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TAPROOT Collaborate With BILLY CORGAN, DEFTONES' CARPENTER

TAPROOT recently collaborated with former SMASHING PUMPKINS/ZWAN mainman Billy Corgan on material for the group's upcoming third Velvet Hammer/Atlantic album. "We went to meet Billy hoping to learn how to approach songwriting in a new way," drummer Jared Montague told Billboard.com. "We ended up get...
March 15, 2004
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Report: BYZANTINE Represents Metal With A Message

Justin McElroy of The Herald-Dispatch reports that though environmental issues and Appalachian history aren't at the forefront of most metal, one Huntington man, along with the rest of his band BYZANTINE, is attempting to be the first. With a recent nationally released CD, and profiles in magazines...
March 14, 2004
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ENTOMBED/THE COFFINSHAKERS Split Single On The Way

Primitive Art Records will release a split single of ENTOMBED and THE COFFINSHAKERS covering LEE HAZLEWOOD songs. ENTOMBED will contribute their version of "Some Velvet Morning" (taken from their 2002 release "Sons Of Satan Praise the Lord"),while THE COFFINSHAKERS will appear with "Dark in My Hear...
March 13, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Contraband' Release Pushed Back To June

The release date of VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut album, "Contraband", has been postponed to June 8 from the previously announced May 18, according to the web site of the group's record label, RCA Records. No reason was given for the delay. The album's first single, "Slither", will be del...
March 12, 2004
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DEVILDRIVER To Film Video For 'Nothing's Wrong?'

DEVILDRIVER, the new band fronted by former COAL CHAMBER singer Dez Fafara, will be filming a video for the track "Nothing's Wrong?" in late March/early April at Velvet Jones in the group's hometown of Santa Barbara. DEVILDRIVER's first video, for the track "I Could Care Less", was directed by P.R....
March 10, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Slither' Full Song Available For Listening

VELVET REVOLVER fan site Velvet-Revolver.com has posted links to a BBC Radio stream of the band's first single, "Slither", in Real Media format. The track, which aired in the U.K. Tuesday night (March 9),can be heard at this location. "Slither" comes off VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut CD,...
March 10, 2004
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SLAYER Enter Recording Studio, Line Up TV Appearances

SLAYER have entered the studio to begin recording their first album with the original lineup since 1990's "Seasons In the Abyss". A late 2004 release through American Recordings is expected. As previously reported, SLAYER have been named "Best Band" in Revolver magazine's 2004 Readers' Poll, and wil...
March 9, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER To Film 'Slither' Video In Early April

Plans are moving forward for VELVET REVOLVER to film a video for "Slither", the upcoming first single from the group's debut album, "Contraband", in early April. Director Kevin Kerslake is shooting interior and exterior scenes in Los Angeles and Europe (including catacombs footage in France),while...
March 9, 2004
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KATATONIA: 'Brave Yester Days' Delayed

Due to a printing issue which has since been resolved, KATATONIA's two-disc compilation of all of their previously out-of-print mini-CDs, plus sampler tracks from old full-length albums and one unreleased track will now be issued in the U.S. on May 5 through Century Media. It is already being sent o...
March 8, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER: Judge Denies WEILAND's Request To Join Bandmates For Video Shoot

MTV.com reports: "VELVET REVOLVER were all set to shoot their first video, 'Slither', on Sunday in Los Angeles with Kevin Kerslake slated to direct. But during Scott Weiland's probation progress report hearing on Friday (March 5),a Pasadena judge denied the singer's request to join his bandmates fo...
March 6, 2004
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Former COAL CHAMBER Bassist, Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist Guest In CYPRESS HILL Video

CYPRESS HILL's video for the song "What's Your Number", featuring a guest appearance by former COAL CHAMBER bassist Nadja Peulen, has been posted online at this location. Also making a small cameo appearance in the clip is former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash. "What's You...
March 6, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER: Studio Clip Of 'Slither' Posted Online

VELVET REVOLVER fan site Velvet-Revolver.com has posted a 31-second studio clip of the band's first single, "Slither", in downloadable Windows Media format and also as a webstream. "Slither" comes off VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut CD, "Contraband", due on May 18 through RCA Records. As pr...
March 4, 2004
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KAMELOT: Studio Update

Florida-based power metallers KAMELOT will shortly enter the studio to begin recording the follow-up to last year's "Epica", tentatively due in September/October through SPV Records. "Casey [Grillo] will probably record the drums at his studio Above the C and the remainder will be done in Wolfsburg...
March 3, 2004
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Review: VELVET REVOLVER Meet The Challenge On Much-Anticipated 'Contraband'

Jon Wiederhorn of MTV.com has posted a review of VELVET REVOLVER's much-anticipated debut album, "Contraband", due on May 18 through RCA Records. "In some ways 'Contraband' is the sum of its parts," he writes. "Slash fires off an arsenal of bluesy metal riffs and serpentine solos, [Duff] McKagan and...
March 1, 2004
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VELVET REVOLVER's WEILAND On Rehab Treatment: 'I Can't Wait To Get Out'

VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) spoke to Rolling Stone magazine to clear up recent reports suggesting he had walked out on his latest drug-rehabilitation treatment. The singer is currently staying at a rehab facility in Malibu, California. "It's hard, but my wife and...
February 26, 2004