MR. BIG will once again unleash their brand of brutal fury to the masses in Hollywood, Saturday April 2nd at the House Of Blues with their very first US show in 15 years! “Man, it’s been a long time,” states guitarist Paul Gilbert. I can’t wait to play in L.A… actually, I can’t wait to play our first show in AMERICA in about 15 years. It’s gonna be huge!”  

      May 3 is going to be a special day for dredg, with the launch of the first round of headlining tour dates (along with The Dear Hunter, Balance and Composure, and Trophy Fire) and the release of their Dan The Automator-produced CHUCKLES AND MR. SQUEEZY on Superball Music.  

US death metal pioneers Incantation have recently been added to the already stacked line up for this year’s Neurotic Deathfest, which runs April 29th & 30th in Tilburg, Netherlands. Drummer Kyle Severn gave the following statement,  

Due to a multitude of classic tunes (“The Boys Are Back in Town,” “Jailbreak,” “Waiting for an Alibi,” etc.) and albums (‘Jailbreak,’ ‘Live and Dangerous,’ ‘Black Rose,’ etc.), Thin Lizzy is undoubtedly one of rock’s all-time great bands.  

United Stations nationally syndicated radio show HardDrive has announced its third national concert tour, HardDrive Live Spring Fling featuring Saliva, Rev Theory, Emphatic, Madam Adam and Seven Day Sonnet.   The tour will begin in Broussard, LA on April 13th, and is scheduled to hit over twenty markets across North America.  Dates go on sale beginning March 3, 2011.  

So the much balyhood (or maybe not much so) debut of Wizard Digital Magazine has been released and I must say, not to impressed! They seem to have uploaded a whole printred magazine online.  

  Globally celebrated progressive rock / cutting-edge metal innovators BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME (aka BTBAM) will release its new album The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues on April 12, 2011 via Metal Blade Records.  

Two two-minute excerpts from the new BLUT AUS NORD songs “Epitome II” and “Epitome IV” are available for streaming on the label’s website. The tracks come off the band’s first part of the “777” trilogy, “777 – Sect(s)” which is scheduled for release on April 18th (April 19th in North America) via Debemur Morti Productions.  

Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks fits childhood dreams into a busy mainstream schedule as the voice of Lois Lane in “All-Star Superman”  

All That Remains will head out on tour with Black Label Society for the FUSE Uranium Tour kicking off on May 4 in San Diego, CA (Tour Dates Below). The tour is sponsored by Fuse (the premiere video channel), House Of Blues and Right Arm Entertainment and marks the return of Fuse’s “Uranium” brand. ATR will also perform a handful of headline dates in April as well as a few festivals.  

In support of their latest masterpiece, Erebos, Polish extremists HATE are set to take North America by storm with a massive tour that kicks off next week (March 9th) at Jaxx in Springfield, VA. For the first leg of the tour, HATE will team up with Rotting Christ, Melechesh, Abigail Williams and Lecherous Nocturne for 30 shows.  

Atlantic recording group Skillet has announced the release of a new digital EP. The “AWAKE AND REMIXED” EP will arrive at all DSPs on March 22nd.