A double clear vinyl reissue of SLIPKNOT‘s “Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses”, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (original street date: May 25, 2004), will be released as part of this year’s Record Store Day on April 19. Produced by Rick Rubin, “Vol. 3″ features classic SLIPKNOT anthems like “Duality”, “Pulse Of The Maggots”, […]
The new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY studio album, “Catacombs Of The Black Vatican”, sold around 26,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous studio CD, “Order Of The Black”, opened with around 33,000 units to enter the chart […]
HELLYEAH has recruited Christian Brady as its new touring guitarist following the recent departure of Greg Tribbett (MUDVAYNE). A former member of MAGNA-FI and FRANKY PEREZ THE TRUTH, Brady met HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott in Las Vegas, where Christian has been living and playing in bands for a while. Fan-filmed video footage of HELLYEAH […]
Former KORN touring guitarist Shane Gibson died Tuesday, April 15 as a result of complications from a blood clotting disorder. He was 35 years old.Gibson was most recently a member of STORK, the project featuring super drummer Thomas Lang (PAUL GILBERT), lead singer VK Lynne (VITA NOVA, Eve’s Apple) and bassist Kelly LeMieux (BUCKCHERRY, GOLDFINGER). […]
Jeff “Mantas” Dunn, original guitarist of the pioneering British “black metal” band VENOM, has released the following statement: “I wish to make an official statement regarding the rumours and speculation of a reunion of the original lineup of VENOM. “First of all, I will say that this is not meant to generate a ton of […]
According to Billboard.com, AC/DC “insiders” have shot down as false the rumor that the band is on the verge of announcing its retirement due to one member’s — presumably guitarist Malcolm Young‘s — serious illness. The source of the original retirement rumor was an e-mail sent to Perth radio station 6PR from an anonymous tipster […]
According to The Pulse Of Radio, VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth has said in the latest installment of his web series, “The Roth Show”, that the band is working on some kind of “secret’ project. Roth said on the show, “Doing some catching up here, a little bit of a scrapbook. We’ve been doing […]
SLIPKNOT is rumored to have recruited former MADBALL and AGAINST ME! drummer Jay Weinberg to assist them during the sessions for the band’s new studio album following last year’s departure of Joey Jordison. Weinberg — the 23-year-old son of Max Weinberg (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND) — was most recently a member of […]
Larry Busacca, Getty Images The original four members of KISS are now officially Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Although the April 10 ceremony is in the past, Paul Stanley‘s criticism of the institution continues. This time, Stanley takes aim at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame co-founder and Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, […]
Jordan Mancino (drums), Nick Hipa (guitar), Phil Sgrosso (guitar) and Josh Gilbert (bass) of San Diego, California-based metal act AS I LAY DYING have teamed up with vocalist Shane Blay (previously lead guitar/clean vocals in OH, SLEEPER) to create the new band WOVENWAR. Over approximately the last year, the band completed work on new material […]
Fallbrook Winery winemaker Vernon Kindred, who made MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine‘s new Mustaine Vineyards Cabernet, told Wine Spectator that Mustaine Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon California Symphony Interrupted Select 2012, priced at $40 a bottle, sold out all 59 cases made in less than 72 hours. According to Kindred, the collaboration with the musician came about when […]
The official web site of San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING — whose lead singer, Tim Lambesis, pleaded guilty in February to hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife — has been updated with the following message: “There have been a lot of questions from fans over the past year and we’ll […]