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Scottish Metal Band DARK FUSION Reaches Final Stage Of 'Rock Star Lottery' Contest
Alexandra Hunt of icLanarkshire reports that Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom-based heavy-metal band DARK FUSION (MySpace page) are a step closer to winning a £1.5 million record deal — after reaching the final stage of worldwide Internet music contest, the Rock Star Lottery. The first elimination...January 19, 2007
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NAPALM DEATH Planning Back-To-Basics, Old-School U.K. Tour
NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury has posted the following message on the band's MySpace page: "[I'm] In Finland enjoying what so far has been a killer tour and we still have so many shows and places to look forward to. [It's] fucking cold, though. "Anyway, we have the idea for sometime now to hopef...January 18, 2007
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MY RUIN Overcomes Personal Adversity To Produce New Album
Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN will be making its triumphant return to the stage Friday, January 19 at the Whiskey A Go Go in West Hollywood, California as it heads up a night of massive riffola for a very special show to celebrate frontwoman Tairrie B's birthday and to debut songs from th...January 18, 2007
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ZOMBI Announces North American Tour With TRANS AM
ZOMBI has announced a North American spring tour with TRANS AM in support of their latest release, "Surface To Air". The sci-fi instrumental rock duo will team-up with TRANS AM starting April 10 in Washington, D.C. for nearly a month's worth of dates across the country. A listing of confirmed tour d...January 18, 2007
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IRON MAIDEN And OZZY OSBOURNE To Share Stage At Holland's FIELDS OF ROCK Festival?
According to Muziekagenda.nl, IRON MAIDEN and OZZY OSBOURNE will perform at the Fields of Rock festival, which is scheduled to take place June 16-17 in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. An official confirmation is expected to arrive soon. In other MAIDEN-related news, DNAIndia.com reports that Bruce Dicki...January 18, 2007
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Report: Cyberspace Abuzz With Speculation On New Jersey Metal/Hardcore Fan's Death
James A. Quirk of the Asbury Park Press reports: Music was a central focus in the life of James C. Morrison. A guitar player who had formed his own bands, Morrison, 25, loved to attend concerts of local hardcore and metal acts — bands supported not by radio and MTV but by enthusiastic ...January 17, 2007
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AMORPHIS: Helsinki Gig To Be Webcast
The December 30, 2006 AMORPHIS gig at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland will be shown several times on Welho Dina cable TV (available in Southern Finland) as well as via webstream from the Dina homepage. You will find two streaming links for Windows Media Player in the top right corner of that page (cli...January 17, 2007
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MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA To Perform LED ZEPPELIN
Darcy Pohland of WCCO.com reports that the Minnesota Orchestra is scheduled to perform a special, "one night only" program of the songs of LED ZEPPELIN at the Target Center in Minneapolis on March 3 at 8 p.m. Michael Sutton, a violinist with the orchestra, spent most of his work day rehearsing Schub...January 16, 2007
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STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL, SHADOWS FALL: Tour Dates Announced
STONE SOUR, LACUNA COIL and SHADOWS FALL will team up for the latest installment of the Jägermeister Music Tour, set to kick off March 23 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The dates are as follows: Mar. 23 - Maplewood, MN @ Myth Mar. 24 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Eagles Club Mar. 25 - Cincinnati, ...January 16, 2007
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Recruits Ex-SOILWORK Guitarist For Remainder Of European Tour
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was forced to postpone the London, Bristol and Paris shows of their current European tour this past weekend due to guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz sustaining a serious back injury. The band has since issued the following update: "OK, here's the deal. Adam and Howard [Jones, vocals] were...January 15, 2007
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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says Too Many Metal Albums Are Being Released Nowadays
Andreas Aubert of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with HAMMERFALL vocalist Joacim Cans and guitarist Oscar Dronjak. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's status in Japan: Joacim: "Metal is not as big in Japan as people tend to think. They think it's obvious that a...January 15, 2007
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HEIR APPARENT Mainman Sets Record Straight Regarding Split With Touring Lineup
Guitarist Terry Gorle of the reactivated Seattle-based progressive/power metallers HEIR APPARENT has issued the following update: "There have been many questions from all corners about the status of the band HEIR APPARENT over the past several years. Most recently, a 'news' post. "In an effort to pr...January 14, 2007
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'Metal Universe' Show To Launch This Month
Beginning January 26, British rock/metal radio station ARfm will launch a new metal show, described by DJ Niel, who with DJ Simon will host "Metal Universe", as "featuring many different genres of music from power metal right through to death and black metal, while featuring new unsigned bands as we...January 13, 2007
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MACHINE HEAD: 'The Blackening' Artwork Revealed
The cover artwork for MACHINE HEAD's upcoming sixth studio album, "The Blackening", has been posted online at this location. The artwork was created by longtime MACHINE HEAD artist Paul Brown (MARILYN MANSON). Regarding the cover image, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robert Flynn previously told The Gauntlet...January 12, 2007
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RONNIE JAMES DIO, SLASH, TERRY BOZZIO To Be Inducted Into HOLLYWOOD'S ROCKWALK
Ronnie James Dio (DIO, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and Terry Bozzio (MISSING PERSONS, FRANK ZAPPA, KORN) will be inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk at the Guitar Center in Hollywood Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Guitar Center is located...January 12, 2007
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