Guitarist Mick Murphy of MY RUIN — boyfriend of the group’s lead vocalist, Tairrie B. — has issued the following message:“Tairrie was in a car accident last night [Thursday, Sept. 28] and her left arm was seriously injured. Considering the nature of the accident she is lucky to be alive. She had emergency surgery last […]

Sacramento’s melodic, blackened tech-metallers WITH PASSION are headed to Mana Studios in Florida to record their second album, entitled “What We See When We Shut Our Eyes“, with Brian Elliott and have announced a string of tour dates to and from their album recording session. The upcoming CD will contain 10 tracks, including re-recorded versions […]

Anglo-Italian melodic power metal band POWER QUEST has set “Master of Illusion” as the title of its fourth album, which the group plans to record next spring. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include “Hearts and Voices”, “The Vigil”, “The Right Place and the Wrong Time”, “Count My Sins” and “The Tragedy Suite”.POWER QUEST […]

Norwegian melodic metallers THUNDERBOLT have announced the addition of former WHERE ANGELS FALL drummer Ole Kristian LГёvberg to the group’s ranks. LГёvberg joins the band as the replacement for Vegard Waske, who has left THUNDERBOLT earlier in the month “due to an extremely heavy workload over the past years.”THUNDERBOLT‘s sophomore album, “Love and Destruction“, was […]

DANZIG has enlisted TYPE O NEGATIVE‘s Kenny Hickey as the group’s new guitarist. Hickey joins drummer Johnny Kelly as the second TYPE O NEGATIVE member to join DANZIG‘s touring lineup.DANZIG will perform a dozen West Coast “Blackest of The Black” live dates in November alongside LACUNA COIL, THE HAUNTED, BELPHEGOR and ASESINO. “This is sort […]

Brazilian death metallers SOMBERLAIN have announced the addition of guitarist Diego Lucena to their ranks. Diego, who previously played in ARK OF SIN, has already recorded all the solo guitar parts for the new SOMBERLAIN album, which is tentatively due in early 2007. According to a press release, the CD’s final mixing sessions were delayed […]

MESHUGGAH‘s “Destroy Erase Improve” is the 21st album to be inducted into Decibel magazine’s as ongoing “Hall of Fame” feature. The “Hall of Fame” feature highlights influential and pivotal releases in metal history, and “Destroy Erase Improve” joins of ranks of previously profiled classics such as SLAYER‘s “Reign In Blood“, SEPULTURA‘s “Roots“, AT THE GATES‘ […]

The Panic Channel have uploaded their new video to the song “Teahouse of the Spirits” at YouTube.com. The video is made from footage shot during The Panic Channel‘s Spring Tour 2006 and it is directed by Alastair Mckevitt and edited by Justin Glorieux. Earlier this week in an interview for Tangra Mega Rock, Dave revealed […]

Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello was one of 400 people arrested last night during a protest march in Los Angeles.Morello and around 2,000 protestors were campaigning for immigrant hotel workers’ rights when some got taken in by the law.The guitarist performed under his alias Nightwatchman before the march and was subsequently arrested with unlawful assembly.Police say […]

Ozzy Osbourne will be honored with a special tribute at the Spike TV‘s Scream Awards 2006, which is scheduled to air Tuesday, October 10 (10:00 p.m. – midnight, ET/PT). The event (taping at the historic Pantages Theater in Hollywood on October 7) will reach an estimated 750 million people from over 90 countries outside the […]