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Former SWARM OF THE LOTUS Members Launch GRAVEN

Three former members of the Baltimore-based sludge/thrash/hardcore act SWARM OF THE LOTUS have joined forces with vocalist Jason Borowy in a brand new project called GRAVEN. The band states, "[Jason] is an old friend as well as a sick vocalist and has played in local Baltimore area bands, which some...

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CORONER Drummer: 'There Is Not Going To Be A New Album'

Rene Trujillo of ThrashHead.com recently conducted an interview with drummer Marquis Marky (a.k.a. Marky Edelmann) of the reunited Swiss thrash trio CORONER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThrashHead: When you guys decided to [reform], was it just simply because there seems to be a...

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ABORTED: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"The Origin Of Disease", a brand new song from Belgian death metalers ABORTED, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track comes off the band's seventh studio album, "Global Flatline", which will be released on January 24, 2012 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Rec...

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EVANESCENCE's New Album Certified Silver In U.K.

EVANESCENCE's self-titled third album has been certified silver by the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) for sales in excess of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. "Evanescence" sold 127,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 ch...

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ENGEL Performs Acoustically On Swedish TV (Video)

On Thursday, December 15, ENGEL — the Gothenburg, Sweden-based quintet featuring guitarists Marcus Sunesson (THE CROWN) and Niclas Engelin (PASSENGER, ex-GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES),vocalist Mangan Klavborn, drummer Jimmy Olausson (ex-MARIONETTE) and bassist Steve Drennan (LOCUS) — performed two songs ac...

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MAX CAVALERA: 'I Love Being In A Different City Every Night'

Jenna Williams (a.k.a. "The Scream Queen") of TheScreamQueen.com recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera of SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. TheScreamQueen.com: [CAVALERA CONSPIRACY's] "Blunt Force Trauma" was released earlier this year. Sin...

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GENE HOGLAN: Drum-Cam Footage Of 'Crystal Mountain' Performance From 'Sick Drummer Camp'

Video footage of legendary extreme-metal drummer Gene "The Atomic Clock" Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DARK ANGEL, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK) performing the DEATH song "Crystal Mountain" during the Sick Drummer Camp in early October in Northern California, about an hour north of San Francisco...

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ALICE COOPER Documentary Gets A Title

According to The Canadian Press, "Vincent Goes To Hell: An Alice Cooper Doc Opera", the upcoming documentary about the shock rocker's evolution from preacher's son to superstardom, is among five English-language and three French-language projects that are getting funds through the Theatrical Documen...

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ALICE COOPER Documentary In The Works

Canadian documentarian Sam Dunn of Banger Films ("Metal: A Headbangers Journey", "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage") recently spoke to Spinner.com about the Alice Cooper documentary he is currently working on. "We know Alice through various projects that we've done," he said. "We interviewed Alice for...

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THE HAUNTED: Video Footage Of Entire Tokyo Concert Available

Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED kicked off their three-date Japanese co-headlining tour with former EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn on Monday (December 5) at Shibuya O-East in Tokyo. Ihsahn's backing band, progressive metallers LEPROUS, opened the shows with a separate set. Video footage of THE HAUNTED's enti...

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HALESTORM Singer Wants To Record More Cover Songs

According to The Pulse Of Radio, HALESTORM is currently prepping its second album for release, but singer and guitarist Lzzy Hale says she'd love to do a sequel to the band's covers EP released earlier this year, titled "ReAnimate". Asked by Loudwire about doing a follow-up, Hale replied, "Absolutel...

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MNEMIC To Enter Studio In February

Danish modern metallers MNEMIC will enter Antfarm studios in Aabyhj, Denmark in February 2012 with longtime producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, HIMSA, SICK OF IT ALL) to begin recording their new album for a June 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records. MNEMIC recently parted ways with drummer Brian "B...

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DREAM THEATER Drummer Says He Played Two Of His Best Shows While Being Extremely Sick

Drummer Mike Mangini of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER has issued the following update: "I seriously played my two best shows/solos [on December 1 in San Diego, California and on December 2 in Anaheim, California] while being the sickest I've been in 20-30 years. But not enough to jeopardize...

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TESLA Singer's Bronchitis Forces Sacramento Concert Postponement

Known as the originators of the "unplugged" craze of the '90s, California rockers TESLA launched the 20th-anniversary tour last month of their legendary "Five Man Acoustical Jam" in full acoustic fashion in support of their new album, "Twisted Wires And The Acoustic Sessions". Earlier today (Friday,...

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Ex-STRATOVARIUS Guitarist TIMO TOLKKI: 'It Is Possible That I Will Never Record Anything Again'

Former STRATOVARIUS and current SYMFONIA guitarist/songwriter Timo Tolkki has released the following statement via his Facebook page: "I don't know how many of you are interested in reading this and quite frankly, I dont even care so much, but I am just writing down some early morning thoughts regar...