April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Buckcherry • 0 Comments
Californian rockers BUCKCHERRY have issued the following update: “We’re truly bummed that our trip to perform for the troops in Iraq at the end of April needs to be postponed due to an injury to our drummer. He’s doing well, but unfortunately, is not able to play. These performances for our brave men and women […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DUFF MCKAGAN • 0 Comments
Duff McKagan (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER, LOADED) was interviewed for the latest edition of “Box Of Rock” on WDHA-FM 105.5 FM, the rock music station licensed to Dover and Morristown, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED will play Easy Street Records (Queen Anne Store) in Seattle, Washington on […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Midnattsol • 0 Comments
German/Norwegian folk metal band MIDNATTSOL — which features in its ranks vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes (the younger sister of LEAVES’ EYES singer Liv Kristine) — has posted a full-length clip (see below) for the song “Kong Valemons Kamp”, taken from the group’s new album, “The Metamorphosis Melody”. It contains behind-the-scenes footage from the CD’s recording […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Devin Townsend • 0 Comments
U.K.’s Pure Rawk web site recently conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Pure Rawk: At the start of 2009, you announced this four-album series called the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. What was the reason […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Type O Negative, WORMFOOD • 0 Comments
French decadent metallers WORMFOODhave posted their previously unreleased cover version of TYPE O NEGATIVE’s “Christian Woman” on YouTube (see clip below). Recorded in 2005, the song was originally supposed to be used as a bonus track for the Japanese version of WORMFOOD’s “France” album. WORMFOOD’s latest album, “Posthume”, was released on January 7 via MalaFortuna/Season […]
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Burzum, Fallen • 0 Comments
Burzum – ‘Fallen’- 2011 LP Black Metal is a misanthropic yet romantic endeavor. Music about darkness that searches for melody and congruency more than it’s beefed up brother Death Metal does, though there are exceptions as every great band rises above it’s genre constructs. Burzum is such a band. The new 2011 studio album is […]
April 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Soundgarden • 0 Comments
Since the band’s final show in Hawaii in 1997, SOUNDGARDEN fans have hoped that Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, and Kim Thayil would once again take their exalted rock show on the road. This summer, SOUNDGARDEN will do just that. The band has recently confirmed that they are in the studio in Seattle, and […]
April 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DARKEST HOUR • 0 Comments
Washington D.C. metallers DARKEST HOUR have been forced to cancel their appearance at this year’s edition of the massive, three-day New England Metal And Hardcore Festival, set to take place Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16 at he Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. The wife of guitarist Mike Schleibaum wife went into an early labor […]
April 14, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BRET MICHAELS • 0 Comments
According to HollywoodLife.com, POISON singer Bret Michaels will release his new solo album, “Get Your Rock On”, on June 14. Bret has previously stated that his sixth solo CD would be “harder” than his past efforts and said his influences were GARTH BROOKS, JOHN MELLENCAMP, LYNYRD SKYNYRD and AEROSMITH. “This one is primarily straight-up rock […]
3 INCHES OF BLOOD: ’12:34′ Video Released
April 15, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: 3 Inches Of Blood • 0 Comments
“12:34”, the new video from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based traditional metallers 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Tom MacLeod. “12:34” comes off 3 INCHES OF BLOOD’s latest album, “Here Waits Thy Doom”, which was reissued on June 29, 2010 as a Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem edition with four […]