TWISTED SISTER, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and ZEBRA have been confirmed for the Weekend for a Cure, set to be held on Sunday, October 2 on the Flowerfield Fairgrounds in St. James, New York. Billy Baldwin will be hosting the event, which benefits the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund. (631-444-4300; $25 donation; $500 VIP ...
RollingStone.com is reporting that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen has pled guilty to having oral sex with a minor and will serve one year in California State prison on that charge. On June 24 Eisen accepted a plea bargain in California for "having oral sex with a person younger than fourteen ...
Veteran hard rockers UFO have recruited Andy Parker to occupy the drum stool for their appearance at the Piorno Rock festival on November 12 at Sala Polyvalente in Granada, Spain. In other news, SPV has set a November 8 U.S. release date for the live UFO CD and DVD, "Showtime", which was recorded at Pumpwerk ...
THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT, the new band formed by ex-P.O.D. guitarist Marcos Curiel, have released their full-length debut, "United We Fear", online through indieTunes, packaged with three live bonus tracks that will not be appearing on the physical CD version of the album. The band is offering its fans the full 14-track album plus three live ...
Norway's Aftenposten is reporting that former GORGOROTH drummer Erlend Erichsen is coming out with his debut novel, which focues on the black metal music scene. Entitled "National Satanist" (Nasjonalsatanisten), Erichsen's debut book already is being translated into French. Publishing house Damm is in talks with German and other foreign publishers as well. Erichsen ...
Bassist Randy Coven (ARK, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be playing solo for Pavel musical instruments at the Arlington Guitar Show on October 15-16 in Arlington, Texas. More information is available at this location. Coven recently spent time in the studio recording Russian virtuoso pianist Vitalij Kuprij's new CD. The effort, which features Vitalij, Randy's ...
Atlantic Records is billing the new THE DARKNESS album as "the biggest release of the year," with a promotional campaign aimed at radio which utilizes a six-foot-square record. "One Way Ticket", the lead-off single from the band's forthcoming second studio album, "One Way Ticket To Hell …And Back", will be delivered to national and regional ...
Italian black metallers ABORYM, now featuring former EMPEROR and current SCUM drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun, have set "Generator" as the title of their fourth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Season of Mist. According to a press release, "'Generator' holds the spirit of dark and unparalleled black metal bound together with ...
