According to Boston.com, Ozzy Osbourne makes a cameo in the film "The Greatest Song Ever Written: Gyre & Gimbol" from brothers Will and Peter Halby. The Concord-bred boys run Zeno Mountain Farm, a chain of camps for people with disabilities. The film, a rock 'n' roll documentary, includes a cast of disabled actors ...
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Former members of FOREVER WINGS FOLD and ex-INMEMORY frontman Marco Lira have joined forces to create the new progressive rock quartet THE SOUND ARCHIVES. This young and extremely talented group combines catchy hooks and heavy breakdowns to appeal to fans of such acts as THE MARS VOLTA, INCUBUS and GLASSJAW. In only six short months, ...
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Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN were interviewed earlier today (Friday, June 5) at the Sweden Rock festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Watch the two-minute chat below. AMBERIAN DAWN's second album, "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" will be released in Europe on June 29 via Ascendance Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: ...
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"He Sleeps in a Grove", the new video from Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's second album, "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" which will be released in Europe on June 29 via Ascendance Records. Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "The Clouds ...
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MALFEITOR, the Italian black metal band featuring bassist/vocalist M. Fabban (ABORYM), will release its second full-length album, "Incubus", on August 31 via Poland's Agonia Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Unio Mystica Maxima" was recorded in part at Le Serpent Rouge Studio in Rome and contains "nine disturbing hymns of unspeakable darkness and qliphotic introspection through ...
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Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will perform at their CD-release party on May 23 at Gloria in Helsinki, Finland. Support at the gig will come from ADAMANTRA and SOULCAGE. Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on "The Clouds of Northland Thunder", the second album from AMBERIAN DAWN, are available for streaming using ...
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Fearless Records has announced the signing of BLESSTHEFALL. The follow-up to the band's "His Last Walk" CD, which sold over 65,000 albums and over 100,000 singles, is due later in the year. This Arizona-raised anomaly is excited to tear into the studio and make its first record for Fearless. "Fearless has been a great label ...
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Arielle Castillo of New Times Broward-Palm Beach reports that Miami, Florida metallers BLACK TIDE have written a bunch of new times, and will enter a studio in the middle of a Kansas cornfield to record them out before hitting the Warped Tour this summer. "We didn't want to be distracted by our personal ...
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UNICORN, the long-defunct progressive rock band featuring acclaimed Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH) will reunite to record a cover version of the MARILLION song "After Me". The track will be included on the "Recital For A Season's End - A Tribute To Marillion" compilation, to be released on the Italian label ...
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Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "The Clouds of Northland Thunder", the second album from Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN, are available for streaming using the player below. "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" is scheduled for release in Japan on May 13 and in the U.K. on April ...
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Bryan Odell, a correspondent for "The Omaha Buzz", a weekly entertainment show on WOWT in Omaha, has uploaded videotaped interviews he conducted with members of PAPA ROACH, BUCKCHERRY and AVENGED SEVENFOLD on February 14, 2009 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Watch the 10-minute report below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD will finish its current U.S. ...
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Soundshock.net conducted an interview with Heidi Parviainen (vocals) and Tuomas Seppälä (keyboards) of Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN prior to the band's March 28, 2009 headlining concert at the Underworld in London. The chat can now be streamed at this location. Also available are a review and photos ...
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Billboard.com recently conducted an interview with the four members of PAPA ROACH. Watch the four-minute chat below. PAPA ROACH's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart. PAPA ROACH's 2006 CD, "The Paramour Sessions", opened ...
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MTV's HeadbangersBlog.com hooked up with PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix to talk about the metamorphosis his band has undergone in the past year, his new focus on social issues, 47 days of sobriety, the optimism that now drives his life and why metal fans should still dig PAPA ROACH. You can stream the entire 28-minute ...
