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KAMELOT Confirmed For SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT have been confirmed for this year's installment of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 8-10 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): ALICE COOPER ANVIL ARCH ENEMY BALDROOM BLITZ BLITZKRIEG...May 17, 2006
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METALLICA, ALICE IN CHAINS Perform At MUSICARES MAP FUND Benefit Concert: Video Available
METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was honored at a Hollywood fundraiser on Friday (May 12) for the MusiCares MAP Fund. The non-profit organization aimed at helping music industry professionals with addiction recovery treatment presented Hetfield with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his "devotion to...May 14, 2006
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METALLICA Frontman JAMES HETFIELD: Text Of MUSICARES MAP Acceptance Speech Available
METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was honored at a Hollywood fundraiser on Friday (May 12) for the MusiCares MAP Fund. The non-profit organization aimed at helping music industry professionals with addiction recovery treatment presented Hetfield with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his "devotion to...May 14, 2006
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COLDSEED: New Audio Samples Posted Online
Six audio clips from COLDSEED's upcoming debut album, "Completion Makes the Tragedy", have been posted online at this location. COLDSEED is the new band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN/current SAVAGE CIRCUS skinsman Thomen Stauch and SOILWORK singer Björn "Speed" Strid. "Completion Makes the Tragedy...May 12, 2006
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FULL BLOWN CHAOS Singer Bitten By Black Widow
After a great show in Ft. Lauderdale, FULL BLOWN CHAOS went back to their hotel room to party. Vocalist Ray Mazzola recalls, "I had a couple of large Jager beverages and passed out on the floor of the room." The next day Ray felt a lingering pain in his knee. "I have never felt such ...May 12, 2006
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Ex-GREAT WHITE Tour Manager's Sentence Too Light, Say Many Relatives
Ray Henry of The Associated Press has issued the following report: It took just seconds for the families of those killed in the state's deadliest fire to react as a judge told the man who set off pyrotechnics that set The Station nightclub ablaze he would have to spend the next four years in prison....May 11, 2006
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BALTIMOORE: 'Wellaway' Video Posted Online
Swedish hard rock band BALTIMOORE have completed the video for the song "Wellaway", taken from their new album "Kaleidoscope" (out now on BLP Music). The promotional video's stunning visuals were created by acclaimed Hollywood visual effects specialist Chad Dombrova ("Ray", "Sky Captain and the Worl...May 9, 2006
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LIV KRISTINE Confirmed For Germany's SUMMER BREEZE Festival
LIV KRISTINE (LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) is the final artist confirmed for this year's installment of the Summer Breeze festival, set to take place August 17-19, 2006 in Dinkelsbuehl, Germany. Kristine will be performing with a classical string quartet and various other guests, including D...May 5, 2006
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METALLICA Avoiding Battles On New Album
METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield has told Tamara Conniff of Billboard.com that the songwriting sessions for the band's new album, which is being produced by Rick Rubin, are "going great because everyone is present and everyone is enjoying the process. The process is a lot easier. [Drummer...May 5, 2006
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CELLADOR to Film 'Leaving All Behind' Video
Nebraska-based extreme power metallers CELLADOR will be filming their first video for the song "Leaving All Behind", off their upcoming album "Enter Deception", which will be released on June 27 via Metal Blade Records. The video shoot will take place in Los Angeles, CA beetween May 8 and May 11, be...May 4, 2006
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INTO ETERNITY Part Ways With Guitarist ROB DOHERTY?
Canada's technically progressive death metal band INTO ETERNITY appear to have parted ways with guitarist Rob Doherty. The band are currently opening for GAMMA RAY on two U.S. dates with the help of a replacement guitarist, who was apparently recruited without Doherty's knowledge. In an April 30, 20...May 2, 2006
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REDEMPTION: New Album Update
REDEMPTION's primary songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist Nicolas van Dyk has issued the following update on the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new album, entitled "The Origins of Ruin": "We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we're just about finished tracking, with on...April 29, 2006
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Canadian Church Fire Linked To Norwegian Black Metal Movement
Dean Pritchard of the Winnipeg Sun has issued the following report: A fire that destroyed a 105-year-old church in Minnedosa last winter was not an isolated act of arson, but part of an international movement with links to a Norwegian "death metal" musician, say justice officials. The disturbing rev...April 29, 2006
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DREAM EVIL Confirmed For Scotland's RAGNAROK UK METALFEST
Sweden's DREAM EVIL have been confirmed for the inaugural Ragnarok UK Metalfest, set to take place on November 4, 2006 at Perth Concert Hall in Central Scotland. According to a statement released by the festival organizers, DREAM EVIL or its management team will release a statement regarding the fut...April 28, 2006
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BLACK SABBATH: Previously Unheard Track Posted Online
Rockdetector.com is hosting an entire chapter from Garry Sharpe-Young's new "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" book at this location. The chapter in question deals with the mystery surrounding David Donato's term of duty with BLACK SABBATH in 1985. Speaking exclusively to Garry Sharpe-Young, Donato (together...April 28, 2006
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