST's current shows, and ...
Billboard and Dick Clark Productions have announced that one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, VAN HALEN, will perform on the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, marking the band's first-ever performance on an awards show with Eddie, Alex, Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth. VAN HALEN joins previously announced musical performers ...
Fan-filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH's entire April 17 concert in Cleveland, Ohio can be seen below. NIGHTWISH is currently on the road in North America with special guests SABATON, a Swedish heavy metal band that gives us a history lesson in their songs on war and historical battles, and Dutch female-fronted metallers DELAIN. NIGHTWISH's new ...
David Coverdale is gearing up to celebrate his past in the present with the May 19 release of WHITESNAKE's 12th studio album, "The Purple Album". The new set is billed as "a re-imagination of classic songs from David Coverdale's time as the lead singer for DEEP PURPLE's Mark III and Mark IV studio albums." PURPLE ...
Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and the band's keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, joined the British progressive metal band HAKEN on stage last night (Wednesday, April 30) at the The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City. A photo taken after the concert can be seen below. NEXT TO NONE, the band featuring Mike's son ...
Razor & Tie has announced the signing of hard rockers DEVOUR THE DAY to a worldwide deal. The band is currently in the studio with producer Dan Korneff (PARAMORE, LAMB OF GOD, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, PAPA ROACH) working on its new album for a late 2015 release. DEVOUR THE DAY continues to have a stronghold ...
Montreal-based death metallers KATAKLYSM will release new album, "Of Ghosts And Gods", on July 31 via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork for the follow-up to "Waiting For The End To Come" was created by up-and-coming dark and macabre artist Art By Surtsey and can be seen below. A short video previewing music from "Of Ghosts ...
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HATCHET have been working on the follow-up to 2013's acclaimed "Dawn Of The End" album (The End Records) since returning from last summer's tour with FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. The upcoming CD will debut the new HATCHET lineup behind founding member, vocalist and lead guitarist Julz Ramos: Clayton Cagle on guitar, ...
"Electric Man", the new video from California blues rockers RIVAL SONS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Great Western Valkyrie", which was released in June 2014. The CD was recorded with producer Dave Cobb at LCS Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. In a recent interview with CultNoise.com, ...
