Heavy Metal News
Southern rockers Black Stone Cherry were gearing up to set sail on the 2012 ShipRocked cruise in late November but the band just announced that they will have to stay on solid ground instead due to some pretty exciting news for lead singer Chris Robertson. Robertson is expecting a new son, with his wife due on Nov. 25. The ShipRocked cruise is scheduled for Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 cutting
Soilwork are nothing if not ambitious Swedish melodic metallers with lofty goals. The band has revealed that its upcoming album ‘The Living Infinite’ will be released as a double album. So it’ll be twice as nice, and twice as metallic, which is never a bad thing. The band is currently holed up in the studio with Jens Bogren, working diligently on the double release, which will serve as the follow
Papa Roach, ‘Still Swingin’
Is there anything Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson can’t or won’t do? Front a heavy metal band? Check. Pilot commercial planes? Check. Fly band to and from tour destinations? Check. Run a race during a wedding weekend? Check. Dickinson, along with Maiden guitarist Dave Murray, was in Grasmere, England, for the wedding of Louise, the daughter of manager Andy Taylor, this past weekend. He spent his Sunday by running the
Texas heavy metal band the Sword are about to release their fourth full-length album, ‘Apocryphon,’ on Oct. 22, but the group is also set to promote another passion in their lives — hot sauce. Texans don’t mess around when it comes to their food, so when the Sword decided to create their own hot sauce, they kept it to a single batch and chose not to mass produce their scalding
Deftones have confirmed that their seventh studio album is titled ‘Koi No Yokan,’ and it will be released on Nov. 13. The ‘Tones, who spent a chunk of their summer on the road with System of a Down, will support ‘Koi No Yokan’ with a headline tour. They will be joined by special guests Scars of Broadway, featuring SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian. ‘Koi No Yokan’ was recorded in Los Angeles.
Late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has long been an inspiration to artists and creative types. Everything from books to music and collectibles have been created in his honor. The latest addition to that list is an upcoming sticker book inspired by the musical visionary titled ‘Kurt and the Gang.’ ‘Kurt and the Gang’ approaches Kurt from a whole new angle. It’s a sticker book collection with stickers highlighting the printed illustrations