METAL CHURCH have issued the following statement: "Due to health complications from years of struggling with diabetes, Kirk Arrington has stepped down as METAL CHURCH's drummer. He will be missed and we wish him only the best. "We are pleased to announce that filling Kirk's shoes is the 'one and only' Mr. Jeff Plate (SAVATAGE, ...
A sneak preview of the upcoming GWAR action figures from Shocker Toys has been made available online at the Action-Figure.com web site. Check out the photos: Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3. As previously reported, Shocker Toys have acquired the rights to produce GWAR action figures in Shockini form and 6-8 inch ...
SON OF SCIENCE, the new technical, melodic metal band formed by ex-DRAGONFORCE bassist Adrian Lambert, are looking for a vocalist. For further information, contact: ivanstreaky@hotmail.co.uk. Or send an MP3 to the same address. Lambert left DRAGONFORCE in October 2005 as a result of his desire to concentrate on his family life, according to a press ...
THE GATHERING, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, LIV KRISTINE and GOD'S ARMY (featuring members of FIREWIND and AT VANCE) are among the artists confirmed for this year's German gothic music festival Wave Gotik Treffen, set to take place June 2-5 in Leipzig. More than 55 acts have been confirmed so far, with more yet to be announced. ...
The AEROSMITH performance originally scheduled for Friday, February 3 at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California has been postponed due to illness, according to The Mercury News. The rescheduled date for this concert will now be Tuesday, April 11 at HP Pavilion and CHEAP TRICK will now replace LENNY KRAVITZ on the bill. Tickets from ...
Acclaimed Los Angeles-based quartet BIGELF have made available for download two full-length albums via their official web site: 2000's "Money Machine" and 2003's "Hex". Check them out at www.bigelf.com. Consisting of keyboardist/vocalist Damon Fox, guitarist Ace Mark, bassist Duffy Snowhill, and drummer Steve Frothingham. BIGELF's sound has previously been described as "THE BEATLES ...
Hungarian hardcore/thrash metallers EKTOMORF will enter Antfarm Studios in Aarhus, Denmark on July 10 with producer Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, WITCHERY, RAUNCHY, HIMSA) to begin recording their new album, entitled "Outcast". EKTOMORF have just released a live DVD, entitled "Live and Raw...You Get What You Give", via Nuclear Blast. The package includes live footage ...
Norwegian "ompa-party-trollish" metallers TROLLFEST, featuring members of PANTHEON I and SARKOM, have uploaded a new song, "Den Åpne Sjø", at this location. The track comes off the group's upcoming second album, "Brakebein", due later in the yea via Omvina. The first edition of the album will be a limited digipack version. The track ...
The track "Warrior's Quest" from Finnish folk-influenced melodic death metal band ENSIFERUM, now featuring in its ranks NORTHER frontman Petri Lindroos, is available for streaming at this location. The song comes off the group's new EP, "Dragonheads", due on February 15 via Spinefarm Records. The mini-CD was recorded and mixed in November at ...
