by Matt Brown | Nov 13, 2013 | Events, New Music, Touring
Iced Earth announced its new studio album Plagues Of Babylon a month or so ago, and now an official release date and tour has been confirmed. The new album will be out January 21, 2014 on Century Media. As an added bonus, the album will also feature appearances from...
by Metal Insider | Jun 24, 2013 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Until recently, the only way to interact with your favorite musicians was to see them in concert or read about them in magazines. The internet changed everything, and now...
by Metal Insider | Jun 18, 2013 | Supergroup From Hell, Touring
From June 20-23, such A-list rockers as former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley, Disturbed bassist John Moyer, and Scorpions drummer James Kottak will be teaming up in a soon-to-be-legendary “supergroup” named The Foundry to play a run of shows in Texas...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 4, 2013 | Splits
Shortly after quitting Dream Theater (and after his time touring with Avenged Sevenfold came to an end), Mike Portnoy launched Adrenaline Mob with Symphony X singer Russell Allen and guitarist Mike Orlando. That fact alone is why it’s surprising to hear that the...
by Bram Teitelman | May 21, 2013 | Super MegaGroups
About a month ago, we showed you a song from The Winery Dogs, a power trio consisting of drummer Mike Portnoy (Adrenaline Mob, ex-Dream Theater), bassist Billy Sheehan (ex Mr. Big) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (Mr. Big, ex-Poison). Now the band has landed a US...