KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has issued an update on his condition after he was forced to pull out of the band’s July 27 show in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles (145 km) east of Los Angeles when his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level. “I wanted to let all of […]

After opening for Iron Maiden in the first day of the Arena muzika 2007 festival in Sofia inВ June, now legendary Bulgarian heavy metal band AHAT heads out on a nationwide tour В starting on 28 August in Varna! The tour is to support a live album, scheduled for release on 15 August. AHAT will play live […]

Miami New Times recently conducted an interview with SLAYER lead vocalist and bass player Tom Araya. The brief question-and-answer session follows: Miami New Times: How does it feel to be opening for MARILYN MANSON? Araya: I don’t have any problems with it. We really don’t have a preference. If we’re coheadlining and the other band […]

According to The Associated Press, a guitar adorning the figure of THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott is among the items that are missing after a raid on wax figures owned by Ireland’s National Wax Museum. At least 50 figures were stolen or wrecked several weeks ago, the museum reported yesterday. The wax museum, closed since […]

The members of New Order continue to spar about whether the legendary U.K. rock combo is still an entity. In a statement earlier in this month, singer Bernard Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris rejected bassist Peter Hook‘s assumption that the band is no more by saying plans were afoot for New Order projects and that […]

Jim LaMarca has been forced to miss a few shows on the current Sounds Of The Underground-tour due to a death in his family. Filling in on bass for the affected dates are Beefcake (GWAR), Paul Romanko (SHADOWS FALL), Andy Williams (EVERY TIME I DIE) and CHIMAIRA-frontman Mark Hunter.

Norwegian Black metal masters DIMMU BORGIR have issued the following statement: “Due to Hellhammers injury (the x-ray report confirms a severe neck prolapse causing his right arm to numb out) he will be unable to play drums for DIMMU BORGIR on the remaining festivals this summer and the upcoming European tour, also featuring AMON AMARTH […]

Queensryche has begun working on the follow-up to last year’s “Operation: Mindcrime II” in Seattle. Frontman Geoff Tate tells Billboard.com he hopes the as-yet-untitled set will arrive next summer or fall. “We’re just into the first couple months of writing for it, and it’s a theme record. It’s based on modern American life, sort of […]

Universal Music Group has extended its buyout offer for Sanctuary Group to Aug. 2 after the major admitted its proposal had been cleared by slightly more than half of the independent music firm’s shareholding. On Thursday (July 26), acceptances had been received totalling more than 96 million Sanctuary shares, or 43.6% of the company’s issue […]

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley was forced to pull out of the show on Friday night (July 27) where the group performed as a three-piece in San Jacinto, California, about 90 miles (145 km) east of Los Angeles after his heart started beating at more than twice the normal level. Stanley wrote on his web site […]