Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has announced the return of original bassist David Ellefson (1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group. This reunion is appropriately timed to Megadeth’s upcoming historic month-long Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour which launches March 1 in Spokane, WA. At these incredibly special shows, Megadeth will play their landmark, genre-defining 1990 album Rust In Peace in its entirety, in addition to other Megadeth favorites.
Sevendust have released the first single from their upcoming CD “Cold Day Memory”. It’s called Forever Dead. The CD is expected to come out in April. The band is currently on tour with Drowning Pool and Digital Summer. With the return of guitarist Clint Lowery, Sevendust is expecting a bisg year. Take a listen and tell us what you think!
BLEEDING THROUGH TOUR AND NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED Rise Records and Bleeding Through are pleased to announce “The Spring Breakdown Tour: 2010”. Bleeding Through is one of the most important bands to take the mixture of metal and hardcore to international prominence in the last decade, touring with Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, AFI, HIM, Cradle Of Filth, Ozzfest, Vans Warped Tour and MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball: The Tour.
Premiere Radio Networks is proud to announce that Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx will launch into national syndication today. The weekday evening program will be heard on more than 30 Rock/Alternative radio stations in markets coast to coast – from Albany, N.Y., to San Francisco, Calif., and Portland, Ore., to Dallas, Texas.
Finnish Love Metallers HIM are now streaming their seventh studio album Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice on their Myspace profile. The album, which was produced by Matt Squire (The Used, All Time Low, Saosin) was recently described by frontman Ville Valo as being “the most sexual album we’ve ever made”. Ville also added “I like the immediacy of it. There’s a lot of information put in short songs and they don’t let go. That was the whole vibe for me”.
HATEBREED will be featured on FUSE TV’s On Demand service for the month of February. This will feature a version of “In Ashes They Shall Reap” video found on the DVD and Blu-Ray edition of the movie “Saw VI”. Frontman Jamey Jasta also cites the interview as the “Best interview we’ve had in a long time”.
In our effort to move and shuffle some of our video content, metalmachine.net has this jem from 1999, the great Ronnie James Dio. This interview was conducted in new york city as the legend was promoting Magica. We all know that this great and legendary vocalist is going through a bit of a rough patch medically right now. We hope for a quick and speedy recovery!
It’s no secret that RATT are back and raring to go. The band is proud to announce April 20, 2010 as the release date for their Loud & Proud debut, Infestation, an 11-song opus that is their first studio record in 11 years. The first single, “Best of Me”, is scheduled to impact rock radio on February 21. The song is available at all digital stores.
At the beginning of this year’s NFL season, hard-core NFL fan Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains recruited some fellow heavy metal musicians and friends to take part in his other passion, FANTASY FOOTBALL. Besides Jerry, the league’s lineup consisted of Duff Mckagan of G ‘N’ R and Velvet Revolver, Mike Inez of Alice In Chains, Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society, Vinnie Paul of Pantera and Hellyeah…
British thrashers EVILE are currently tearing their way around Europe on a headlining European tour. The “Infecting Nations” tour has seen EVILE perform a string of shows up and down the UK, with the band now in mainland Europe. Joining EVILE on the tour are American thrashers WARBRINGER and Israel’s THE FADING. This is also EVILE’s first tour with their new bassist, JOEL GRAHAM, who joined the band following the tragic death of their original bassist, MIKE ALEXANDER.
