SLAYER have been confirmed for this year's Roskilde Festival, which is scheduled to take place in Roskilde, Denmark between June 27th and June 30th. Also set to appear at the event are RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, GARBAGE, H.I.M., RAMMSTEIN, SATYRICON and MILLENCOLIN, among others. ...
The Swedish portion of MORTIIS upcoming first-ever European tour has been delayed and will now be included in the trek's second leg, to take place later in the year. No reason was given for the postponement. ...
KISS are reported to have worked out their grievances with Mercury Records and are currently scheduled to release their long-awaited Alive IV CD on August 20th. Rumors abound that the band will then leave the label, with Spitfire Records being mentioned as one company that the band have already conducted meetings with. ...
Finland's CHILDREN OF BODOM, led by SINERGY axeman Alexi Laiho, will release a brand new single entitled You Better Off Dead on July 1st. The single will likely feature a cover song as a “B-side” and will be recorded at Astia studios in Lappeenranta. Mixing will be done by Mikko Karmila. CHILDREN OF BODOM have ...
MARILYN MANSON has signed on to play the role of "Christina" in the film Party Monster, produced by Killer Films. The film is set in the New York nightclub scene of the late 1980s and 1990s and tells the story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer originally from Indiana, whose extravagant life was ...
After a lengthy career on the Finnish metal scene (including a stint with STONE, among others), drummer Pekka Kasari has left AMORPHIS to focus on family life. “We have tentatively found a replacement drummer, but I can't reveal his name yet,” guitarist Esa Holopainen told www.soneraplaza.fi. “This is Pekka's own decision, and there's ...
Former LED ZEPPELIN bassist John Paul Jones and singer/songwriter Julie Felix will be playing a free live gig at London's Borders Books Music & Café, located at 208 Oxford Street, at 6:30 PM on April 12th. The performance will take place in conjunction with Manchester based MAG (Mines Advisory Group), which is working to bring ...
Radio personalities Opie and Anthony, whose afternoon show is syndicated in 18 cities nationwide from New York station WNEW, premiered four songs from KORN's fifth album, entitled Untouchables, at approximately 3:30 PM EST yesterday, April 2nd. According to a report filed by MTV.com, the reason for the premature airing was to infuriate a rival New ...
Former BROKEN HOPE guitarist Jeremy Wagner, who left the group last week amid internal turmoil over the band's musical direction and professional priorities, has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to offer his version of the events that led to the act's untimely split. Here is Wagner's statement in its entirety: “Seeing as I formed the band and ultimately ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PHILIP ANSELMO'S SUPERJOINT RITUAL UNLEASH MENACING DEBUT "USE ONCE AND DESTROY" THROUGH SANCTUARY RECORDS ON MAY 21ST! Whenever New Orleans native Philip Anselmo commits to a venture, he does it in two fashions: viciously and to the extreme! From fronting the world-renowned Metal titan PANTERA to running his own underground Metal label ...
