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DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows:...

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DEF LEPPARD Members To Perform At 'Dave Kilner – A Night to Remember' Concert

According to Sheffield Telegraph, DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott and bassist Rick Savage will perform at at a tribute concert in memory of Shirley Kilner's late husband, former radio presenter Dave Kilner, on Friday, April 30 at Sheffield City Hall in Sheffield, England. Also scheduled to appear a...

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EXODUS: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)", a brand new song from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the band's ninth album, "Exhibit B: The Human Condition", which is scheduled for release in North America on May 18...

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JON LORD To Perform In Trondheim In May

According to a posting at JonLord.org, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord will be back in Trondheim, Norway on Sunday, May 23. He will perform an intimate church concert at Vår Frue Kirke with a small string section consisting of members of the Trondheim Soloists. The evening's program is still...

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TOBIAS SAMMET Talks AVANTASIA, The Future Of EDGUY

AVANTASIA/EDGUY mainman Tobias Sammet was interviewed this past weekend by his webmaster, Harmon Caldwell. The question-and-answer session follows in its entirety below. Q: Tobias, the day has come: Your two new AVANTASIA albums, "The Wicked Symphony" and "Angel Of Babylon", have hit the record stor...

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HEATHEN Films 'Dying Season' Video

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers HEATHEN spent this past weekend in Sacramento, California filming a video for the song "Dying Season" from their recently released "The Evolution Of Chaos" album. The clip was helmed by Darin Wood, Christy Savage and Amy Slockbower of Trash Film Orgy Productions, a c...

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SLAYER Frontman Says He Can't Headbang Anymore Following Recent Surgery

SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya was interviewed for this week's episode of Noisecreep's "Creep Show", which can be heard/viewed below. During the chat, Araya discussed the experiences that led to SLAYER's decision to leave the road and postpone the "American Carnage" and "Canadian Carnage" shows,...

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WHITE WIZZARD: New Audio Interview With CHAD BRYAN

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with guitarist Chad Bryan of Los Angeles-based traditional metallers WHITE WIZZARD. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Over The Top", the new video from WHITE WIZZARD, can be viewed below. The clip sees WHITE WIZZARD...

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WHITE WIZZARD Interviewed On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Los Angeles-based traditional metallers WHITE WIZZARD were interviewed on last night's (Friday, April 2) edition of IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". You can now listen to the program for the next seven days at BBC...

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KOBRA KAI: New Tour Dates Announced

KOBRA KAI, the '80s metal cover band featuring current and former members of SHADOWS FALL, FATES WARNING, ALL THAT REMAINS and DARK DAY SUNDAY, has scheduled the following dates: Apr. 03 - Mill St. Brews - Southbridge, MA Apr. 09 - The Raven - Worcester, MA Apr. 10 - City Ale House - Danbury, CT ...

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BACKDRAFT Recording New Album

Swedish hard rockers BACKDRAFT are currently in the studio recording their third album for a tentative early summer release. The follow-up to 2007's "The Second Coming" is being produced by the bandmembers themselves at A.R.T. Studios, where ABRAMIS BRAMA's "P3 Guld"-nominated CD, "Smakar Söndag", w...

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FORBIDDEN Confirmed For Holland's ZWARTE CROSS Festival

Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers FORBIDDEN have been confirmed for the "Aardschok" stage at this year's Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival, set to take place July 16-18, 2010 in Lichtenvoorde, Holland. The billing for the "Aardschok" stage is shaping up as follows: CONVERGE DEVILDRIVER...

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GRAND MAGUS, FORBIDDEN, SACRED STEEL Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

FORBIDDEN, GRAND MAGUS and SACRED STEEL have been confirmed for this year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place July 16-17, 2010 in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ANVIL BULLET DORO ENFORCER FATES WARNING FORBIDDEN GRAND MAGUS JAG P...

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EXODUS Drummer Interviewed In New Orleans

Buick McKane (a.k.a. Emily) conducted an interview with drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS prior to the band's March 24, 2010 concert in New Orleans, Louisiana. Watch the chat in below. On Thursday, April 1 in Los Angeles, EXODUS will film a video for the trac...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Interviewed On 'Creep Show'

DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo was interviewed for this week's episode of Noisecreep's "Creep Show", which can be heard/viewed below. Anselmo eagerly took the opportunity to plug his record label, Housecore Records, but also was more than happy to talk about PANTERA. He discussed the 20th ann...