Danny Cavanagh, guitarist of UK Doom Metal band ANATHEMA, is to tour Finland and the Baltics in August performing acoustic and piano versions of old and new ANATHEMA songs. Support at Cavanagh’s shows in Finland will come from his acoustic Celtic project LEAFBLADE. Finnish Doom act SILENTIUM will also play at the show in Jyvaskyla.

To coincide with KISS‘ tour of Japan in July, the Japanese record company will once again re-release several KISS albums. Scheduled for July 12 are all ’70s albums (excluding the four solo albums) in the carboard mini-LP-like sleeve jackets (the discs are theremastered versions from ’97), like they’ve done before in Japan.In other news, Russian […]

ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes has launched a web site for his recently opened music school called Рўhe Rockfactory. Check it out here

Former GUNS N’ ROSES/current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has shot down endless months of rumors that he will rejoin Axl Rose in the band he helped create. However, the guitarist told MTV.com: “I don’t know where [the rumors come] from, but I haven’t dealt with GUNS N’ ROSES any more than I have in thelast […]

Two classic AC/DC albums have reached new sales heights as of May 25, 2006, according to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). The band’s 1979 album, “Highway to Hell” — the last studio release to feature late frontman Bon Scott — has been certified septuple platinum for sales in excess of seven million copies […]

SUICIDE CITY began when the passionately focused Billy Graziadei (BIOHAZARD, SUICIDE CITY) met the kinetically energetic singer Karl Bernholtz while producing his band, THE GROOVNICS from south Florida. Graziadei then brought in session drummer Danny Lamagna, who was soon joined by fellow Groovnics guitarist AJ Marchetta. After meeting female powerhouse bassist Jennifer Arroyo while on […]

AC/DC have picked up a platinum certification for the “Back in Black” ringtone as part of the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) recently announced formal launch of a Master Ringtone Sales Award, updating its 47-year old Gold and Platinum program to recognize the growing popularity of enjoying music through cellular phones.

AFM Records has pushed back the projected release date of the new CIRCLE II CIRCLE album, “Burden of Truth”, to October 6 from the previously announced August 4.CIRCLE II CIRCLE have created a very special record based on the “Holy Blood Holy Grail” and “The Da Vinci Code” theory of a Holy Bloodline extending up […]

MГ–TLEY CRГњE frontman Vince Neil has been confirmed as the opening act for the SCORPIONS in California on Monday, July 3. He replaces THIN LIZZY, the support band who apparently canceled their entire tour with the SCORPIONS due to a scheduling conflict.

Influential extreme metallers BRUTAL TRUTH have scheduled a reunion show on September 3 at the Double Door in Chicago, as part of the second annual Electric City Rockfest.Also appearing on the bill are PIG DESTROYER. More information is available here