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NEW YORK DOLLS: New Album Artwork Posted Online

The cover artwork for the upcoming NEW YORK DOLLS album, "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This", has been posted online at this location. "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This" is scheduled for release on July 25 via Roadrunner Records. Two songs from the CD — ...

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MORBID SACRIFICE: 'Severed Death' To Receive Posthumous Release

Open Grave & Red State Records has announced plans to release MORBID SACRIFICE's long-completed debut album, "Severed Death", on May 30. MORBID SACRIFICE started in 1995 when Devilkill (guitar) and Chris Auman (vocals, bass) came together with the understanding that they wanted to create a death...

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SLAYER's 'Unholy Alliance Tour' Will Kick Off June 15 In Camden

The SLAYER-headlined "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted" has confirmed that the trek will kick off on June 15 in Camden, NJ and not in Peoria, IL on June 10 as had been previously announced. The rescheduling is due to SLAYER's bassist/vocalist Tom Araya's minor gallbladder surgery whi...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Survives Mobile Home Fire

Vocalist John Tardy of the legendary death metallers OBITUARY has posted the following message on their official web site: "We just finished several days of practice and got our new setlist done for our upcoming West Coast dates. It was a good to have all of us together and a few friends over for so...

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CELTIC FROST's Rejected 'Disgrace'

CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has posted the following message on his official blog: "Disctrade, the Swiss distribution company and label whose owners told us to 'forget it and go back to your rehearsal room to practice' when we began sending out HELLHAMMER's 'Triumph of Death' demo tape...

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NEW YORK DOLLS: New Music Posted Online

Two brand new NEW YORK DOLLS tracks — "Take a Good Look at My Good Looks" and "Dance like a Monkey" — have been posted online at this location. The songs come off the seminal band's eagerly anticipated new album, "One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This", due on July ...

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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...

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METALLICA Frontman Fights Back Tears As He Recounts Battle With Addiction

Reuters has issued the following report: METALLICA frontman James Hetfield fought back tears on Friday as he recounted his public battle with addiction, and labeled the sex, drugs and rock' n' roll ethos as a "horrible myth." The 42-year-old singer/guitarist was being honored at a Hollywood fundrais...

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TESLA Guitarist SKEOCH To Sit Out Tour, Temporary Replacement Announced

TESLA guitarist Tommy Skeoch will be sitting out the band's summer tour after recently welcoming a new baby boy with his wife. Dave Rude, who is from the San Francsco are and has been playing with TESLA's Frank Hannon in the FRANK HANNON BAND for the last few months, has been recruited as Skeoch's r...

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SODOM Frontman Says He Was Disappointed By New VENOM, CELTIC FROST Albums

Christine Carney of MP3.com recently conducted an interview with SODOM frontman Thomas "Tom Angelripper" Such. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MP3.com: I see that one of the tracks [on the new SODOM album], "Axis of Evil", is kind of a commentary on our American president here, George Bus...

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SLAYER Frontman Undergoes Gallbladder Surgery, Band Reschedule Early 'Unholy Alliance' Dates

The SLAYER-headlined "Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted", featuring LAMB OF GOD, CHILDREN OF BODOM, MASTODON, and THINE EYES BLEED, and originally slated to launch on June 6 (06/06/06) in San Diego, CA will now kick off on June 10 at the East Peoria Convention Center in Peoria, IL. Po...

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NIGHTINGALE To Enter Studio In June

NIGHTINGALE, the Swedish progressive-metal band headed by Dan Swanö, will enter the studio on June 12 to begin recording their new album, "White Darkness", tentatively due later in the year. About 75 percent of the material for the forthcoming CD was composed by Dan Swanö's brother Dag (a.k.a. Tom N...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says New VELVET REVOLVER Album Will Contain Contributions From Different Producers

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) recently spoke to RollingStone.com about VR's upcoming sophomore album. "Lenny Kravitz wants to record us. Daniel Lanois, we want to do a track with. Pharrell will probably do one," said McKagan. "And then a myriad of others are doing two or th...

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VELVET REVOLVER To Perform At MUSICARES MAP FUND BENEFIT CONCERT

According to MTV.com, VELVET REVOLVER have been added to the list of performers scheduled for the second annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert, which is honoring METALLICA frontman James Hetfield and concert promoter and manager Bill Silva. ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, Tom Wa...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Says New Album Should Come Quickly

Launch Radio Networks reports: Is AEROSMITH ready to get "Back In The Saddle"? Bassist Tom Hamilton said the band would be back on tour in September, and he told Launch they should be able to bang out a new album fairly easily. "You know, we're being positive and ambitious, and we'll see how much we...