VAN HALEN kicked off its North American headlining tour last night (Saturday, February 18) at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. You Really Got Me 02. Runnin’ With The Devil 03. She’s The Woman (new song) 04. Romeo Delight 05. Tattoo (new song) Read more here

According to Ticketmaster.com, former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di’Anno will embark on a U.S. tour in July. Backing him once again on the trek will be Pittsburgh traditional metallers ICARUS WITCH. So far the following dates have been announced: July 26 – B.B. King Blues Club & Grill – New York, NY July 27 – […]

Fan-filmed video footage of SHADOWS FALL performing a brand new song, “Fire From The Sky”, this past Thursday, February 16 at the Montage Music Hall in Rochester, New York can be seen below. The track is the title cut of the band’s seventh album, which will tentatively be released on May 8 via Razor & […]

“Fallen World”, “the fastest song” ever recorded by British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band’s fifth studio album, “The Power Within”, which will be released in the U.K. on April 16 via the band’s own Electric Generation Recordings, distributed by Essential Music. The […]

A short video clip of HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott talking to the Artisan News Service about the inspiration behind the title of HELLYEAH‘s forthcoming third album, “Band Of Brothers”, can be seen below. Said Vinnie: “[‘Band Of Brothers’ is] basically about the road that we’ve been down to this point, to get to this […]

Metal Sickness conducted an interview with former GUNS N’ ROSES and ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA guitarist Gilby Clarke prior to his February 11 solo concert at L’Empreinte, Savigny Le Temple, France. You can now watch the chat below. When asked about the status of ROCK STAR SUPERNOVA, the reality television-formed supergroup he launched with Tommy Lee […]

Original DEATH ANGEL guitarist Gus Pepa will make a special appearance during the band’s headlining show this Friday night, February 24 at Slim’s in San Francisco. The group states, “We haven’t shared the stage with Gus since 1990!” DEATH ANGEL will join forces with SEPULTURA, KRISIUN and HAVOK for a North American tour in April/May. […]