March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: CONVULSE • 0 Comments
Long-defunct Finnish old-school death metallers CONVULSE have announced plans to reunite for at least two festival appearances in their home country this summer: July 27 at Tuhdimmat Tahditin in Nokia and August 11 at Jalometalli in Oulu. Formed in 1988 under the name S.D.S., CONVULSE‘s first release was the “Resuscitation Of Evilness” demo cassette in […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Scorpions • 0 Comments
German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have scheduled the following North American tour dates: June 08 – Reno, NV – Reno Events Center June 09 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater June 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre June 12 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre June 14 – Albuquerque, NM […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Extreme • 0 Comments
Reactivated Massachusetts hard rockers EXTREME will pay their second album, “Pornograffitti”, in its entirety at four shows in Japan in April. The dates are as follows: April 16 – Tokyo Dome City Hall – Tokyo, Japan April 17 – Tokyo Dome City Hall – Tokyo, Japan April 18 – Namba Hatch – Osaka, Japan April […]
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: WARRANT • 0 Comments
Steven Sweet of California hard rockers WARRANT has released a digital EP, “A Cappella”, featuring four songs performed by the drummer, involving only his voice and no instruments… Read more here
March 1, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: EUROPE • 0 Comments
“Not Supposed To Sing The Blues”, the new single from Swedish hard rockers EUROPE, will be released digitally on March 9. The song comes off the band’s ninth studio album, “Bag Of Bones”, due on April 27 via earMusic/Edel. The CD, which features a guest appearance by blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), was […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
JOE SATRIANI Interviewed On ‘Rockline’ (Audio)
March 2, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: JOE SATRIANI • 0 Comments
Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani was interviewed on this past Wednesday’s (February 29) edition of the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline” with host Bob Coburn. You can now listen to the program at RocklineRadio.com. Joe Satriani recently announced the release of the live-concert film, “Satchurated: Live In Montreal”. “Satchurated” was filmed during Satriani‘s “The Wormhole Tour”, […]
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