Metallica Announce Street Date For New Album 'Death Magnetic,' On September 12, 2008
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Metallica have announced their tenth studio album, Death Magnetic, will be released globally on Friday, September 12th. News about Death Magnetic has been flowing out of Metallica's camp via the band's official website (www.metallica.com) and a brand-new ...
| Static-X To Release First-Ever Live Concert DVD - Cannibal Killers Live - On October 7, 2008
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Los Angeles-based metal quartet Static-X have just announced the release of their first full-length live concert DVD, entitled Cannibal Killers Live, which will be released by Reprise Records on October 7th, 2008. The footage was shot during a show ...
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Hard Rock's 2008 'Ambassadors Of Rock Tour' Heads To Times Square With Special Performance Bby STAIND
ORLANDO, FL. (Top40 Charts/ Hard Rock International) - On August 19th, Hard Rock International will bring its global Ambassadors of Rock Tour to the "crossroads of the world" with a special performance by multi-platinum rock band STAIND. The Times Square event will celebrate the worldwide release of ...
| Guitar Center Announces Partnership With Motley Crue & The Launch Of 'Guitar Center On-Stage' - Your Chance To Make Rock History
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Guitar Center) - Continuing its commitment to the support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center and Motley Crue announced today the launch of "Guitar Center On-Stage" - Your Chance To Make Rock History. "Guitar Center On-Stage" and the world's most notorious rock band ...
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Philadelphia Soul & Virgin Mobile USA Announce Free Soul Celebration Featuring Bon Jovi To Celebrate AFL Championship Season
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Virgin Mobile USA) - Virgin Mobile USA and Bon Jovi will offer up some rock and soul with a free Soul Celebration featuring Bon Jovi as a follow up to the Philadelphia Soul's Virgin Mobile ArenaBowl XXII championship. Virgin Mobile USA today announced that in celebration ...
| Nightwish Invades The USA!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Finland's Nightwish will once again tour U.S. soil, hitting all major markets and cities along the way. The band will bring its massively popular yet refreshingly unique blend of progressive Euro metal, fueled by the siren-like vocals of Anette Olzon, ...
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Defending The Title Of The Blackest And Baddest
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the blackest of them all? Why, Cradle of Filth, of course. England's most notorious and nefarious metal band are gearing up to release their darkest, most dastardly album of all, titled Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder, ...
| Hard Rock Frontwoman Otep Shamaya Continues To Spread The Message Of Activism
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - Otep Shamaya, the powerful singer and brainchild of the group OTEP, continues to engage her fans not only with her powerful music and message, but with her fierce dedication to activism. Shamaya has recently become involved with Carbonrally.com, a web-based ...
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Medieval Metal Rockers Metal Knights Sign with Major Management Firm Hunt Talent Management and Debut Worldwide Release of EP, The Crossing
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Metal Knights Official Website) - Metal Knights, the Medieval Heavy Metal band based out of Los Angeles have recently signed with major management firm Hunt Talent Management out of Beverly Hills, Ca. The band has also just seen the worldwide release of its first effort, ...
| Roadrunner Records: We Just Signed 3 New Bands
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of three eclectic, up and coming new bands to an already diverse roster than includes heavyweights such as Nickelback, Slipknot, Killswitch Engage, Dragonforce, and Theory of a Deadman. Roadrunner ...
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Disturbed's 'Indestructible' Is Certified Gold
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Indestructible, the current album from multi-platinum hard rock band Disturbed, has scanned over 500,000 units and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, just six weeks after its release by Reprise Records on June ...
| Rambling Shadows Release THE TOOLS AND THE STUFF
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Night World Records) - After several years of work, the first album by Rambling Shadows is now out on Night World Records! The Tools and the Stuff features ten tracks of pure rock for everyones' pleasure. Reactions have included "The Tools and the Stuff is a masterpiece" and ...
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The New Slipknot Video 'Psychosocial' Premieres On July 18, 2008!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - On July 18th at 8PM EST, the worldwide exclusive video premiere of Slipknot's "Psychosocial" will take place live on MTV's new Friday night series, FN MTV. Members of Slipknot will be on hand to introduce the video to the world. Directed by P.R. Brown ...
| Black Temple Releases New Single 'Party Material'
HELSINKI, Finland (Top40 Charts/ Black Temple) - The first Kung-Fu Metal band in the universe, Black Temple, is more like a solo project than a band, formed by Finnish / Thai composer, lyricist, singer and guitarist Tang. The band started in the year 2005 with many line-up changes. In the lucky ...
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Rush Performs On National Television For The First Time In Over 30 Years!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush will make a very rare national television appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" on Wednesday, July 16th at 11:30pm ET/PT. The band will be performing their timeless hit, "Tom Sawyer." Eschewing these ...
| Hardcore Metal Pioneers HATEBREED Set To Release 'Live Dominance' - The Group's First-Ever Live DVD
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ KOCH Records) - Hardcore Metal heavyweights HATEBREED have announced a September 2, 2008 release date for their first-ever DVD, "Live Dominance." The DVD will include the band's entire 80-minute show shot in front of a crazed, sold-out crowd at Harpo's in Detroit on the ...
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Activision Announces Partnership With Metallica For First Ever Simultaneous Release Of New Record 'Death Magnetic'!
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Activision Publishing) - Activision Publishing (Nasdaq:ATVI) (Nasdaq:ATVID) today revealed that Metallica's highly-anticipated full studio album, 'Death Magnetic,' will be available simultaneously in record stores and as downloadable content for the world's best-selling ...
| A Must Have For Dream Theater Fans!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Few bands inspire such fanaticism among their fans as Dream Theater. The best way to satiate this dedicated legion is to provide them with even more material to devour and Dream Theater are doing just that this September. The band will release Chaos ...
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TRIVIUM Have Finalized The Track Listing For New Album 'Shogun'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Florida metal titans TRIVIUM have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Shogun", which hits a store near you on September 30th! "Shogun" track listing: 01. Kirisute Gomen 02. Torn Between Scylla And Charybdis 03. Down From The Sky 04. Insurrection ...
| Shinedown Album Debuts At No 8
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - A well deserved congratulations goes out to Shinedown! The band's anthemic new album, THE SOUND OF MADNESS, shot in at number eight on the Billboard 200 album chart this week. It marked the biggest debut of their career today, and their first Top 10 album. ...
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