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DEFTONES Frontman Says New Album Will Be One Of The Band's Biggest Records

DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno recently spoke to The Boston Globe about his side project TEAM SLEEP, which has just released their debut album. "I think people are open to new stuff," Moreno said. "Radio and the media shouldn't think that people are dumb. And [industry types] have to take a chance a...

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Former ATOMKRAFT Guitarist Returns To Action After Almost 20 Years

Former ATOMKRAFT guitarist Rob Matthew has sent the following message to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I just would like to let everybody know that I've returned to metal after almost 20 years. It's been a long time. The reason for the disappearance has been due to total disillusionment with the music industry...

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DOPE STARS INC. To Work With Legendary Producer JOHN FRYER

Italy's DOPE STARS INC. are currently in Vienna with producer Thomas Rainer (L'AME IMMORTELLE) working on three songs of their forthcoming debut album, "New Breed Of Digital Fuckers", tentatively due this summer/fall via Germany's Trisol Music Group GmbH. In other news, DOPE STARS INC. have announce...

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SYMPHONY X: Building Up Excitement For New Album

The following message has been posted at SYMPHONY X's official web site: "MJR [guitarist Michael Romeo] has written almost two hours worth of music, and is now taking the time to find the right song title and lyrical content for each song. Each song has a certain feel to it, so it's important to mak...

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TED NUGENT, TESLA To Play CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS

According to The Billings Gazette, TED NUGENT and TESLA will kick off the 2005 Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming on July 22, the only non-country music artists to perform this year's celebration. It was the final concert slot to be filled. "People want to hear some rock and roll," Cheyenne...

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EXCITER: Early Albums To Be Re-Released This Week

Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will have three of their classic albums — "Heavy Metal Maniac" (1983),"Long Live the Loud" (1985) and "Unveiling the Wicked" (1986) — re-released on March 15 via Megaforce Records. All three releases were remastered by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) and include bon...

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GODHEAD Frontman's Tsunami Relief Benefit Song Available On iTUNES

"Forever In Our Hearts", a song written about and to raise monies for the relief of tsunami victims will be available as a download from iTunes as of March 1, 2005. It can also be downloaded off the official site for this project at www.tsunamireliefsong.org. "Forever In Our Hearts" was written by J...

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Is There A Connection Between Heavy Metal Music And Violent Behavior?

Norway's Imhotep Zine recently asked more than 60 heavy metal and hard rock musicians to answer the following two questions related to last month's shooting death of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott: 1) Can aggressive music led people to kill others? 2) Is there any connection b...

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INVOCATOR Drummer Joins Forces With Ex-WITHERING SURFACE Members

INVOCATOR drummer Jakob Gundel has recently spent time in the studio recording five tracks for a new project called THE DOWNWARD CANDIDATE. In addition to Gundel, the project features Allan Tvedebrink and Kasper B of the now-defunct Danish melodeathsters WITHERING SURFACE. Vocal duties are being han...

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WITHERING SURFACE Announce Farewell Concert

Danish metallers WITHERING SURFACE will perform their last concert ever at Loppen in Copenhagen on February 26. "We don't believe in reunions, so this will definitely be the last chance to catch us live," the band write in a press release. "We will play a looong set and the tunes will reach back to...

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WITHERING SURFACE Guitarist Explains Decision To Split Up

In a statement posted at the Antenna webzine, guitarist Allan Tvedebrink of the Danish metallers WITHERING SURFACE elaborated on the group's announcement last week that they were splitting up after ten years. Tvedebrink's statement reads as follows: "As most of you might have heard, WITHERING SURFAC...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Limited-Edition Art Available

Legendary rockers BLUE ÖYSTER CULT are making available a very limited edition set of prints (400 prints only) of the album cover art from their most recent live album and DVD, "Long Day's Night". The print is numbered and signed by founding members Buck Dharma, Eric Bloom, Allan Lanier and cover ar...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: 'Early Years' Auction To Begin This Weekend

Handwritten lyrics (by Nikki Sixx) for every song on MÖTLEY CRÜE's first album, "Too Fast for Love", an original concert poster from their first every show at The Starwood in Los Angeles (April, 1981),the master VHS 1981 promo video, a number of 7" promo singles (signed by all original band members...

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ANNIHILATOR Guitarist, Former EXCITER Singer Guest On CKCU FM 93.1: Audio Available

ANNIHILATOR mastermind Jeff Waters and former EXCITER drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler were the special guests on Ottawa's CKCU FM 93.1 on Monday, Sept. 27. Waters and Beehler offered updated on both bands and spoke about Waters' work on the remastering of the first six EXCITER albums for release via Me...

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New DEREK SHERINIAN Solo Album To Feature Guest Appearances By ZAKK WYLDE, JOHN SYKES

Former DREAM THEATER/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist Derek Sherinian will release his fourth solo album, "Mythology", on November 9 via InsideOut Music. Special guests include Zakk Wylde, Steve Stevens, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, John Sykes, Tony Franklin, Marco Mendoza, Brian Ti...