June 9, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: ONE MINUTE SILENCE, Sonisphere • 0 Comments
Due to “unforeseen circumstances,” reformed U.K. crossover metallers ONE MINUTE SILENCE have been forced to pull out of this year’s Sonisphere festival. This was an extremely tough decision for the bandmembers to make as they have been itching to get out and fire up the pit once again, but life complexities have simply not allowed […]
June 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Alice Cooper • 0 Comments
Concert Live, which enables fans all over the world to relive the experience with instant recordings of live gigs available within minutes of the last note being played, will team up with legendary rocker Alice Cooper to produce exclusive live CDs of from across his mammoth 2011 European tour. Each CD will be available to […]
June 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Metallica, Monopoly Game • 0 Comments
One of the world’s most popular board games, Monopoly, has been customized to celebrate the history and music of heavy metal giants METALLICA. The game will be available starting next week from the band’s official webstore. METALLICA follows KISS, THE BEATLES, ELVIS PRESLEY and THE GRATEFUL DEAD, among other artists, who have their own Monopoly […]
June 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Pagan’s Mind • 0 Comments
“Heavenly Ecstasy”, the sixth album from the Norwegian melodic metal band PAGAN’S MIND, entered the official chart in the group’s home country at position No. 10 (international artists) and No. 2 (Norwegian artists). “Heavenly Ecstasy” was released on May 20 in Germany, May 23 in the rest of Europe and on May 31 in USA/Canada […]
June 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Black Stone Cherry • 0 Comments
“Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea”, the third album from Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY, sold 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 29 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was released on May 31 via Roadrunner Records. BLACK STONE CHERRY, comprised […]
June 8, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Autopsy • 0 Comments
“Macabre Eternal”, the first full-length album from the legendary San Francisco Bay Area gore grind act AUTOPSY since 1995’s “Shitfun”, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 67 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by […]
June 7, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Judas Priest • 0 Comments
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their “Epitaph” world tour earlier tonight (Tuesday, June 7) at 013 in Tilburg, Holland. The show marked the band’s first-ever concert with its latest addition, 31-year-old guitarist Richie Faulkner (LAUREN HARRIS, DIRTY DEEDS), who replaced Kenneth “K.K.” Downing in April. PRIEST’s setlist was as follows: 01. Rapid […]
June 7, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: NEIL PEART, Rush • 0 Comments
According to MusicRadar.com, RUSH drummer Neil Peart will be a guest on “Late Show With David Letterman” on Thursday, June 9 as part of the “Drum Solos Week”. The show’s producers have asked Peart to keep his solo down to “three, maybe four minutes,” says the drummer. According to Peart, when he was approached to […]
June 7, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: EYES OF NOCTUM • 0 Comments
According to TMZ.com, Weston “Arcane” Coppola Cage, the 20-year-old frontman of the California-based black metal band EYES OF NOCTUM and son of actor Nicolas Cage, was taken to the hospital by ambulance for a mental evaluation and possible 5150 hold. (A 5150 hold allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed […]
EYES SET TO KILL To Release ‘White Lotus’ In August
June 9, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: EYES SET TO KILL • 0 Comments
EYES SET TO KILL is going through a rebirth. After completing its deal with the band’s old record company, the Phoenix quartet will independently release its fourth studio album, “White Lotus”, on August 9 through a joint venture between its management, Maphia Entertainment, and the group’s newly-launched label, Forsee. “White Lotus” marks a new beginning […]
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