Some bands will flat out cancel a show if their vocalist is unable to perform that night. Then you get a band like Killswitch Engage that brings in another band’s vocalist to fill in. Killswitch Engage, or as they were known Thursday night in NYC, Phil-switch Engage, took a near cancelation and turned it into a spectacle.
Forerunners in the heavy metal scene since its humble beginnings in the early eighties, Metal Blade Records is once again spreading the word of Heavy Metal to the world now through the label’s brand new site, Metal Blade TV. Metal Blade TV will be a place for metalheads to go and see video interviews and segments from some of their favorite Metal Blade artists
In anticipation of their new album, Diamond Eyes, Deftones recently posted Part 1 of a series of trailers that will eventually unveil the album cover on March 23rd. The band’s newest single, “Diamond Eyes” will also be available for purchase on iTunes the same day. Until then, fans can check out the “Diamond Eyes” soundcloud widget player, which features the single streaming in its entirety.
Lajon Witherspoon (vocals), Morgan Rose (drums/vocals), Clint Lowery (guitar/vocals), Vince Hornsby (bass/vocals), John Connolly (guitar/vocals)–are set to release their eight studio album, COLD DAY MEMORY, April 20 on their own 7Bros. Records, through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. COLD DAY MEMORY—produced by Grammy® Award winner Johnny K (Disturbed, Staind, 3 Doors Down, Plain White T’s)—is the band’s first new album with their original line-up back together with Lowery’s return after his departure in 2003.
EXTREME is releasing their ‘Take Us Alive’ live CD and DVD on Frontiers Records world-wide April 23rd in Europe & May 4th In USA. In 2008, following a 13 year hiatus, the band returned to the stage for their ‘Take Us Alive’ world tour, which encompassed 75 cities and multiple continents in support of their new and groundbreaking record, Saudades de Rock.
