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JADED HEART: In Writing Mode
German hard rockers JADED HEART recently signed a deal with Frontiers Records for the release of their new studio album. The group has been busy writing new tracks for the upcoming CD, which it expects to start recording this spring for a fall release. Songtitles set to appear on the effort include...January 12, 2007
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LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE Pulls Out Of Germany's WINTERNOISE FESTIVAL
German gothic rockers LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Winternoise Festival this Saturday, January 13 at the Georgsmarienhütte Event Center in Osnabrück, Germany. According to a posting on the band's official web site, "Daniel [Lechner], our bass player, [has be...January 12, 2007
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IN BATTLE: In Recording Mode
Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE are currently recording their fourth album, "Kingdom of Fear", due later in the year via Nocturnal Art Productions. The follow-up to 2004's "Welcome to the Battlefield" will honor the memory of the group's former drummer, Otto Wiklund, who passed awa...January 12, 2007
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MEGADETH Mainman: New Album Is 'Fast, Heavy, Melodic, And Controversial'
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "Let me first say that I have had the most enjoyable experience with Andy Sneap here finishing the record; I can't remember when I had such a pleasant time making a record. It is...January 12, 2007
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RAGE Members To Perform At Austrian Charity Concert
On February 24, RAGE frontman Peavy Wagner and guitarist Victor Smolski will perform several RAGE songs with the Austrian band SEQUOIA DENDRON at the Headbanger's Ball in Vienna. All proceeds from the gig will go to the Austrian Child Cancer Aid. RAGE recently announced the addition of drummer André...January 12, 2007
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BLAZE To Play IRON MAIDEN-Based Set At Poland's METALMANIA Festival
BLAZE, the band fronted by former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley, will debut its brand new lineup at the 21st edition of Metalmania festival — "the biggest metal fest in Central-Eastern Europe" — set to take place on March 24, 2007 at Spodek Hall in Katowice, Poland. According to Blaze, "...January 12, 2007
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EVANESCENCE Singer Talks To CBC's 'The Hour'; Video Available
EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee was interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos of CBC's "The Hour" in Canada this past Tuesday (January 9). Watch the interview online at YouTube.com or CBC.ca. Amy got engaged to boyfriend Josh, a therapist, Monday evening (Jan. 8) while the band was in Toronto to perfor...January 11, 2007
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NINE INCH NAILS: New Album Title Revealed
NINE INCH NAILS has set "Year Zero" as the title of its new album, which is due out in April and follows up 2005's "With Teeth". "It could be about the end of the world," the band's mastermind Trent Reznor wrote on the official NIN fan club web site The Spiral. In a recent interview ...January 10, 2007
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ROB ZOMBIE Taps DANIELLE HARRIS For 'Halloween' Remake
Rob Zombie has tapped Danielle Harris (info) — who played Michael Myers' niece, Jamie Lloyd Carruthers, in "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" and "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" — to take on the role of Annie Brackett in Zombie's upcoming remake of John Carpenter's 1978 horror cl...January 10, 2007
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EVANESCENCE Singer 'Not Doing This Forever'
Launch Radio Networks reports: EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee told Jam! Music earlier this week that she can't see herself touring for her entire career. Lee said that being in a rock band is "pretty weird most of the time," adding, "I get tired of touring and want to go back and write. It's those two ....January 10, 2007
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HANOI ROCKS Frontman Publicly Apologizes To NIKKI SIXX, GENE SIMMONS And TRACII GUNS
Saviours of Rock recently conducted an interview with HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Saviours of Rock: Is [MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman] Vince Neil ever redeemable in your book [Vince Neil caused the tragic car accident in 1984 that killed his passenger, HANO...January 10, 2007
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GORGOROTH Documentary In The Works
Peter Beste of Vice Films is currently in Norway making a documentary about vocalist Gaahl of the black metal band GORGOROTH. The resulting footage will appear on a Vice DVD with several other related segments. The first pressing of this DVD is 100,000 units, and will be distributed in all major mus...January 9, 2007
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GORGOROTH Singer Released From Norwegian Prison
According to a posting on GORGOROTH's official web site, the group's frontman, Gaahl, was finally released from prison last month after being jailed since the spring of 2006. Gaahl was sentenced to 14 months in prison in February 2005 for beating a 41-year-old man and threatening to drink his blood....January 8, 2007
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BLAZE BAYLEY: 'Without Change There Cannot Be Growth'
Former IRON MAIDEN/WOLFSBANE singer Blaze Bayley has commented on the split with the members of his most recent BLAZE touring lineup. The departing members — Oliver Palotai (guitar),Luca Princiotta (guitar),Christian Ammann (bass),and Daniel Schild (drums) — issued a statement over the weekend bl...January 8, 2007
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Label Owner To CHUCK SCHULDINER's Sister: Stop Weeping And Treat CHUCK's Legacy With Respect
Guido Heijnens, owner of the now-defunct Dutch record label Hammerheart Records (which was "resurrected" for a short while under the Karmageddon Media banner) has responded to comments made by Beth Schuldiner, sister of late DEATH/CONTROL DENIED mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, regarding the fate of the...January 7, 2007
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