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MIKE PORTNOY Says His Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER Have 'Done Some Irrefutable Damage'

Mike Portnoy says that it's highly improbably that he will ever rejoin DREAM THEATER because his former bandmates have "done some irrefutable damage behind the scenes." The drummer, who co-founded DREAM THEATER more than 20 years ago, abruptly quit the band in September 2010 while on tour with AVENG...

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NEUROSIS: Vinyl Edition Of 'Honor Found In Decay' Due In February

The vinyl edition of "Honor Found In Decay", the tenth studio album from long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS, will be unleashed February 5 in North America, February 8 in Germany/Benelux/Finland and February 11th in the rest of the world via Relapse...

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Memorial Services For Former EDWIN DARE Drummer To Be Held Tomorrow

Memorial services for Tommy Kollman — former drummer for the progressive hard rock band EDWIN DARE and brother of EDWIN DARE founder, acclaimed guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, GLENN HUGHES) — will be held this coming Friday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m. at Bowditch P...

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JON LORD: Two Songs From 'Pictured Within' Album Newly Reworked By Conductor PAUL MANN

Two of legendary DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord's more iconic songs from the "Pictured Within" album have been newly edited and reconstructed in full scores and piano/vocal scores by conductor Paul Mann. "When we were preparing the score for Wait a While for the 1999 Royal Albert Hall concerts, we...

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JOEL GRIND's 'The Yellowgoat Sessions': First Single Unleashed

Gristle up your holiday caroling with "Cross Damnation", the first single from Joel Grind's "The Yellowgoat Sessions" offering. Recorded as a TOXIC HOLOCAUST return-to-form of sorts (think the "Critical Mass" demo),"The Yellowgoat Sessions" are raw, unrefined, reverbed out, distorted to hell and vi...

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KORN, SLAYER, ANTHRAX, SCORPIONS Drummers To Take Part In 'Bonzo Bash NAMM Jamm 2013'

Bonzo Bash founder and S.U.N. guitarist Brian Thomas Tichy (also of WHITESNAKE) recently said, "As I sit here in a dimly lit room with my headphones from 1977 cranked, staring at the LP cover of 'Physical Graffiti', spinning a drum stick, hypnotized by the flanged snare drum in 'Kashmir', I smile t...

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CONVERGE Interviewed By Finland's KAAOS TV (Video)

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with CONVERGE vocalist Jacob Bannon and guitarist Kurt Ballou prior to the band's December 9 conceret at Nosturi in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. CONVERGE recently completed a U.S. tour with support from TORCHE and KVELERTAK. CONVERGE's new albu...

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PAUL DI'ANNO's U.S. Tour Officially Postponed

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno's previously announced U.S. tour, which was scheduled to kick off this coming weekend, has now been officially postponed until 2013. The trek was called off due to the fact that the musician has yet to secure a proper working visa to be able to enter the countr...

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SOUNDGARDEN Taps DAVE GROHL For 'By Crooked Steps' Video

Reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN are filming the official music video for the song "By Crooked Steps" today (Tuesday, December 18) with Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS, NIRVANA) at the helm. "By Crooked Steps" comes off "King Animal", the first collection of all-new material in 16 years from SOUNDGARDEN...

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Legendary Early '80s Fanzine THE HEADBANGER To Be Re-Released As Ebooks

Bob Nalbandian, founder and publisher of the esteemed early '80s heavy metal music fanzine The Headbanger, has struck a deal with Tokyo-based company Japanime Publishing to release all 11 issues of the Xeroxed 'zine as ebooks. Never before has the fanzine — which featured early interviews of local a...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Drummer Says Singer TODD LA TORRE Has Been 'A Great Addition To The Band'

Ruben Mosqueda of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockConfidential.com: What's your take on the fan reaction to the split [with singer Geoff Tate]? I know the fans are rabid, passionate...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Performs With WALKING PAPERS Featuring DUFF MCKAGAN

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell joined WALKING PAPERS, the new Seattle band featuring former SCREAMING TREES drummer Barrett Martin, longtime Seattle musician Jeff Angell and ex-GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER bass player Duff McKagan, on stage this past Saturday (December 15) at the sold...

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LINKIN PARK, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, LIMP BIZKIT Members Perform With CAMP FREDDY In Austin

Members of DISTURBED, GODSMACK, LINKIN PARK and LIMP BIZKIT are among the guest musicians who performed with CAMP FREDDY on December 11 to close out the technology expo Dell World at the ACL Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. The full hour-and-a-half set that was broadcast live on huge screens outside...

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HALESTORM Interviewed In Royal Oak (Video)

Damien Dennis of The Oakland Post and David McDonald of WXOU conducted an interview with Lzzy Hale and Josh Smith of HALESTORM before the band's December 8 performance at the Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. According to The Pulse Of Radio, HALESTORM...

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NORMA JEAN Frontman Checks In From The Studio

Atlanta's NORMA JEAN entered the Covenant Recording studio in Kansas City, Missouri earlier this month with producer Joshua Barber (YOUR MEMORIAL, HANDS) to begin recording its new album for an early 2013 release. Commented NORMA JEAN frontman Cory Brandan: "We have been in the studio for 13 days no...