Search results for 'sonic youth'

News

WAYNE STATIC Schedules Hollywood In-Store

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static will take part in an in-store signing session on Monday, October 10 at Soundcheck Hollywood in West Hollywood, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. For more information, see the flyer below. Static recently spoke to Revolver magazine about his first solo album, "Pighammer...

News

ICED EARTH: First 'Dystopia' Studio Webisode Available

The first in a five-part series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the new ICED EARTH album, "Dystopia", can be seen below. Although "Dystopia", ICED EARTH's 10th studio offering, is not a concept album, founder Jon Schaffer admits there are unifying themes to severa...

News

Legendary Doom Pioneers THE OBSESSED To Reunite For ROADBURN Festival

Legendary doom pioneers THE OBSESSED will reunite for an appearance at next year's edition of the Roadburn festival, set to take place from Thursday, April 12 to Sunday, April 15 (the traditional Afterburner) at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. The band's lineup for the concert will be Scott "Wino...

News

TRANSPORT LEAGUE: First Studio Webisode Released

Reunited Swedish heavy rockers TRANSPORT LEAGUE have posted the first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for their comeback album, tentatively titled "Boogie From Hell". The process is taking place at IF Studios, the IN FLAMES-owned facility in G...

News

STATIC-X Frontman Interviewed On 'Speed Freaks' (Audio)

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static was interviewed on this past weekend's edition of the nationally syndicated radio program "Speed Freaks". The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. ...

News

Sweden's SHINING To Film 'Tillsammans r Vi Allt' Video

Swedish extreme metallers SHINING will start work on their second-ever video in October. The clip, for the track "Tillsammans r Vi Allt", will be filmed both during a live concert and in a studio setting. Martin Strandberg, who directed the band's first video, "Frtvivlan Min Arvedel", will once agai...

News

MIKE PATTON's 'The Solitude Of Prime Numbers' Score Due In November

FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton, moved by the Paolo Giordano novel "The Solitude Of Prime Numbers" and having contributed music to the movie of the same name, has created a 16-track release that boasts some of the most contemplative and stirring music of his multi-faceted career with Patton describ...

News

DREAM THEATER Guitarist: 'We Wanted This Album To Be Sonically Interesting'

Jeff Treppel of Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with guitarist John Petrucci of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Q: Did you guys have any goals going into [the new DREAM THEATER album] "A Dramatic Turn Of Events"? Petrucci: W...

News

JACK OSBOURNE Interviewed By NIKKI SIXX (Audio)

Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack Osbourne, was interviewed on a recent edition of "Sixx Sense", the national radio program hosted by MTLEY CRE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx, about "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne", the feature-length documentary about the life of the legendary heavy metal singer that Jack co-produ...

News

STATIC-X Frontman Talks 'Pighammer' Solo Album In New Interview

STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static recently spoke to Revolver magazine about his first solo album, "Pighammer", which will be released on October 4 via Dirthouse Records. "I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record," Wayne said. "Even in those early years...

News

TESTAMENT Guitarist Looks Back On 9/11

Guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT, SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO) has posted the following message on his official web site: "As I trudged up the streets of Manhattan away from the two spheres of smoke, black serpents in the sky, I saw scores of fellow New Yorkers filing ou...

News

SHINING Single Certified Gold In Sweden

The first-ever single released by Swedish extreme metallers SHINING, which was exclusively distributed in Sweden via Sweden Rock Magazine, was certified gold in the band's home country in August by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. (Note:...

News

WAYNE STATIC's 'Assassins Of Youth' Video Director Talks About Controversial Clip

"Assassins Of Youth", the new video from STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static, can be viewed below. The song comes off Static's first solo album, "Pighammer", which will be released on October 4 via Dirthouse Records. "Assassins Of Youth" was inspired by Static's last days of drugs and partying and to re-...

News

UFOMAMMUT Signs With NEUROT RECORDINGS

Italian masters of thunderous psychedelic doom UFOMAMMUT have inked a deal with Neurot Recordings for the release of their next album. According to a press release, the band's last CD, "Eve", "was met with great critical acclaim worldwide, and judging by the studio updates we are receiving, their ne...

News

FINNTROLL To Release Special European Tour Edition Of 'Nifelvind'

Finnish metal marauders FINNTROLL will release a special tour edition of their last album, "Nifelvind", at the end of September. The digipak tour edition comes with new artwork by the band's guitarist, Skrymer, and an extra CD including three brand-new cover versions: "Insects" (OINGO BOINGO),"Can...