KISS "Monster" Album to be released in October

Rock legends Kiss  return with Monster, the 20th studio album in their historic career, set for release in October through Universal Music Enterprises. The 12-track, straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll album features collaborations among all four members—including co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons and longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer—in an album that shows the band at the top of its game. And that’s saying something, considering their illustrious, 40-plus year history—28 U.S. gold albums, the most gold records for any American rock band, 40 million sales in the U.S., and a total exceeding 100 million worldwide.

To learn more visit KISS Online

"Eat Me Alive" video from RATT from the album "Infestation"

Video for Eat Me Alive from the album Infestation !

W.A.S.P. 30 "Years of Thunder Tour" starting in September

On September 21st 2012 W.A.S.P. will begin the “30 Years of Thunder” anniversary Tour starting in the United Kingdom and continue worldwide!!!


This World Tour will be the biggest spectacle they have ever created. The two hour show will consist of three parts. A one hour set contain songs from the first four albums. The second set will be a 25 minute shortened version of “The Crimson Idol” complete with the movie accompaniment. A third set will consist of material from the New Studio Album, older material and everything in between. This show will see multiple video screens, pyrotechnics, and elements from the early W.A.S.P. shows and Blackie’s moving microphone stand “Elvis”! 

Check out WASP on the web!

Testament Stream New Song "Dark Roots Of Earth"

Thrash titans Testament have unveiled a new song from the upcoming album Dark Roots of Earth! 


Dark Roots of Earth is out July 27 via Nuclear Blast

Listen to the track hereTESTAMENT - True American Hate


To read more visit: Metal Hammer

Slash Announces North American Tour Dates

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators have announced a fall headlining tour starting September 4th in San Diego, Calif. and wrapping up on October 3rd in Los Angeles, Calif. In support of Apocalyptic Love 

July:

12 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
14 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
16 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee
17 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
19 Medicine Hat, AB Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
20 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
21 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
23 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
25 Belleville, ON Empire Square Live
26 London, ON Harris Park
27 Montreal, QC Olympia Theater
29 Quebec City, QC Agora de Quebec
30 Moncton, New Brunswick Centre-Casino Moncton
31 Halifax, NS Cunard Events Centre

For all the dates and tour information visit: Eddie Trunks Site

Geoff Tate has filed a lawsuit against Queensryche and says "Things are going to get ugly"

Well, with every band there's tensions that arise over time. You've got different personalities all mixed together and there's always that kind of thing going on. We'd never been a band that had lots of tensions. We've had challenges with making records and with personnel changes. When Chris DeGarmo left the band in 1998, it was a pretty big hit for us. But really, this new thing is kind of out of the blue. I wasn't expecting anything like this at all.


 I think it really began around February of this year. It mainly started with a disagreement about economics, about moving our merchandising to a third party. We had control over our own merchandising company for years and years and we ran it ourselves. It's a very successful entity, and the other three guys wanted to take it out of our hands and hand it over to somebody else and pay them more money to operate it, which just seemed liked a ridiculous business idea to me. That's really where the disagreement started.


Read the entire interview at Rolling Stone

Anthrax and Dan Nelson settle lawsuit

Anthrax have settled in court with former frontman Dan Nelson, who sued the group following his departure in 2009. The singer had been seeking $2.65 million, and while details of the agreement have not been made public, it seems unlikely that drummer Charlie Benante, bassist Frank Bello and awesomely bearded guitarist Scott Ian forked over anywhere near that much cash. 


 According to the New York Daily News, Brian Caplan, a lawyer for the pioneering thrash band, told a judge his clients had offered Nelson a "fairly small dollar amount," as well as co-writing credit on 11 songs from the 2011 album Worship Music.


Read the entire story at Noise Creep

                

                       

Buy Anthrax Worship Music 

Metallica live from Orion Festival...1st night featuring "Ride the Lightning"

I posted the link over the weekend of Metallica at the Orion Festival. I just found the entire show on YouTube. So if you missed it here you go! Skip to 39 mins if you just want to watch "Ride the Lighting" and don't worry they play the album backwards.

Enjoy! 

Def Leppard "Rock of Ages" tour with Poison and Lita Ford

It's become almost like an official marker that summer is back - Def Leppard hitting the road across North America. 


Last year, the British rockers toured with the sister songstresses known as Heart, this year, they're out with Poison and Lita Ford, guaranteeing a night of magical '80s anthems and enough well-polished arena rock designed to create some genuine hysteria


From Noise Creep

Check out: http://www.defleppard.com/

Geoff Tate signs solo album deal after parting ways with Queensryche.

Geoff Tate, the legendary former vocalist of Queensrÿche has just announced that he's signed a new solo album deal.

The 53-year-old has inked a worldwide recording contract with InsideOut Music.

"I'm very excited to join forces with InsideOut Music," says Tate of his multi-album deal. "They are very committed to progressive music and care deeply for their artists, working together with them to bring music lovers worldwide some of the most compelling rock music available."

Tate is currently finishing production on his first InsideOut Music release. The album is planned for release this fall, with details to be announced in the coming weeks

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The Cult have released another single from their latest album 'Choice Of Weapon' on Cooking Vinyl Records

"Honey From A Knife," the lead off track from The Cult's critically-acclaimed new studio album 'Choice Of Weapon', hits radio this week. The song, rooted in the seductiveness of addiction, has been singled out in numerous media reviews for its raw energy, sexual rhythms, Billy Duffy's knife-edge guitars and Ian Astbury's impassioned vocals, all woven around the song's mesmerizing chorus, "We got the drugs, the drugs in here." 

Courtesy of www.sleazeroxx.com 

Original Bang Tango Guitarist Performs For Upcoming Band Documentary

Bang Tango are currently working on a documentary about the band and the recording of their latest album entitled "Pistol Whipped In The Bible Belt".

View a recent interview on Sleaze Roxx

Here is a video of guitarist Mark Knight performing acoustically.