Search results for 'alternate reality'

News

MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE: 'I Loved Prison'

ContactMusic.com is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee loved the four months he spent in prison on assault charges in 1998, because he found a peace and quiet he has never achieved in the outside world. Lee was jailed for assaulting his then wife Pamela Anderson and served four months of a...

News

MÖTLEY CRÜE Film Still On Track

Launch Radio Networks reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE is back on the road and planning to record a new studio album this year. But the CRÜE's other major project, a film adaptation of its 2002 autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", is still in the works. Bassist Nikki S...

News

DEATHEAD Announce New Drummer

DEATHEAD, the Utah-based thrashers who recently signed with Infernal Agony Productions, have announced the addition of drummer Jason Kallas (also of FUGUE) to the group's ranks. The band (which also features guitarist/singer Chris Jester, guitarist Dan Coxey and bassist Joe Connelly) will enter Half...

News

PREJUDICE Sign With SLEASZY RIDER RECORDS

Belgian death metallers PREJUDICE have inked a deal with Greece's Sleaszy Rider Records. The group will enter Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland in September to begin recording their fourth album, tentatively due on January 15, 2007. Mixing duties will be handled by Tue Madsen at Antfarm in Aarhus,...

News

TOMMY LEE: 'College' DVD Artwork Posted Online

Image Entertainment will be issuing MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee's reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College", on a single-disc DVD on April 25, 2006, according to TVShowsOnDVD.com. Video is full screen and audio is English 2.0 Stereo. Image Entertainment is pricing this item at $19.99 SRP in the...

News

DIO Slams PRESIDENT BUSH, Says OZZY's 'Performance' Has Nothing To Do With Music

Legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio recently spoke to the U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine (web site) about George W. Bush and Ozzy Osbourne, among many other things. On Bush, Dio said: "I've never supported him and certainly would never vote for him. I think he's a fool and a man without fore...

Review

Reborn

I seem to recall enjoying SIX REASONS TO KILL's half of a split CD with ABSIDIA ("Morphology of Fear") more than the band's new full-length, "Reborn" (released last summer on Bastardized and now issued stateside on Tribunal). That isn't to say that the German metalcore band has fallen flat on its fa...

News

MISERY INDEX: Japanese Tour Dates Announced

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore, Maryland-based band featuring Jason Netherton (bass/vocals, ex-DYING FETUS) and Sparky Voyles (guitar, ex-DYING FETUS, M.O.D.),have posted the following message on their official web site: "As we already mentioned we are still confirmed to go in the studio on January 14...

News

SHELTER: New Album To Surface In Europe Via DOCKYARD 1

Germany's Dockyard 1 have signed a licensing deal with Good Life Recordings for the release of the new SHELTER album, "Eternal", in all territories excluding BeNeLux, North and South America. The band's first album since 2001's "The Purpose, the Passion" will feature 11 tracks, including a reworking...

News

SHELTER Sign With GOOD LIFE RECORDINGS

MTV.com is reporting that New York hardcore legends SHELTER have inked a deal with Good Life Recordings to release the tentatively titled "Eternal" next year — the band's first album since 2001's "The Purpose, the Passion". According to Good Life's web site, the disc will feature 11 tracks, includin...

News

FATAL SMILE: Release Date Set For 'Neo Natural Freaks'

Swedish "traditional" heard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE will release their sophomore album, "Neo Natural Freaks", on February 1, 2006 via GMR Music. The follow-up to 2002's "Beyond Reality" was once again produced by Jonas Östman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY),while the mixing duties were handled...

News

DEATHEAD Finalize Track Listing For Debut Album

DEATHEAD, the Utah-based thrashers who recently signed with Infernal Agony Productions, have confirmed the tracklisting for their debut album, "Architect of Armageddon", which is slated for an April 2006 release. The band will be entering Half Fast Studio in January with mainman, guitarist, vocalist...

News

ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN: ROB CAGGIANO's Comments About Reunion Are 'Not Rooted In Reality'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has responded to the scathingly negative comments made by the group's (former?) axeman Rob Caggiano regarding the reunion of the band's classic "Among the Living" lineup. In an interview with the Anthrax Reunion Bashing Club published a couple of days ago, Caggiano said a...

News

MEGADETH: Album Sales Update

According to a posting on MEGADETH's official web site, the following are the official MEGADETH sales figures in the United States as of December 14, 2005 (rounded to nearest 1,000): "Killing is My Business...And Business is Good!"* (original, out of print) - 197,000 "Killing is My Business...And Bu...

News

FATAL SMILE's New Single Lands At No. 6 On Swedish Chart

Swedish "traditional" heard rock/heavy metal band FATAL SMILE have entered the single chart in Sweden at position No. 6 with their latest release, "Learn – Love – Hate". View the whole chart at this location. The song is taken from the group's forthcoming album, "Neo Natural Freaks", due in early 20...