by Zach Shaw | Mar 15, 2015 | Meet The New Guy, Metal Musical Chairs, News
Well, guess we can rule out the Rust In Peace era of Megadeth reuniting anytime soon. A new rumor has been making its way around the web that Megadeth has tapped drummer Chris Adler to play drums on its forthcoming album. The same rumor also suggests that Kiko...
by Seth Werkheiser | Mar 13, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Trivium was in the middle of a tour with Volbeat when they let go of drummer Nick Augusto. Since then he’s kept busy, putting out an EP with Corrosion earlier this year, and now officially joining Miami, FL’s Orbweaver. Said Augusto on the recent move:...
by Seth Werkheiser | Mar 11, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
With the recently announced line-up changes of Lord Mantis, two ex-members have dusted themselves off and formed a brand new band with a couple of other notable musicians. Both Charlie Fell and Ken Sorceron, now ex-members of Lord Mantis (but current members of...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 3, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News, Updates
We were big fans of Beastmilk’s 2013 album, Climax. While it was a little more post-punk than metal, the band boasted Mat “Kvohst” who’s played in death metal bands like Hexvessel and Code. At any rate, Beastmilk is a thing of the past, as...
by Seth Werkheiser | Feb 26, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
The Faceless became just one face last year, when in October half the band left a few days before Knotfest, then in December their vocalist left, too. Only founding guitarist Michael Keene remained, but now The Faceless are heading in the right direction, brining...
by Seth Werkheiser | Feb 12, 2015 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Peaceville Records has announced the re-signing of doom metal pioneers Pentagram, and they’re working on a new album for a summer release. Some of the vocal and guitar production is being done by Grammy-award winning producer Travis Wyrick, who produced their...