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CANDLEMASS Bassist On Upcoming U.S. Tour: 'We've Been Waiting 17 Years For This'

Swedish doom metal merchants CANDLEMASS are preparing to embark on what is sure to be one of the biggest events in metal in 2008... their first U.S. tour in 17 years! This is will also mark the bands first time performing in the States with vocalist and Texas native Robert Lowe, also of SOLITUDE AET...
April 3, 2008
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THE FUNERAL PYRE Debuts New Music From Forthcoming Album

Los Angeles' THE FUNERAL PYRE has posted the track "Black Earth" from the band's forthcoming record "Wounds" at the band's MySpace page. Scheduled for a May 27 release through Prosthetic Records, "Wounds" is the follow-up to 2006's "The Nature of Betrayal", which saw an early 2007 re-release through...
April 3, 2008
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LINKIN PARK, CHRIS CORNELL, ASHES DIVIDE: Complete PROJEKT REVOLUTION 2008 Details Revealed

Multi-platinum two-time Grammy-winning rock band LINKIN PARK has announced the much-anticipated lineup for Projekt Revolution 2008. The fifth installation of the band's raging road show will see them headlining an all-star bill that features former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE frontman Chris Cornell, elec...
April 3, 2008
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HOWARD STERN Comments On WYKKED WYTCH's 'Sweet Dreams' Cover

This past Monday (March 31),radio personality Howard Stern dedicated a short segment of "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio to his comments on WYKKED WYTCH's cover version of the EURYTHMICS hit song "Sweet Dreams". To download an audio file containing the segment, click here. The unce...
April 3, 2008
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CANDLEBOX: Performance Footage Of New Songs Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of CANDLEBOX performing two new songs during the band's March 25, 2008 concert at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. CANDLEBOX is scheduled to release a new studio album on July 8 via the independent music label Silent Majority Group, headed by Jeff...
April 3, 2008
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BRUCE DICKINSON's 'Chemical Wedding' Film To Premiere At London International Festival

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's upcoming supernatural horror-thriller, "Chemical Wedding", will premiere at the London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film at the Apollo West End Cinema in London on May 4. The film will also be unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in M...
April 2, 2008
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TOM MORELLO's 'Justice Tour' To Feature SLASH, MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN

Tom Morello, the guitarist for RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and AUDIOSLAVE who plays firebrand folk guitar as THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, launches the Justice Tour in Los Angeles on April 15. The two-week outing stops in New York, New Orleans, Asheville, NC, Washington, DC and Boston before concluding with a May...
April 2, 2008
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LOVE SAID NO To Perform At WSOU 89.5 FM Pre-60th Anniversary Party In NYC

LOVE SAID NO the new band featuring Erik Rogers (vocals; STEREOMUD),Bobby Burns (bass; SOULFLY, PRIMER 55),Frank "Bud" Fontsere (drums; STUCK MOJO) and Billy Grey (guitar; SOUNDEVICE, FOZZY) will perform at the WSOU 89.5 FM pre-60th anniversary party on Thursday, April 10 at Delancey in New York C...
April 1, 2008
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POISON: 'Live Raw & Uncut Tour' Dates Announced

According to POISON guitarist CC DeVille's MySpace page, POISON has scheduled the following "Live Raw & Uncut Tour" dates during the summer: Jul. 05 - Independant Stampede - Island Grove Park, Colorado Jul. 09 - Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, Missouri Jul. 11 - Moondance Jam - Walker, Minnesot...
April 1, 2008
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NINE INCH NAILS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, FOO FIGHTERS Among VIRGIN MOBILE FESTIVAL Headliners

NINE INCH NAILS, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, FOO FIGHTERS, JACK JOHNSON and KANYE WEST will headline the third Virgin Mobile Festival, the largest music and arts festival on the East Coast, being held August 9-10 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Virgin Mobile Festival is being produced fo...
April 1, 2008
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MTLEY CRE's TOMMY LEE Goes 'Green'

Discovery Networks' eco-centric Planet Green has signed MTLEY CRE drummer Tommy Lee and hip hop superstar Chris "Ludacris" Bridges to star in "Battleground Earth", a reality competition that features the duo battling against the toxic forces destroying mother earth as they travel across the country...
April 1, 2008
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TURBONEGRO: April U.S. Dates Cancelled

Norwegian rockers TURBONEGRO who recently cancelled their European tour due to the "serious illness" of the group's guitarist Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner have issued the following statement: "It is with great further regret that we will now have to cancel our trip to the U.S. in April to play the West...
April 1, 2008
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'Chaos With Full Metal Jackie' To Broadcast From MINISTRY Concert In Hollywood

Indie 103.1 FM's specialty metal program "Chaos with Full Metal Jackie" will celebrate its fourth anniversary this Sunday, April 6 by broadcasting live from MINISTRY's concert at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. You can listen to the program at this location. MINISTRY head honcho Al...
April 1, 2008
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NEKROGOBLIKON Signs With CREATOR-DESTRUCTOR RECORDS

Creator-Destructor Records has announced the signing of California's metal masterminds NEKROGOBLIKON. Hailing from both Northern and Southern California, NEKROGOBLIKON offers up a blend of melodic death metal, folk metal, and symphonic black metal qualities all tied together with a theme of Goblin m...
March 31, 2008
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KERRY KING's L.A. Guitar Clinic: Photos, Report Available

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King held an exclusive clinic this past Saturday (March 29) at the West L.A. Music Ampitheater in Los Angeles, California. Nick Bowcott (of GRIM REAPER fame, and most recently his guitar tribute to the late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott) started the cli...
March 31, 2008