EUROPE Drummer Explains DOWNLOAD Festival Cancelation

Drummer Ian Haugland of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE has issued the following update:

“What a bummer at [U.K.'s] Download [festival]. We were forced to cancel the show due to the fucked up weather… We had a bad start already in the morning when the flight …

HIGH ON FIRE Forced To Pull Out Of ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL

Oakland, California metal band HIGH ON FIRE has announced that it will be forced to miss this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival as frontman and guitarist Matt Pike enters treatment for alcohol rehabilitation. The award-winning power trio (also featuring drummer Des Kensel and bassist …

SLIPKNOT’s ‘Knotfest’ To Include Circus Big-Top Tents, Pillars Of Fire, Amusement Park Rides

According to RollingStone.com.com, the inaugural installment of SLIPKNOT‘s first-ever festival, Knotfest, will be held over two day-long events, the first on Friday, August 17 at Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa, and the second on August 18 in Somerset, on the border of Wisconsin …

SLIPKNOT To Headline KNOTFEST In August

According to Ticketmaster.com, SLIPKNOT will headline the inaugural installment of their own festival, Knotfest, on Friday, August 17 at Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa.

Scheduled performers:

SLIPKNOT DEFTONES LAMB OF GOD DETHKLOK SERJ TANKIAN THE URGE PRONG

Tickets go on sale on Friday, …

AGNOSTIC FRONT, MADBALL Confirmed For CBGB FESTIVAL

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Legendary New York hardcore band AGNOSTIC FRONT will play the exact same set from its classic live album, “Live At CBGB”, during its upcoming performance at the CBGB’s Festival. The show will take place on July 5 at the Webster Hall in New York City. …

METALLICA: ROCK AM RING Festival Performance To Be Streamed Online

METALLICA‘s June 2 performance at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany will be streamed live at OrionMusicAndMore.com. Tune in on Saturday around 9 p.m. local time (3 p.m. EST, 2 p.m. CST and noon PST) to watch the concert in its entirety.

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RUSH Announces First European Festival Appearance In 35 Years

Canadian rock legends RUSH have been confirmed for next year’s edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 5-8, 2013 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. It will mark the band’s first appearance at a European festival in 35 years (since they played at Pinkpop …

EXODUS: Three-Guitar Attack Planned For Belgium’s GRASPOP METAL MEETING

As previously announced, former EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt will be joining the band’s vocalist Rob Dukes, drummer Tom Hunting, bassist Jack Gibson, and guitarist Lee Altus for their appearance at the Scion Rock Fest in Tampa, Florida on June 2 and the group’s upcoming European …

ANTHRAX Chooses MAYHEM’s Jägermeister Stage For Special ‘Bare-Bones, Guerilla’ Performance

When ANTHRAX was given the choice of playing this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival main stage or the festival’s Jägermeister Stage, the band opted to headline the latter, and to do something special for the crowd.

Explained ANTHRAX‘s Charlie Benante, “We decided to pattern …

U.K.’s HARD ROCK HELL And HAMMERFEST Festivals Upgrade To Bigger Location

After four successful sellout years at Prestatyn, Hard Rock Hell and Hammerfest have now decided to leave Prestatyn and venture along the North Wales Coast to a bigger more tailored site location.

The new larger haven site at Hafan y Môr in Pwllheli, will see …

SAXON: Next Album To Be Mixed By ANDY SNEAP

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden’s Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Metalshrine: What are you up to?

Biff: I’m in the studio actually, writing songs for the next album. …

‘Trespass America’ Festival: Photos, Video Footage Of Hollywood Press Conference

Photos of yesterday’s press conference at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California to announce Trespass America, the new summer festival tour the band is launching this year, can be found at this location (all photos by Stephanie Cabral). A short video clip from the …