March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: LED ZEPPELIN • 0 Comments
According to the Daily Mail, funds raised by LED ZEPPELIN‘s reunion concert at 02 Arena in London, England in December 2007 partially contributed to the £26 million ($41.6 million) donation, made by Mica Ertegun, widow of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, to Oxford University. The money will be used to set up the Mica And […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Videos Tags: LULLACRY • 0 Comments
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Queensryche • 0 Comments
QUEENSRŸCHE lead singer Geoff Tate entered the studio yesterday (Wednesday, Febraury 29) to begin recording his second solo album. He says, “I’m very excited about this record and I’ ll be sharing a lot more info about it in the weeks to come.” Tate released his first solo album in 2002 on Sanctuary Records. Self-titled, […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: The Haunted • 0 Comments
Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED have launched a vocalist search following the departure of longtime frontman Peter Dolving. Serious applicants should send their submissions, including two songs from THE HAUNTED back catalog and a few words to describe themselves, to the e-mail address below. Images and links to performance video clips are much appreciated and will […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: WITHIN TEMPTATION • 0 Comments
Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION will kick off their “Sanctuary” theater tour of their home country tomorrow (Friday, March 2) at Schouwburg Almere in Almere. The following description of what fans can expect to see at the shows has been posted on the band’s official web site: “When you visit a theater, you can […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BLACKGATES • 0 Comments
BLACKGATES — the new East San Francisco Bay Area/New York metal outfit featuring former ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson, drummer Paul Bostaph (ex-TESTAMENT, EXODUS, SLAYER, FORBIDDEN) and guitarist Jeremy Epp (THE VENTING MACHINE) — will make its live debut on May 5 at Rooster’s Roadhouse in Alameda, California as part of the Cinco De Mayo Metal […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Interviews Tags: Dream Theater, James La Brie • 0 Comments
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BUSH • 0 Comments
Reformed British alternative rock band BUSH played a six-song set for a lucky group of Triple M Music Jury winners filmed exclusively for the long-running Australian rock station’s Garage Sessions. Video footage of the event, which included an interview with… Read more here
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Videos Tags: Iron Maiden • 0 Comments
DORO To Release New Studio Album In October
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DORO • 0 Comments
German metal queen Doro Pesch is putting the finishing touches on her new studio album for an October release through her new record label, Nuclear Blast Records. An EP will precede the full-length CD in May/June. She says, “[This] past weekend, I flew over to the U.S. to work on the last couple of songs […]