Search results for 'monster magnet'
News
ODIN GRANGE: RAGING SLAB And BACKDRAFT Members Join Forces
Formed out of the ashes of two of this world's premier purveyors of the boogie groove known to most folks as "southern rock" the new, trans-Atlantic group ODIN GRANGE (pronounced Oudinn Greyng) has announced its inception. The band features four Swedes previously known as BACKDRAFT Rob (guitar),Sne...March 11, 2004
News
SLAYER Enter Recording Studio, Line Up TV Appearances
SLAYER have entered the studio to begin recording their first album with the original lineup since 1990's "Seasons In the Abyss". A late 2004 release through American Recordings is expected. As previously reported, SLAYER have been named "Best Band" in Revolver magazine's 2004 Readers' Poll, and wil...March 9, 2004
News
LORDI To Release Sophomore Album In April
Finnish "monster metal" band LORDI have set an April 14 release date for their second, as-yet-untitled album. The group shot a video for the album's first single, "Blood Red Sandman", at a Helsinki studio last week. The CD was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa (H.I.M., SENTENCED, AMORPHIS) and will contai...March 9, 2004
News
MARTY FRIEDMAN: Guest Appearances, Guitar Seminars Announced
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman played lead guitar on one song on the upcoming album, "Monster", from the Japanese heavy rock band 03. The CD will be released on March 31 via Avex Records. In other news, Friedman will be appearing at The First World Guitar Congress, held June 2-9 in Baltimo...March 8, 2004
News
FU MANCHU To Perform On DISCOVERY CHANNEL's 'Monster Garage' Show
FU MANCHU will be taping a performance for the Discovery Channel TV show "Monster Garage" later this week. The band will be playing a new song called "Written In Stone", according to an online posting by FU MANCHU singer/guitarist Scott Hill. The exact air date for the show will be announced later....March 7, 2004
News
BLOODBATH: MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Out, New Album On The Way
BLOODBATH, the Swedish death metal supergroup featuring Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (KATATONIA, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, BEWITCHED),Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA, OCTOBER TIDE) and Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, DAN SWANÖ, UNICORN, EDGE OF SANITY, INFESTDEAD, ODYSSEY, PAN-THY-MONIUM),have announced plans to enter...March 4, 2004
News
METALLICA: 'This Monster Lives' Book Due In November
"Metallica: This Monster Lives", a book chronicling filmmaker Joe Berlinger's three years spent with METALLICA making the "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" documentary, is due in November via Martins Press. "It will be designed to tie into the DVD release of the film, which will be [in early 2005],"...March 4, 2004
News
CRADLE OF FILTH: Studio Report No. 2
CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hail. Now we are well into week two of the session and I went home this weekend for a two-day break while guitars were started on the tracks me and Adrian had laid down in the first week. ...March 3, 2004
News
GLUECIFER Confirmed For THE ARTIC CHALLENGE
Norwegian rock 'n' rollers GLUECIFER have been confirmed to play the opening party of the snowboard contest The Artic Challenge on March 27 at Mackhallen in Tromsø, Norway. For more information, visit www.t-a-c.no. As previously reported, GLUECIFER's latest single, "A Call From The Other Side", debu...March 1, 2004
News
HATEBREED, SLAPSHOT Confirmed For Holland's WALDROCK Festival
HATEBREED and SLAPSHOT are the latest act confirmed for this year's installment of the Waldrock festival, set to be held June 19, 2004 in Bergum, Holland. The following acts are currently scheduled to appear at the festival (in alphabetical order): CANNIBAL CORPSE CRADLE OF FILTH EXODUS FINNTROLL HA...March 1, 2004
News
MONSTER MAGNET Enter German Chart At No. 13!
MONSTER MAGNET's latest CD, "Monolithic Baby!", has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 13. View the whole chart here. As previously reported, MONSTER MAGNET are on the verge of inking a deal with Sanctuary Records for all territories outside Europe (where the band are signed to S...February 27, 2004
News
MACHINE HEAD Frontman Checks In With Studio, Tour Update
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn has posted the following message on the band's official forum: "Woo–hoo! "Still recovering from Fat Tuesday, Yow! Drink of the night, Grey Goose Vodka Lemon Drops. Fuck – in – A! Kind of a fruity drink (in the metrosexual sense),but they're a manly color, so, you...February 26, 2004
News
MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, GOD FORBID To Team Up For U.S. Tour
MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY and GOD FORBID will be hitting the road together this spring for the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" tour, a monster outing that is currently set to attack most major U.S. cities in its path starting this April and continuing on into May. Following their successful European to...February 26, 2004
News
METALLICA's ULRICH Speaks To Madison Radio Station: Audio Available
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was recently interviewed by Madison, Wisconsin radio station 94.1 JJO. In the interview, he discussed touring, Robert Trujillo, the METALLICA documentary "Some Kind Of Monster" and "St. Anger". The show in Madison, which is scheduled for May 2, sold out in 22 minutes wh...February 26, 2004
News
METALLICA's 'Monster' To Receive Limited Release In July
METALLICA's much-anticipated $4-million documentary, "Some Kind of Monster", will be released in early July in small theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, according to MTV.com. Then, when the band returns from Europe to the States to tour in the fall, the movie will be shown in almost...February 24, 2004