AVENGED SEVENFOLD Recruit Former BAD RELIGION Drummer Brooks Wackerman November 4th, 2015 Huntington Beach, California-based metal group Avenged Sevenfold have recruited drummer Brooks Wackerman, revealing this development on November 4th, 2015. On July 23rd, Avenged Sevenfold revealed that they had parted ways with drummer Arin Ilejay. A former sticksman for Anaheim, California-based metalcore ensemble Confide, […]
DREAM THEATER To Perform Forthcoming 13th Studio Album In Its Entirety On February-March 2016 European Tour November 2nd, 2015 Long Island, New York-based progressive metal group Dream Theater perform in Europe during February and March 2016. The dates are as follows (more to be announced); Feb. 18 – London, England, Palladium Feb. 22 – Amsterdam, […]
ENSIFERUM To Tour UK And Ireland In February 2016 November 2nd, 2015 Helsinki, Finland-based melodic folk metal group Ensiferum perform in the United Kingdom and Ireland during February 2016. Supporting are Tallinn, Estonia-based folk metal ensemble Metsatöll. The dates are as follows; Feb. 18 – Bristol, England, Marble Factory Feb. 19 – Manchester, England, Sound […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE Embark On European Farewell Tour In November 2015 November 2nd, 2015 Los Angeles, California-based metal group Mötley Crüe performed in Europe during November 2015, labelled the Final European Tour. Supporting on select dates were Phoenix, Arizona-based ensemble Alice Cooper. The dates were as follows; Nov. 02 – Newcastle, England, Metro Radio Arena* Nov. 03 – […]
VARDIS Sign Album Contract With SPV / Steamhammer November 2nd, 2015 New Wave Of British Heavy Metal group Vardis have signed an album contract with SPV / Steamhammer, revealing this development on November 2nd, 2015. Guitarist Steve Zodiac issued the following statement: “Reuniting after a 30-year hiatus was a leap in the dark, but the […]
AT THE GATES To Tour US With DECAPITATED And THE HAUNTED In February 2016 November 1st, 2015 Gothenburg, Sweden-based melodic death metal group At The Gates perform in North America during February 2016. Supporting are Polish death metal ensemble Decapitated, Swedish metal assortment The Haunted, and Chicago, Illinois-based hardcore band Harm’s Way. The dates are […]
GAMMA RAY Recruit Frank Beck As Second Lead Vocalist November 1st, 2015 Hamburg, Germany-based power metal group Gamma Ray have recruited Frank Beck as their second lead vocalist, revealing this development on October 31st, 2015. Gamma Ray issued the following statement: “From now, on the vocals there will be Mr. Kai Hansen as usual plus […]
KING’S X Drummer JERRY GASKILL Publishes Second Track-By-Track Breakdown Video For ‘Love And Scars’ Solo Album November 1st, 2015 Jerry Gaskill, drummer for Katy. Texas-based hard rock group King’s X, issued second full-length studio album Love And Scars on October 30th, 2015 through Rat Pak Records. The outing was produced and mixed by D.A. Karkos, […]
