Guitarist Erik Turner of California rockers WARRANT will be the very special guest on the "Mitch Minute" on Friday, January 23 as part of "That '80s Show" hosted by Codi Jefferies on Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's station Majic 100. Erik will discuss (among other things) the band's new DVD, "They Came From Hollywood". For listeners outside ...
January 2009 - Blabbermouth Archive
NAZXUL: Two Tracks From Long-Awaited New Album Posted Online
Sydney, Australia-based experimental black metallers NAZXUL have posted two unmastered songs from their long-awaited new album, "Iconoclast", on their MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Dragon Disputious" and "Oath (Fides Resurrectio)" at this location. "Iconoclast" will mark the band's final recording with guitarist Greg Morelli, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in ...
LIZZY BORDEN's 2008 Year-End Review
LIZZY BORDEN frontman/namesake has issued the following update: "As we are plotting and planning LIZZY BORDEN's 2009 assault on the world, I can't help but reflect about what 2008 has brought to us and what we gave to it with our blood, sweat and tears… Okay, so we didn't cry, but there were times when ...
CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Schedules NAMM Signing Sessions
CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho has scheduled the following signing sessions 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): Friday, January 16: * Rock House @ Music Sales Booth 3400 at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 17: * EMG ...
F5: New Scottsdale Performance Footage Posted Online
Video footage of F5 — the Phoenix-based band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, ex-SICK SPEED vocalist Dale Steele, guitarists Steve Conley and John Davis, and ex-MEGADETH drummer Jimmy DeGrasso — performing the song "Control" live at a special VIP show on January 3, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona can be viewed below. F5 will headline ...
KING DIAMOND Comments On Rumors Of New MERCYFUL FATE Album
King Diamond (real name: Kim Bendix Petersen; KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) has released a statement in response to an article that was published late last month on the Danish web site BT.dk which focused primarily on King's relationship with his 24-year-old Hungarian wife Livia Zita. King, who is 52 years old, ...
HEAVEN AND HELL Confirmed For DOWNLOAD, GODS OF METAL; South American Dates Announced
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar), Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — has scheduled the following dates: May 05 - Bogota, Colombia, Coliseo el Campin May 07 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luna Park May 08 - Santiago, Chile, Velodromo May 10 – ...
STATIC-X Frontman: We Put 'Everything We Had' Into Recording New CD
Guitarist/vocalist Wayne Static of the Los Angeles-based metal quartet STATIC-X has issued the following update: "I am excited to announce our new CD, entitled 'Cult of Static', will be released on March 17. "I started writing a year ago in January 2008 after coming home from the long tour for 'Cannibal'. "The past year has ...
Former DARKEST HOUR Guitarist KRIS NORRIS Attending NAMM
Former DARKEST HOUR guitarist Kris Norris has issued the following update: "I will be finally attending this year's NAMM. Not as an artist for any of my endorsement companies, but for JamPlay.com, the online lessons site. We'll just be hanging out, walking around, and finding out what this whole NAMM experience everyone talks about is ...