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VANISHING POINT: Unplugged Radio Performance Posted Online

Three members of the Australian progressive metal band VANISHING POINT — guitarist Chris Porcianko, vocalist Silvio Massaro and fill-in keyboardist Leonard Kopilas (MANIC OPERA) — performed an acoustic/unplugged set live on PBS FM's "Screaming Symphony" on December 16, 2003. The group's entire perfo...

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Ex-HALFORD Guitarist Records Guest Appearance For HAMMERFALL Singer's Solo CD

Former HALFORD/current PAINMUSEUM guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak has issued the following update on his recent activities: "Two days ago I returned from the very, very — and I mean very — metal city of Gothenburg, Sweden where I recorded my guitars for the debut album from HAMMERFALL's Joacim Cans...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY To Include New Song On HIGH TIMES Sampler

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be contributing a brand-new song to a compilation CD being released through High Times Records. The album, titled "High Volume", is expected to surface around April 20, 2004 and will feature a number of other "great bands," according to a post on C.O.C.'s official web si...

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SUPERJOINT RITUAL To Begin Writing New Material

SUPERJOINT RITUAL, the New Orleans-based band fronted by ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo, will be taking a break following the completion of their current tour to write new music, tentatively due late next year through Sanctuary Records. According to a post on the band's web site, plans exist for t...

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DAMAGEPLAN Enlist Porn Director For Video Debut

DAMAGEPLAN, the new band featuring former PANTERA members Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul (drums),ex-HALFORD/DIESEL MACHINE guitarist Patrick Lachman (on lead vocals),and bassist Bob Zilla, have shot a video for the track "Breathing New Life" in their hometown of Dallas, Texas with porn d...

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ANDREW W.K.'s Debut Goes Gold In Japan

ANDREW W.K.'s debut album, "I Get Wet", has been certified gold in Japan for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Andrew has ventured to Japan a total of seven times so far — playing concerts all across the country. The song "Long Live The Party" from ANDREW W.K.'s new album, "The Wolf", recently hit...

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VANISHING POINT To Perform Acoustic Set On Australian Radio

Three members of the Australian progressive metal band VANISHING POINT — guitarist Chris Porcianko, vocalist Silvio Massaro and fill-in keyboardist Leonard Kopilas (MANIC OPERA) — will be performing an acoustic set live on PBS FM on Tuesday, December 16 during "Screaming Symphony" (web site). The ex...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Drummer To Appear On Canadian Radio

Former BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward will appear on the segment "Artist-to-Artist" on the radio program "Adventures in Plasticland" with host Spaceman Stan on Saturday, December 6 at 11:59 p.m. (EST) on CKWR FM 98.5 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. You can listen online at www.ckwr.com. As previously...

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MOLLY HATCHET, THE BLACK HALOS Confirmed For Spain's SERIE Z Festival

MOLLY HATCHET, THE BLACK HALOS, and MOTHER SUPERIOR are the latest bands confirmed for Serie Z Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place March 19-20 in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz),Spain. Also set to appear at the festival are Y&T and THE HANGMEN. More acts will be announced soon. For mo...

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Y&T, THE HANGMEN Confirmed For Spain's SERIE Z FESTIVAL

Y&T and THE HANGMEN are the first two bands confirmed for Serie Z Festival 2004, a two-day event set to take place March 19-20 in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz),Spain. More acts will be announced soon. For more information, visit the festival's official web site at this location. (Thanks: Javier...

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MOONSPELL, ENSLAVED Confirmed For Spain's PIORNO ROCK FESTIVAL

MOONSPELL and ENSLAVED have been confirmed for the Piorno Rock Festival 2004, which is set to take place on Saturday, February 28 in Pinos Puentes (Granada),Spain. Other bands scheduled to appear at the event so far are AMON AMARTH, AXXIS, CAGE, CALLENISH CIRCLE, DARK FUNERAL, DESTRUCTION, EPICA, F...

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SEPULTURA, DARK FUNERAL Confirmed For Spain's PIORNO ROCK FESTIVAL

SEPULTURA and DARK FUNERAL have been confirmed for the Piorno Rock Festival 2004, which is set to take place on Saturday, February 28 in Pinos Puentes (Granada),Spain. Other bands scheduled to appear at the event so far are AMON AMARTH, AXXIS, CAGE, CALLENISH CIRCLE, DESTRUCTION, EPICA, FINNTROLL,...

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METALLICA's Japanese Record Label Confirms Tour Cancellation

Sony Music Japan has confirmed on its official web site that METALLICA's Japanese tour, which was scheduled to take place in early November, has been cancelled due to "bandmembers' exhaustion." As previously reported, the South American trek, which was to immediately precede the Japanese dates, has...

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Britain's KERRANG! RADIO To Launch Next Summer

Richard Wray and Julia Day of The Guardian report that media company Emap, publisher of U.K.'s long-running weekly heavy metal publication Kerrang!, won a lucrative radio license Thursday (October 2) to broadcast a station based on the magazine. Emap beat 10 rivals, including bids backed by Ozzy Osb...

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IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST To Tour South America?

Argentinian rock DJ Gustavo Olmedo of Rock & Pop 95.9 FM (web site) has reportedly announced that IRON MAIDEN will hit South America in March/April with special guests JUDAS PRIEST. According to the DJ, the two bands will play a massive concert at the River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires (capacit...