Alternative rockers COLD will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their third album, 2003’s “Year Of The Spider”, by embarking on a U.S. tour next spring. The group will perform the LP in full at each stop, which will feature support from DIVIDE THE FALL, AWAKE FOR DAYS, SYGNAL TO NOISE and DEATH VALL…

PANTERA’s second live performance in over 20 years took place Tuesday night (December 6) at Monterrey Metal Fest at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Surviving members Rex Brown (bass) and Philip Anselmo (vocals) are joined in PANTERA’s reformed lineup by guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLA…

Tobias Forge, who fronted a pre-GHOST death metal outfit called REPUGNANT, was asked in a new interview with Loudwire if he could ever see GHOST writing and recording a death metal song. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “No, I don’t think so. I believe that it would be… Because I’v…

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante says that he enjoyed himself during PANTERA’s first live performance in over 20 years, which took place last Friday (December 2) at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest. Surviving members Rex Brown (bass) and Philip Anselmo (vocals) are joined in PANTERA’s reformed l…

KEMIKALFIRE, the side project of HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale and LIT drummer Taylor Carroll, will make its live debut on January 19 at the Knitting Factory in North Hollywood, California. Support at the gig will come from LIP CANDY.
In a recent interview with the “Thunder Underground” podcast, Are…

The long-awaited Adam Jones and Epiphone partnership has now arrived with the release of the Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom Art Collection. This unprecedented, limited-edition collection blends the TOOL guitarist’s love of fine art and music, resulting in seven, iconic Silverburst Les Paul Cust…

QUEENSRŸCHE has released a music video for the song “Sicdeth”. The track is taken from the band’s sixteenth studio album, “Digital Noise Alliance”, which was released on October 7 via Century Media. The record was once again helmed by Chris “Zeuss” Harris, who previously worked with QUEENSRŸCHE on 2…