Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com has posted a review of VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut album, "Contraband", due on May 18 through RCA Records. "In some ways 'Contraband' is the sum of its parts," he writes. "Slash fires off an arsenal of bluesy metal riffs and serpentine solos, [Duff] McKagan and [Matt] Sorum lay down throbbing, swaggering ...
Sweden's SYSTEM SHOCK have inked a deal with New Aeon Media, a division of Holland's Karrmagedon Media. The group's debut album, "Arctic Inside", will be recorded at Tico-Tico studios in Kemi, Finland and is tentatively scheduled for release in June. Commented SYSTEM SHOCK founder/guitarist Lukas Bergis: " 'Arctic Inside' will be totally different from everything ...
Former WHITESNAKE and current M3 guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody will be playing a special set of acoustic/electric blues as special guests of TOTO at the Royal Albert Hall in London on June 28. More information can be found at www.toto99.com In other news, Micky Moody will hit the road in Germany ...
Germany's SKEW SISKIN, the high-octane rock 'n' roll band fronted by Nina C. Alice, have added more dates to their upcoming European itinerary. The trek is currently shaping up as follows: Mar. 13 – Andernach, GER @ JUZ Live Club Mar. 14 - Osnabrueck, GER @ N8 Mar. 15 - Munich, GER @ Garage Mar. ...
Gut Records are releasing "Coupled With" — a full collection of THE WILDHEARTS' post-reformation b-sides on March 29. The full track listing is as follows: 01. Stormy In The North, Karma In The South 02. Move On 03. Cheers 04. The People That Life Forgot 05. L.T.D. 06. Looking For The One 07. 6.30 Onwards ...
ZEBULON, the Swedish band featuring former members of early '90s death metal act DESULTORY, have completed work on their sophomore full-length album, "Troubled Ground", due this spring through People Like You Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Volume One" was recorded and mixed at Stockholm's Sunlight Studios with veteran producer Tomas Skogsberg (ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, BACKYARD BABIES). ...
HATEBREED and SLAPSHOT are the latest act confirmed for this year's installment of the Waldrock festival, set to be held June 19, 2004 in Bergum, Holland. The following acts are currently scheduled to appear at the festival (in alphabetical order): CANNIBAL CORPSE CRADLE OF FILTH EXODUS FINNTROLL HATEBREED MONSTER MAGNET MY DYING BRIDE SLAPSHOT TESTAMENT ...
The METALLICA fan site Inter Sandman has posted the following update: "Some of you may know [rapper] JAY-Z released an album in 2003 called The Black Album. And we all know METALLICA's eponymous 1991 album was quickly dubbed 'The Black Album'. "DJ Spooky is taking both Black Albums and creating JAY-Z ...
Candlelight Records has inked a North American licensing deal for all Tabu Recordings titles. The new partnership will see the U.S. and Canadian release of all new and reissued catalog titles from the growing Norwegian record label through Candlelight's stateside operation. The first scheduled release will be the new album from Norway's SUSPERIA. Titled "Unlimited", ...
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has responded to producer Tom Werman's assertion that TS didn't "know what they were doing" during the making of the band's "Stay Hungry" album (which Werman produced). Speaking to Kate Abbott of iBerkshires.com in early February about his lifetime career as a heavy metal producer with 13 platinum and 10 ...
