Archive for February, 2011

Feb 28
Faith Coloccia

Aaron Turner, Faith Coloccia Team Up For Sige Label

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News

Yes, folks — Hydra Head Records boss and former Isis mastermind Aaron Turner has officially announced his label partnership Sige with Faith Coloccia of Mamiffer. The Sige label will release Mamiffer‘s new outing Mare Decendrii on March 15. “Sige was formed as an outlet for projects that Faith and I are directly involved in,” said Read More

Feb 28
Dancing with stars is super metal, dude

Fozzy Frontman Booked For “Dancing With The Stars”

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News, Poop

Poor Zakk Wylde. Despite his best efforts, he will most likely not be on the upcoming season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” But Chris Jericho — that wrestler dude who also thinks he’s a metal superstar — will be. That, according to TMZ, who claim to know six of the show’s 11 celebrities that Read More

Feb 28
Woe

Woe To Embark On West Coast Tour

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News, Tour Dates

Seeing they’re an East Coast band, this is big. Philadelphia black metallers Woe are set to embark on a rare string of live dates this March, starting on March 5 at the upcoming Scion Fest in Pamona, California, which will also feature Morbid Angel, Obituary, Integrity, Nails and more. The tour will then work its Read More

Feb 28
The cover

Between The Buried And Me: Album Details Revealed

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in New Records, News

Wow. I can tell you with the utmost confidence that the songs on the forthcoming Between The Buried And Me effort The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues are going to be beyond awesome. That’s because Between The Buried And Me are beyond awesome. Alas, we’ll only get three songs on the new one — but they’re all Read More

Feb 28
Amorphis

Amorphis Name New Album, Set Release Date

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in New Records, News

Finnish metallers Amorphis have named their new record: it will be called The Beginning Of Times and will be out towards the end of May through Nuclear Blast Records. The album’s first single, “You I Need,” will be released before the LP sometime in April. I wonder if the song is about the romance between Read More

Feb 28
Bret Michaels

Poison And Mötley Crüe Will Tour Together This Summer

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News, Tour Dates

Everyone make sure you’ve gotten your shots — sales of the female condom are expected to skyrocket this summer as Poison and Mötley Crüe will be hitting the road together for the first time on the “Glam-a-Gedon 25” tour. New York Dolls are booked to open the trek. Funny, considering various members of the Crüe Read More

Feb 28
Deftones

Details For Deftones Covers Vinyl LP Released

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in New Records, News

On April 16 — Record Store Day — the Deftones will release a vinyl collection of cover songs they’re calling Covers. How apropos. Only 5,000 copies of the vinyl LP will be released for sale and the effort contains several covers the band’s already released, both as B-sides and on their 2005 compilation B-Sides and Read More

Feb 28
Tom Araya

Slayer’s Tom Araya Feeling Better, Awaiting Test Results

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News

By now, you’ve heard that Slayer’s Tom Araya was hospitalized in Australia, forcing the band to cancel its appearance Sunday (February 27) at the Soundwave Festival in Sydney, Australia. Araya was being treated for an unspecified ailment, and now, Tom’s wife, Sandra, is offering fans an update. “SPOKE WITH TOM =) He’’s feeling much better! Read More

Feb 28
Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society

Black Label Society, All That Remains To Anchor Uranium Tour

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News, Tour Dates

The first annual Uranium Tour has been announced, and will feature headliners Black Label Society and openers All That Remains and Hail The Villain. The trek kicks off May 4 in San Diego, and will feature Rev Theory instead of All That Remains for all of the June dates. “Mistress Juliya of ‘Uranium,’ like House Read More

Feb 28
Hilarious

Jonny Craig Did Rip People Off; Going To Rehab

Posted by Chris Harris on February 28, 2011 in News

I guess now we know what Jonny Craig did with all the money he scammed out of people…he used the money people sent him for computers he was selling online to buy lots and lots of drugs. And why should we be surprised? If I were in shitty, non-metal bands called Dance Gavin Dance (I Read More