WEDNESDAY 13 has announced that THE HAUNTS will be the support act for the UK leg of his upcoming SkeleTour, which will kick off on May 12 in Wolverhampton. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/officialwednesday1. Wednesday 13 will release two discs this spring, the full-length "Skeletons" (due on April 29), and the "Bloodwork" EP ...
ThisIsNottingham.co.uk reports that DEEP PURPLE's rock anthem "Smoke On The Water" is the track with the greatest guitar riff of all time, according to a new survey. The vintage hard rock song was crowned the greatest piece of strumming by Guitar-X students at London's Tech Music Schools. The song beat NIRVANA's grunge classic ...
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have set a new MySpace Sweden record for the number of plays of an entire album within a one-week period. The group's latest CD, "A Sense of Purpose", was streamed 1,094,749 times for the week endng April 2, crushing the previous record on MySpace Sweden, which was held by MESHUGGAH's "ObZen" ...
The Associated Press reports that six men have complained to a state agency that Athol, Massachusetts officials banned their "death metal" group from events because of their religious leanings. The men, members of a local band called NECRONOMICHRIST (Neck-row-NO'-mi-christ) (MySpace), each filed complaints with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination last month. ...
MEGADETH will play two shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina next month on Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday, May 29. As previously reported, MEGADETH will also perform in Santiago, Chile on May 31. More South American shows will be announced soon. MEGADETH's February 4, 2008 concert in Helsinki, Finland marked the band's live debut with new ...
A trailer for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first game built around the legendary music of America's greatest rock 'n' roll band Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer can be viewed below. According to Gaming Today, several other artists will be included in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Slated for release ...
Vocalist Scott Weiland has released a statement to MTV News regarding his dismissal from VELVET REVOLVER. The founding members of VELVET REVOLVER guitarists Slash and Dave Kushner, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum announced their decision to fire Weiland in a press release issued at the conclusion of the band's final performance ...
Swedish sleaze rockers CRAZY LIXX whose guitarist Vic Zino recently joined fellow Swedes HARDCORE SUPERSTAR as the replacement for Thomas Silver have issued the following update: "CRAZY LIXX have decided to part with guitarist Vic Zino. "We faced Vic with a choice and he went for HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. We need a guitarist who is 100% ...
MOONSPELL, DISFEAR and SKINDRED have been confirmed for this year's Graspop Metal Meeting, set to take place June 27-29, 2008 at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: 36 CRAZYFISTS AGENT STEEL ALCHEMIST APOCALYPTICA ARCH ENEMY AT THE GATES AVENGED SEVENFOLD BEHEMOTH BLACK STONE CHERRY BLEEDING THROUGH BRING ME ...
"Inflikted", the debut album from CAVALERA CONSPIRACY the new project from SEPULTURA founding members Max Cavalera (guitar, vocals; also in SOULFLY) and Igor Cavalera (drums) sold 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 72 on The Billboard 200 chart. It is interesting to note that "Dark ...
