Search results for 'sleep'

News

NIKKI SIXX: New BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION Album To Be Recorded Later This Year

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION bassist Nikki Sixx (ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE) has posted the following message to the "Diary" section of the group's official web site: "It's nice to sleep in a bed. As much as I love the bus, a day off with room service and a bed was much needed. We decided to do this tour ...

News

MANITOU: Debut Album Samples Posted Online

MANITOU, the Finnish traditional/progressive heavy metal band who feature in their ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, have released MP3 samples from their forthcoming debut album, "The Mad Moon Rising", on their official web site. The CD was recorded and mixed at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki and is...

News

SLIPKNOT Drummer: 'We've Grown Up A Lot'

MTV.com has posted a lengthy interview with producer Rick Rubin and SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Joey Jordison (drums) about the making of SLIPKNOT's much-anticipated third full-length album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", due on May 25 through Roadrunner Records. What follows are...

News

FOZZY Singer: New Album Will Blow People Away

FOZZY frontman/WWE superstar Chris Jericho recently spoke to WWE.com about the recording process for the group's third album, "All That Remains", tentatively due this summer through an as-yet-undisclosed label (the group's last two offerings came out through Megaforce Records). According to Jericho,...

News

JUDAS PRIEST: Another 'Off' OZZFEST Date Confirmed, Nampa Billing Announced

JUDAS PRIEST have announced another "extra" date during this year's Ozzfest. Confirmed "off Ozzfest" dates are as follows: Jul. 26 - Nampa, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater Jul. 30 - Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre Aug. 04 - El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center Aug. 18 - Toronto, Ontario @ TBA A...

News

Former SLEEP Members Launch New Band

Former SLEEP members Al Cisneros (bass/vocals) and Chris Haikus (drums) have formed a brand-new two-piece band called OM, according to StonerRock.com. "The hallmarks of OM are mondo drums with the greatest sonic bass waves this side of the giant black hole drone found in our galaxy," according to a...

News

MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: It Won't Be Long Before I Play Live Again

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Droogies! "Tomorrow I head off with the family out to Nashville to start the mix of the new album. Jeff has been mixing already for a few days and I have been finishing up the remixes and final approva...

News

ORANGE GOBLIN: U.S. Tour Dates Announced

British doomsters ORANGE GOBLIN will be embarking on a U.S. tour beginning April 29 in New York City. Support at all dates will come from LAMONT. DEBRIS INC., the new group featuring SAINT VITUS mainman Dave Chandler and ex-TROUBLE bassist Ron Holzner, will join the bill between May 24 and May 28. C...

News

PAUL STANLEY Talks About New Solo Album, Says There Are No Plans For New KISS CD

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley recently spoke to Australia's The Sunday Mail about his upcoming solo album, tentatively due before the end of the year. "The easiest thing would be for me to do a one-man KISS album," Stanley said. "That I could do in my sleep. But there's no appeal — it would b...

News

DEEP PURPLE, THIN LIZY, JOE SATRIANI: More Dates Announced

A bunch of dates have been announced for the upcoming North American tour featuring DEEP PURPLE, THIN LIZZY and JOE SATRIANI. The trek is shaping up as follows: Aug. 10 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QUE Aug. 11 - Agora - Quebec City, QUE Aug. 13 - Meadowbrook Musical Arts - Gilford, NH Aug. 14 ...

News

KISS' GENE SIMMONS Explains Drummer PETER CRISS' Absence From Upcoming Tour

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has spoken to KissKollector.com U.S. correspondent (and official KISS designer) Christopher Franchi about the group's decision to utilize the services of drummer Eric Singer during their upcoming tours of Australia and Japan. Asked to clarify the reasons Peter Cris...

News

CRISIS: Photos From 'Blood Burden' Video Shoot Posted Online

Photos from CRISIS' video shoot for the track "Blood Burden" have been posted online at this location. As previously reported, the filming took place on Saturday, April 10 with director Darren Doane (DEFTONES, AFI, THURSDAY, NILE). "Blood Burden" comes off the group's new album, "Like Sheep Led To S...

News

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Split With AMERICAN RECORDINGS, Ink New Deal

AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE have parted ways with American Recordings and have inked a new deal with Nitrus Records (web site). A statement posted on the band's official message board cites "the usual (but prefacing it with 'extreme and debilitating') creative differences" for the split, which is said to h...

News

Former JUDAS PRIEST A&R Executive Passes Away At Age 58

Paul Atkinson, a former head of A&R at CBS, RCA and MCA, where he signed the likes of JUDAS PRIEST and ABBA, among others, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 58. Atkinson died peacefully in his sleep Thursday at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center after a long battle with liver...

Review

Back To Times of Splendor

On the face of it, the industry-standard sleeve adorning "Back To Times of Splendor" (ghostly woman staring mournfully across arid landscape) does precious little to prepare you for the stupendously ambitious music that emanates from it. You also discover that the band is three essentially unknown g...