Singaporean metallers RUDRA have issued the following update: "The band is pleased to announce the title of the forthcoming album. The album shall bear the name 'Brahmavidya: Transcendental I'. It shall feature fourteen tracks with a total running time of about 70 minutes, produced by Joshua G. Nair and Sean Loo. However, the bad news ...
Norwegian black metallers CARPATHIAN FOREST, who haven't performed live since 2006, have confirmed that they will play a few shows in 2009, including a co-headlining appearance at the Inferno festival, which will be held April 8-11, 2009 in Oslo. Since the band will not have a new album out to promote at these shows, CARPATHIAN ...
George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB), Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) and Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG, RACER X) will join forces for a tour dubbed "The Guitar Generation". The two-month trek is expected to launch February 25 in San Diego. So far the following dates have been confirmed: Feb. 25 - House of Blues - San ...
TWISTED SISTER members Dee Snider (vocals) and Jay Jay French (guitar) were interviewed last month by "The BJ Shea Morning Experience" on the Seattle station KISW 99.9 FM. Listen to the chat using the audio player below (scroll down and click on "Dee Snider and Jay Jay French Interview"). Photos of TWISTED SISTER's "Twisted Sister, ...
Mauro Alvarez of Tomorrow's Productions has uploaded quality photos of drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott's (HELLYEAH, ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) New Year's Eve party which was streamed live via the Internet on Ustream.com. The event included Vinnie Paul's live performance with his side project GASOLINE and some special secret musician friends. Vinnie Paul Abbott and his ...
Classic German thrash metal band NECRONOMICON will headline the Thrashfest Madrid 2009 on January 17 at Ritmo & Compas in Madrid, Spain. The festival billing is as follows: NECRONOMICON AGGRESSION DEATH OVER THREAT KEYS TO ETERNITY A poster for the event can be found below. NECRONOMICON recently inked a deal with Xtreem Music. The group' ...
According to Billboard.biz, Billboard's pan-European sales charts show a sixth aggregate week atop European Top 100 Albums chart for AC/DC's "Black Ice" (Columbia/Sony BMG). The AC/DC album climbs 6-4 in Hungary, 7-5 in Austria and 7-6 in France. "Black Ice" was released in Germany as a limited-edition "steelbox" containing the CD, a 20-page ...
On February 17, Heaven and Hell Records will re-release the first two TWISTED TOWER DIRE albums, "The Curse of Twisted Tower" and "Isle of Hydra". Each title will be made available as a limited-edition (1,000 copies) two-disc set featuring "a ton" of bonus material from the beginning of the band's career up through the time ...
VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky column, which appears every Thursday on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. A few excerpts follow below. "I really don't have a 'tidy conclusion of 2008' column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have ...
The backup sever (see photo below) used for the official MÖTLEY CRÜE web site from 2002 to 2005 (also used to host guitarist Mick Mars' and singer Vince Neil's official web sites) is being auctioned on eBay. Current bid is $162.50. The auction ends on January 8 at 11:27:55 PST. MÖTLEY CRÜE in ...