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PAPA ROACH's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 23. As previously reported, "Metamorphosis" sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart. PAPA ROACH's 2006 CD, "The Paramour Sessions", opened with nearly ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN performing three new songs — "Kokko - Eagle of Fire", "Lionheart" and "He Sleeps in a Grove" — on March 28, 2009 at the Underworld in London can be viewed below. AMBERIAN DAWN will release its second album, "The Clouds of Northland Thunder", in Japan ...
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PAPA ROACH's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 8 on The Billboard 200 chart. PAPA ROACH's 2006 CD, "The Paramour Sessions", opened with nearly 37,000 copies — a drop from the 52,000 first-week performance of 2004's "Getting Away with ...
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Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, CHICKENFOOT) and Joe Satriani (CHICKENFOOT) are among the musicians who joined Tom Morello of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and THE NIGHTWATCHMAN fame last night (Thursday, March 26) at the San Francisco stop of his celebrated Justice Tour. Watch fan-filmed video footage of the performances below. A ...
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TOOL has been confirmed as one of the headliners of the second annual Mile High Music Festival, set to take place July 18-19, 2009 on the Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, just nine miles from downtown Denver, Colorado. Mile High Music Festival exploded on to the national festival scene last year as hosts to ...
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According to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, PAPA ROACH's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", is on track to move between 45,000 and 50,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. PAPA ROACH's 2006 CD, "The Paramour Sessions", opened with nearly 37,000 copies — a ...
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Finnish female-fronted symphonic metallers AMBERIAN DAWN will release their second album, "The Clouds of Northland Thunder", in Japan on May 13 and in the U.K. on April 22. The rest of Europe will receive the CD sometime in June. The track listing for the album is as follows: 01. He Sleeps in a Grove (3:20) ...
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California rockers PAPA ROACH, who celebrated the 10th anniversary of their signing to Dreamworks Records by playing two special shows in Los Angeles and New York City earlier in the month, have posted an EPK (Electronic Press Kit) featuring new interview clips with members of the band. PAPA ROACH's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", is scheduled ...
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PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix has told Billboard.com that the band will embark on a headlining tour this fall to further promote its new album, "Metamorphosis". "(NICKELBACK) is the last tour we're going to go out and support," Shaddix said. "That's just another part of the puzzle to get us to the headlining ...
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Jayme Fox of RockOnAltitude.com recently spoke to the members of PAPA ROACH about tattoos, flirting with female fans while on stage and the band's fifth studio album, "Metamorphosis", which is scheduled for release on March 24 via DGC/Interscope Records. Watch the chat in three parts below. "Metamorphosis" was written at the legendary Paramour Mansion and ...
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Tom Morello of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and THE NIGHTWATCHMAN fame will bring his celebrated Justice Tour to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle in late March. The shows will carry a low ticket price of $15 for each show, and feature a variety of special guests, including Slash, SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian, ...
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Shroom of the "Shroom Show", which airs weeknights on Cincinnati, Ohio's 102.7 WEBN radio station, recently conducted an interview earlier with vocalist Jacoby Shaddix of PAPA ROACH. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. "Lifeline", the new video from PAPA ROACH, can be viewed below. The clip was shot on ...
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"Lifeline", the new video from California rockers PAPA ROACH, can be viewed below. The clip was shot on February 4 with music video director Christopher Sims — who has previously worked with STAIND, LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING, BLEEDING THROUGH, NORMA JEAN and THROWDOWN — in Long Beach, California. "Lifeline" comes off PAPA ...
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California rockers PAPA ROACH will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their signing to Dreamworks Records by playing two special shows. In Los Angeles they are returning to the club where they were first discovered, the Troubadour, on March 4, and in New York City they will perform at the intimate Blender Theater on March 10. ...
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PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix recently spoke to The News-Herald about the band's new studio album, "Metamorphosis", due out in March. "We've always been punk-inflected metal with a rock 'n' roll tip and a hip-hop swing," Shaddix said. "We've always had that groove element to our band and that punk edge to our ...
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"Incubus", a brand new track from Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "White Hell", which will be released on February 27 via Massacre Records. The CD's cover artwork, which was created by Chilean designer / tattoo artist / ...
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