ALICE IN CHAINS, DEF LEPPARD, STONE SOUR and BLOODSIMPLE have been confirmed for the tenth edition of Gods Of Metal festival, set to take place June 1-4 at Idroscalo in Milan, Italy. ALICE IN CHAINS, STONE SOUR and BLOODSIMPLE are expected to play on the last day of the event, June 4. GUNS N' ROSES ...
QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali has responded to remarks made by SYSTEM OF A DOWN's John Dolmayan in a recent interview in which Dolmayan appeared to slag QUIET RIOT off for "liv[ing] way outside their means and squander[ing] whatever they made" during the peak years of their commercial success. In an interview published in the ...
CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer has responded to former FROST guitarist Ron Marks' recent press release announcing that he "would certainly be interested in discussing" the possibility of rejoining the band following the departure of Erol Unala. In a message that was released on Marks' behalf by Alex Zander of MK Magazine (who is ...
British metallers ANATHEMA will release three new songs on April 18 via iTunes to coincide with their tour supporting Finnish goth rockers H.I.M. The three tracks that will be released are as follows: 01. One Day 02. Everything 03. Angels Walk Among Us ANATHEMA are currently unsigned as a result of having been dropped by ...
COLD have called it a day after the disappointing sales performance of the band's fourth album, "A Different Kind of Pain". Frontman Scooter Ward's official statement on the matter (as it appears on the band's message board) reads as follows: "This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write, but ...
According to a posting on GORGOROTH's web site, the band's guitarist Infernus is appealing his conviction of aggravated sexual assault in connection with an alleged rape of a 29-year-old woman in Bergen, Norway in 2004. Infernus (real name: Roger Tiegs) and a friend (whose identity has not been revealed by the Norwegian media) were found ...
KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza has posted the following message on the band;s official web site: "The shows [on the North American Enemy of God Pt. 2 Tour] are going really well so far and I'm very happy to share the stage with NAPALM DEATH for a whole tour after all these years. We wanted to ...
Arizona-based death metallers VEHEMENCE have issued a statement confirming that they have reunited and are currently working on material for their fourth full-length album (as BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported yesterday). In a posting on their MySpace.com page, the band said, "Well, we had our 'reunion' show [Saturday] night, and it went over extremely well. ...
Audio files containing two complete DOWN shows recorded in 2002 have been made available for download via the band's official forum. Check them out: New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Fest (Nov. 2, 2002) (click here) Scottsdale, AZ @ Cajun House (May 21, 2002) (click here) In other news, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY ...
