Guitarist Dan Lorenzo (ex-HADES and NON-FICTION) has issued the following update on THE CURSED, his new project also featuring OVERKILL's Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, bassist Job the Raver (MURDER 1), and drummer Mike Cristi (ex-NON-FICTION): "Blitz is still on Gigantour with MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD. The tour ends in about 10 days. After that we'll ...
September 2006 - Blabbermouth Archive
KAURA To Open For GODSMACK, ROB ZOMBIE In California
Berkeley, California-based rock band KAURA has been added to the GODSMACK and ROB ZOMBIE show in Concord on October 1. KAURA will take the stage at 7:00 p.m. Just one month after being invited to open for TOOL on the band's "10,000 Days" tour stop in Sacramento, KAURA (pronounced Kay-Ora) is looking forward to playing ...
STAROFASH Featuring PECCATUM's IHRIEL Working On New Material
Mnemosyne Productions, the company owned/operated by partners Ihsahn (EMPEROR frontman) and wife Ihriel since 2003, has announced the launch of the new STAROFASH web site. These pages contain general information, visuals and audio samples and will be regularly updated with news. A taste of the STAROFASH material currently in progress will also be ...
RUSH To Begin Recording New Album In November
Karen Bliss of JAM! Music reports: Canadian rock legends RUSH will be co-producing their new studio album for Anthem Records with Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, STONE SOUR, SHADOWS FALL). The American producer will be flying up to Toronto next week to meet with the band, which is in the demo phase right now. ...
BLIND GUARDIAN Drummer Answers Questions
First-week sales of BLIND GUARDIAN's "A Twist in the Myth" in the U.S. landed Germany's favorite sons at No. 21 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and No. 288 on the Billboard Album chart. While out on the road in Europe, new drummer Fredrik Ehmke took some time out to answer the following questions: Worst ...
MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH To Take Part In GIGANTOUR Softball Game
It will be bands vs. crew this Monday, October 2 when Gigantour takes a break in Norfolk, VA for a friendly softball game. The game is taking place at Norfolk, Virginia's Harbor Park minor league baseball stadium (150 Park Avenue) on a day off for the fast and furious traveling festival, which kicked off in ...
OBSESSION Schedules CD-Release Party In Connecticut
Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION has scheduled a CD-release party for their new album, "Carnival of Lies", on October 13 at Daniel's Street in Milford, Connecticut. OBSESSION released its long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness" this past summer via Metal Mayhem in the U.S. and Avalon in Japan. The Japanese version includes ...
CELTIC FROST To Appear On MTV2’s 'Headbangers Ball' This Weekend
Swiss metal band CELTIC FROST will be appearing on MTV2's "Headbanger's Ball" on Saturday, September 30. The segment was taped when FROST played in New York City earlier this month. The show will also mark the "Headbanger's Ball" premier of the video for "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh", taken from their 2006 release ...
GREAT WHITE: Names Of 100 Fire Victims Read At Sentencing For Club Owners
The Associated Press reports: A hearing to sentence the two brothers who owned a nightclub where a fire started by rock band GREAT WHITE's pyrotechnics, killing 100 concertgoers, on Friday took on a memorial feel. It began with the lights being dimmed and a slideshow flashing pictures of each of the people killed ...
EVANESCENCE Frontwoman Can't Wait To Hit The Road
EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee recently told AOL Music that she can't wait to hit the road in support of the band's new album, "The Open Door", which comes out next week. "The past few months have just been promo, doing interviews, running around, and the fact that we're on the brink of going ...