The Day in Rock Digest for 11/24/10: According to AlternatorGigs.co.uk, three members of Sikth - including dreadlocked frontman Mikee W. Goodman - and Adrian Smith, guitarist of Iron Maiden, have joined forces along with members of Murder One and Vacant Stare to form a new "metal supergroup." The band will make its live debut on Saturday, January 15 in High Wycombe at Bucks Student Union. moreMust see video of the week: Check out a YouTube video of a house covered in lights synchronized to Slayer's classic "Reign in Blood" here. Looks like the metalhead dad who did this plans to include Pantera this year! It's pretty amazing, so check out the video.
Mike & The Mechanics return in 2011 with a new line-up, album and tour. Joining Mike Rutherford (guitar/bass) are vocalists Andrew Roachford and Tim Howar. New album The Road is due in April on the Arista label. Tour dates
"After a strenuous sold-out tour across main land Europe and Scandinavia, Volbeat are regrettably forced to cancel their first week of scheduled U.K. shows. The band did personally not want to cancel this tour, but, unfortunately, [guitarist/vocalist] Michael Poulsen was ordered by doctors not to fly or travel until his medical condition is stabilized to their satisfaction." more
U2 are giving U.S. independent record stores a big boost this holiday season by releasing a new three-track vinyl EP on Friday. more
Apocalyptica, which was recently forced to postpone their North American tour due to issues with Perttu Kivilaakso's health, has issued the following update: "To ensure that Perttu has enough time to recover, we decided to move the French dates and the Swiss date back to April." more
Rush have revealed more dates for its forthcoming tour of the United Kingdom and Europe. The tour, being dubbed the 'Time Machine Tour,' will feature over three hours of live material from the band including a performance of its classic album 'Moving Pictures' in its entirety. more
Diabolical have signed with Abyss Records for the worldwide release of their upcoming full-length album, Ars Vitae; due out in February of 2011. more
Voodoo Johnson have parted with vocalist Kev Bayliss. The band have already lined up a replacement more
The 14 track follow up to Agnostic Front's 2007 release Warriors will be titled My Life, My Way and be recorded with Erik Rutan and produced by Freddy Cricien of Madball. more
Malevolent Creation have announced European tour dates for next April. more
Royal Thunder will see the re-release of their self-titled EP this December via Relapse Records Mailorder. more
The release date of "Rev-Raptor", the new album from U.D.O., the German metal band led by former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has once again been pushed back - this time to May 20, 2011 more
Outcast has finished recording its third album, "Awaken The Reason", for a tentative early 2011 release via an as-yet-undicslosed record label. more
Noah And The Whale will release their new album in March next year and tour the UK and Ireland around its release. more
Motorhead have launched their own iPhone Remix App courtesy of music developer Bounce Mobile.more
Veteran Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Albert "Little Smokey" Smothers has died, his record producer said Tuesday. He was 71. more
In keeping with their annual tradition of re-imagining classic Christmas songs such as 'Carol Of The Bells' and 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel,' August Burns Red have released a cover of holiday favorite 'Little Drummer Boy' - available to purchase now on iTunes and streaming on the band's MySpace page. more
Image Say-10 Records has detailed an upcoming collection from The Riot Before. The release, which is now nearly a year in the making, will include the band's recorded output from 2005-2007 and the band's side of their split with Broadway Calls-as well as unreleased material. more
Gene Simmons returns to A&E with brand new episodes of his [supposedly] unscripted series, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, premiering with a special one-hour episode on Sunday, December 5th at 9 PM ET/PT. more
If you're looking for some rockin' stocking stuffers (or just want to treat yourself) Day in Rock provider hennemusic has updated their online store with more rockin' stuff. Plus they have expanded their music apps and hot apps section (including Thanksgiving apps!) Check it out here
On this day in 1991, Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello) drummer with Kiss died aged 41, of complications from cancer in a New York hospital. Carr replaced Peter Criss in 1980 and remained a band member until he became ill in 1991. For his Kiss stage persona, Carr was known as "The Fox." Find out what else happened on this date in music history here -
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