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ELDRITCH: In Mixing Mode

Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH entered Bigwave studios on December 1 to begin recording its seventh album, entitled "Blackenday". According to a posting on the group's web site, the CD "is [currently] getting mixed by R.D. Liapakis at Music Factory studios in Germany and then wil...

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ARMY OF ANYONE: New Audio Interview With ROBERT DELEO Available

TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 126 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This episode features a 20-minute interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with ARMY OF ANYONE/ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS bassist Robert DeLeo. Interview topics include Dean DeLeo, Richard Patrick, Ray Luzier, STON...

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CLOVEN HOOF: New Lineup Complete

NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) legends CLOVEN HOOF have issued the following update: "After an exhaustive series of auditions CLOVEN HOOF has the final pieces of its personnel jigsaw in place. Simon Heywood has been recruited on drums and Ben Read on twin lead guitar. They join Russ North...

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DEEP PURPLE Singer IAN GILLAN: Solo Albums To Be Reissued

Edsel Records (through Demon) will release a selection of seven GILLAN and IAN GILLAN BAND albums in March and April. These will comprise of five chart albums, which were originally released between 1979 and 1982, including "Glory Road", which debuted at No. 3 and "Future Shock" at No. 2 on the U.K....

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REDEMPTION Members Guest On New ELDRITCH CD

REDEMPTION members Nicolas van Dyk and Ray Alder (also of FATES WARNING) have recorded guest appearances on the new album from the Italian progressive-aggressive metal band ELDRITCH, entitled "Blackenday". "Ray contributes some guest vocals and I contribute a guitar solo to a track from 'Blackenday'...

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NINE INCH NAILS Screening DVD Around Country

Launch Radio Networks reports: NINE INCH NAILS has begun screening its new DVD, titled "Beside You In Time", at several theatres and rock venues around the country in advance of the disc's February 27 release date. The DVD was shown over the weekend in Los Angeles and last night (Monday, January 29)...

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Report: How One California Death-Metal Fan Became Al Qaeda Spokesperson

The article in the January 22 issue of The New Yorker magazine by Raffi Khatchadourian entitled "Azzam the American" discusses Adam Gadahn (video of Adam describing the 9/11 pilots, photo) — a U.S. citizen from Southern California and a member of Al Qaeda's "media committee" who wrote in a ...

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REDEMPTION: 'The Origins Of Ruin' Release Date Announced

REDEMPTION, the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band led by guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk and featuring vocal legend Ray Alder of FATES WARNING, will release its third CD, "The Origins of Ruin", on April 3 via Inside Out Music. Injecting traditional progressive metal with an u...

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DAYS OF THE NEW To Perform At Florida's GASPARILLA PIRATE FEST

According to MTV.com, DAYS OF THE NEW are returning to the stage as a trio on Saturday (January 27),performing at the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in Tampa Bay, Florida. A representative for the band said that frontman Travis Meeks, who chronicled his journey to rehab for drug addiction in an episode of...

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ICED EARTH Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

ICED EARTH has been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIAN BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE...

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UNLEASHED, NORTHER, THRESHOLD, FEAR MY THOUGHTS Confirmed For Germany's EARTHSHAKER FEST

UNLEASHED, NORTHER, THRESHOLD, FEAR MY THOUGHTS and HATESPHERE have been confirmed for this year's Earthshaker Fest, set to take place July 19-21 in Kreuth, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): DEW-SCENTED ELUVEITIE FEAR MY THOUGHTS FREEDOM CALL GAMMA RAY H...

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Report: VAN HALEN Featuring DAVID LEE ROTH To Embark On 40-Date Summer Tour

Ray Waddell of Billboard.com reports that a contract could be signed as soon as today for Live Nation to produce a 40-date amphitheatre tour by VAN HALEN this summer, with original frontman David Lee Roth back in the fold for the first time in more than 20 years. As previously reported, guitarist Ed...

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Top 20 'Greatest Guitar Solos Ever': Videos Available

Video links to the top 20 of the Guitar World magazine "100 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever" have been posted online at CityRag. Listen and watch the musical genius and mastery that made these classics famous! Top 20 "Greatest Guitar Solos Ever": 01. Stairway To Heaven - Jimmy Page 02. Eruption - Edward...

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DIR EN GREY, NARZISS, THE SORROW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

DIR EN GREY, NARZISS and THE SORROW have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2-4, 2007 in Wacken, Germany. The billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): 1349 AMORPHIS BELPHEGOR BENEDICTUM BLACK MAJESTY BLIND GUARDIA...

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ARMY OF ANYONE Joined On Stage By MEAT PUPPETS

This past Saturday (Jan. 20) at La Zona Rosa in Austin, TX, ARMY OF ANYONE — vocalist Richard Patrick, formerly of FILTER; guitarist Dean DeLeo and bassist Robert DeLeo, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS; and drummer Ray Luzier — was joined by the MEAT PUPPETS' original lineup (Curt Kirkwood, Cris Kirkwood, an...