Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted a brief interview with notoriously outspoken FASTER PUSSYCAT frontman Taime Downe. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: Why was there such a significant length of time between official releases? Taime: "Well, there wasn't a band. We didn't start playing together again until 2001. I have been doing PIGFACE and THE NEWLYDEADS since ...
D.X. Ferris of the Cleveland Scene recently conducted an interview with Glenn Danzig. Read on for excerpts: Cleveland Scene: Does "The Lost Tracks of Danzig" collection empty your vaults? Danzig: No. There's still more. No one's gonna hear that other stuff, though. Cleveland Scene: Do you still shoot photos yourself? Danzig: We're talking ...
Finnish goth metallers H.I.M. have reportedly set September 4 as the new release date for their follow-up to 2005's "Dark Light", entitled "Venus Doom". The band's sixth studio CD was recorded at the Finnvox facility in Helsinki with producer Tim Palmer and was mixed in California. H.I.M. frontman Ville Valo recently told MTV.com ...
The German branch of Sony BMG has uploaded audio samples of three of the tracks that are featured on VELVET REVOLVER's European EP, "Melody and the Tyranny", which is being released today. The EP contains two tracks from the band's new CD, "Libertad", as well as TALKING HEADS cover "Psycho Killer" (which was ...
HEAVEN AND HELL, MARILYN MANSON and SAXON are among the confirmed acts for the Loudpark 07 festival, set to take place October 20-21 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: HEAVEN AND HELL MARILYN MANSON BLIND GUARDIAN SAXON TRIVIUM WIG WAM THERION ANTHEM For more ...
Ozzy Osbourne appeared on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob Coburn Monday, May 28. It was rebroadcast on Wednesday, May 30. The program, which was pre-taped on May 18, is now available for streaming at this location. Osbourne's "Black Rain" CD sold 152,000 copies in the United States during its ...
SONIC SYNDICATE's June 21 performance in Köln, Germany as part of the WDR TV network's "Rockpalast" series will be filmed, to be broadcast at some point in the future. As previously reported, SONIC SYNDICATE has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 64 with its sophomore CD, "Only Inhuman" — an impressive feat ...
Vocalist Mandy Lion (WWIII, WICKED ALLIANCE) has revealed the lineup of his touring band for the upcoming dates that are scheduled to take place later this month. It is as follows: Mandy Lion - Vocals Rick Plester - Guitar Jon Purpura (DRIVEN BY HATE) - Bass Pete Holmes (MSG, TED NUGENT, IAN GILLAN) - Drums ...
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Frank Bello will perform with Whitfield Crane (ANOTHER ANIMAL, ex-UGLY KID JOE, LIFE OF AGONY, MEDICATION) at Retox, the New York City club co-owned by Ian, on Thursday, June 14. Retox (511 West 28th Street) was opened by Ian and club owner Mike Diamond, who started Snitch, Pangaea and ...
