KORN have commenced work on their new studio album with producer Dallas Austin, who has previously worked with TLC, MADONNA and MICHAEL JACKSON, among others. "The writing is going really good, we have wrote [sic] at least five songs already," KORN frontman Jonathan Davis said in a Jan. 28 online posting. "It's really tight, heavy, ...
January 2005 - Blabbermouth Archive
GUNS N' ROSES' 'Greatest Hits' Was One Of Finland's Top-Selling Albums Of 2004
GUNS N' ROSES' "Greatest Hits" was the third best-selling album of 2004 in Finland by an international act, having sold 31,665 copies in the nine months following its March 2004 release. The following are the Top 15 best-selling albums in 2004 in Finland by international acts (number in parenthesis represents total number of copies sold ...
First-Ever KISS-Opoly Championships To Be Held In Amsterdam
According to a posting on KISS' official web site, the world's first ever KISS-opoly championships will be held in Amsterdam, Holland, on Saturday, February 26. Hosted by KISS Kollector Fanclub and FAME Megastore, these championships will be taking place between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (local time) at the FAME store located on the Kalverstraat ...
BLOODBATH: Live Debut Planned For Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival
BLOODBATH, the Swedish death metal supergroup featuring Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström (KATATONIA, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE, BEWITCHED), Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN), Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA, OCTOBER TIDE) and Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, DAN SWANÖ, UNICORN, EDGE OF SANITY, INFESTDEAD, ODYSSEY, PAN-THY-MONIUM), have posted the following message on their official web site: "The time has finally come for BLOODBATH to invade ...
New OBITUARY Album Tentatively Due In June
Roadrunner Records U.K. has set a tentative June 2005 release date for the new OBITUARY album, according to a posting on the label's web site. OBITUARY will enter Red Room studios in Tampa, Florida on February 17 to begin recording their new CD. Red Room is a ProTools studio owned by Mark Prator — the ...
MOTÖRHEAD And CORROSION OF CONFORMITY To Team Up For U.S. Tour
MOTÖRHEAD and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will be teaming up for a U.S. tour beginning in early March. So far, the following dates have been confirmed (according to the venues' web sites): Mar. 09 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom Apr. 02 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues MOTÖRHEAD were previously scheduled to tour the ...
NINE INCH NAILS: New Single To Go For Radio Adds In April
According to a posting at The NIN Hotline, several radio stations and German web sites are reporting that the first single from NINE INCH NAILS' new album, "With Teeth", is titled "The Hand That Feeds". The song is reportedly scheduled to go for radio adds on April 11. As previously reported, NINE INCH ...
New Supergroup Featuring Ex-Members Of SEVENDUST, SKRAPE Changes Name
The new "supergroup" featuring Brett Hestla (ex-CREED, VIRGOS MERLOT) on vocals, Will Hunt (ex-SKRAPE, TOMMY LEE) on drums, Clint Lowery (ex-SEVENDUST) on guitar, Clint's brother Corey Lowery (ex-STEREOMUD, STUCK MOJO) on bass, and Troy McLawhorn (ex-DOUBLE DRIVE) on guitar has changed its name to DARK NEW DAY from the previously announced DARK BLUE. No reason ...
NILE Frontman On New Album: 'Be Prepared To Be Crushed'
NILE guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album: "We finished the guitar, bass vocal and additional instrument tracking at the Soundlab in Columbia, SC with [producer] Neil Kernon and Bob Moore. It was an utterly grueling session, with every single day of those 2 1/2 ...