March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DRAGONFORCE • 0 Comments
British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE have announced plans to return to North America for a spring tour. This outing marks the band’s first trek with brand new singer Marc Hudson, who also makes his recorded debut on “The Power Within”. The album lands at retail on April 17 via Roadrunner Records. Hudson premiered his voice […]
March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: SOLITUDE • 0 Comments
Swedish metallers SOLITUDE will release their debut album, “Tied To The Anchor”, on March 21. The CD was produced by Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström (BRING ME THE HORIZON, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR) at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. According to a press release, “You can expect an album full of… Read more here
March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Metallica • 0 Comments
A new three-minute video trailer for Orion Music + More — the two-day festival created by METALLICA that will take place on June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey — can be seen below. An entire stage devoted to punk and thrash music — Damage Inc. Stage — will be headlined by… […]
March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Max Cavalera, Sepultura • 0 Comments
Brendan Crabb of Australia’s Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: I know you have an autobiography in the works. What can you tell us about that? Max: Yeah, it’s gonna be released around Christmas. I’m finishing up all […]
March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: aerosmith • 0 Comments
In a brand new interview with TheTimesNews.com, AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s long-awaited new album, which is tentatively due later this year. AEROSMITH began work on its first all-new album since 2001 last year, with the rest of the band working on music while singer […]
March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: L.A. GUNS • 0 Comments
L.A. GUNS — featuring Phil Lewis, Steve Riley, Stacey Blades and Scotty Griffin — recently entered the studio with legendary producer, and old friend, Andy Johns (LED ZEPPELIN, THE ROLLING STONES, CINDERELLA, VAN HALEN, as well as the last three L.A. GUNS albums) to begin recording its new album for a late 2012 release via […]
March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: GEOFF TATE, Queensryche • 0 Comments
According to Interbridge.com‘s “The Late Night TV Page”, QUEENSRŸCHE lead singer Geoff Tate will be the musical guest on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” this coming Monday night/Tuesday morning (March 13/14) at 12:35 a.m. EST on CBS-TV… Read more here
March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: LITA FORD, RONNIE MONTROSE • 0 Comments
’80s hard rock queen Lita Ford has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose: “The day I got the call to jam with Ronnie Montrose for NAMM 2011 [show in Anaheim, California] was a day a dream of mine came true. “I had loved MONTROSE and Ronnie‘s guitar […]
March 7, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Dream Theater, MIKE MANGINI • 0 Comments
Drummer Mike Mangini of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will take part in a question-and-answer session after the Saturday, March 10 screening of the “A Drummer’s Dream” film at the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts. Featuring… Read more here
GOTTHARD To Release ‘Firebirth’ In June
March 8, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: GOTTHARD • 0 Comments
Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD are putting the finishing touches on their new album, “Firebirth”, for a June 1 release via Nuclear Blast/Warner Music. The CD is being produced at the band’s own Yellow House Studios in Lugano, Switzerland, with guitarist/songwriter Leo Leoni and Paul Lani (who has previously worked with GOTTHARD on several of their […]
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