Sweden's LAKE OF TEARS have inked a deal with Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The group's seventh full-length album is expected next spring/summer. LAKE OF TEARS' most recent album, "Black Brick Road", was released in August 2004 through Noise Records. The ...
EXTREME NOISE TERROR, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, DERANGED, DAWN OF DISEASE, FUBAR, KEITZER and GRONIBARD are the first confirmed bands for the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place next spring in Germany. The exact dates for the festival have yet to be announced. ...
According to a posting at Chimaira World, CHIMAIRA will be supporting DARK TRANQUILITY and HATESPHERE on a few German dates in December. The details are as follows: Dec. 11 - Bochum, GER @ Zeche Dec. 12 - Hamburg, GER @ Knust Dec. 13 - Köln, GER @ Lice Music Hall Dec. 14 - ...
Former BUSH drummer Robin Goodridge has resurfaced in a new London-based band called ELLIS. ELLIS made their live debut supporting PUDDLE OF MUDD in Manchester and went on to play support slots for SOULFLY, SKINDRED, LENNY KRAVITZ, TED NUGENT, SLAYER and MUSHROOMHEAD as well as playing the Reading and Leeds festivals in 2003. The group ...
As STAIND prepare for the next leg of U.S. headlining tour dates, the band's current single, "Right Here", marks the fourth No. 1 track in as many years from the multi-platinum group. The song — from their current "Chapter V" album, which entered The Billboard 200 chart at No. 1 — was a No. 1 ...
SUPLECS' new full-length album, "Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside", will be released on on November 8 via Nocturnal Records. The long-awaited CD will be supported with national tour dates to be announced shortly. "Powtin' on the Outside, Pawty on the Inside" was produced by CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's inimitable frontman Pepper Keenan (also ...
DRYLINE, the second signing to Dallas, TX label Zero-Sum Recordings, have entered to studio to record their debut CD for the label. Producer D. Braxton Henry (A DOZEN FURIES, JACKNIFE) is helming the record at his own 379 Productions studio in Dallas. The CD is tentatively scheduled for a February 2006 release through Zero-Sum Recordings/Red ...
In a bid to bring fans together and celebrate AC/DC, Eat Cat 2 Productions — the organizers of the Big Ball, the world's largest AC/DC convention — plan to put a book together made up of fans memories of gigs. If you (or someone you know) attended any AC/DC gig in the '70s, in any ...
DISTURBED will be special guests at the upcoming AmeriQuest Mortgage National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Nationals, Saturday, October 1 at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. The band, whose new Reprise Records release, "Ten Thousand Fists", has entered The Billboard 200 chart at No. 1, will be on hand to witness the thrill of NHRA ...
WINDS keyboardist/mastermind Andy Winter has issued an update on the group's new record, which is currently in production for a 2006 release. Andy's entire message reads as follows: "Earlier this year, more specifically in May, I reconfirmed on the Winds forum after much speculation to the contrary, that we would not have any guests appearing ...
