March 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DISTURBED • 0 Comments
DISTURBED vocalist David Draiman has revealed more information about his new musical project which he said will be in the vein of industrial acts like NINE INCH NAILS and MINISTRY. Draiman announced the existence of the project when asked on Twitter what his current plans were. When a follow-up question asked him to if the […]
March 20, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: MAGENTA HARVEST • 0 Comments
MAGENTA HARVEST, the Finnish death metal band featuring current and former members of FINNTROLL, CHTHONIAN, MYGRAIN and …AND OCEANS, will release its second demo, “Apparition Of Ending”, on March 23. According to a press release, the new effort — which is available for streaming on MySpace — sees the group widening its soundscape with the […]
March 20, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Kiss, MÖTLEY CRÜE • 0 Comments
KISS and MÖTLEY CRÜE will embark on a massive co-headlining tour this summer. The trek — which will see KISS closing the show each night — will kick off on July 20 in Bristow, Virginia and will run through September 23 in Hartford, Connecticut. The Live Nation-promoted tour will go on sale beginning Friday, March […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: ACCEPT • 0 Comments
Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will release their new album, “Stalingrad”, on April 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was once again helmed by British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY), who worked on the band’s critically acclaimed comeback effort, “Blood Of The Nations”. “Stalingrad”will be made available in the following formats:… […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: TRIUMPH • 0 Comments
The fans demanded it, and the fans finally got it. After 20 years apart, the long-awaited TRIUMPH reunion of vocalist/guitarist Rik Emmett, bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine, and vocalist/drummer Gil Moore took place at Sweden Rock Festival, on June 7, 2008. And now, the band is putting the finishing touches on the DVD of that historic performance. […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Kiss • 0 Comments
According to The Times-Picayune, KISS will perform a free concert in Woldenberg Park along the Mississippi River in downtown New Orleans the weekend of the NCAA Men’s Final Four. The concerts are part of a full slate of festivities throughout the college men’s basketball championship weekend. KISS will kick off “The Big Dance Concert Series” […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: MARILYN MANSON, RAMMSTEIN • 0 Comments
Marilyn Manson will perform his song “The Beautiful People” with German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN live at this year’s ECHO awards show. “The Beautiful People” was originally released as a single from the Manson album “Antichrist Superstar” in 1996. The German music awards show ECHO will be broadcasted live on ARD on March, 22 at 8:15 […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Agnostic Front • 0 Comments
New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT will play the exact same set from their classic live album “Live At CBGBs” at the following shows: March 30 – United Blood Festival – Richmond, VA March 31 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ April 01 – EHR – Long Island, NY Commented vocalist Roger Miret: “So […]
March 19, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Clockwork Angels, Rush • 0 Comments
“Clockwork Angels” is being turned into a novel by Colorado-based sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson, who wrote on Facebook, “Most of you are aware of my long-standing friendship with (RUSH drummer) Neil Peart . . . For more than twenty years, Neil and I have wanted to collaborate on something MAJOR, a way we could […]
KING’S X Drummer Released From Hospital
March 21, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: KING'S X • 0 Comments
Jerry Gaskill, drummer for legendary rockers KING’S X, was released from the hospital earlier today (Wednesday, March 21) — more than three weeks after he suffered a heart attack and underwent an emergency operation. A brand new photo of Gaskill taken as he was leaving the facility can be seen below. To help Gaskill pay […]
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