According to Digitalspy.com, Colin Farrell has reportedly agreed to star as OZZY OSBOURNE in a upcoming biopic of the rock legend’s life. Despite the 61-year-old Black Sabbath frontman’s desire to be played by an unknown from his home city of Birmingham, Perez Hilton reports that the 34-year-old Crazy Heart star…
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TESTAMENT Frontman Performs With DEVIN TOWNSEND At Finland’s TUSKA Festival
Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) performed his “Ziltoid The Omniscient” concept album in its entirety on Friday, July 2 at the thirteenth annual Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finland as a special one-off world-exclusive show. His DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT also played…
Percussionist Who Played On BRUCE DICKINSON’s Balls To Picasso Passes
Los Angeles based Latin hard rockers TRIBE OF GYPSIES, featuring guitarist/producer Roy Z (HALFORD, BRUCE DICKINSON, JUDAS PRIEST), have issued the following update: “To all the Tribe fans out, especially those of you who were with us in the early days – it is with a heavy heart that we…
RONNIE JAMES DIO – Video Footage From Memorial Benefit Gala In Finland Online
Finnish metal media group Night Elves have posted details and footage from a memorial gala for RONNIE JAMES DIO held on July 2nd in Helsinki to coincide with the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival. The proceeds from the event went to Cancer Society of Finland. The vocalists at the gala,…
Day 2 – Sonisphere photos: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax
Photos from Sonisphere 2010 Romania Day Two with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax can be found on METALHEAD below: Metallica HQ photos from Sonisphere 2010 Romania www.metalhead.ro/poze/Metallica-thumbnails-123488-1-6.html Slayer HQ photos from Sonisphere 2010 Romania www.metalhead.ro/poze/Slayer_Sonisphere-thumbnails-123488-1-5.html Megadeth HQ photos from Sonisphere 2010 Romania www.metalhead.ro/poze/Megadeth-thumbnails-123488-1-3.html Anthrax HQ photos from Sonisphere 2010 Romania…
HORD – New Single Release to MySpace on July 6
Hord will release on July 6th 9pm the first single “Unreal city” from their new album “The waste land” (release on nov. 2010) !!! This album been recorded at Amsterdam with Jochem Jacob (Textures). See you on July 6th on their myspace !! www.myspace.com/hordofficial
ALMAH (feat. Angra’s Edu Falaschi) fficial statement about recent tour and future of the band
ALMAH/Edu Falaschi official statement Brazilian prog power metal band feat. Angra’s singer Edu Falaschi ALMAH has just finished another part of Fragile Equality Tour. The band played in various cities of Brazil finishing this leg on the stage of Marreco’s fest in Brasilia. ALMAH’s founder, frontman and mastermind Edu Falaschi…
FEAR FACTORY confirmed for 70000 TONS OF METAL!
On their way back South 70000 TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival had to make another stop in the Golden State, but they chose the big city this time: Los Angeles. Ashore they were greeted by one of the most influential innovators of Industrial Metal: FEAR FACTORY. That brings the…
MALEVOLENT CREATION: Drummer Featured in Free Issue of Sick Drummer Magazine
Drummer Gus Rios, of Florida based death metal legends MALEVOLENT CREATION, is featured in this month’s issue of Sick Drummer Magazine. The magazine is currently being offered for free until July 6th at the following location www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/news/latest-news/1939-sick-drummer-magazines-two-year-anniversary-issue-free-viewing.html. MALEVOLENT CREATION’s upcoming 11th studio outing entitled Invidious Dominion was produced and recorded…
Pathology “Legacy Of The Ancients” Hits Stores Tuesday, July 6; Video to Premiere on MTV2’s Headbangers Ball Monday Night
San Diego-based death metal die-hards PATHOLOGY are releasing their highly anticipated new full-length, Legacy of the Ancients, this Tuesday, July 6 on Victory Records. The album, mixed and mastered by Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse), is already getting great feedback from press with Metal Maniacs exclaiming, “You can feel…
Shred Guitar Master PAUL GILBERT To Release 3rd Guitar Instrumental CD FUZZ UNIVERSE on SHRAPNEL RECORDS out AUGUST 3RD
Paul Gilbert unleashes his 3rd instrumental masterpiece on Shrapnel Records, August 3rd to the world. “FUZZ UNIVERSE is my third guitar instrumental album,” explains Gilbert. “Being a fan of pop music and rock bands, I am a reluctant convert into the art of instrumental rock music. But after touring with…
OCEANO BASSIST REPORTS FROM THE STUDIO
OCEANO bassist, Jason Jones has supplied an update on how the Chicago deathcore heavyweights are doing while recording their upcoming album CONTAGION with famed producer, Zeuss (MUNICIPAL WASTE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL): “We’ve been working with Zeuss for a couple weeks now and this album is sounding incredible…
GOLLUM Added To Mayhem Festival Lineup August 3
Wilmington, North Carolina metal enigmas GOLLUM were recently added to one of the dates on this year’s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The fest runs from July 10 – August 14 and features over a dozen bands including Korn, Lamb Of God, In This Moment, 3 Inches Of…
BLACK VEIL BRIDES KICK OFF HEADLINING TOUR, POST SINGLE ON MYSPACE – Debut record due out later this month
LOS ANGELES – The wait is over. Hollywood’s emerging theatrical rock sensation, Black Veil Brides, will kick off their highly anticipated headlining tour, the Hot Topic Presents: The Sacred Ceremony tour, tonight in San Diego. The month-and-a-half long trek will take the band across North America and back, as they tour in…
IN THIS MOMENT Post New Track and Audio Snippets of Entire New Album Online; Chris Howorth (Guitars) Checks In With Exclusive Report
We are only just a mere few weeks away from the release of the new IN THIS MOMENT album, A Star-Crossed Wasteland (July 13th), and the reaction to the new single “The Gun Show” proves that this is one of the most anticipated metal releases of the year. Just to further…