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KISS Is 'Still The Hottest Band In Any Land'

KISS' official web site has been updated with the following press release: Where other bands have fan clubs, KISS has a full-fledged Army of the most rabid and loyal true believers in the world. For more than three decades, the KISS Army has wanted and demanded nothing less than the best from their...

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DREAMLAND To Enter Studio This Month

Swedish metallers DREAMLAND will enter Los Angered studios in Gothenburg at the end of September to record their as-yet-untitled second album. Production duties will once again be split between Andy LaRocque (KING DIAMOND) and Joacim Cans (HAMMERFALL). The band is promising that the album will follo...

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COMPOS MENTIS Confirmed For Denmark's AALBORG METAL FESTIVAL

Danish death metal band COMPOS MENTIS have been confirmed for this year's Aalborg Metal Festival, set to take place October 7 in Aalborg, Denmark. Also scheduled to appear are ENTOMBED, ENSLAVED, DESTRUCTION, HEAVEN SHALL BURN, CATARACT, GOD FORBID, KATAKLYSM and many others. More information is ava...

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MEGADETH Drummer Discusses EIDOLON Project

TheMetalWeb.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH/EIDOLON drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: TheMetalWeb.com: Being that both Glen and yourself have a pretty busy plate being involved with MEGADETH. How do you find the time to dedicate to EIDOLON and do you...

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GLENN DANZIG Says MARDUK Has Been Confirmed For BLACKEST OF THE BLACK Tour

Glenn Danzig recently spoke to MTV.com about "The Lost Tracks of Danzig", a veritable goldmine of DANZIG leftovers compiled in a two-CD set with a hardcover booklet featuring the musings of Glenn. An official release date has yet to be firmed up, but the set is expected later this year or early 2007...

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KISS: 'Alive!' Box Set Due In November

According to a posting at KissKollector.com, Universal Music will be releasing an "Alive!" box set featuring KISS' first three "Alive" albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest "Alive IV"/"Kiss Symphony" album came out via Sanctuary Records) in November. The set will appearently be...

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THUNDERBOLT Parts Ways With Drummer

Drummer Vegard Waske has left Norwegian melodic metallers THUNDERBOLT. His official statement on the matter reads as follows: "Due to an extremely heavy workload over the past years, I have come to the conclusion that I can not dedicate myself 100% to THUNDERBOLT anymore. Such a great band as THUNDE...

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DREAM EVIL: 'United' Track Listing Revealed

Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL have finalized the track listing for their new album, "United", due in October via Century Media Records. The exact release dates by territory are as follows: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux: October 13, 2006. U.K., France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, rest of Europe:...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Comments On 'Best New Artist In A Video' Award Win

AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance has commented on the band's "Best New Artist In A Video" award for their "Bat Country" clip at the the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, which were held Thursday (August 31) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. In a posting on the band's MySpace page,...

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Former WHITESNAKE Guitarist MICKY MOODY Plays With Trumpets

M3 guitarist Micky Moody (ex-WHITESNAKE) has just had his book, "Playing with Trumpets - A Rock and Roll Apprenticeship", released by SAF Publishing. The book's description reads as follows: "In 1981, whilst onstage with hard rockers WHITESNAKE at the Monsters of Rock Festival at Donington Park, in...

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KING DIAMOND Is Still Looking For 'Melissa' Skull

KING DIAMOND has dismissed as false a newly published report claiming that the "Melissa" skull, which he once owned, was returned to him last week by members of the American Nihilist Underground Society — an organization known for its "extensive and elitist Dark Legions metal archives." The Anus.com...

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JORN LANDE And RUSSELL ALLEN Collaborating On New Album

Recording sessions of the second chapter of the highly anticipated album from Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Russell Allen (SYMPHONY X) started during August. Once again Magnus Karlsson (LAST TRIBE, STARBREAKER) penned a set of songs which fit perfectly to the voices of the two charac...

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M3: U.K. Tour Dates Announced

M3, the "classic WHITESNAKE" tribute band featuring Bernie Marsden (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Micky Moody (guitar, ex-WHITESNAKE),Neil Murray (ex-WHITESNAKE, BLACK SABBATH),Jimmy Copley (drums, ex-PAUL RODGERS, GILLAN, BECK),Mark Stanway (keyboards, ex-MAGNUM) and Stefan Berggren (vocals, SNAKES IN...

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WOLF: New Song Posted Online

A brand new WOLF track, entitled "I Will Kill Again", has been made available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the Swedish metallers upcoming album, "The Black Flame", due in Europe on September 25 via Century Media Records (October 3 in the U.S. through Prosthetic Records). As pre...

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KING DIAMOND's 'Melissa' Recovered?

Anus.com reports that members of the American Nihilist Underground Society — an organization known for its extensive and elitist Dark Legions metal archives — last week returned a long-lost artifact of heavy metal history to its rightful owner. The "Melissa" skull, which was once owned by heavy meta...