According to The Earthly Paradise, LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page failed to find a buyer for his 24-foot-long Burne-Jones tapestry, The Quest for the Holy Grail: The Achievement, at Sotheby's on March 20 in the largest-ever auction of British design from the 19th and 20th centuries. "Although many other items in the auction ...
Legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has released the following update via his official newsletter: "Just wrapping up a successful European tour sponsoring and presenting Brazilian newbies TEMPESTT, Jeff is now headed back to Florida to continue work with on the upcoming TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA album, 'Night Castle'. "Last weekend of ...
COLDERA, the new melodic metal band featuring former CELLADOR guitarist Bill Hudson, former INTO ETERNITY drummer Adam Sagan, former OUTWORLD singer Carlos Zema and up-and-coming shredder John Slaughter, has issued the following update: "After considering and talking to a lot of people from all around the world, we've been able to select the best bass ...
Swedish sleaze rockers HARDCORE SUPERSTAR will play four shows in China in late April/early May. The details are as follows: Apr. 29 - Mao Livehouse Beijing, China May 01 - Midi Carnival - Shanghai, China May 02 - Midi Carnival - Shanghai, China May 03 - Midi Rock - Beijing, China "Silence for the Peacefully", ...
GODHEAD has posted a three-minute video clip from the recording studio where the band is currently laying down tracks for its new album, tentatively due this summer. Commented frontman Jason C. Miller: "This is basically me goofing off at the studio and filming Mike and Ullrich (who are actually working) with the camera attached to ...
Rob Zombie has issued the following update: "Work on the new album is moving along great. We have about 10 songs so far and are still writing away like maniacs. No release date as of yet." Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal ...
NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane will be the MySpace featured "Artist of the Week" from April 11 to April 18. Dane's debut solo effort, "Praises to the War Machine", will be available for streaming in its entirety on Warrel's MySpace page. "Praises to the War Machine" will be released in North America on May ...
UK "true metal" band CONQUEST OF STEEL has announced plans to begin work on its third album a concept record named "Storm Sword", which is said to be a tale of a dystopian future set in a medieval past. The LP will continue to feature CONQUEST OF STEEL's distinctive take on classic 1980s heavy metal, ...
German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have scheduled two dates in Russia in September: Sep. 20. - RUS - St. Petersburg Orlandino Sep. 21 - RUS - Moscow - Tochka Club Commented the band: "For the first time in 10 years, PRIMAL FEAR will play two shows in Russia Moscow and St. Petersburg. We're really excited ...
