Holland's famed Dynamo Open Air Festival is once again in danger of being cancelled, possibly permanently, according to an update posted at Britain's Live4Metal. After the organization of the festival was taken over by the biggest Dutch promoter, Mojo Concerts, a couple of years back, a new site was announced in 2001 that ...
Former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones and his band will be appearing in a benefit concert in aid of the Mines Advisory Group at The Lyric Theatre at The Lowry in Manchester, UK on Sunday, January 27th. The concert, dubbed Guitars Against Landmines, has been organized by singer/songwriter Julie Felix in conjunction with the ...
Former DOKKEN bassist Jeff Pilson and guitarist George Lynch will be getting back together in a week or so to begin finishing up the songwriting sessions for the debut CD from their as-yet-unnamed new band. According to Pilson, we hope to be done with everything by March and, depending on the record label, etc., have ...
Further to the item we posted here a couple of days ago, TERROR 2000the side project of SOILWORK vocalist Bjrn "Speed" Strid and DARKANE guitarist Klas Idebergwill issue their sophomore CD, tentatively titled Faster Disaster, in late April in Europe through Italy's Scarlet Records and shortly thereafter in the USA through Nuclear Blast Records. The ...
Brazilian power/speed metal outfit THOTEN will issue their debut album, entitled Beyond The Tomorrow, through Scarlet Records on February 11th. Produced by ANGRA guitarist Kiko Loureiro (who plays guest lead on several of cuts) and mastered at Germany's Hollywood Blazers/House of Music (i.e. PRIMAL FEAR, HELLOWEEN), Beyond The Tomorrow showcases the talents of vocalist Renato ...
Finland's TOTAL DEVASTATION have completed work on five new songs for their upcoming release, which is due later in the year. The follow-up to 2001's Divine Ecstacy EP will include the following cuts, among others: 01. Fleshing 02. Left Hand of the Devil 03. Production Peak 04. Mayhem Machine 05. Disguise In other news, TOTAL ...
BAD RELIGION will be celebrating the release of their brand new CD, entitled The Process Of Belief, by playing four shows on the west coast at the end of the month. The dates are as follows: Jan. 23 San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill (w/DEATH BY STEREO) Jan. 24 West Hollywood, CA ...
Britian's VEX RED will issue Can't Smile, the first single off their Ross Robinson-produced debut album, entitled Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire, on February 4th through I Am/Virgin Records. The full-length CD will follow on February 18th. In other news, VEX RED will play a one-off show at King Tut's in Glasgow on ...
DARK FUNERAL, OCCULT, ANOREXIA NERVOSA, RAGNAROK and TIDFALL will be embarking on a European tour, which is set to begin on January 16th in Copenhagen, Denmark and end on February 26th in Hamburg, Germany. Due to the enormous demand for DARK FUNERAL live dates, the band has been forced to divide the European tour into ...
