March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DANZIG, DOYLE VON FRANKENSTEIN • 0 Comments
Glenn Danzig will perform his “Legacy” career-spanning set featuring songs from DANZIG, SAMHAIN and MISFITS, in a number of U.S. cities in late May and early June. In addition, he has announced four DANZIG shows where he will be joined by ex-MISFITS axeman Doyle Von Frankenstein as a “special guest”. Tickets for these dates will […]
March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: THE SKULL • 0 Comments
THE SKULL, the new band formed by two original members of Chicago doom legends TROUBLE — vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff “Oly” Olson — alongside the band’s longtime bassist, Ron Holzner, has recruited guitarists Lothar Keller and Michael Carpenter of the Chicago, Illinois-based progressive power metallers… Read more here
March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: REVERENCE • 0 Comments
REVERENCE, the new power metal band featuring vocalist Todd Michael Hall (JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR, HARLET), guitarist Bryan Holland (TOKYO BLADE, ARREST), drummer Steve “Dr. Killdrums” Wacholz (SAVATAGE, CRIMSON GLORY), bassist Frank Saparti (TOKYO BLADE, OVERLOADED, MINDCANDY), and lead guitarist Pete Rossi, is currently mixing and mastering its debut album, “When Darkness Calls”, for a […]
March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: GREAT WHITE • 0 Comments
GREAT WHITE — Mark Kendall (lead guitar), Scott Snyder (bass), Audie Desbrow (drums), Michael Lardie (guitar, keyboards) and Terry Ilous (lead vocals) — will release its new studio album, “Elation”, in Europe, Japan and USA on May 18. The 12-song CD will mark GREAT WHITE‘s first effort with Ilous following the band’s split with founding […]
March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: KRAMPUS: • 0 Comments
Italian melodic folk death metallers KRAMPUS recently entered Black Mirror Studios in Udine, Italy to begin recording their full-length debut for a late 2012 release via NoiseArt Records. The first two in a series of webisodes featuring… Read more here
March 17, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Queensryche, WINDOWPANE • 0 Comments
QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton and bassist Eddie Jackson, along with female vocalist Pamela Moore (best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE‘s 1988 epic release “Operation: Mindcrime” and 2006’s sequel “Operation: Mindcrime II”), will join WINDOWPANE on stage tonight (Friday, March 16) at Studio Seven in Seattle, Washington. The evening will also feature… […]
March 17, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: No More Tears, Ozzy Osbourne • 0 Comments
Due in stores nationwide in North America on June 5 via Versailles Records, the first “definitive” tibute to Ozzy Osbourne‘s 40-year reign as the Prince of Darkness over the ever-thriving heavy metal genre he helped invent, “No More Tears: A Millennium Tribute To Ozzy Osbourne – 1971-2012”, features rock and metal superstars and many of […]
March 16, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: HEADLESS CROSS, TONY MARTIN • 0 Comments
TONY MARTIN’S HEADLESS CROSS, the touring project led by former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin, will make its live debut on Friday, July 27 at The Asylum in Birmingham, England. Tickets are £10 in advance and £12 at the door. HEADLESS CROSS, whose live set celebrates the SABBATH album “Headless Cross”, consists of the following […]
March 16, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: RANDY RHOADS • 0 Comments
“Randy Rhoads: The Quiet Riot Years”, a new book from QUIET RIOT‘s personal photographer/lighting director Ron Sobol, will be available for pre-order on April 1 from GuitarWorld.com. This book reportedly covers the QUIET RIOT years with Randy Rhoads and is filled with many interviews of the people around for that period as well as a […]
ZEBRA Frontman To Perform At ‘Fallen Blue Police Benefit’; TWISTED SISTER Drummer To Host
March 18, 2012 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: TWISTED SISTER, ZEBRA • 0 Comments
On Wednesday, May 9, 2012, the Soundstage in Baltimore, Maryland will host the first annual Shockwave Magazine Presents: A Fallen Blue Police Benefit. Proceeds from the show will be going to two police non-profits: Fallen Blue Organization and Safe Call Now. The concert will be headlined by Randy Jackson, lead singer of the acclaimed band […]