AUDIOVISION, the new solo project from NARNIA frontman Christian Rivel, will release their debut album, "The Calling", in Japan on December 22 via King Records. A European release date has yet to be confirmed. "The Calling" features contributions from some of the best musicians in melodic hard rock and heavy metal. Confirmed guests include: Jeff ...
Danish hard rockers D-A-D are around the half way point during the recording sessions for their ninth studio album, tentatively due in early 2005. Check out some recent studio photos at this location. D-A-D's last CD, "Soft Dogs", was officially certified gold (25,000 copies sold) in Denmark within four days of its release ...
Roadrunner Records Japan has just released commemorative reissues of SLIPKNOT's first two albums (1999's "Slipknot" and 2001's "Iowa"), each featuring a bonus DVD containing the group's promotional videos. The complete track listing for the reissues (released to coincide with the band's current Japanese tour) is as follows: "Slipknot" (1999) – Limited Edition: 01. 742617000027 ...
CONSTRUCDEAD, the Swedish band featuring TERROR 2000 drummer Erik Thyselius, have posted a 14-second video clip of the recording sessions for the group's new EP, entitled "Wounded". Download it at this location (MPEG, 327 KB). The CD, which is being recorded and mixed over a three-day period (Oct. 29-31) at Fear And Loathing ...
Former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell attended the "Saw" Los Angeles cast and crew screening on Wednesday (Oct. 27) at Mann's Chinese 6 in Hollywood, California. Check out pictures from Wire Image (arrivals / afterparty). ...
Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have issued the following update regarding their recently completed European tour: "The European 'Twilight of the Idol' tour [was] a great success. Lots of people showed up at the gigs and GORGOROTH broke the venue record at two venues. Besides the technical problems at the show in Osnabrück, GORGOROTH delivered great ...
FOZZY, the band featuring vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) and former members of STUCK MOJO, have lined up additional shows during the coming weeks. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 26 - Camp Hill, PA @ Gullifty's Nov. 29 – Baltimore, MD @ Thunder Dome Dec. 03 - Augusta, GA @ ...
GMR Music has set a November 22 release date for CANDLEMASS' "Essential Doom" CD, a posthumous collection of the group's best material plus their newly recorded and previously unreleased song "Witches". The album will come with a bonus DVD featuring video footage of the band's performance at the Rock Hard Festival in Germany in 2003. ...
San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have uploaded an "uncensored" version of their "To Serve Man" video to their official web site. "This is the version they don't show on TV," the band write on the site. Download it at this location. "To Serve Man" is the title cut of the band's 2002 ...
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted another installment of his regular online column, dubbed "Alpha Mail". A couple of excerpts follow: On upcoming presidential elections: "There have been three televised debates between Kerry and Bush and Kerry has won all three. And don't just think I'm being partisan; I saw polls on Fox News say ...
