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MEGADETH Mainman DAVE MUSTAINE Needs Your Help

According to a posting on the Megadeth - Rattlehead HQ web site, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has left a very distressed message to all of the fans using his SayNow number (a service that enables celebrities to connect to their audience over the phone),asking them to pray for his family and other...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Fuel For The Fire' Double-Platinum Edition Detailed

A special edition of "Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, will be issued in Finland on November 14, featuring a live DVD and acoustic versions of two album songs ("Hear My Call" a...

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QUEENSRŸCHE To Play Special 'Operation: Mindcrime' Set In Spain

According to Rafabasa.com, QUEENSRŸCHE has come up with a special setlist for the group's upcoming shows in Spain, which are scheduled to take place in November. The band last played in Spain in August when they performed a one-off show in Madrid. At that concert, QUEENSRŸCHE's setlist spanned the g...

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Former SAIGON KICK Singer Schedules Acoustic Show, Book Signing

Former SAIGON KICK singer Matt Kramer's literary debut will be released with an acoustic show and book signing Saturday, November 3 at 7 p.m. at Cefalo's Wine Bar, 3540 Main Highway, Suite C102, Coconut Grove, FL. Why a music show and no reading? Well, as Kramer, who may be better known for his hit...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's Cover Of PINK FLOYD's 'Welcome To The Machine' To Be Released Tomorrow

QUEENSRŸCHE's cover of PINK FLOYD's "Welcome to the Machine", the first single from the band's new album, "Take Cover", will be released on iTunes tomorrow, October 16. Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE performing "Welcome to the Machine" on September 15, 2007 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Su...

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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Talks About His Days On Speed

UK's Rock Sound recently conducted an interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn for the cover of the magazine's 102nd issue — the first time MACHINE HEAD has graced the front page of the publication. An excerpt from the chat follows: Rock Sound: How do you look back on [the Eighties when Flynn...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: More KOMP 92.3 Acoustic Performance Footage Available

QUEENSRŸCHE members Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton and Mike Stone performed acoustic versions of the songs "The Hands" and "Bridge" at the studios of the Las Vegas radio station KOMP 92.3 during the band's U.S. tour with HEAVEN AND HELL and ALICE COOPER. Watch the performance below. Geoff Tate will be t...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer To Perform National Anthem At Seattle Seahawks/New Orleans Saints Game

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate will perform the U.S. national anthem this Sunday, October 14 when the Seattle Seahawks host the New Orleans Saints at Qwest Field. The game will be aired on NBC-TV's "Sunday Night Football" beginning at 5:15 p.m. PST / 8:15 p.m. EST. Tate's performance is expected to...

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Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Fuel For The Fire' Certified Double-Platinum

"Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, has been certified double-platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. A special edition of "Fuel for the Fire" will be issued on...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Acoustically On KOMP 92.3; Video Available

QUEENSRŸCHE members Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton and Mike Stone performed an acoustic version of the song "Bridge" at the studios of the Las Vegas radio station KOMP 92.3 during the band's U.S. tour with HEAVEN AND HELL and ALICE COOPER. Watch the performance below. Geoff Tate will be the featured gue...

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AUGURY To Enter Studio In November

Canadian progressive death metallers AUGURY will enter the studio in November to record their second album for a tentative spring 2008 release. The follow-up to 2004's "Concealed" will feature original drummer Etienne Gallo and will be produced by Yannick St-Amand and Hugues Deslauriers. According t...

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Guitarist CRAIG LOCICERO Discusses FORBIDDEN Reunion

SPIRALARMS guitarist Craig Locicero has issued the following statement regarding the reunion of his late '80s/early '90s thrash band FORBIDDEN (formerly FORBIDDEN EVIL): "The ball got rolling after I saw the 'Get Thrashed' documentary in San Francisco a few months back in San Francisco. It was reall...

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'KISS Loves You' DVD Due In November

MVD Visual has set a November 20 release date for the "Kiss Loves You" DVD, a wistful documentary about worldwide KISS nostalgia featuring rare treats like KISS in Stockholm 1976. A description of the set reads as follows: "Ten years in the making, 'Kiss Loves You' is a film that began back in 1994...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION to Play Free Hometown Gig

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will perform under the name FELCHBASTARD at a special one-off show at their favorite local bar, Scolari's Office, in their home base of North Park, San Diego, CA on Tuesday, October 9. The 21-plus free event "should prove to be insane," says the group....

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SOILWORK Frontman Says New CD Is 'Almost Like A Best-Of Album'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with SOILWORK frontman Björn "Speed" Strid. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Tangra Mega Rock: How does the new SOILWORK album sound to you, in your heart? Strid: Well, it sounds really fuckin' solid! I think it...