Hard rock fans, rejoice! Korn have joined Godsmack as co-headliners of ShipRocked 2012. In addition, several other acts have jumped aboard the rockin’ cruise. The fourth annual event is bigger and better than ever, with Pop Evil, Helmet, the Halo Method (featuring former Evanescence member Ben Moody, ex-Papa Roach drummer Dave Buckner and ‘Rockstar: Supernova’ winner Lukas Rossi), Dead Sara, Write This Down, and Andy Wood & the Amalgam among the
Dream Theater fans can look forward to a new DVD, however the source material for the future release has yet to take place. Singer James LaBrie tells Tri-State Rock (via Blabbermouth) that the group will let the cameras roll on their Aug. 19 and 20 dates in Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The vocalist says, “We’re pretty stoked. We’re actually gonna be using Mike Leonard, who was the
The shootings in Colorado this past week have stirred up a lot of emotions, and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is among those who has an opinion based not only on this one event, but certainly enhanced by it. Ian feels that steps should be taken to expand gun control so that firearms don’t end up in the hands of people not responsible enough to own one. He expressed his feelings
The tragic movie theater shooting in Colorado has brought up a number of issues, including the fact that there were small children at the midnight showing of the new ‘Batman’ film, ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ The often outspoken Disturbed singer David Draiman took to his Twitter account to add his two cents to the discussion, first posting a CNN report using the children that were in the theater at the time
The lights may be bright and the bands may be putting their full effort into rocking the audience, but here’s a tip for fans especially close to the stage – the band members can still see you. Unfortunately for one fan, he found that out the hard way when he got singled out by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson in front of the whole audience at a recent show in
Thrash metal icons Testament are closing in on 30 years as a band and showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, singer Chuck Billy says the group is sounding really good at the moment and he’s anxious to get their latest music out to the people. Of the new disc, ‘Dark Roots of Earth,’ the singer tells the Raffo Review, “I would say it’s got a little bit of
Gaslight Anthem have made the most of the video format to tell a story with their new short film for the song ‘Handwritten.’ Drummer Benny Horowitz came up with the concept of the cyclical tale of a record’s life cycle and then handed things off to director Kevin Slack to shoot the story. Horowitz tells AbsolutePunk.net, “The original concept stemmed from an idea I had about following the life of