Search results for 'alex skolnick'

News

VAN HALEN Rehearsal Report: Photos Available

The VAN HALEN Yahoo! list has been updated with the following fan report from a VAN HALEN rehearsal that took place Saturday night (September 8) in the Los Angeles area (rumored to be the Los Angeles Forum): "On Saturday night a friend of mine got me in to see a VAN HALEN rehearsal in Los ...

News

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO's West Coast Dates With RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Cancelled

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO's (the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick) previously announced West Coast dates with the guitar duo RODRIGO Y GABRIELA have been cancelled. According to a posting on RODRIGO Y GABRIELA's web site, "Gabriela is suffering from exhaustion after a...

News

ATROCITY To Release New Album In February

Veteran German metallers ATROCITY will release their long-awaited new album, "Werk 80 II", on February 8, 2008. A single will precede the full-length CD in November. Like the first "Werk 80" release, which came out in 1997, "Werk 80 II" features ATROCITY's interpretations of hit songs from the '80s....

News

SIEGES EVEN Singer's BONEBAG Releases Debut Album

BONEBAG, the Dutch outfit featuring SIEGES EVEN singer Arno Menses on drums and vocals, has just released its first CD, "Noli Me Tangere", via QuiXote Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Positive 02. Noli Me Tangere 03. Weightless 04. Feeling Sam 05. A Word Of Appreciation 0...

News

TILES: New Album Release Dates Announced

Detroit-based progressive rock band TILES will release its new album, "Fly Paper", via InsideOut Music on the following dates: Germany, Austria and Switzerland: January 25, 2008 The rest of Europe: January 28, 2008 North America: January 29, 2008 "Fly Paper" was produced by Terry Brown (RUSH, FATES...

News

Egyptian Artist Explains NILE's Non-Involvement In 'The Faceless' Project

Egyptian artist Nader Sadek — whose multimedia installation "The Faceless" opens tonight (Thursday, September 6) at Michael Steinberg Fine Art in New York's Chelsea district — has released the following statement explaining the non-involvement in the project of legendary death metallers NILE (whose...

News

ICED EARTH Mainman: GIBSON Guitars 'Can Handle The Speed And Precision Of Brutal Metal Riffing'

ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer has issued the following update: "Well, recently a dream of mine came true. I'm now officially a Gibson Guitars endorsed artist. This is the only guitar that I've used on every ICED EARTH studio album and I've been an absolute Gibson addict for years. "As many of yo...

News

BONDED BY BLOOD Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of BONDED BY BLOOD. Hailing from Los Angeles, this five-piece, with an average age of only 18, is here to show the world how it sees the path of new-school thrash metal. With virtuoso-like guitar playing courtesy of Alex Lee and a blazing drum assault, BONDE...

News

CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Lays Down Tracks For New HATE ETERNAL CD

Bassist Alex Webster of the legendary death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE has issued the following update: "I just finished recording the bass for the new HATE ETERNAL album on Monday night. I'm really happy with the results, and the band seems to be too. As you might expect, the album is being recorded...

News

ENTOMBED Frontman: 'People Hide Their Evil Deeds Behind The Good Things'

Chad Bowar of HeavyMetal.About.com recently conducted an interview with ENTOMBED vocalist L.G. Petrov. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: HeavyMetal.About.com: What led to the departure of guitarist Uffe Cederlund? Petrov: I don't know, really. He didn't enjoy playing the music. It turned ou...

News

VAN HALEN Book Author: The Original Four-Man Band Is What The World Wants

Bring Back Glam! recently spoke with rock writer Ian Christe about his new book "Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga". During the interview, Christe explains his love for VAN HALEN, his opinion of the upcoming reunion tour and future book projects. An excerpt follows: Bring Back Glam!: What spa...

News

LEAVES' EYES' ALEX KRULL: 'The American Audience Is Just Incredible'

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY (who are fronted by Liv's husband Alexander Krull) — is currently touring North America as the support act for KAMELOT. "The shows have been great so far," says Krull....

News

TERROR SYNDROME: 'When God Was Sober' Goes To Radio

TERROR SYNDROME, the Vancouver, B.C.-based band led by THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen, has released the track "When God Was Sober" to radio (mostly underground shows specializing in extreme metal, apparently) . According to Ryan, the track "was recently mixed by my brother Jay...

News

BLOTTED SCIENCE: 'The Machinations Of Dementia' Release Date Announced

BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal triumvirate featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, MARTY FRIEDMAN),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL),and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS, JORDAN RUDESS),has set a September 18 release date for it...

News

SILENT FORCE Guitarist Putting Finishing Touches On Solo Album

SILENT FORCE guitarist Alex Beyrodt is putting the finishing touches on his first solo album which will be released under the VOODOO CIRCLE banner. Due next year, the CD will feature contributions from vocalist David Readman (PINK CREAM 69),drummer Mel Gaynor (SIMPLE MINDS, GARY MOORE, BRIAN MAY, E...