Swedish black metallers SETHERIAL have issued the following update: "Due to mostly not being committed enough we’ve decided to end our collaboration with recent bassist, Funestus Inferis. For the upcoming album, the bass will be handled by Kraath. A session bass player will later be recruited for upcoming live rituals. The new official SETHERIAL lineup ...
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, the band from Shreveport, Louisiana which mashes up elements of electro, grind and jazz, was recently interviwwed by "Ryan's Rock Show". Watch the 18-minute chat at this location. IWRESTLEDABEARONCE's video for the song "You Ain't No Family" can be viewed below. The clip was shot with director David Anthony of Ocular Intrusions, ...
Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with merican heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) as part of a series entitled "Hit The Lights." Several excerpts from the chat follow below. On how his solo debut, "Play My Game", came to fruition: "After I ...
Two of California's most promising young metal acts, thrashers RATTLEHEAD (from Los Angeles) and DEVASTATOR (from Sacramento), will team up for a U.S. tour this summer, bringing their own brand of metallic mayhem to over 40 cities. The trek, appropriately called "Slaughtering The Masses", will be both bands' first cross-country trek, although each has done ...
Kansas City's post-hardcore/alt-metal/rock stalwarts THE ESOTERIC are reuniting for a series of performances in June in and around the KC area. Consisting of Marshall Kilpatric (BLACK LIGHT BURNS, ex-TODAY IS THE DAY) on drums, Cory White (ex-COALESCE, REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT) on guitar, Stevie Cruz (HAMMERLORD) on vocals, Eric Graves (THETA) on guitar, and ...
German female-fronted metallers DAWN OF DESTINY will enter Sounds Of Steel studios in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany later this month to begin recording their third album for a late summer/early fall release via Shark Records and Marquee Avalon. The follow-up to last year's "Rebellion In Heaven" will feature guest appearances by Ian Parry (ELEGY, AYREON, VENGEANCE) and ...
The legendary British power metal mercenaries TANK — featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar and original TANK drummer Mark Brabbs alongside two new recruits, ex-RAINBOW/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN frontman Doogie White and ex-BRUCE DICKINSON bassist Chris Dale — will unveil two new tracks on their MySpace page later today (Monday, June 1). Writing ...
THIN LIZZY has scheduled two shows in California in September: Sep. 03 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia Sep. 04 - Santa Clara, CA - Avalon More U.S. dates will be announced soon. THIN LIZZY has been confirmed as "special guest" on the following AC/DC shows: June 26 - England, London - Wembley Stadium ...
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new PAPA ROACH video, "I Almost Told You That I Loved You", can be viewed below. PAPA ROACH recently scored the second No. 1 hit of its career and first at mainstream rock stations with "Lifeline", the latest single from the band's new CD, "Metamorphosis". Vocalist Jacoby Shaddix ...
