EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee welcomed her first child, a son named Jack Lion, last Thursday, July 24. “I have never known the depths of my heart till now. The world just exploded into Technicolor,” Lee wrote on Instagram. According to People.com, Jack Lion entered the world weighing 7 lbs., 13 oz. The 32-year-old singer has […]
SIXX: A.M., the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx alongside guitarist DJ Ashba and vocalist James Michael, will release its third album on October 7. A video for the CD’s first single, “Gotta Get It Right”, was filmed in mid-June. Sixx spoke to Revolver magazine last year about how the new SIXX: A.M. CD […]
During a recent interview with BBC Radio 6 Music‘s Shaun Keaveny, legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) spoke about the first time he ever performed sober after years of substance abuse, Tom Zutaut, former Geffen Records AR executive who was responsible for signing GUNS N’ ROSES to the label, was quoted as saying […]
According to the Tampa Bay Times, a Tampa, Florida woman was charged with stalking after allegedly penning a number of hostile posts and tweets directed at SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell and his wife, Vicky Karayiannis. Jessica Leigh Robbins, 32, was arrested Friday in Tampa and was barred from going within 1,000 feet of the MidFlorida […]
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a 21-show North American tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from Finnish heavy metal powerhouse CHILDREN OF BODOM, Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA and American melodic death/thrash openers BATTLECROSS. The tour launches on October 4 in Denver, Colorado and includes five Canadian […]
Florida death metallers OBITUARY have posted the following message on their Facebook page: “This is a post that we hoped would never have to happen but we need to let our fans know the situation and hope that one of you can help us. “[On] Saturday [July 26], at Stonehenge festival in Steenwijk, Holand somebody […]
According to BBC News, former LOSTPROPHETS frontman Ian Watkins‘ appeal to have his prison sentence reduced was denied.Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison for child-abuse crimes, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. The appeal judges in Cardiff stated that the offenses were “of such shocking depravity that they demanded a lengthy […]
According to The Pulse Of Radio, the SMASHING PUMPKINS announced plans to record two new albums and it looks like they’re moving right along with their plans as Billy Corgan recently revealed the first album, “Monuments For An Elegy” featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s Tommy Lee on drums, is done. Corgan told Loudwire: “So it’s done now, […]
Having performed twice at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC will have its third performance at the music festival — and for the very first time, it will perform on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal bands around the world […]
Barbara Teruggi of Spain’s GoetiaMedia.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Patrik Jensen of Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. On how difficult it is to find the time to focus on THE HAUNTED in 2014: Jensen: “Almost since the second album, we have been […]
According to Radio.com, a judge has denied AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis‘ request to have his prison sentence reduced by the amount of time served while under “house arrest” as he awaited sentencing for hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife, Meggan. Judge Carlos Armour said in court earlier today (Friday, July […]
Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of the British heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN and founder of Cardiff Aviation Ltd., spoke to Bloomberg Television on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, U.K. on Tuesday, July 15. You can now watch the chat below. The Farnborough International Airshow, which runs July 14-20, is this […]