June 18, 2012 Louisiana Music Hall of Famers Lillian Axe have announced the release of "Live and War", a live EP featuring the current line up of vocalist Brian Jones, guitarists Steve Blaze and Sam Poitevent, bassist Eric Morris, and drummer Ken Kenudelka.
June 15, 2012 Black Sabbath - sans Bill Ward - reunited at the Download Festival last Sunday for show number two of their reunion tour.
Tommy Clufetos stood in for the absent Bill Ward, who continues to sit out the group’s planned reunion due to a contractual dispute.
June 14, 2012 You're familiar with Edward Munch's masterpiece 'The Scream', right? The mask from the Scream movies were modeled from that painting...you know the one.
June 14, 2012 'Grassroots' is a new movie, starring Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore, based on the true story of a Seattle music critic who decides to run for the city council despite having no political experience. Hmmmm...sounds like Presidential material to me.
June 13, 2012 Back in December, before they rocked The Warehouse, Halestorm stopped by the 99X studios to chat. Part of the discussion involved 'ReAniMate', the EP of cover tunes Halestorm released in 2011. That EP is no longer available, thanks to a lawsuit filed by Axl Rose and Guns 'N Roses over Halestorm's use of the song 'Out Ta Get Me'.
June 12, 2012 Metal supergroup Hellyeah is gearing up for the release of their new album 'Band of Brothers', produced by Jeremy Parker, who has also worked with Godsmack and Evanescence.
The band - featuring Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damageplan), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Tom Maxwell (Nothingface), Bob Zilla (Damageplan) and Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) - recently released the video for the title track. Check it out here:
June 11, 2012 While Geoff Tate steps away from Queensryche to concentrate on a solo album and tour, the remaining members of the band - Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren - have decided to continue to tour and record as a unit. While they maintain that Queensryche "is very much alive", they've moved on with new frontman Todd Le Torre of Crimson Glory in a project they've dubbed Rising West, a band that will apparently rely heavily on the Queensryche back catalog.
June 11, 2012 Metallica played their 1991 "Black" album in full but in reverse order as they headlined Saturday night at this year's Download rock festival.
June 11, 2012 Due to Tony Iommi's recent cancer diagnosis, the Black Sabbath reunion tour has been reduced to three dates (until further notice).
Show number two went down Sunday night when Sabbath headlined the Download Festival in Donington Park. Iommi seems unfazed by his cancer treatment regimen, and Ozzy was...well...Ozzy.
June 10, 2012 Coachella, Rock on the Range, Voodoo, and Bonneroo may have more cachet, but Rocklahoma is getting more and more respect every year.
This year, the three day festival in Pryor, Oklahoma featured 40+ bands on three stages over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. With acts such as Rob Zombie, Chevelle, Slash, and Volbeat on the bill, it's hard to pick out one stellar performance. Instead, a day-by-day recap of the best of Rocklahoma will have to suffice. Suck it down.
June 7, 2012 With all the infighting, website blocking, and hissy fitting in the Queensryche camp, it looks like the band is done. Geoff Tate is off in his self-gratifying solo world, while the rest of the band have locked into a new project called Rising West - a band that plans on covering the Queensryche catalog of material.
June 6, 2012 As you're probably aware, the Black Sabbath reunion tour was scaled back to three shows - following the news that Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi was battling cancer.
