NIGHTWISH entered the official Finnish Album chart at position #1 with their latest CD, Century Child. The group's current single, "Ever Dream", remains at the top of the Single chart in the band's home country, where the aforementioned full-length effort was certified gold within two hours of its release. ...
Canadian death metallers KATAKLYSM entered Montreal's Victor Studios this past Saturday (June 1st) with producer J-F Dagenais to begin recording their brand new album, entitled Shadows & Dust, for a November 4th release through Nuclear Blast Records. Due to be mixed at ex-OBLIVEON guitarist Pierre Remillard's studio Wildsound, the album will contain the following track ...
IN FLAMES, PAIN and BLACKSHINE will be embarking on a tour of Europe in October. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 07 – Hamburg, GER @ Docks Oct. 08 – Halle, GER @ Easy Schorre Oct. 09 – Langen, GER @ Stadthalle Oct. 10 – Köln, GER @ Live Music Hall Oct. 11 ...
FILTER leader Richard Patrick has slammed LIMP BIZKIT frontman Fred Durst over the latter's remarks in the July 2002 issue of Playboy magazine where Durst referred to Patrick as "an ungrateful sack of shit". "It seems Fred Durst and I have a little problem," Patrick writes on FILTER's official web site. "I'm a ...
Despite rampant rumors which have been circulating since her departure from the group, guitarist Fallon Bowman's decision to leave KITTIE was not caused by her dislike for the touring lifestyle—quite the contrary, in fact. "I love touring. I miss it a lot," Bowman told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. "I was unhappy with some things in the band so ...
The MORBID ANGEL duo of Trey Azagthoth (guitar) and Pete Sandoval (drums) have ended their collaboration with touring bassist/vocalist Jared Anderson and are currently holed up at a Louisiana jam pad writing material for the group's next studio effort, due in 2003. Anderson, who had filled the role of the band's frontman during the act's ...
EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza has decided to put his side project F-BOMB on indefinite hold in order to concentrate on the songwriting sessions for the forthcoming EXODUS studio CD, which is due to be recorded later in the year for an early 2003 release. Souza and his EXODUS bandmates—guitarists Gary Holt and Rick Hunolt, ...
Swedish high-energy thrashers THE HAUNTED performed a cover version of the EXODUS classic "A Lesson In Violence" during their appearance at The Shrine in Stockholm on Friday, May 31st. The group, who are still seeking a permanent replacement for guitarist Anders Björler, utilized the services of THE CROWN axeman Marcus Sunesson for the gig, which ...
BIOHAZARD are tentatively due to release their next studio album in October through Sanctuary Records, according to bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld, who recently sent the following update to Brave Words: "BIOHAZARD has rejoined with one of our earliest partners in crime, Carmine Vincent (guitar). Carmine and I had a band together right before BIOHAZARD, around '86-'87. ...
ENTOMBED were forced to cancel a gig in Örkelljunga, Sweden this past Saturday, June 1st, after drummer Peter Stjärnvind strained his foot. According to an official statement from the band, "[Peter] he need to rest as much as possible so that the rest of the gigs this summer, or year, won't be cancelled as well." ...
