by Bram Teitelman | Apr 18, 2017 | Cancelations, Current Events, News
Japanese ’80s metal band Loudness, who had been set to hit the United States for a tour in support of the 30th anniversary of their album Lightning Strikes, have apparently been denied entrance to the United States due to travel regulations that a club...
by Metal Insider | Aug 14, 2012 | New Music, Releases
In this day and age, when a band takes more than a year to write and record a new album, one of three things is occurring. Either the band is too devoted to touring and playing shows to properly take the time to write an album, the band is dealing with outside...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 19, 2012 | Interviews
Until this week, the only record that Ozzy Osbourne fans had of the vulnerable time in between the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads and Jake E. Lee’s time in the band that started with 1983’s Bark at the Moon was the now-out-of-print Speak of the Devil. The...
by Metal Insider | Feb 21, 2012 | Releases
At the end of last week’s column, I stated that there were no new releases on tap for this week. As per usual, that was proven to be inaccurate by the end of the week, but it’s still a very short list for today. What makes this week even more irregular,...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 18, 2011 | In Memoriam
The run of bad luck with bassists continues on, as it’s been confirmed that former X Japan and Loudness bassist Taiji Sawada passed away yesterday. According to the UK’s Telegraph, the Japanese bassist and songwriter had been arrested by federal authorities on...