Metal / Hard Rock (21/09/2004)
MTV2 Headbangers Ball spawns its third tour
NEW YORK (MTV press release) - Following the overwhelming fan response for first two sold-out Headbangers Ball Tours, MTV2 is proud to announce the lineup of the third HEADBANGERS BALL tour. CRADLE OF FILTH will headline the run, with ARCH ENEMY and BLEEDING THROUGH as special guests, and HIMSA kicking ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (21/09/2004)
Mushroomhead have posted a statement on frontman J. Mann leaving the band
NEW YORK (Mushroomhead Official Website) - Mushroomhead would like to inform all of their supporters that vocalist, JMANN has left the organization. While the band was scheduled to head out on tour with Insane Clown Posse in October, they will instead focus their energies on working on new material, ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (21/09/2004)
Canadian rock act Inner Surge releases new album 'Martika' that roars
TORONTO, Canada (www.innersurge.com) - Inner Surge (www.innersurge.com) has recently released their new album "Matrika", an intense CD offering that contains more than it's share of scorching remarks about the current state of international affairs. Lines such as "Attacking markets with bombs, You'd ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (18/09/2004)
Godsmack's new Live Concert movie DVD 'Changes' mixed in SRS Circle Surround 5.1
SANTA ANA, CA. (SRS Labs/ www.changesthemovie.com) - SRS Labs, a renowned provider of audio, voice and surround sound technologies, today announced that the Coming Home Studios ("CHS"), a Los Angeles-based full service television and DVD production and distribution company, has released a long form ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (17/09/2004)
Cyber-metal pioneers Fear Factory embark on North American co-headlining tour with Lamb Of God; Brand new single with Bonus DVD EP, Bite The Hand That Bleeds, in stores November 16th
LOS ANGELES (Liquid 8 Records) - Los Angeles' FEAR FACTORY is on a mission; a mission to infiltrate America's infrastructure by way of numerous multimedia channels. Having already circled the globe twice in support of their acclaimed Billboard Top 30 charting Liquid 8 Records debut Archetype, which ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (17/09/2004)
'Motley Crue: The Early Days' auction
HOUSTON, TX. (www.backstageauctions.com) - Backstage Auctions is proud to present "Motley Crue: The Early Days" featuring the Private Collection of manager/producer Allan Coffman. Backstage Auctions is honored to have been selected as the auctioneer of Allan's private Motley Crue collection, offering ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (17/09/2004)
Meliah Rage performing two New England area festival events as reunion CD release parties
NEW YORK (Screaming Ferret/ Escapi Music/ www.screemingferret.com) - Boston hard music pioneers MELIAH RAGE are not resting on their laurels to promote the release of their inventive reunion release Barely Human. A video has been filmed for the title track, their music was spotlighted in an episode ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (16/09/2004)
Atlantic catches Cold; Acclaimed rockers join label via Flip deal
NEW YORK (Atlantic Records) - Acclaimed modern rock band Cold has joined Atlantic Records via a new long-term, worldwide agreement with Flip Records. The band is currently preparing to record their first Flip/Atlantic album, slated for release in 2005. Cold's most recent album, the RIAA gold "YEAR OF ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (14/09/2004)
New Jelly Jam release featuring members of Dream Theater and King's X
NEW YORK (Inside Out U.S.) - The glory days of the great power trios are faithfully revisited as The Jelly Jam releases its sophomore album, 2. Huge and catchy guitar riffs are driven by a thunderously tight rhythm section, and are within song structures that swing from surgical precision to free-form ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (14/09/2004)
Darkness debut chart eligible downloads from own web site
LONDON, UK (Darkness Official Website/ www.thedarknessrock.com/ Atlantic Records UK) - Stadium rockers The Darkness have become one of the first major UK recording artists to offer chart eligible digital downloads of their music, alongside CDs and merchandise, from their web site www.thedarknessrock.com. ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (13/09/2004)
Eagles Of Death Metal: Post departure letter
NEW YORK (Queen Of the Stone Ages Official Website/ www.qotsa.com) - The Eagles Of Death Metal/Queens Of The Stone Age drummer Josh Homme has posted the following update regarding the departure of Homme from the group and replacement by Joey Castillo. Dear Momma, I got some hard words to get off this ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (11/09/2004)
Ian Thornley on Rockonline this Monday 9/13
NEW YORK (Road Runner Records) - Ian Thornley of Thornley will be a featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show Rockline this coming Monday, September 13th. The program can be heard live coast to coast beginning at 8:30pm PDT/11:30pm EDT. You can call in and speak directly with Ian on Rockline's ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (10/09/2004)
H.I.M. signs new record deal
NEW YORK (Sire Records) - HIM has been signed to an exclusive worldwide recording contract with Sire Records. The announcement was made by Sire Records founder Seymour Stein and President Michael Goldstone. Sire Records is one of the most legendary American labels and the original home of The Ramones, ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (10/09/2004)
Motorhead cancels US Tour due to injury suffered by Lemmy
NEW YORK (Metal-Is/ Sanctuary Records) - Motorhead regrets to announce that the U.S. tour scheduled for September/October 2004 is canceled due to a foot injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Lemmy. Lemmy injured his foot on stage about month ago while touring in Europe. Lemmy, ignoring the pain and against ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (10/09/2004)
Chimaira's 'The Dehumanizing Process' CD/DVD package has been delayed to an November 2nd release date
NEW YORK (Road Runner Records) - Front man Mark Hunter has posted the following update: "Hey everyone! Well, after 17 months, we are almost finished touring. Never ones to fade into the distance, our final show on the Road Rage 2004 tour ended with some insane drunken madness. There is an old tradition ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (09/09/2004)
Powerman 5000 is back with three exciting new projects: 'the good, the bad, and the ugly vol. 1' B-sides and rarities collection out October 26 on Megatronic Records
NEW YORK (ABC PR/ www.abc-pr.com/ Megatronic Records) - While fans of Powerman 5000 eagerly await a new studio album, they can load up on previously unreleased material courtesy of the good, the bad, and the ugly vol. 1, due out October 26 on Megatronic Records (owned by founding member/singer/songwriter ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (09/09/2004)
Mountain's 'Eruption' is out and its a double-live CD
NEW YORK (www.mountaintheband.com) - In the liner notes for ERUPTION, drummer Corky Laing says it was "impossible to try to fill Felix Pappalardi's shoes in Mountain" as he was the leader, manager, writer, publisher and the producer for the group. Still West and guitarist Corky Laing are musicians and ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/09/2004)
W.A.S.P. unveils climactic conclusion of The Neon CD Saga Part 2
NEW YORK (Sanctuary Records/ www.waspnation.com) - W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless is quite possibly the busiest man in hard rock currently. Having just completed a nationwide and European tour in support of the first act of the band's 2004 2-part conceptual opus The Neon God, W.A.S.P. is planning ...
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Metal / Hard Rock (08/09/2004)
Joe Bonamassa is the wisest 27 year old I know
NEW YORK (https://www.marketingmusician.com) - Joe starting playing guitar at the age of four. He started gigging at age 11, and at age 12 he opened for B.B King. Joe recently released his fifth CD 'Had to Cry Today'. Joe has done a lot since age 12, and he was nice enough to share insights into his ...
| Metal / Hard Rock (08/09/2004)
Screaming Ferret unveil new Anvil studio effort
NEW YORK (Screaming Ferret/ www.anvilmetal.tk) - Over the past few years, Screaming Ferret Wreckords, LLC has aligned itself with budding new artists, as well as a selection of traditional metal bands in an effort to reintroduce lost classics to the audience of the New Millennium. Having recently joined ...
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