Xander Demos Joins Sabbath Judas Sabbath Lineup
17 January, 2012
Metal shred guitarist, Xander Demos has joined forces with Houston native and thrash-metal vocalist James Rivera (Helstar, Malice, Seven Witches, Vicious Rumors) on a new East Coast chapter of his Sabbath Judas Sabbath project. This band is a national tribute band with chapters in Europe and in various ...
| Members Of Slipknot And Korn Named Best 21st Century Guitarists By Artistdirect
16 January, 2012
Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer and Slipknot axemen Jim Root and Mick Thomson were singled out on ArtistDirect.com's list of "Six String Titans of the 21st Century."
The site's editors praised Munky for his work on Korn's latest album, The Path of Totality, saying, "Munky finds a way to make ...
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Black Stone Cherry Filming New Video
16 January, 2012
Black Stone Cherry is filming a new video for "In My Blood" that follows a US soldier as he comes home from overseas deployment. The US Army in Europe posted this photo on their Facebook page today:
They wrote, "Check out this photo of PFC Randy Hirneisen, a recently re-deployed Soldier with the ...
| Femail Magazine's (Australia) Interview With The Great Kat Guitar Goddess: "The Great Kat Beethoven Shred Interview"!
16 January, 2012
"The Great Kat Shred Guitar Goddess unleashes high-speed shred guitar and violin insanity on the blistering new 'Beethoven Shreds' CD"
- Brooke Hunter, Femail Magazine (Australia) - Empowering Every Woman
READ AT: https://www.femail.com.au/the-great-kat-beethoven-shred-interview.htm
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Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt Signs Endorsement Deal With Marshall Amps
13 January, 2012
Opeth mainman Mikael Akerfeldt has signed an endorsement deal with Marshall amplifiers. The company issued the following statement:
"We are proud to announce we have signed another new artist to the already impressive roster of big names whose amp of choice is Marshall. We would like to welcome ...
| Trivium's Matt Heafy Wants To See You On Tour!
13 January, 2012
Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has a message for fans:
"Friends! Supporters of metal and music! Get out to the In Flames, Trivium, Veil of Maya, Kyng tour!
"Having just come off an extensive and amazing European tour with our friends In Flames, I can tell you that their show nowadays is more powerful ...
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Nephelium Offer Free Download "Merciless Annihilation" From Upcoming Debut Album "Coils Of Entropy"
13 January, 2012
Nephelium, one of the Middle East's first death metal bands to be born out of Dubai and whom have now re-established themselves in Toronto, Canada for the last 10 years, are proud to be offering their first single "Merciless Annihilation" from their debut album "Coils of Entropy" for free download at ...
| Nightwish Receiving Rave Reviews!
12 January, 2012
Nightwish's latest album, Imaginaerum, has been receiving wildly enthusiastic reviews across the metal Internet. Sites like Loudwire, MSN Music's metal blog Headbang, and About.com's heavy metal page have all praised the record.
Says About.com reviewerChad Bowar, "Sometimes albums are so diverse ...
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Metal Band Rain Ready To Unleash On US!
12 January, 2012
Progressive Metal band RAIN brings the storm. The band layers powerful, guitar-driven progressions with dynamic percussion and heartfelt vocals with elements of hard rock and blues. RAIN is always evolving but one thing is a constant: They love creating and playing their music and bringing it to the ...
| Spain's Progressive Rock Legends Kotebel To Release Highly Anticipated New CD 'Concerto For Piano And Electric Ensemble'
12 January, 2012
With 5 albums released since 2000, including the highly acclaimed 'Omphalos' (nominated for 'Best Foreign Record' by ProgAwards in 2006) and 'Ouroboros' (Winner - 'Best Foreign Record' by ProgAwards in 2009), Kotebel is one of the main progressive rock acts to emerge from Spain and Latin America. And ...
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Xander Demos Brings His Shred-ability To NAMM
12 January, 2012
Melodic metal shred-master Xander Demos will bring his amazing guitar talents to the 2012 NAMM convention, to be held January 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA. Xander, who holds endorsements with many industry-leading music equipment manufacturers, including Suhr and McNaught guitars, ...
| Hands Like Houses Reveal Cover Art, Track Listing And Release Date For Rise Records Debut
11 January, 2012
Hands Like Houses have revealed the album title, cover art and track listing for their Rise Records debut, Ground Dweller, due out March 13, 2012. Hailing from Canberra, Australia, the band has also posted an album teaser video on Rise Records' official YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vN_iGp-ko.
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Rush, Soulfly, Gojira And Killswitch Engage Among Revolver's Most Anticipated Releases Of 2012
10 January, 2012
Revolver magazine has posted its list of the Most Anticipated Albums of 2012 - and Gojira, Killswitch Engage, Rush and Soulfly are all included!
The editors say about Gojira's still-untitled Roadrunner debut, "It's no secret that we love environmentally minded prog-death outfit Gojira over here ...
| Radioactive Metal Radio Show Awards Great Kat "Snowy's Angel Of The Year"
10 January, 2012
"Frickin awesome. The Great Kat! She put out a killer album, 'Beethoven Shreds', this year. The Great Kat is really doing a lot to advance metal and Classical Music - the fusion of them. She's my Snowy's Angel Of The Year." - Roch Vaillancourt, Radioactive Metal
HEAR RADIO SHOW at: https://www.greatkat.com/greatkatonradioactivemetal2.mp3
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Tony Iommi Of Black Sabbath Has Lymphoma
09 January, 2012
Black Sabbath's guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of Lymphoma.
An announcement on the band's official Facebook page states that Iommi is working with doctors in the effort to make a full recovery.
The news comes less than two months after the pioneers of heavy metal announced ...
| Megadeth Scores Big On Powerlinemag.com's Best Of 2011 List!
09 January, 2012
Megadeth was honored in a major way by the editors of the hard rock and metal site Powerlinemag.com on their "Best of 2011" list - not only was the band labeled "Metal Artist of the Year, but "Deadly Nightshade," from their latest CD, TH1RT3EN, won Metal Song of the Year, and the deluxe version of their ...
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Jim Root Of Slipknot And Stone Sour Announces Signature Amps
09 January, 2012
Slipknot and Stone Sour guitarist Jim Root will be launching a signature amplifier at this year's NAMM conference in Los Angeles on January 21. The Signature #4 Jim Root Terror Head is modelled after the dirty channel on the same amp that Root plays in the studio and on the road: the Orange Rockerverb ...
| Howard Jones Speaks Out About Leaving Killswitch Engage
09 January, 2012
Howard Jones has posted a message on Killswitch Engage's Facebook page explaining the reasons behind his departure from the group, announced earlier this week. The message reads as follows:
"Message From Howard: Well, I guess I will shed a little light without going too deep. As some of you may ...
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All That Remains To Headline New England Metal And Hardcore Festival On April 21, 2012
06 January, 2012
ALL THAT REMAINS TO HEADLINE NEW ENGLAND METAL AND HARDCORE FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, APRIL 21Massachusetts' own All That Remains has been announced as a very special guest headliner on Saturday evening, April 21, at the 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.
As one of metal's preeminent ...
| Howard Jones Leaves Killswitch Engage
05 January, 2012
The members of Killswitch Engage posted the following message on their Facebook page today:
"To our family, friends and fans: We have decided to continue on without Howard Jones as the singer of Killswitch Engage.
We love Howard and are thankful for the nine years that we've had him in the band. ...
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