We’re teaming up with Swedish metal outfit Katatonia to bring you an awesome contest. To celebrate the upcoming release of Katatonia’s ninth full-length album, ‘Dead End Kings’ (due Aug. 28), and the band’s upcoming ‘Epic Kings & Idols’ tour, we’re giving away a special prize-pack to one lucky fan, consisting of prizes from the bands Katatonia, the Devin Townsend Project and Paradise Lost. With all three band gearing up for
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Katatonia, Devin Townsend Project + Paradise Lost ‘Epic Kings & Idols’ Prize Pack Giveaway!
August 22nd, 2012 
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No Comments »Gorgoroth Announce New Vocalist After Firing Thomas ‘Pest’ Kronenes
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult Infamous Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth have announced the departure of yet another vocalist. Singer Thomas ‘Pest’ Kronenes was recently kicked out of the band by founding member and guitarist Roger ‘Infernus’ Tiegs as declared in an official statement released by Gorgoroth on Aug. 21. Gorgoroth have gone through a ton of musicians during their 20-year career, with seven drummers, seven bassists and four lead vocalists having been with the
Posted in News Tags: and-guitarist, black-metal, founding-member, gorgoroth, have-announced, have-gone, lead, seven-bassists, the-departure, their-20-year, with-seven, yet-another No Comments »Zakk Wylde to Host Sports Talk Radio Show
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult Zakk Wylde, founder of Black Label Society, will host a new weekly sports talk series on SiriusXM. ‘Wylde on Sports’ will debut Sept. 4 and air every Tuesday for six weeks on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio. The co-host will be Ken Thomson, Wylde’s brother-in-law and a veteran sports talk host. “I’m excited to join my brother-in-law Ken Thomson every Tuesday night on SiriusXM to recap all of the awesome NFL
Posted in News Tags: black, co-host-will, fantasy, fantasy-sports, sirius, society, sports, sports-talk, talk-host-, tuesday, will-debut, wylde, wylde-on-sports No Comments »Win a Rock Vegas Trip To See Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Marilyn Manson, Godsmack, Staind, Stone Sour, Papa Roach + More
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult The two-day Rock Vegas festival is taking over Sin City on Sept. 28 and 29, and Loudwire is giving away a trip for two that includes tickets to the shows, roundtrip flights to Vegas and a two-night hotel stay. Not to mention, the winner also will receive a guitar signed by Stone Sour. The winner and a guest will be able to rock out to headliners Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Marilyn
Posted in News Tags: a-guest-will, a-guitar-signed, a-trip-for, also-will, giving-away, loudwire, Marilyn, shinedown, Stone Sour, two-night-hotel, winner, Zombie No Comments »Foo Fighters To Play Rock the Vote Benefit Show in Charlotte, North Carolina
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult While the the Foo Fighters days of playing sweaty, intimate club shows may be a thing of the past, there’s nothing like a great cause to bring them back to their roots. The band announced a special show at the Fillmore in Charlotte, N.C. on Sept. 5 to benefit Rock the Vote, helping to register young Americans to vote in the upcoming elections. With tickets going on sale Tuesday (Aug.
Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne Engagement – Funniest Twitter Reactions
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult Many music fans were surprised to learn about Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger's engagement to pop star Avril Lavigne when People magazine broke the news last night (Aug. 21). The two Canadian music stars had been working together on Lavigne's upcoming album, and that work in the studio apparently blossomed into a secret romance that was only revealed upon the announcement of the pair's engagement. With the enormous success that Nickelback and Lavigne have both had, it's fair to say each act has had their share of haters. While we want to congratulate the two musicians on their engagement, we couldn't help but notice some very funny Twitter reactions to the surprising news. Check out a list of humorous Tweets about the Kroeger-Lavigne engagement below (we think the first one is the most clever!):
Posted in News Tags: avril-lavigne-, engagement, magazine-broke, nickelback, only-revealed, the-enormous, upcoming-album, were-surprised No Comments »Daily Reload: Chad Kroeger, Soundgarden, System of a Down + More
August 22nd, 2012 Metalkult Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: – For a band whose latest song is ‘Trying Not to Love You,’ Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger isn’t taking that title to heart. The singer just got engaged to pop star Avril Lavigne. [Loudwire] – Soundgarden have gotten around to naming their new album. Check out the new title, release details and a snippet
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