With a new M.O.D. studio album out (Red, White And
Screwed) and a final S.O.D. EP hitting the shelves
called Rise Of The Infidels, legendary singer Billy
Milano spoke to BW&BK recently about the fact that
there’s no love lost between himself and the two
S.O.D. bandmates (guitarist Scott Ian and drummer
Charlie Benante) that also call ANTHRAX home.
“As far as [...]
According to the online edition of the Norwegian
newspaper Adresseavisen, IRON MAIDEN will perform next
summer at the Lerkendal Stadium in Trondheim, Norway
as part of the band’s “Somewhere Back In Time World
Tour”. An official announcement, including an exact
date for the concert, is expected to be made in the
next few days.
IRON MAIDEN last week announced the following North
American [...]
OBITUARY are the latest act confirmed for the 2008
edition of Germany’s Bang Your Head!!! festival which
is scheduled for June 27th – 28th at Messegelände in
Balingen, Germany.
Confirmed acts now include: AGENT STEEL, AGE OF EVIL,
BREAKER, CONTRACRASH, ENSIFERUM, FORBIDDEN, GRAVE
DIGGER, GREAT WHITE, KORPIKLAANI, LIZZY BORDEN, YNGWIE
MALMSTEEN’S RISING FORCE, OBITUARY, ONSLAUGHT, RAGE,
SAXON, TANKARD, [...]
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have announced
the following North American tour dates as part of the
first leg of their “Somewhere Back In Time” world tour
2008:
Feb. 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
Mar. 14 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center (formerly
Continental Airlines Arena)
Mar. 16 – Toronto, ONT, Canada @ Air Canada Centre
IRON MAIDEN [...]
Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani has entered the
studio to begin recording his new album for a
tentative April 2008 release. “Joining me this time
are engineer/co-producer John Cuniberti, drummer Jeff
Campitelli, bassist Matt Bissonette,
multi-instra-mentalist Eric Caudieux, Zen Master Mike
Manning and Mysterious Mike Boden, who shaved his head
for the project!” Satriani writes on his web site.
“There is no working title [...]
LIVIDITY, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS and HOUWITSER are
among the first confirmed bands for next year’s Fuck
The Commerce festival, set to take place May 1-13,
2008 in Altes Lager (near Jüterbog), Germany. The
festival billing is shaping up as follows:
May 2, 2008:
DEBAUCHERY
DROWNED CHILD
ETERNAL BLEEDING
GORYPTIC
HOUWITSER
INFERIA
MASS INFECTION
PROFANATION
SIKFUK
VOLTURYON
WEAK ASIDE
May 3, 2008:
DEADBORN
DEBT OF NATURE
EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS
FLAYING
LIVIDITY
PURGATORY
SELFTORTURE
SLIT
THE ATMOSFEAR
For more information, visit www.f-t-c.de.
According to a posting on [...]
THE CULT has scheduled the following UK dates:
Feb. 22 – Forum London
Feb. 28 – Carling Academy Birmingham
Mar. 01 – Manchester Academy
HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH
guitarist Tony Iommi and bassist Geezer Butler, singer
Ronnie James Dio, and drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK
SABBATH, DIO) — is currently in discussions with
various record labels about recording a [...]
Doom metallers PAGAN ALTAR and MAEL MORDHA will
co-headline the second installment of the Full Metal
Racket festival, set to take place April 6, 2008 in
Belfast, Ireland. Also scheduled to appear are ABADDON
INCARNATE, CONDEMNED, ERA VULGARIS, RUNECASTER and A
LITTLE BITTER. Two more acts will be confirmed
shortly.
Billboard.com reports that KORN and CHRIS CORNELL have
been [...]
OZZY OSBOURNE will embark on a short tour of Australia
in March. Confirmed dates are as follows:
March 15 – Melbourne, AUS @ Rod Laver Arena
March 18 – Sydney, AUS @ Acer Arena
March 20 – Brisbane, AUS @ Brisbane Entertainment
Centre
Tickets go on sale on Thursday, November 1.
As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne’s official web
site is currently hosting a [...]
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have scheduled two dates
in Russia in January 2008. The details are as follows:
Jan. 26 – St. Petersburg, RUS – PORT Club
Jan. 27 – Moscow, RUS – B1Maximum
Commented the band: “This is the first time for IN
FLAMES in Russia and we are really looking forward to
the shows. We have heard from friends [...]
