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SATAN'S HOST Seeks New Bassist

Long-running Colorado metal band SATAN'S HOST, whose classic 1986 debut, "Metal from Hell", featured lead vocals by JAG PANZER's Harry Conklin, entered Flatline Audio studio in October to record its new album, "Great American Scapegoat", for a February 2008 release via Moribund Records. Commented th...

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How GENE SIMMONS Became A TV Apprentice

Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons about his participation in "The Celebrity Apprentice", debuting January 3 on NBC, where celebs try to win $1 million for their charity. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Chicago S...

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BRET MICHAELS: 'Rock Of Love 2' Trailer Available

A trailer for the second season of POISON frontman Bret Michaels' hit reality show "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels", which will premiere on VH1 on January 13, 2008, can be viewed below. Over 3.9 million total viewers tuned into the "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels" reunion special on October 7 to l...

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MAYHEM Joined By PANTHEON I Cellist In France; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM performing the song "My Death" on December 21, 2007 at Centre Culturel in Eloyes, France, with a special guest appearance by PANTHEON I's Live Julianne on cello, can be viewed below. Back In June, MAYHEM cancelled its "Deconsecrate the Sta...

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WHITESNAKE Announces New Drummer

WHITESNAKE has issued the following update: "The new WHITESNAKE album, 'Good To Be Bad', scheduled for release in the spring of 2008 will be their 10th studio record and will feature the exceptional percussive talents of Chris Frazier, the latest member to grace the ranks of the band alongside Doug...

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GORGOROTH Guitarist INFERNUS Says New Lineup Will Include Members Of OBITUARY, DISSECTION

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus — who is involved in a legal dispute with his estranged bandmates over the rights to the group's name — has issued the following update: "Infernus has now chosen to present his new [GORGOROTH] line-up. This new line-up consists of dedicated and serious musicians with hea...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist Talks About 20-Year Anniversary Of NUCLEAR BLAST; Video Available

A two-minute interview with DIMMU BORGIR guitarist Silenoz about the 20-year anniversary of the group's record label, Nuclear Blast Records, can be viewed below. DIMMU BORGIR is rumored to be planning a North American tour in February/March 2008 with BEHEMOTH as support. More information will be mad...

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GORGOROTH's GAAHL, KING Retain Ownership Of Band's Name And Logo

King Ov Hell (real name: Tom Cato Visnes) and Gaahl (real name: Kristian Eivind Espedal) from the Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH have issued the following statement: "Norwegian authorities at Patentstyret (Norwegian patent office) have made the verdict on the dispute over the further use of th...

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DELAIN: 'The Gathering' Video Posted Online

DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has released the video for its song "The Gathering". Watch the clip below. The track is taken from the group's debut album, "Lucidity", whi...

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DIMMU BORGIR Rumored To Be Planning North American Tour With BEHEMOTH

Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR are rumored to be planning a North American tour in February/March 2008 with BEHEMOTH as support. More information will be made available soon. The Norwegian version of MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" has filed a four-minute report featuring interview and performance...

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GODSMACK: 'Good Times Bad Times' First-Week Sales Revealed

GODSMACK's greatest-hits collection, "Good Times Bad Times....Ten Years of Godsmack", sold 40,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart. The 16-track collection is loaded with career-defining milestones and seminal GODSMACK classics. Among the son...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist Scores Feature Film

Shavo Odadjian, music video director, DJ, and bassist for the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will add film-scorer to his list of credits with his work on the upcoming sci-fi/thriller feature film "Babylon AD", starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh and Gerard Depardieu....

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FLESHMOULD Announces New Drummer

Belgian death metallers FLESHMOULD have issued the following update: "It has been extremely silent, but we are working hard, seriously! We already welcomed the new guys Stefaan Deblauwe on guitar and Didier Vancampo on bass, now we add Frederik Van Mieghem (ex-AXAMENTA, GRACEFALLEN) on drums. No dou...

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SHADOWS FALL Frontman BRIAN FAIR: 'You Don't Have To Kill In Order To Live'

Unmistakable with his trademark knee-length dreadlocks, SHADOWS FALL lead vocalist Brian Fair appears in a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad for peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization. The tagline — a personal testimonial by Fair — reads, "I became a vegetarian many years ago after l...

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DIMMU BORGIR Live In Oslo: Concert Footage, Video Interview Available

The Norwegian version of MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" has filed a four-minute report featuring interview and performance footage with DIMMU BORGIR shot prior to and during the band's November 6, 2007 concert at Sentrum Scene in Oslo (where they played with AMON AMARTH). Watch the clip below (NOTE: All...