Metal / Hard Rock (02/10/2008)
Metallica's Death Magnetic Tops Album Chart For Third Week In A Row!
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Death Magnetic, the ninth studio album from multi-platinum hard-rock band Metallica, is the best-selling album in the country for the third week in a row. Its continued reign atop the Billboard Top 200 album chart makes Metallica the only artist, aside ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (02/10/2008)
Kip Winger To Join The 'Rock and Roll Rat Pack' - Celebrity Rock Group 'Scrap Metal' Announces Special Guest for Fall Concert Event
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Scrap Metal Official Website) - Celebrity Rock Super Group Scrap Metal announced Kip Winger founder of WINGER ("Seventeen"/"Headed for a Heartbreak"), and former bassist for legendary rock group Alice Cooper will join them onstage to perform a special acoustic set as their ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (01/10/2008)
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack!
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ MTV Networks) - AC/DC comes exclusively to Rock Band beginning this November for the worldwide release of AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack) by Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). This exclusive ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (01/10/2008)
Two Rockin' Reasons For A Merry 'KISSmas'
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - KISS. Four musicians. Four characters. Four icons ("IKONS" in KISS speak) - the Demon, the Star Child, Space Ace, and the Cat Man. Today, the KISS juggernaut shows no signs of slowing down as the KISS Army marches on with a new generation. ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (28/09/2008)
Major Nickelback Announcement: The New Single 'Gotta Be Somebody' Will Be Available On September 29, 2008!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Unstoppable multi-platinum rockers Nickelback announced today Dark Horse as the title for their new album, set for release on November 18th on Roadrunner Records. Starting at 6AM on Monday, September 29th, the first single "Gotta Be Somebody" will be ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (28/09/2008)
Twisted Sister - Not Too Early For Holiday Charity!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Campion PR/ Cristina Parvu) - Rock legends Twisted Sister have announced the "Twisted Sister, A Twisted Christmas On Broadway" holiday extravaganza, Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York City. The show will feature the band performing songs ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (19/09/2008)
Yngwie Malmsteen To Be Inducted Into Hollywood's Rockwalk
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Yngwie Malmsteen Official Website) - Electric guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen, will be inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Monday, October 13, 2008 at noon. Yngwie's masterful technique, innovation, and flamboyant showmanship has mesmerized listeners since the early 1980s ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (18/09/2008)
Metallica Sets New Record As Only Band With Five Albums Debuting At No 1!!!
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Death Magnetic, the ninth studio album from multi-platinum hard-rock band Metallica, is the best-selling album in the country this week, debuting atop the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 1, making Metallica the only band in chart history to have ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (15/09/2008)
Attention: Machine Head Fans!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Machine Head are proud to announce the release of the special edition version of The Blackening, their Grammy-nominated masterwork. Hailed unanimously as the best metal album of 2007 by journalists, metal radio stations and fans alike, it earned a Grammy ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (12/09/2008)
Metallica's New Single 'The Day That Never Comes' Is No 1 At Rock Radio
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - With their new album Death Magnetic due out on Friday, September 12th, Metallica are storming the airwaves. The album's lead-off single, "The Day That Never Comes," is currently No. 1 at Mainstream Rock radio according to data compiled by airplay monitoring ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (12/09/2008)
Sham 69 They're Saying 'That's Life!'
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Sham 69 Official Website) - Yes the legendary punk outfit SHAM 69 will be bringing their earthy charms to the stage in Londons West End this October. The band formally fronted by Jimmy Pursey have since reformed in Jan 2007 with the new powerful format line up and along with ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/09/2008)
If Joan Jett & AC/DC Were To Have A Child, It Would Be VISION
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ VISION Official Website) - VISION, Connecticut's premiere original hard rock band has just released their debut CD entitled NO REGRETS. VISION's musical style employ's a classic rock feel with a modern rock sound. If Joan Jett & AC/DC had a child, it would be VISION!! The band ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (08/09/2008)
Motley Crue To Release Their Complete Studio Catalogue Consisting Of Eight Albums
LOS ANGELES (Top 40 Charts/ Motley Records/ Eleven Seven Music) - Motley Crue who recently released Saints of Los Angeles, their first studio album in over a decade (which debuted as the No 1 Independent CD), and headlined their inaugural Crue Fest tour this summer are set to re-issue their complete ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (06/09/2008)
Slipknot Debuts At No 1!!!
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Hard rock enigma Slipknot have once again made history. The band's fourth album, All Hope Is Gone, has claimed the coveted No 1 debut slot on Billboard's Top 200 chart, after an extraordinary battle. Early internet reports cited a No 2 debut trailing ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (06/09/2008)
Nickelback Announces New Album
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Roadrunner Records announced today the upcoming new album from multi-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback. The band is currently recording the follow-up to 2005's massively successful All The Right Reasons with famed rock producer Mutt Lange (AC/DC, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (03/09/2008)
Lordi Unleashes A New Look And Readies Deadache For An October 28, 2008 Release
HELSINKI, FINLAND (Top40 Charts/ End Records) - Finnish monster-rockers LORDI announced that their fourth studio album, entitled Deadache, will be released in the United States on October 28th, 2008. A new album cycle calls for a new look - fantastic (in both senses of the word) costumes designed by ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (03/09/2008)
Simple Plan Are Going Down Under
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - G'day! It's been long enough and it had to happen! Simple Plan is heading back down under for a string of shows in Australia. Here are the dates: Tuesday 14 October - Metro City, Perth (18+) Thursday 16 October - Newcastle Entertainment Centre (All Ages) ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (03/09/2008)
Guitar Legend Yngwie Malmsteen Unleashes First New Album In Three Years
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Rising Force Records) - The global rock guitar community will undoubtedly mark October 14, 2008 on their calendars, as this is the exact date that Yngwie Malmsteen will be issuing his latest studio triumph, 'Perpetual Flame.' The album will be the first-ever Yngwie album to be ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (03/09/2008)
Tranny Doesn't Stop Chevy Metal Revvers Surefire Machine Canadian Tour Dates
Montreal, QC. (Top40 Charts/ Surefire Machine Official Website) - Even when the tranny blows on the SFM tour van for their cross Canada tour, Surefire Machine rev up their guitars and blaze a trail of burning rubber as they announce more Canadian tour dates as part of their 'Rock For Your Big Block' ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (02/09/2008)
The Smashing Pumpkins To Debut New Single 'G.L.O.W.' As Part Of Downloadable Songpack Exclusively For Guitar Hero World Tour
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Activision Publishing) - The Smashing Pumpkins, one of rock's defining and most acclaimed bands who've sold over 30 million albums, is coming to Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero World Tour in a ground-breaking way as the band will debut their ...
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