As one of the brightest, rising stars in the metalcore world, The Devil Wears Prada has been named 2009’s Band of the Year by Alternative Press. The band will grace the cover of AltPress’ February 2010 issue, on stands January 5. With vocalist Mike Hranica having been featured on the cover of the magazine’s Warped Tour August issue, this is the second time in less than a year that TDWP has been on the cover of AltPress.
Legendary Punk and Metal Icon Eerie Von To Make Special Appearance in New York On Friday January 8th, 2010, punk legend Eerie Von (Danzig, Samhain) will make a special in-store appearance at New York’s Generation Records in support of his new photography book Misery Obscura: The Photography of Eerie Von (1981-2009).
Borknagar, Norway’s progressive metal band is gearing up to release their eighth studio album entitled UNIVERSAL, out March 2nd in North America. The album will be available in four different formats including regular jewel case CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc), CD box with extras and gatefold LP with double vinyl.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 –- Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle) returns to the road this spring, bringing his latest incarnation, the shape-shifting Puscifer, to cities throughout Eastern North America for an all encompassing evening of entertainment that Spin Magazine described as an “X-rated episode of Hee-Haw,” the Las Vegas Review Journal dubbed as “a performance art spectacle” and the Salt Lake Tribune said the event “…challenged our preconceptions of what to expect from a rock show.”
British thrashers EVILE have revealed the identity of their new bassist, who joins the band following the tragic and untimely death of their late bassist, Mike Alexander. Mike Alexander passed away on October 5th, 2009 while the band was on tour in Sweden. EVILE members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have released the following statement:
Santa Claus has read your list, and this year will make your biggest wish come true – British crossover thrashers SSS have released a free Christmas song! The Liverpool thrashers have taken a moment out of getting knee-deep in mince pies to think of others at this festive time of year and to give you all a special treat with their brand new, free Christmas song, “Merry ChristmaSSS”.
The world wide web has been abound with speculation on a possible ‘BIG FOUR’ tour for several months. Now, the UK/European SONISPHERE can exclusively reveal that METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will play together for the first time in history, in a move that will have metalheads across the globe frenzied with excitement.