Geoff Tate Announces Solo Album Release and Fall 2012 Tour Details

Geoff Tate is putting aside his Queensryche legal issues long enough to continue his career with the new solo collection, ‘Kings & Thieves,’ arriving on Nov. 6. The vocalist already has one solo album under his belt and had begun work on this second release prior to the issues that led to his ousting in June. Tate recently revealed the title for the new disc on VH1 Classic’s That Metal

Daily Reload: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, 9/11 Rocker Tributes, Lamb of God + More

Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: Guitarist Kirk Hammett shares his horror fascination (his new book ‘Too Much Horror Business – The Kirk Hammett Collection‘ is due Oct. 1) and talks about how Metallica deals with criticism. [Loudwire] Shinedown, Papa Roach, Slash, Nikki Sixx, Aaron Lewis and David Draiman were just a few of the rockers offering 9/11 Tributes via