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RUSH Engineer Comments On New Album

According to a posting on the RUSH fan site Power Windows, producer/engineer Rich Chycki has commented on the new RUSH album, "Snakes & Arrows", which he recorded and alongside Nick Raskulinecz. "Recording was completed at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York during November/December 2006," Chyck...

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OBSCURA To Enter Studio In August

German death metal band OBSCURA has issued the following update: "During the next weeks we will arrange the follow-up record [to] 'Retribution', so we will be able to enter the studio in late August this year. Once again OBSCURA choose V. Santura (DARK FORTRESS) for recordings at The Crypt Studios,...

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KORN, LAMB OF GOD, UNEARTH, AVATAR Confirmed For Sweden's HULTSFRED Festival

KORN, LAMB OF GOD, UNEARTH and AVATAR are among the confirmed artists for this year's Hultsfred festival, which is scheduled to take place June 14-16 in Hultsfred, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: OZZY OSBOURNE [UK] KORN [US] TIMBUKTU & DAMN [S] THE ARK [S] WOLFMOTHER [AUS]...

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Former VAN HALEN Bassist Announces Addition To MAD ANTHONY Family Of Hot Sauces

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony's official web site has been updated with the following message: "There's a new addition to the Mad Anthony family of hot sauces coming soon for those of you who just can't get enough heat. You wanted hotter taste with the same great flavor and Mad Anthony's...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND: More TERROR SYNDROME Music Posted Online

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update: "Thanks for the overwhelming response on our first medley release on our TERROR SYNDROME [Ryan's solo project] MySpace page. We had a whopping 800 plays the first day alone! We've also had a ton of very cool emails alo...

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BLOODSHOTEYE To Team Up With DYING FETUS, COVENANCE For Canadian Tour

Canadian metallers BLOODSHOTEYE will support DYING FETUS on their upcoming tour of Canada. Also appearing on the bill will be COVENANCE from Maryland. Commented BLOODSHOTEYE: "This will be our second time heading out west and we look forward to seeing all the friends we made on our first trek out wi...

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SIEGES EVEN Announces 'Paramount Tour' Dates

Reformed cult German progressive metal band SIEGES EVEN has announced the first dates for its "Paramount Tour 2007". They are as follows: Oct. 05 - München, Metropolis (DE) Oct. 06 - Musichall, Weiher (DE) Oct. 07 - Progpower Europe Festival 2007, Baarlo (NL) Oct. 08 - Markthalle, Hamburg (DE) Oct....

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SEPULTURA, KRISIUN Members Guest On CLAUSTROFOBIA CD

Brazilian thrashers CLAUSTROFOBIA will release their new album, "Fulminant", on February 27 via Caustic Rhythms Records. The CD features guest appearances by SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser and KRISIUN vocalist/bassist Alex Camargo. The complete track listing is as follows: 01. Disorder And Decay...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Issues South American Tour Recap

ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "Chile, Argentina and Brazil: 12 days in total (60 hours of them just flying — 10 flights altogether, through thunderstorms and one with broken landing gear). Four shows, more than 8,000 fans total attending, one...

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VAN HALEN: 'Best Of (1978-1984)' Pushed Back Once Again

BLABBERMOUTH.NET can reveal that Rhino Records has once again pushed back the projected release date of VAN HALEN's "Best Of (1978-1984)", the first single-disc compilation exclusively spotlighting 1978-1984, the group's original David Lee Roth era — this time to April 3. The album, which coincides...

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Ex-VAN HALEN Singer CHERONE Comments On Band's ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction

The third VAN HALEN frontman, Gary Cherone, who took over when Sammy Hagar left the band (or was fired, depending on whom you ask) in 1996, has commented on the band's upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite the fact that the former EXTREME singer fronted VAN HALEN for nearly...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND Drummer Uploads First TERROR SYNDROME Audio Sample

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen has issued the following update via his MySpace page: "TERROR SYNDROME [Ryan's solo project] is now ready to be heard by you all. I'm really excited to finally give a sneak peak of this heavy, groove-oriented metal band that I've been writing music fo...

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GENE SIMMONS, LEMMY Are Among 'Ugliest Musicians Ever'

According to KissNews.de, Gene Simmons (KISS),Lemmy (MOTÖRHEAD) and Alex Van Halen (VAN HALEN) are among the "ugliest musicians ever," as chosen by Blogcritics, an online magazine, a community of writers and readers from around the globe. The complete Top 12 list is as follows: 01. Shane MacGowan (...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Is Hoping To Record 'Really Brutal' New Album

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How was the first show with [drummer] Nick [Barker, ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH]? Billy: It went great. Sold-out show. A lot of energy. It was goo...

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RUSH Signs With SESAC Performing Rights Organization

SESAC, the nation's fastest growing performing rights organization, has signed legendary rock group RUSH for U.S. representation. One of the music world's most successful and revered rock bands, RUSH has been a mainstay on rock stations for more than three decades accumulating multiple platinum and...