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WHITESNAKE To Begin Recording New Album Later In The Year

WHITESNAKE are hoping to start recording songs later in the year for a new studio album, tentatively due late spring/early summer 2007, according to frontman David Coverdale. Coverdale recently put the finishing touches on the vocals for the four new songs that the band will be adding to their upcom...

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Radio DJ Offers More Details About MIKE PORTNOY Vs. GEOFF TATE Feud

New York radio DJ Eddie Trunk has commented on the ongoing feud between DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate over the disparaging remarks Tate allegedly made about DREAM THEATER and Portnoy personally during a recent appearance on Trunk's radio show. In a posting on...

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LACUNA COIL Guitarist: New Album Has Sound We Always Wanted To Have

Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with LACUNA COIL guitarists Cristiano Migliore and Marco Emanuele "Maus" Biazzi. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Live-Metal.net: Can you tell us a little bit about the sound of the new album? Cristiano: "It's actually the first album we had t...

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TRIVIUM Perform On BBC's RADIO 1: Audio Available

TRIVIUM performed on Mike Davies' "Rock Show" on BBC's Radio 1. Listen to a replay of the show, with the band dropping by about 80 minutes in, and check out pictures, at BBC.co.uk. As previously reported, TRIVIUM's acclaimed "Ascendancy" CD will be receiving a re-release in the U.S. in a special-edi...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Singer Apologizes To ROB ZOMBIE: 'I Was Really Out Of It'

Guitarist/vocalist Matthew "Matt" Tuck of the Welsh metalcore act BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE — who are currently on the road in North America as the opening act on a three-band package also featuring LACUNA COIL and headliners ROB ZOMBIE — has issued an apology to ROB ZOMBIE and his crew for the scathi...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Promise 'A Few Surprises' On Upcoming Tour

ALICE IN CHAINS manager Susan Silver has confirmed to Launch Radio Networks that the band have selected William DuVall to sing lead vocals with the group on their upcoming European tour (as first reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET yesterday),adding that there will also be "a few surprises." DuVall perfor...

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DIMEBAG's GASOLINE Side Project Featured On PUMPJACK DVD

Video footage of GASOLINE — the former metallic southern rock side project of late PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and his brother Vinnie Paul (drums),along with PUMPJACK frontman Thurber T. Mingus — is included on PUMPJACK's new DVD release "Drinkin' and Making Friends", which can be pu...

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PAIN Mainman Offers Update On New Album, Covers CD

PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren has posted the following message on the group's official web site: "As most people know, I've been busy with the other band HYPOCRISY and gonna do the Neckbreakers Ball [European] tour in April and a few selected festivals. But at the same time I'm working on the [PAIN] c...

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DEAD BOYS Remain Dead For Now

Shortly after guitarist Cheetah Chrome told Billboard.com that the old-school Cleveland punks the DEAD BOYS planned to record new tracks and play a string of Canadian and European shows, he told the Cleveland Scene that all activity is canceled. He declined to elaborate. DEAD BOYS are considered one...

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TRIVIUM: 'Ascendancy' To Receive U.S. Re-Release

TRIVIUM's acclaimed "Ascendancy" CD will be receiving a re-release in the U.S. in a special-edition package similar to the album's recent U.K. re-release, but with even more extras, videos and goodies. The tentative release date is Tuesday, May 2. The U.K. version of TRIVIUM's "Ascendancy - Special...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman: 'I Am Very Happy With The New Songs'

WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale is putting the finishing touches on the vocals for the four new songs that the band will be adding to their upcoming double live album, tentatively due later in the year. The set is currently being assembled and the group are preparing to begin the mixing process....

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SEBASTIAN BACH Announces New Album Title, Says He's 'Too Big' To Play Small Clubs

Alberta, Canada's Shining Star Radio recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Shining Star Radio: You're set to appear in the new VH1 reality show "SuperGroup" along with some other famous names, including Ted Nugent. I'...

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SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jams With DREAM THEATER In Connecticut

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner has issued the following update: "Last Wednesday (March 29) Matt [Bachand, guitar], Jon [Donais, guitar] (and their ladies) and I headed out to Wallingford, CT to catch the DREAM THEATER 20th anniversary show!! As some of you might now, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER...

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SPIN Magazine Comments On 'Fake' GUNS N' ROSES 'Chinese Democracy' Review

The following item was published in the "Page Six" column section of The New York Post: "Spin magazine got an early jump on April Fool's Day with Chuck Klosterman's deceptively straight-faced 'review' of 'Chinese Democracy', the infamously long-awaited GUNS N' ROSES album. While we may have glazed o...

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CRASHDIET Members Seek New Lead Singer

The surviving members of the Swedish band CRASHDIET — whose frontman, David Hellman (a.k.a. Dave Lepard) passed away in January — have posted the following message on their official web site: "We're now facing a new era in our lives, and we've decided that since we want to keep on playing, we need s...