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JUDAS PRIEST: Holiday Greetings And 2009 Wrap-Up From K.K. DOWNING

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has released his latest video blog featuring his holiday and winter greetings from Finland along with a 2009 wrap-up. Watch the four-minute clip below. JUDAS PRIEST's August 17, 2009 performance at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in...

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TERROR: In Writing Mode

Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR is currently writing material for its fifth album, "Keepers Of The Faith", tentatively due next year. The past twelve months saw TERROR tour relentlessly across the world a number of times over in support of its highly acclaimed latest CD, "The Damned, The Sham...

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MEGADETH's SHAWN DROVER: Fourth 'Endgame' Tour Blog Entry Available

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has posted the final of four tour blogs on the Sick Drummer Magazine web site from the band's recently completed "Endgame" U.S. tour. The fourth post covers week four of the tour with SUICIDE SILENCE and ARCANIUM and includes details of shows from Davenport, Iowa; Fargo...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Responds To DAVE MUSTAINE's Drug Allegations

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has responded to Dave Mustaine's allegation that the band's 1988 Australian tour was cancelled because of Young's heroin addiction. Jeff, who made headlines on December 18 for accusing the MEGADETH mainman of, among other things, "dissing, exaggerating and just p...

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Reunited SHOK PARIS Working On New Material

Reunited Cleveland metallers SHOK PARIS performed to a capacity crowd at the Auburn Records 25th Anniversary Concert on December 12, 2009 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. It was their first show since 2004 when the group played Auburn's 20th Anniversary Concert and the Bang Your Head!!!...

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DEEP PURPLE To Tour South Africa With URIAH HEEP, WISHBONE ASH

According to Tonight.co.za, British hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE will headline South Africa's Masters Of Rock tour with openers URIAH HEEP and WISHBONE ASH. The dates are as follows: May 28 - Johannesburg, South Africa - Coca-Cola Dome May 30 - Durban, South Africa - ICC Arena Jun. 01 - Cape Town,...

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PERSEFONE To Support OBITUARY In Europe

Andorran symphonic death metal band PERSEFONE will support Florida death metallers OBITUARY on their upcoming European "The Darkest Day Tour 2010". The dates are as follows: March 04 - Helling - Utrecht, NETH March 05 - Watt - Rotterdam, NETH March 06 - Maximum HXC & Metal Fest - Espace Magnum C...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Slams DAVE MUSTAINE Over GUITAR WORLD Comments

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has penned an open letter to the band's mainman Dave Mustaine, accusing him of, among other things, "dissing, exaggerating and just plain lying on some level about nearly every talented musician that has passed through his dysfunctional little ensemble." "Until n...

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DEEP PURPLE's Last Concert Of 2009 To Be Broadcast On Italian Radio

According to Deep Purple Italia, DEEP PURPLE's last concert of 2009, which will be held on Wednesday, December 16 at Paladozza in Bologna, Italy, will be broadcast live by Radio2, a radio station operated by Italian public service broadcaster RAI. The program will start at 9:00 p.m. Italian time, or...

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GUNS N' ROSES: First Quality Photos From Taiwan Posted Online

The first quality photos of GUNS N' ROSES' December 11, 2009 concert in Taiwan can be found at this location (click on each picture to enlarge; courtesy of "hankdphoto"). The show marked the band's first gig in support of its 2008 CD, "Chinese Democracy". Check out the setlist at this location. ...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Collaborates With ANDREW W.K. On 'Kiba' Single

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release a new singe, "Kiba", on January 27, 2010 via Avex. According to CDJapan.co.jp, the limited-edition single, which is a collaboration with Andrew W.K., will include a sticker and a bonus DVD with promotional footage. A regular version of the single...

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ETERNAL LEGACY Replaces CHEMIKILL At AUBURN RECORDS' 25th Anniversary Concert

ETERNAL LEGACY has replaced CHEMIKILL at the Auburn Records 25th Anniversary Concert, set to take place on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. Also scheduled to perform are DESTRUCTOR, BREAKER, SHOK PARIS, MANIMALS, FOOSE, WRETCH, ATTAXE, H.A.T.E., SOULLESS and...

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ALL SHALL PERISH Is 'Truly Honored' To Be Included In KIRK HAMMETT's Top 25 List

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett named "Awaken the Dreamers", the latest CD from Oakland, California extreme metallers ALL SHALL PERISH, as one of his 25 favorite albums of the past decade in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Commented ALL SHALL PERISH drummer Matt Kuykendall: "Few times in this...

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DAYLIGHT DIES: In Writing Mode

North Carolina's DAYLIGHT DIES has issued the following update: "All may have been quiet for a while on these pages, but it has not been quiet on the writing front. We are currently focused on writing new material for the next release and will be able to comment on it once we're further along." Vide...

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SANCTIFICATION's ELOFSSON To Tour With HYPOCRISY

SANCTIFICATION's Tomas Elofsson will play second guitar for Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY on their upcoming "Long Time, No Death… Europe 2010" tour with SURVIVORS ZERO and HATESPHERE starting on January 24 in Hamburg, Germany. He says, "I'm in full practice mode and I will be busy for a while wi...