JakeELee.com has announced the exclusive addition of samples from all 13 tracks slated for the Jake E. Lee Tribute CD. The samples are located in the "Projects: Tribute CD" section of the site. You can download the samples by clicking on the song title under the track listing. Each sample contains ...
December 2004 - Blabbermouth Archive
DEATH ANGEL: Box Set Featuring Early Recordings To Surface In February
According to a posting at I Ate Your Microphone, a three-CD/DVD box set featuring newly remastered versions of DEATH ANGEL's "The Ultra-Violence" (1987) and "Frolic Through The Park" (1988) outings is being readied for release by Restless Records under the moniker "Archives & Artifacts" on February 1, 2005. The discs will feature additional ...
Drummer BILL WARD Hopes For A Great Time With BLACK SABBATH In 2005
DEAD CONGREGATION Sign With KONQUEROR RECORDS
Greek "old-school" death metal band DEAD CONGREGATION have inked a deal with Konqueror Records. The band, who play "fast and dark" death metal in the vein of REPUGNANT, KAAMOS and the early Swedish scene, will release their recently completed mini-CD, "Purifying Consecrated Ground", in early 2005. ...
ABLOOM Part Ways With Singer, Seek Replacement
ABLOOM, the Los Angeles-based group featuring former SOULFLY members Mikey Doling (guitar, ex-SNOT), Marcelo Dias (bass), and Roy Mayorga (drums), have parted ways with vocalist Jasan Radford (ONESIDEZERO). The group, who are currently unsigned, are seeking a replacement. For more information on ABLOOM, visit www.abloommusic.com. ...
AC/DC Singer Attends Wedding Of RED SOX Center Fielder
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson was among the 175 guests at Orlando's Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel Thursday (Dec. 30) for the wedding of Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon and girlfriend Michelle Mangan, according to the Associated Press. It was the second marriage for the 31-year-old Damon, whose 5-year-old twins from the first — Madelyn ...
THE BLACK LEAGUE To 'Take A Break'; Band Future Uncertain
Finland's THE BLACK LEAGUE, the band featuring former SENTENCED frontman Taneli Jarva, will be taking "a break for a non-determined time," according to a recent online posting by the band's drummer Luttinen. "We'll see if something still happens in the future or not," the posting adds. THE BLACK LEAGUE's third full-length album, "Man's Ruin Revisited", ...
EVANESCENCE, GUNS N' ROSES Have Two Of The Biggest Albums Of 2004
According to the German web site MediaTraffic.de, EVANESCENCE and GUNS N' ROSES had two of the world's top-selling albums of 2004. EVANESCENCE's major label debut, "Fallen", reportedly sold 7.6 million copies so far this year to land at No. 30 on the Top 40 chart. Meanwhile, GUNS N' ROSES's "Greatest Hits" is said to have ...
EUROPE: 'Hero' Video Posted Online
Reunited Swedish hard rockers EUROPE recently filmed a video for "Hero", the second single off their new album, "Start from the Dark". Watch the video clip at EuropeTheBand.atw.hu. The group's first collection of new material since 1991's "Prisoners In Paradise", "Start from the Dark" was produced by Kevin Elson (who had previously worked ...
PANDEMIA: New Audio Samples Posted Online
Czech Republic-based death metallers PANDEMIA have revealed the final track listing for their third full-length album, entitled "Riven". The CD was mastered at ADK studio in Prague and will shortly be released in Latin America via the following labels: Rawforce Productions in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Central America; Hybrid Music in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and ...