Host John Rich tapped rocker Sebastian Bach as the winner of the second season of CMT's hit series, "Gone Country", in last Friday night's (September 26) season finale. Bach is set to immediately release "Battle With The Bottle" to radio, the song he penned with Nashville songwriters Jeffrey Steele and Vicky McGehee while taping the ...
"Now Or Never", the new video from the Spanish hard rock band AIRLESS, can be viewed below. The song comes off the group's third album, "Fight", which is scheduled for release on December 5 via Lion Music. AIRLESS will perform at the Barakaldo Rockaldia festival on October 5 at Rockstar Live in Bilbao, Spain along ...
Capital Chaos has posted video footage (see below) of Swedish death metal legends UNLEASHED performing the song "Hammer Batallion" at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, California on September 26, 2008. Also on the bill were OBITUARY, CARNIFEX, DAMAGE OVER TIME and JACK KETCH. As previously reported, UNLEASHED will embark on the "Hammer Battalion Europe ...
Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES were interviewed at this year's Games Convention (sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention, and abbreviated as GC), an annual video game event in Leipzig, Germany. The band performed at the August 2008 conference, which covered videogames, infotainment, hardware and edutainment. Watch the four-minute chat below. BACKYARD BABIES will be IRON ...
Steve Vai is offering a one-hour private guitar lesson for auction on eBay to benefit Allen Shellenberger, the drummer for rock band LIT. According to a press release, one lucky winner will receive a one-hour private guitar lesson with Steve Vai at a date, time, and location to be determined in Los Angeles, ...
Profesionally filmed video footage of SOULFLY performing the song "Paranoia" at the Area4 Festival, which was held August 29-31 in Lüdinghausen, Germany, can be viewed below. The 12th annual D-Low Memorial show — the yearly Arizona-based festival held in memory of SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson, Dana Wells (article) — which was originally ...
Finnish melodic heavy metal band MASTERSTROKE has posted the first three video clips in a six-part series documenting the band's spring 2008 European tour with JON OLIVA'S PAIN (led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva) and MANTICORA. Watch the footage below. MASTERSTROKE's sophomore album, "Sleep", was released in Japan on March 19. The CD was issued ...
Norwegian "Viking metal" pioneers EINHERJER have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. Also scheduled to appear are MACHINE HEAD and CATHEDRAL. Often cited as the leading "viking metal" act, Haugesund-based EINHERJER released several albums and EPs ...
According to a posting on the Deep Purple Appreciation Society web site, DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice will take part in a short European tour with PURPLE tribute act PURPENDICULAR in December 2008. The first of the confirmed dates is in Innsbrück, Austria on December 18, to be preceded by a drum clinic. ...
TESTAMENT's new album, "The Formation of Damnation", is available on limited-edition green vinyl at www.testamentlegions.com. Supplies are limited to 2,500 copies worldwide, so order your copies today before they sell out! "The Formation of Damnation" limited-edition green vinyl also ships with a bonus poster and band logo patch. TESTAMENT just returned from Australia ...
