THE ESSENESS PROJECT, the band featuring former NEVERMORE/TESTAMENT guitarist Steve Smyth, performed a 45-minute set on September 20, 2008 on the Digitech Digitruck at Skip's Music in Elk Grove (Sacramento), California. Watch some of the performance below. In a January 2008 interview with the
Los Angeles, California-based death/thrash metal band DREAMING DEAD has inked a deal with Ibex Moon Records. The group's their debut album, "Within One", will be released on January 20, 2009. Commented lead singer/guitarist Elizabeth Schall: "We feel very proud to be a part of John McEntee's label roster, being that he himself comes from the ...
Anglo-Chilean thrash masters CRIMINAL have inked a deal with Germany's Massacre Records. The band has just entered the studio to begin recording its sixth studio album for an early 2009 release. The follow-up to 2005's "Sicario" will be released in a limited-edition package including a bonus DVD. Vocalist/guitarist Anton Reisenegger states: "It's great to be ...
Swedish metallers EVENTIDE have issued the following update: "EVENTIDE has probably never been so productive and creative as we are at the moment! We've been writing a lot of new material lately and everyone has been involved in the songwriting. There is maybe 10 different song ideas right now, more or less complete songs. We ...
DOWNHELL, the Seoul, Korea-based metal band featuring drummer Mike Terrana (MASTERPLAN, TARJA TURUNEN, RAGE) has posted behind-the-scenes footage from the making of its "Karma" video. The group is putting the finishing touches on the clip right now and expects to have it ready by mid-October. In other news, DOWNHELL will release the "Karma" single on ...
The official Ozzfest web site has been updated with a brand new photo gallery from this year's one-day event, which was held on August 9 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. Check it out at this location. The AEG Live-promoted Ozzfest 2008 grossed nearly $3.5 million and almost 30,000 fans got to ...
SLIPKNOT recently filmed a video for the track "Dead Memories" with director P.R. Brown (MÖTLEY CRÜE, MARILYN MANSON, CHIMAIRA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). The clip is expected to begin airing shortly. SLIPKNOT scored an instant No. 1 on European Top 100 Albums chart with its latest album, "All Hope Is Gone" (Roadrunner), according to Billboard.com. SLIPKNOT's chart-topping ...
Germany's atmospheric/death metal/rock band VALBORG, which will release its debut album, "Glorification Of Pain", on Vendlus Records this November, has already started to rehearse material for the follow-up, "Crown of Sorrow", due out sometime in 2009. Commented the band: "We are rehearsing the new material for 'Crown of Sorrow' with Florian Toyka on drums. Florian ...
Alice Cooper, appearing on CBS-TV's "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" last night (Monday, September 29), was the victim, yet again, of corporate meddling in his rock 'n' roll. It's called censorship and Cooper, currently promoting his "Along Came A Spider" (SPV) album, has met this particular beast numerous times during his 40-year career. The ...
Italian gothic metal band LACUNA COIL will perform an acoustic song on Dave Navarro's Spread TV Internet show on ManiaTV.com on Wednesday, October 1. You will be able to watch the performance online at www.maniatv.com. LACUNA COIL's first-ever DVD, "Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)", will be released in November via Century Media. ...
