KING DIAMOND, BOLT THROWER, TESTAMENT and CHILDREN OF BODOM are the first confirmed bands for next year’s edition of the Tuska festival, set to take place June 28-30 in Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland. Tuska festival area will undergo changes and improvements…
Alice Cooper and TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider will be the musical guests on the Ship Of Fear: A Horror Cruise, which sails next year between October 28 and November 2. The most terrifying villains from the greatest fright films…
SLIPKNOT has been confirmed for next year’s Download festival, set to take place June 14-16, 2013 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Also scheduled to appear at the event so far are IRON MAIDEN and RAMMSTEIN. More acts will…
All 75,000 tickets to next year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival have been sold — a little more than a month after being made available. This marks the eighth time in a row that Wacken Open Air is…
Having recently completed the North American leg of the “Maiden England World Tour”, one of the most successful rock tours of the summer, IRON MAIDEN will now be storming across Europe in 2013 playing stadiums, major festivals and arenas with…
Finnish love metallers HIM have entered the studio with producer Hiili Hiilesmaa (APOCALYPTICA, AMORPHIS, MOONSPELL) to begin recording their ninth full-length album, “Tears On Tape”, for an early 2013 release. The CD will be mixed by Tim Palmer, who has…
SOILWORK, ARMORED SAINT, SABATON, SHADOW GALLERY and CIRCUS MAXIMUS are among the confired bands for next year’s edition of the ProgPower USA festival, set to take place September 6-7, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. The billing is shaping up as follows:…
Just following Epica’s performance on the first day of ProgPower USA XIII, festival promoter Glenn Harveston revealed the lineup for ProgPower XIV. For 2013, Saturday’s event will be held on Friday, September 6-7, 2013 and will have one less band,…
Alice Cooper, Mike Portnoy (ADRENALINE MOB, FLYING COLORS, DREAM THEATER) and Jordan Rudess (DREAM THEATER) have been confirmed for the Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp‘s next Las Vegas event, set to take place February 14-18 at the MGM Grand. Remember…
Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their landmark release, 2002′s genre-defining “Alive Or Just Breathing”, by performing the entire album during their headlining set at the California Metalfest VI, set to take place on Saturday, November…
