Heavy Metal News
Incubus singer Brandon Boyd has revealed that the band has no immediate plan for the future as they close out the promotion cycle for 2011′s ‘If Not Now, When?’ with the Honda Civic tour. The future is uncertain in terms of the band’s label situation, as it completed its contract with longtime label Epic. Therefore, Boyd spoke about these aspects and about his personal aspirations. “We have no plans, to
Since the not-so-amicable split between singer Geoff Tate and the rest of Queensryche, the band recently recruited Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre to front the band. Since his debut, La Torre has been accused of using Geoff Tate’s recorded vocals during live performances — an allegation which La Torre has now officially denied. Tate was fired from Queensryche after a series of confrontations with his former band members, which
It was announced earlier this year that former Nirvana bandmates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic would be making sweet music together once again. Although details have remained vague, the nature of the current collaboration is centered around the upcoming documentary on Sound City Studios, where the Nirvana opus ‘Nevermind’ was recorded. Although Krist Novoselic was originally offered to play bass in Foo Fighters at the band’s inception, the Nirvana four-stringer
French progressive metal phenoms Gojira have just revealed new North American tour dates. The band was originally scheduled to open for a totally awesome tour with Lamb of God and Dethklok, but due to the current imprisonment of Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic, the tour was unfortunately cancelled. Wanting to give their North American fans a taste of Gojira, the band have ventured forth with their own set of
Wolfgang Van Halen, the current bassist of Van Halen who happens to be the son of guitarist Eddie Van Halen, has shed some light on just how much influence he had on the band’s new album, ‘A Different Kind of Truth.’ Wolfgang tells Guitar World Magazine (via Van Halen News Desk), “I knew that Van Halen had this incredible catalog of music they’ve recorded and written that nobody has ever heard.
For those of you who thought it couldn’t get any better than Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson touring together on the ‘Twins of Evil‘ tour this fall, we bring you news that another hard rock heavyweight is joining the run. Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis is stepping away from his band to explore his EDM alter-ego JDevil as the opening act for the two headliners. Davis says, “I like to think
Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman has apparently cut off contact between himself and the rest of his band after writing a bizarre Facebook post on Killing Joke’s official page. Seemingly out of nowhere, Coleman reportedly trashed upcoming tourmates, the Cult and the Mission, while announcing a sudden cancellation of their shows together. Additionally, the rest of Killing Joke have declared Jaz Coleman as ‘missing.’ Killing Joke were set to begin a