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ONSLAUGHT: New Album Pushed Back To February

Drummer Steve Grice of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has sent the following update to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "ONSLAUGHT are off to Japan with VENOM, DEATH ANGEL and SODOM in September to play Thrash Domination 06 Festival in Tokyo and would like to announce a warm-up dat...

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SLAYER Kicks Off International Phase Of 2006 World Tour

The mighty SLAYER, whose new album, "Christ Illusion", debuted at No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard charts last week, will kick off its 2006 international concert tour playing two of England's biggest annual music festivals — Leeds on Friday, August 25 and Reading on Sunday, August 27. In addition to the...

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FALCONER: 'Northwind' Title Track Available For Download

The title track from Swedish epic/power metallers FALCONER's upcoming fifth studio album, entitled "Northwind" — their first since the departure of singer Kristoffer Göbel and return of Mathias Blad — has been made available for download at this location. Commented guitarist Stefan Weinerhall: "'Nor...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman: 'We Are Totally Ready To Kill!'

SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Just checking in with you all, especially our European fans, to thank you for your undying dedication. We had an incredible time on our most recent tour of Europe! "First off — Wacken — what a kil...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: Asian Dates Announced

MSG (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) has lined up the following dates in the Far East during November: Nov. 13 - JPN - Osaka - Hatch Namba Nov. 14 - JPN - Nagoya - Diamond Hall Nov. 16 - JPN - Tokyo - Nakano Sunplaza Nov. 17 - JPN - Tokyo - Nakano Sunplaza Nov. 18 - ...

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WITCHKILLER Guitarist Talks About Band's Classic 'Day Of The Saxons' EP

Dragonight.de has published the first-ever online interview with a member of the classic Canadian heavy metal legend WITCHKILLER. Guitarist Kurt Phillips answered questions about the band's deal with Metal Blade Records, recording the legendary "Day of the Saxons" EP and band's history, most of whic...

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AMON AMARTH To Team Up With WINTERSUN, TYR For European Tour

AMON AMARTH will team up with WINTERSUN and TYR for a European tour beginning in early November. The dates are as follows: Nov. 02 - D Frankfurt, Batschkapp Nov. 03 - D - Osnabrück, B 51 Nov. 04 - D - Lichtenfells, Festhalle Nov. 05 - IT - Milano, Alcatraz Nov. 06 - CH - ...

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Former IN BATTLE Drummer Passes Away; Band Vows To Honor His Memory

Sundsvall, Sweden-based death metallers IN BATTLE have issued the following statement: "IN BATTLE wants to announce that their longtime friend and drummer Otto Wiklund, born October 18, 1976 and died August 13, 2006, has passed away by his own hand... "Otto Wiklund was a great drummer and did record...

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STONE SOUR: 'Hell & Consequences' Live Video Available

A professionally shot video clip of STONE SOUR performing the track "Hell & Consequences" at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo, Japan on August 12 has been made available for streaming at this location. In other news, STONE SOUR's video for the song "30/30-150" can now be voted into the German...

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SHAI HULUD To Release METAL BLADE Debut In Early 2007

SHAI HULUD is back together and has recently signed a deal with Metal Blade Records. The band is about to hit the road for a string of dates in Europe with PARKWAY DRIVE and REMEMBERING NEVER. Shortly after SHAI HULUD returns to the States, they will head out with DEAD TO FALL, TWELVE TRIBES, and .....

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METALLICA Guitarist Jams With TOOL In Hawaii

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett reportedly joined TOOL onstage during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18). According to one TOOL fan's eyewitness account posted at the ToolNavy.com web site, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan introduce...

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BORN FROM PAIN To Tour Europe With NAPALM DEATH, SUFFOCATION

Dutch metalcore act BORN FROM PAIN has issued the following update: "We have finally started working at Antfarm Studios with Tue Madsen this week. We'll be recording 11 songs for our new full-length CD with the working title 'Suicide Nations'. New songs included are 'Relentless', 'Stop At Nothing',...

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GENERAL SURGERY To Team Up With IMPALED, BUTCHER ABC For Japanese Tour

Legendary Swedish grindcore merchants GENERAL SURGERY will team up with IMPALED and BUTCHER ABC for the "Gore Over Japan Tour" in September. The dates are as follws: Sep. 15 - Osaka, JPN @ Namba Sep. 16 - Nagoya, JPN @ Ikeshita Sep. 17 - Tokyo, JPN @ Asakusa Extreme Sep. 18 - Tokyo, JPN @ ...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist Travels The World For His New Clothing Line

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has posted the following message in his online diary: "I'm sitting in Muscat, Saudi Arabia at the airport as I write this. I woke up today in Jaipur, India, took a private plane to New Delhi (to get around the problems with heightened security from the recent terrorist...

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AS I LAY DYING Frontman Launches HIGH IMPACT RECORDINGS

AS I LAY DYING frontman and avid metalhead Tim Lambesis recently partnered up with Metal Blade Records to start his own imprint label, High Impact Recordings. Hs inaugural signing is the progressive/metal band A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE out of West Covina, California. A LOVE ENDS SUICIDE (ALES) consists of...