EVANESCENCE has uploaded the cover artwork for its new album, "The Open Door", at its official web site. Due on October 3 via Wind-Up Records, "The Open Door" will follow up 2003's six-million-selling "Fallen". When asked to describe the sound of the new disc, singer Amy Lee told Launch it was hard to ...
The Associated Press reports that the organizer behind a seven-band heavy metal concert said he was forced to cancel the event after city officials made a last-minute change to his contract. The concert was to have taken place Aug. 16 at the city's 450-person-capacity Community Theatre in Whittier, California. But after the city ...
Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will be joining SPREAD EAGLE on the road beginning on August 18 in Westfield, MA. Commented Caffery: "Some very good friends of mine have a band called SPREAD EAGLE. They released two killer CDs in the '90s and are re-releasing them now. They reformed and are hitting the road. ...
According to Nielsen SoundScan, U.S. sales figures for IN FLAMES' "Soundtrack To Your Escape" have surpassed 100,000 copies. Released by Nuclear Blast Records in 2004, "Soundtrack To Your Escape" was the seventh studio album for Gothenberg, Sweden's best known band. Praised for "redefining the standard by which extreme music will be judged" by Guitar World ...
Austrian death metallers BELPHEGOR have uploaded the cover artwork for their new album, "Pestapokalypse VI", at www.belphegor.at. Due on October 27, 2006 via Nuclear Blast Records, "Pestapokalypse VI" will contain the following track listing: I Belphegor – Hell's Ambassador II Seyn Todt In Schwartz III Angel Of Retribution IV Chants For The Devil ...
CHROME DIVISION, the Norwegian five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen) on guitar, entered the album chart in their home country at position No. 31 with their debut full-length CD, "Doomsday Rock 'N Roll". View the whole chart at this location. "Doomsday Rock 'N Roll" is scheduled for release in North ...
TREASURE LAND, the Swedish progressive metal band who released two highly acclaimed CDs in 1997 and 1998, has returned with a vengeance. After some years of writing new songs, producing other bands, writing guitar books, and doing clinics, guitarist Jonas Hörnqvist reformed TREASURE LAND with a new lineup. The two new members of the band ...
TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly will be performing with his LED ZEPPELIN cover band EARL'S COURT on Friday, August 11 at the Pussycat Lounge in New York City. Commented Kelly: "The Pussycat Lounge is a strip club in lower Manhattan. There's another part of the club where they have live entertainment. The show is ...
GUNS N' ROSES performed an acoustic set at Cuckoo Nightclub on Saturday (July 29) in London, England. Check out pictures from WENN (arrival / departure), Intertopics, and Wire Image. Rose recently issued a statement regarding the band's European tour, which ended with Rose missing the final two ...
