Heavy Metal News
There’s been an air of anticipation building for most of the year once Bullet for My Valentine singer Matt Tuck announced his intent to play guitar alongside Cancer Bats singer Liam Cormier in the new band Axewound. Now fans can start marking their calendars as the new rock collective have ironed out the release details for their ‘Vultures’ album. At present, the band has only announced an Oct. 1 release
After recent word that a new album of previously unreleased Mad Season material is in the works, the band’s drummer Barrett Martin has revealed that singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) will be contributing vocals to the effort. The band’s original vocalist, Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), died in 2002. Mad Season was a supergroup formed in 1994 by Staley, guitarist Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), bassist John
Some potentially upsetting news for fans of Iwrestledabearonce — vocalist Krysta Cameron may not return to the band after giving birth to her child. Iwrestledabearonce broke the news that Cameron would not be participating in the band’s 2012 Warped Tour run due to her pregnancy, but now it seems like she may be hanging up the mic with the eccentric metal band. It was three weeks ago that the band
In a recent interview conducted at a Papa Roach show in Allentown, Pa., the band’s frontman Jacoby Shaddix revealed he is having vocal issues. It’s a potentially serious situation, and the timing couldn’t be worse with a big tour coming up. “I went to a vocal specialist. I have what’s called a node that’s forming on my vocal cord, so it’s like a callus on my vocal cord, and so
When it comes to punk music, Green Day are certainly one of the most progressive bands within the genre. Having drifted into more of a ‘rock opera’-type of style, Green Day have released the new single ‘Oh, Love’ from their upcoming album, ‘¡Uno!,’ the first of three discs the band will be releasing within a four-month period. Back in 2004, Green Day had already carved themselves a legendary career, although
Last week I told you that Iron Maiden would be releasing a double disc DVD of their performance in Santiago, Chile called EN VIVO!, and now the band has released the trailer for the DVD. You can check that out above. The release date for EN VIVO! is March 27 for the US and March …
Some sad news for stoner death metal fans everywhere. Cannabis Corpse have announced that Andy “Weedgrinder” Horn and guitarist Nick “Nikropolis” Poulos have left the band. The band are currently looking for replacements. If you're interested, e-mail Landphil. Meanwhile, the band still plans to play the Cory Smoot memorial show on January 7th, and will …