While still in his teens in the mid 1990s, Jonny Lang exploded onto the national scene with a combination of highly developed blues guitar chops and a powerful voice that rivaled some musicians more than twice his age. And that was just the beginning. Fifteen years and a half-dozen studio albums later, he has evolved into a seasoned musician and a road-savvy showman capable of delivering powerful live performances on his home soil and just about every other continent on the globe.  

Heavy metal pioneers MOTÖRHEAD are marking the world premiere of the eagerly anticipated documentary, “Lemmy”, with a special performance in Austin, Texas, on the final night of the South by Southwest Film Festival.  

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Dallas, TX’s KILL THE CLIENT. KILL THE CLIENT formed in 2004 and has previously released two full-length albums in addition to split releases with AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED and THOUSANDSWILLDIE. The band has also appeared on For The Sick – A Tribute To Eyehategod and 2008’s This Comp Kills Fascists. Audio samples taken from these releases can be heard now via the band’s MySpace page: MySpace.com/KillTheClient.  

CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, Gareb Shamus, announces his latest convention acquisition. Nashville’s Comic & Horror Festival is now Nashville Comic Con Wizard World Convention.  

Eulogy Recordings are very proud to announce the signing of New Jersey’s ENDER. Their debut album “This Is Revenge” was recently recorded at Treehouse Studios (Jersey City, NJ) and produced by Weston Kleinknecht. “This Is Revenge” will be released on Eulogy Recordings this spring. They are currently planning tours to support the album.  

Classic Swedish death metal outfit N2002 has announced that all original members will reunite for their first ever performance outside of Sweden at this year’s Maryland Deathfest. N2002 will perform on Sunday, May 30th during this weekend-long festival that’s held every year in Baltimore, MD.  

Megadeth ax master and vocalist Dave Mustaine recently shed some feelings on the Megadeth website about getting back on the road, Dave Ellifson and the possible return of Nick Menza and Marty Friedman….  

Norma Jean is back in the studio this month to record their fifth studio album and debut for new record label, Razor & Tie. The currently untitled album will be released this summer, and is being recorded in Atlanta, GA at Glow in the Dark Studios with producer Jeremy Griffith.  

Ibex Moon Recording artists Hod are proud to announce that they will be part of a mini tour of Texas with Gravehill starting at the end of the month! The band has issued the following statement on the Lone Star State assault:  

It’s a bill that fans of horror and hard rock could only dream of until now: For the first time ever, the “gruesome twosome” — ALICE COOPER and ROB ZOMBIE — will play an exclusive limited run of North American tour dates beginning April 26 at the MTS Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  

Las Vegas rockers Taking Dawn have been included on the soundtrack to the highly anticipated Gods of War 3 video game. The soundtrack (available March 2nd) will feature the unreleased Taking Dawn track “This is Madness”, as well as new and unreleased tracks from Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Dream Theater, Opeth, and Mutiny Within.  

Today marks the iTunes release of Serj Tankian’s Elect the Dead Symphony. On March 16th, 2009, the Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional front men, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead.