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DEATH ANGEL, TESTAMENT Members Perform With ANTHRAX (Video)

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have posted a new video blog from their current North American tour with ANTHRAX and TESTAMENT. The 12-minute clip, which can be seen below, focuses on the two shows DEATH ANGEL members Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar played with ANTHRAX, filling in for tha...

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ANTHRAX Forced To Play Tonight's Show Without SCOTT IAN, CHARLIE BENANTE

On Wednesday, January 25, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian contracted a bad viral infection that caused him to be hospitalized near his home in Los Angeles. He was put though a battery of tests, and received fluids intravenously. While he was allowed to go home to await the test results, ER doctors told...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Forced To Sit Out Kansas City Show

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian was forced to sit out the band's performance earlier tonight (Thursday, January 26) at The Midland in Kansas City, Missouri after being taken ill. Ian's ANTHRAX bandmates played the show with both guitarists from co-headliners TESTAMENT filling in on different songs. In a...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman Says Band Was Forced To Scale Down Los Angeles Show Due To Production Costs

Keyboardist/mainman Tuomas Holopainen of Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH recently answered a number of fan-submitted questions for the NIGHTWISH fan site Oceansouls Of America. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow below. Oceansouls Of America: How much of a...

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TESTAMENT Taps GENE HOGLAN For ANTHRAX Tour

San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have tapped Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (DARK ANGEL, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) to sit behind the kit for their upcoming tour with ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL. The dates are as follows: Jan. 22 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Jan. 23 - Ana...

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SLASH-Co-Produced 'Nothing To Fear' Movie Picked Up By ANCHOR BAY

According to Deadline.com, Anchor Bay has picked up rights to "Nothing To Fear", the horror movie co-produced by Slash through the former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist's horror film production company Slasher Films. Anthony Leonardi III, a creature artist and storyboard artist...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Announces 'Theatre Of The Escapists' Tour

From the beginning, JANE'S ADDICTION has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band — who've always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger — return in support of their acclaimed album "The Great Escape Artist" (Capi...

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VAN HALEN: NYC Concert Setlist Revealed; First Tour Dates Announced

VAN HALEN played its first live show since 2008 earlier tonight (Thursday, January 5) at the tiny Cafe Wha? nightclub in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The show at the 250-person venue was the band's first since it ended its hugely successful 2007/2008 reunion trek with original singer David Lee Rot...

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GOATWHORE And HATE ETERNAL Announce Co-Headlining Tour

GOATWHORE and HATE ETERNAL will join forces for a North American co-headlining tour in February/March. Support on the trek — which will take the bands from New Orleans to Brooklyn, with stops along the way in Hollywood, the Pacific Northwest and Canada — will come from FALLUJAH and CEREBRAL BORE. GO...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Announces U.S. Headlining Tour

Following a short batch of dates with CLUTCH in December, Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will embark on a U.S. headlining tour this March. Set to commence on March 1 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, the trek will hit 15 cities — including two performances at this ye...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Had Difficulty Covering IRON MAIDEN Classic

In February, Christian hard rockers STRYPER released "The Covering", a tribute album to the classic rock and metal bands they cherished growing up. Produced by frontman Michael Sweet, "The Covering" was unlike any previous STRYPER recording in that it was a collection of cover songs from bands that...

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SABATON Announces North American Headlining Tour

Swedish metallers SABATON will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. "Swedish Empire Tour 2012" dates are as follows: Apr. 10 - Tampa, FL - Brass Mug Apr. 12 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar Apr. 13 - Dallas, TX - Trees Apr. 15 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live Apr. ...

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PUSCIFER: New North American Tour Dates Announced

PUSCIFER, the eclectic music-meets-comedy troupe helmed by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, A PERFECT CIRCLE),returns to the road on February 23 in support of its recently released album "Conditions Of My Parole" (Oct. 18, Puscifer Entertainment). The band's live performances are not to be missed. Keena...

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STRYPER: Audio Samples Of Two New Songs Available

Christian hard rockers STRYPER have released short audio clips of "Bleeding From Inside Out" and "Blackened", the two new tracks which will be included on a collection of re-recorded versions of the band's classic songs, to be released in the summer of 2012. The CD will contain a total of 16 cuts tw...

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PRESTO BALLET: New Drummer Announced

PRESTO BALLET, the progressive rock band featuring former METAL CHURCH members Kurdt Vanderhoof (guitar) and Ronny Munroe (vocals),has announced the addition of drummer Larry Crowe to the group's ranks. PRESTO BALLET released a new EP, "Love What You've Done With The Place", on July 2. It was made...