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TYPE O NEGATIVE's Former Record Label Comments On PETER STEELE's Passing

Peter Steele, iconic frontman of Brooklyn goth-metal legends TYPE O NEGATIVE, passed away at 6 p.m. yesterday due to heart failure. With a sense of humor blacker than the clothing he wore, the sarcastic messages in songs like "Set Me on Fire", "I Don't Want to Be Me" and an album entitled "Life is K...

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CLUTCH: More 'Live At The 9:30' DVD Details Revealed

2010 will prove to be the busiest calender year in the career of veteran rock band CLUTCH. Building on the Top 30 Billboard chart success of 2009's "Strange Cousins From the West" (Weathermaker Music),the Maryland-based quartet will internationally issue a brand new epic DVD set called "Live at the...

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BRET MICHAELS Released From Hospital

W. Scott Bailey of the San Antonio Business Journal reports that officials with Christus Santa Rosa Hospital Westover Hills now confirm that POISON vocalist Bret Michaels was released from Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Westover Hills today after recovering from an emergency surgery on Sunday. Christu...

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RUSH To Release Limited-Edition CD Single

According to the latest Rush.com newsletter, Canadian rock legends RUSH will release a limited-edition CD single containing two songs from the band's upcoming album. No further details are currently available. The band is currently working on their 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (c...

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SCARS ON BROADWAY Announces Comeback Show

SCARS ON BROADWAY — the collaboration between SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan — will perform at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California on Sunday, May 2. The first 100 people to purchase tickets for the concert will receive a hand-numbered, limited-e...

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SALEM: 'Playing God' Release Dates Announced

"Playing God And Other Short Stories", the seventh full-length album from Israeli extreme metallers SALEM, will be released on April 26 in Europe and May 25 in North America via Pulverised Records. The CD was recorded at Harold Studios in Israel and was mastered by UE Nastasi at Sterling Sound in Ne...

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KATATONIA To Tour North America With SWALLOW THE SUN, ORPHANED LAND

Sweden's KATATONIA will return to North America in September/October. Support on the trek will come from Finland's SWALLOW THE SUN and Israel's ORPHANED LAND. The dates are as follows: Sep. 08 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar Sep. 09 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Sep. 10 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre Se...

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POWER QUEST: New Album Title Announced

U.K-based metallers POWER QUEST have set "Blood Alliance" as the title of their fifth album. According to the band, "work on the new material continues apace and the songs that have been demoed so far are sounding awesome and true to the POWER QUEST tradition of catchy, melodic metal." POWER QUEST r...

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AEON: New Album Artwork, Track Listing, Release Date Revealed

Swedish death metallers AEON have revealed the track listing and artwork for their third album, "Path Of Fire", due on May 24 in Europe via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded in September 2009 at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden and was mixed the following month at Mana Recording Studios in...

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BISON B.C.: New Video Interview Posted Online

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada's BISON B.C. was interviewed at the Gramercy Theater in New York City on April 9, 2010. Watch the chat below. "Stressed Elephant", a brand new track from BISON B.C., is available for streaming at ExploreMusic.com. The song comes off the band's third album, "Dark A...

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AEON: Teaser For New Album Posted Online

A teaser for "Path Of Fire", the forthcoming third album from Swedish death metallers AEON, can be viewed below. Due later in the year via Metal Blade Records, the CD was recorded in September 2009 at Empire Studio in Östersund, Sweden and was mixed the following month at Mana Recording Studios in S...

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NERVECELL To Support DEICIDE In Istanbul

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based death/thrash metallers NERVECELL will open for DEICIDE on May 28 at Arabian Winds in Istanbul, Turkey. Also scheduled to appear are Turkish bands MORIBUND OBLIVION and HECATOMB. This will be NERVECELL's first performance since the band's just-completed tour of Europ...

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GEORGE LYNCH Schedules Australian Clinics

Legendary guitarist George Lynch (LYNCH MOB, DOKKEN, SOULS OF WE) has scheduled the following clinics in Australia: May 25 - Allans Music - Melbourne May 26 - Allans Music - Sydney May 27 - Allans Music - Brisbane May 28 - Allans Music - Adelaide For more information, see the poster below. Lynch was...

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EXXPLORER Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement

Guitarist Ed LaVolpe has left reactivated New Jersey metallers EXXPLORER and has been replaced by original "Symphonies of Steel" (1985) axeman Kevin Kennedy. The lineup continues otherwise unchanged, with Lennie Rizzo on vocals, Mike Sakowski on drums, Jay McCaffery on bass, and Kevin Kennedy and Fr...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY: Support Acts Announced For North American Headlining Tour

THREAT SIGNAL and MUTINY WITHIN have been confirmed as the support acts on DARK TRANQUILLITY's upcoming North American headlining tour. So far the following dates have been announced: May 11 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern May 12 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx May 13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocade...