Los Angeles California’s ARMORED SAINT has entered the Billboard charts with La Raza, the band’s latest and first release since 2001’s Revelation. La Raza debuted at #49 on the Hard Music Albums Chart, #18 on the Heatseekers chart, #52 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #2 on the Hard Music Core Stores chart. ARMORED SAINT´s La Raza also entered the official German album Charts coming in at #96!
Virgin Records has announced the release of Saving Abel’s MISS AMERICA on June 8, 2010. The quintet has emerged in recent years as one of the most successful rock bands in the United States. The Corinth, Mississippi-based act released their self-titled debut album on March 11, 2008, which just one year and five days later was certified gold by the RIAA.
Florida death metal monsters MALEVOLENT CREATION have just signed a management deal with Extreme Management Group (SUFFOCATION, ORIGIN). It is also at this time that the band would like to confirm April 5 2010 as the starting date for recording their new album with Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios
Tampa, FL death metalers CANNIBAL CORPSE are gearing up to hit the road in the band’s first headline run since the band headlined the Hot Topic stage on 2009’s Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Joining CANNIBAL CORPSE on The Evisceration Plague Tour is 1349 (on select dates), Skeletonwitch and Lecherous Nocturne.
St. Albans hardcore powerhouse, YOUR DEMISE will bring their highly destructive live show straight to you THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th (starting at 6pm CST/7pm EST) via a live stream from The Rave in Milwaukee, WI. Known for their explosive live performances, YOUR DEMISE has been winning over towns all across North America one by one. THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th, the band will show off their brand of hardcore to a far wider audience via the The Rave‘s live internet stream and will make sure that they start up pits so rowdy that computers around the nation will shake along with them. To watch YOUR DEMISE‘s live stream THIS WEDNESDAY, March 24th go to and sign up to watch The Rave‘s concert streams online...
German melodic rockers Mad Max have been confirmed for this year’s edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place on 5th-7th August, 2010 in Wacken, Germany. The band will play a set of their 25-years-jubilee-album ‘Here We Are’ (2008) which was produced with many guest stars like Axel Rudi Pell or Michael Schenker. Full info on the festival’s bill can be find here: www.wacken.com. Mad Max debuted on the German metal scene in 1982, delivering a brilliant combination of hard rock and heavy metal. Throughout their long and fruitful career, Mad Max had their ups and downs, but always remained true to their original, hard rockin’ sound, making each of their releases truly unforgettable. They...
Jägermeister, the brand known for decades of involvement with rock and metal bands, continues to own the concert circuit with the 2010 Spring Jägermeister Music Tour featuring Grammy Award winning American rock band KoRn. The tour, which is Jägermeister’s 16th Music Tour, kicks off May 2nd in South Carolina and plays over 25 shows across the nation in celebration of the upcoming release of KoRn’s ninth studio album “KoRn III: Remember Who You Are.”
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.
