Search results for 'alternate reality'
News
Former MÖTLEY CRUE Singer JOHN CORABI Questions Authenticity Of NIKKI SIXX's Memoir
Former MÖTLEY CRUE singer John Corabi has questioned the authenticity of CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star". The book, which was supposedly taken from actual journals Sixx kept in the late '80s while in the grip of a near-fatal heroin...April 1, 2010
News
MUNICIPAL WASTE's RYAN WASTE Launches VOLTURE
Starting in early 2009 in between a rigorous MUNICIPAL WASTE touring schedule, guitarist Ryan Waste began working on a new project entitled VOLTURE. As a longtime fan of bands like MERCYFUL FATE, HEAVY LOAD, and JUDAS PRIEST he thought it would only be approproate to form a proper band in that vein....April 1, 2010
News
Former DISMEMBER Drummer FRED ESTBY's NECRONAUT Signs With REGAIN RECORDS
Regain Records has announced the signing of NECRONAUT, the solo project of former DISMEMBER/CARNAGE drummer Fred Estby. After more than 20 years in the death metal scene, Estby wanted to express his passion for different kinds of extreme music he's bore since his youth. In 2008, Estby started to wri...April 1, 2010
News
BLACK SABBATH 'Guitar Hero' DLC Due Next Month
The BLACK SABBATH pack for Guitar Hero 5, which was originally scheduled for last month, will finally be made available for purchase on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Nintendo Wii Shop and Playstation Network on April 29. For the first time in a music video game, master tracks from BLACK SABBATH — "Afte...March 31, 2010
News
VADER Taps AGAINST THE PLAGUES Guitarist For North American Tour
Marco Martell (AGAINST THE PLAGUES, MALEVOLENT CREATION) will play second guitarist for Polish death metallers VADER during the band's "Killfest 2010" North American tour, which kicks off tomorrow night (Thursday, April 1) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Headlining the trek are veteran New Jersey thr...March 31, 2010
News
METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH Team Up For Special Single
According to NME.com, METALLICA and BLACK SABBATH will team up for a special one-off joint 12-inch vinyl single to celebrate "Record Store Day" (April 17). Limited to just 1,000 copies, the release — with each band logo on a corresponding side of the record — features the UNKLE remix of METALLICA's...March 31, 2010
News
SLASH Talks About Scoring 'This Is Not A Movie'; Video Interview, Trailer Available
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash composed the score for the upcoming Mexican film "This Is Not A Movie", the second production written and directed by Olallo Rubio. An English-language film, "This Is Not A Movie" is 100 percent independently financed with Mexican funds. "It's very cu...March 31, 2010
News
SCOTT WEILAND: 'BARACK OBAMA Is An Amazing President'
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland has issued the following commentary on former Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's statement that "liberalism is a mental disorder": "Liberalism is a mental disorder!!?? I'd like to see any doctor or therapist identify it is as such. "...March 31, 2010
News
WITHIN TEMPTATION Drummer Quits
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION have issued the following update: "We are sorry to announce that [drummer] Stephen [van Haestregt] and WITHIN TEMPTATION will go their separate ways after the upcoming theatre tour. "It isn't easy to say goodbye after all we've been through...March 30, 2010
News
SICK OF IT ALL, EARTH CRISIS, H20 Confirmed For EAST COAST TSUNAMI FEST
SICK OF IT ALL, EARTH CRISIS and H20 are among the confirmed bands for the East Coast Tsunami Fest, set to take place June 11-12, 2010 in Phoenixville and MOnte Clare, Pennsylvania. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Friday, June 11 - 328 High Street in Phoenixville, PA: DEATH THREAT CDC...March 30, 2010
News
CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN Is Back
After a five-year absence, the mighty and legendary mega-beast CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN has re-emerged from the sewers of Pittsburgh with its new full-length album, "Psalm Of The Grand Destroyer". According to a press release, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN "bring with them a more focused and refined approa...March 30, 2010
News
TRIVIUM Guitarist Says 'Things Just Weren't Working Out' With Ex-Drummer TRAVIS SMITH
Earlier this month, U.K.'s OneMetal.com conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. OneMetal.com: OK, I'm going to have to get this out of the way, and its probably the question you're expecting the most… What's...March 27, 2010
News
SICK OF IT ALL: South American Tour Postponed
New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have issued the following update: "Sorry to all our great South American fans, but the tour we had scheduled with TERROR between late July and early August is to be rescheduled to a later date, probably in 2011. Our busy fall schedule in the U.S. and Europe ....March 27, 2010
News
Grindcore Supergroup MURDER CONSTRUCT To Make Its Live Debut Tonight
While playing shows in the San Francisco Bay Area with IMPALED back in 2000, guitarist Leon DelMuerte asked vocalist Travis Ryan of San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION to handle vocals for the group MURDER CONSTRUCT he was starting. 10 years later, the band is a reality! MURDER CONSTRUCT...March 27, 2010
News
TOURNIQUET Drummer's Solo Album Available For Streaming
Drummer Ted Kirkpatrick of the Christian neo-classical progressive thrash metal band TOURNIQUET has just released his first solo album, entitled "Ode To A Roadkill". The CD contains "seven brand new songs of hypnotic plodding stoner metal" and is described as "a 42-minute wall of sound made possible...March 26, 2010
Prev 