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STRIKER Wins Opening Slot For METALLICA This Weekend
According to The Calgary Herald, Canadian metallers STRIKER will support METALLICA at two sold-out shows on August 17 and August 18 at Rexall Place in their hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. STRIKER landed the opening slot for METALLICA after winning a contest on radio station The Bear. There were more...August 17, 2012
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SLAYER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON Added To SOUNDWAVE Festival
SLAYER, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, BRING ME THE HORIZON and SICK OF IT ALL are among the newly confirmed bands for for next year's Soundwave festival in Australia, set to take place in late February/early March. Tickets are priced at $189 including fees and public transport and go on sale Thursday, Au...August 17, 2012
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A LOT LIKE BIRDS Signs With EQUAL VISION RECORDS
Sacramento, California-based experimental post-hardcore outfit A LOT LIKE BIRDS has inked a deal with Equal Vision Records. Whether they're swinging from the rafters, climbing up venue walls, joining in on spontaneous mid-set crowd surfs, launching guitars 25 feet in the air, or simply focusing on t...August 12, 2012
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HAARP To Release 'Husks' Next Month
New Orleans metal misanthropes HAARP will release their new studio offering, "Husks", on September 18 through Housecore Records. The follow-up to 2010's "The Filth" offers up three tracks of crushing, post-apocalyptic dirge. "Husks" was recorded at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Cente...August 9, 2012
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Tribute Album To WOODS OF YPRES Mainman DAVID GOLD: Cover Artwork Unveiled
A tribute album to David Gold — a founding member of the Ontario, Canada-based black and doom metal band WOODS OF YPRES, who was killed in December in a car accident near Barrie, Ontario — will tentatively be released in late August or early September. The CD's cover artwork was created by Jason Hic...July 27, 2012
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SPINESHANK: New Audio Interview With MIKE SARKISYAN
On June 22, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Sarkisyan of the reactivated original lineup of SPINESHANK. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SPINESHANK's long-awaited fourth album, "Anger Denial Acceptance", was released on June 19 (one d...July 26, 2012
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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Defends His Right To Bear Arms
When Philip Labonte, lead singer of ALL THAT REMAINS, wrote an Alternative Press op-ed piece (abbreviated from opposite the editorial page, a newspaper article that expresses the opinions of a named writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper's editorial board) on the right to bear arms, l...July 24, 2012
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SPINESHANK: New Video Interview Posted Online
Shadows Promotions conducted an interview with the reactivated original lineup of SPINESHANK — featuring Jonny Santos (vocals),Tommy Decker (drums),Mike Sarkisyan (guitar) and Rob Garcia (bass) — on July 19 in Marietta, Georgia. You can now watch the chat below. SPINESHANK's long-awaited fourth al...July 22, 2012
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Original WHITESNAKE Guitarist Pays Tribute To JON LORD
Original WHITESNAKE guitarist Bernie Marsden (pictured below) has released the following statement regarding the passing of former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord: "June and July have been very busy, but all has been brought back to base with the loss of my great friend and colleague Jon Lord on Mo...July 20, 2012
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RICK WAKEMAN Pays Tribute To JON LORD
Rick Wakeman, the English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known as the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band YES, has released the following statement regarding the passing of former DEEP PURPLE/WHITESNAKE keyboardist Jon Lord: "I first became aware of Jon Lord in the mid-Six...July 17, 2012
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Tribute Album To WOODS OF YPRES Mainman DAVID GOLD: Details Revealed
A tribute album to David Gold — a founding member of the Ontario, Canada-based black and doom metal band WOODS OF YPRES, who was killed in December in a car accident near Barrie, Ontario — will be released later in the year. The project's mastermind, Steph LeDrew, states about the collection: "On De...July 15, 2012
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NILE Mainman: 'I Did Not Want To Do A Record That Was Exactly Like Any Of The Previous Records'
Dan Marsicano of About.com Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: Where do you see [the new NILE album] "At The Gate Of Sethu" fitting into t...July 12, 2012
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QUEENSRŸCHE Bassist: GEOFF TATE's Irrational, Violent Behavior Still Poses A Threat To Us
QUEENSRŸCHE members Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren announced on June 20 that they were parting ways with singer Geoff Tate and recruiting powerhouse vocalist Todd La Torre of CRIMSON GLORY as his replacement. The new QUEENSRŸCHE lineup has already performed live...July 11, 2012
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IWRESTLEDABEARONCE Frontwoman Pregnant; Band Secures Replacement For Rest Of WARPED TOUR
Guitarist Steven Bradley of IWRESTLEDABEARONCE — the Shreveport, Louisiana quintet now transplanted to Los Angeles, California — has issued the following update: "The day before our [Vans] Warped Tour show in Dallas, Texas, we had a day off in the [Dallas/Fort Worth] area. Krysta [Cameron, lead voca...July 5, 2012
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SPINESHANK: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Anger Denial Acceptance'
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Anger Denial Acceptance", the long-awaited fourth album from the reactivated original lineup of SPINESHANK — featuring Jonny Santos (vocals),Tommy Decker (drums),Mike Sarkisyan (guitar) and Rob Garcia (bass) — can be seen below. "Anger Denial Acceptanc...July 3, 2012
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