Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) has joined forces with guitarist/vocalist John Sykes (WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, THIN LIZZY) and an as-yet-undisclosed bassist in a brand new power trio. The project has demoed 12 songs so far at a Los Angeles studio, with Portnoy describing one track as "copping the [LED] ZEPPELIN/[BLACK] SABBATH ...
ECHOTERRA the female-fronted symphonic rock/metal band featuring vocalist Melissa Ferlaak (VISIONS OF ATLANTIS), keyboardist Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE), guitarist Yan Leviathan (AVIAN), bassist Brian Hollenbeck and drummer Adam Sagan (INTO ETERNITY) will release its new album, "Land Of The Midnight Sun", on October 17 via Blinding Force Recordings. The effort will be available for sale in ...
Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnackh) the BURZUM mastermind and admitted racist who served a Norwegian prison term for the August 1993 murder of MAYHEM guitarist Oystein Aarseth (a.k.a. Euronymous) and setting fire to three churches has commented on Friday's bombing and shootings in Oslo and the Utoya island where 76 people were killed. You can ...
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM will release its fourth full-length album, "Celestial Lineage", on September 13 via Southern Lord Records. The CD's cover art was created by photographic artist Alison Scarpulla, and the package was designed by Aaron Turner (ISIS, TWILIGHT, Hydra Head Records). The beautiful, organic layout puts the album conceptually right in line ...
Mnster, Germany-based melodic death metallers MOURNING CARESS have inked a deal with MDD Records for the release of their third album,. Tentatively due in early November, the CD was mastered by Ulf Horbelt at DMS in Marl, Germany and features cover art by Bjrn Goosses of Killustrations. "Deep Wounds, Bright Scars" contains nine tracks plus ...
Polish blackened death metallers BEHEMOTH recently filmed a video for the song "Lucifer" off the band's current album, "Evangelion". The clip was once again directed by Grupa 13, which features Polish singer, guitarist, and poet Maciej Malenczuk, who also contributed guest vocals to the track. Commented BEHEMOTH guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski: "I'm speechless. We have ...
AOL Music recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. AOL Music: You've been playing speedy thrash metal for 30 years how are you still doing it? Araya: I just go out there and play it, dude. I don't really think about it, ...
Video footage of the Hungarian PANTERA tribute band VULGAR DISPLAY OF COVER which features in its ranks NEVERMORE guitarist Attila Vrs performing the PANTERA classic "A New Level" at the Rockmaraton festival on July 8 in Pcs, Hungary can be seen below. Drummer Van Williams and guitarist Jeff Loomis announced their departure from NEVERMORE in ...
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello is getting into the comic book business. The musician unveiled a new publication called "Orchid" at the 2011 Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend, announcing that the debut issue will come out on October 12 through Dark Horse Comics. Morello said in a statement, "It's like ...
