Do Baroness Have A New Bassist?

Earlier this week, we were excited to learn that Baroness will be releasing their new album Yellow & Green on July 17. In fact, we were so excited about the news that we missed an interesting bit of information in the press release. As The PRP was kind enough to...

Mikael Akerfeldt No Longer A Member Of Bloodbath

Fans were extremely hopeful that Bloodbath’s surprise appearance during the final night of Opeth and Katatonia’s Fall tour was a sign of more to come. While the Swedish death metal group (also featuring  Katatonia’s Anders Nyström, Per Eriksson and Jonas Renkse) may...

Drummer Mike Van Dyne Leaves Arsis

Drummer Mike Van Dyne has announced his departure from Arsis. Dyne co-founded Arsis with frontman James Malone in 2000, though the Virginia tech-death metal group have gone through numerous lineup changes over the years. Dyne released the following statement regarding...

Suffocation Bassist Comments On Mike Smith’s Departure

Drummer Mike Smith had some less than kind words to say about his former bandmates in Suffocation. However, bassist Derek Boyer is making it clear that the band is taking the high road. When asked by Metal Discovery whether the band felt that Smith’s departure was (as...

Bassist Robbie Crane Quits Ratt

Towards the end of 2011, Ratt were once again showing signs of tension. However, singer Stephen Pearcy reassured everyone that the reformed 80’s metal group would release a follow up to 2010’s Infestation sometime this year. But if that does happen, it looks like the...

Nick Oliveri Quits Kyuss Lives!

When it was revealed that Josh Homme and Scott Reeder were suing John Garcia and Brant Bjork over the name Kyuss, we were surprised that bassist Nick Oliveri wasn’t named in the lawsuit. Granted, Oliveri has his own legal issues to deal with. But the bassist was still...