BLIND GUARDIAN
are to bring in Rhapsody drummer Alex Holzwarth for their upcoming gigs. This is purely a temporary measure, necessary because skinsman Thomas Stauch is suffering from a tendon infection in…
APOCALYPTICA
Finnish band Apocalyptica are to release new single Faraway Vol. 2 on May 26 in Europe. This is a new version of the song Faraway from current album Reflections. Faraway…
GREAT WHITE
have set up a trust fund, to help them pay the legal costs arising out of the fire in Providence, Rhode Island on February 20, during which 100 people died….
DOOM 3 & NIN
Trent Reznor has apparently decided to cancel his involvement with the game Doom 3. This is because the project is taking a long while to come to fruition; the Nine…
MERCENARY
is hereby proud to announce that they will perform at this year's ProgPower festival, held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Earthlink Live on September 5th and 6th. (Let's hope those proggies…
METALLICA
It seems that the DVD documenting the making of the new Metallica album St. Anger is to be called Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster. But theres still no news on…
EXODUS
Exodus, Nuclear Assault and Agent Steel head the list of bands coming to the UK and Europe for the Bonded By Metal tour, The UK dates are Sheffield Corporation October…
SEPULTURA
have now confirmed all the dates for their upcoming British/Irish tour. They are: Derry Nerve Centre June 3, Belfast Limelight 4, Dublin Music Centre 5/6, London Astoria July 13, Manchester…
ROCK POLL
Rock music remains the most popular music in America. Right now, it accounts for virtually a quarter of the records sold in the United States and its still growing….
OZZY
Ozzy Osbourne has left Epic Records, ending an association of 23 years. So far, theres no sign of the Prince Of Darkness getting a new deal. …