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TESTAMENT Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT have been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDR...

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SLIPKNOT, DRAGONFORCE, SHADOWS FALL Members Signing For IBANEZ At NAMM

Members of DRAGONFORCE, SHADOWS FALL and SLIPKNOT will be signing autographs at the Ibanez Guitars booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The Ibanez Guitars schedule is as fo...

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KINGDOM OF SORROW Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

KINGDOM OF SORROW — the band featuring Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Kirk Windstein (DOWN, CROWBAR) — has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BO...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE/POWER QUEST Guitarist At NAMM

CIRCLE II CIRCLE/POWER QUEST guitarist Bill Hudson (also ex-CELLADOR) will attend this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. He will be a guest of EMG pickups, which is one Bill's newest...

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BORKNAGAR Confirmed For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Norway's BORKNAGAR has been confirmed for this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AMON AMARTH AXEL RUDI PELL BORKNAGAR BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE CALLEJON CATHEDRAL DRAGONFORCE EINHERJER EPICA GW...

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PAINDIVISION Announces Lineup Changes

Australian metallers PAINDIVISION have issued the following update: "The last six months have been some of the busiest and toughest times for the band with recording and releasing 'One Path'. These stresses have ended in some members departing the group to pursue other interests and have also introd...

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POWER QUEST Parts Ways With Bassist, Seeks Replacement

U.K. melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has issued the following update: "Unfortunately, we have to begin 2009 with some sad news. Bassist Steve Scott has decided to make his move to New Zealand a permanent one and as a result has decided it is time for him to leave POWER QUEST. We are all ...

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MACHINE HEAD, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MEGADETH Members Reveal Favorite Albums Of 2008

The official Roadrunner Records web site has been updated with top-album picks for 2008 from a number of artists that are signed to the label, including members of MACHINE HEAD, MEGADETH, DEVILDRIVER, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and TRIVIUM. A few of the selections follow below. The entire list can be found a...

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TESTAMENT Takes Top Honors In 2008 'Metal On Metal' Listener Poll

TESTAMENT's "The Formation Of Damnation" album took the No. 1 spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" annual listener Top 25 countdown show. The album beat out second-place finisher, METALLICA's "Death Magnetic", by a 36% margin on the recently broadcast program (see chart below). "The Top 25 countdown show...

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INTO ETERNITY Mainman Issues Year-End Update

Founding guitarist/principal songwriter Tim Roth of Canadian extreme progressive metallers INTO ETERNITY has issued the following update: "It was a great year of touring for us in 2008. The SYMPHONY X USA tour and Japan were the two high points for me. During the long drives we would crank SYMPHONY...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2009 Sold Out!

ICS Festival Service GmbH, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival, has announced that all 70,000 tickets have already been sold for next year's event, which will be held July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. "Never before [has] a festival of this size [been] sold out two times within on...

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ROB ZOMBIE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, QUEENSRŸCHE Members To Take Part In SAMSON's NAMM Program

Samson Technologies has a robust and growing artist relations program and will once again showcase this program at NAMM with a range of talented newcomers and seasoned veterans. This year, Samson's all-star schedule will feature over 20 artists from varying genres signing autographs and demonstratin...

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EVOCATION Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

Swedish death metal band EVOCATION has been confirmed for next year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 29-31, 2009 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH AUDREY HORNE BULLET CHILDREN OF BODOM DESTRÖYER 666...

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DRAGONFORCE, DESTRÖYER 666 Confirmed For Germany's ROCK HARD Festival

DRAGONFORCE and DESTRÖYER 666 have been confirmed for next year's installment of the Rock Hard festival, set to take place May 29-31, 2009 at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: ANGEL WITCH AUDREY HORNE BULLET CHILDREN OF BODOM DESTRÖYER 666 DRA...

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DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM Confirmed For Sweden's METALTOWN Festival

DISTURBED, DRAGONFORCE, TRIVIUM and CHILDREN OF BODOM are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2009 at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DISTURBED (USA) VOLBEAT (DK) DIR EN GREY...