(Lambgoat) The Dream Is Dead guitarist Jared Southwick has died as the result of "a liver and kidney condition," for which he was recently hospitalized. Southwick was also a member of Indiana death metal band Harakiri. more(Antiquiet) Spin sat down with elusive Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman Maynard James Keenan to squeeze a little news from the enigmatic artist, and as a result we now know the new title & release date for the next Puscifer album: Conditions of My Parole, which will be released October 18. more
(BMN) A Perfect Circle guitarist Billy Howerdel says that the band is close to finishing up a new song which it will play on the band's upcoming summer North American tour. As for whether the yet-to-be-titled track will lead to a full album's worth of material, Howerdel says that he doesn't see a full-length record happening. "I like records," he said. "I still like records. I have great memories of having anticipation of hearing a whole album and ingesting it slowly and drinking it all in. To me, I have desires of making a record, but it just doesn't seem like people are interested. It just seems that everyone likes to digest things much quicker and have less patience."more
(The 1st Five) The Early November will be performing a concert at The Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA on September 10, 2011. This will be the bands first show together in 4 years. more
(The 1st Five) The Deafheaven side project Whirr have signed a deal with Tee Pee Records to distribute and release their upcoming new record. more
(BMN) According to the Nashville Scene, the domestic-abuse case against former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent (real name Vincent John Cusano) has been temporarily "retired." It appears that Vincent has struck a deal with the state of Tennessee, temporarily retiring the case for a year, eventually giving the guitarist an opportunity to "petition the Court to dismiss [the] case and expunge the pertinent records as provided by law," in exchange for undergoing eight hours of anger-management therapy. more
(VH1) Mumford & Sons take the Unplugged stage in VH1 Unplugged: Mumford & Sons Friday, June 24 at 11PM ET/PT. This insightful performance will also debut online at Unplugged.VH1.com on Thursday, June 23, at 8PM ET and on Palladia, MTV Networks high-definition music channel on Saturday, June 25 at 9PM ET/PT. Sneak peek clips from the performance will be available at Unplugged.VH1.com beginning Wednesday, June 15. Watch the band discuss their writing process here
(SRX) Poison are tossing ideas around for new album. "We are going to finish this tour, take a little time off and then, hopefully, we can begin writing and recording new material," says drummer Rikki Rockett more
(The 1st Five) Hopeless Records have signed Enter Shikari. The band recently recorded their new album which will be released sometime later this year. You can currently watch the video for the albums first single, Quelle Surprise, here
(Lambgoat) Beecher have announced that they will be playing no further shows together and there will be no new material; they are once again calling it a day. more
Toxic Holocaust will embark upon a five-week headlining tour of North America this summer. more
Kill Devil Hill the new band featuring Vinny Appice (Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath, Dio) on drums, Rex Brown (Down, Pantera) on bass, Mark Zavon (Ratt, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (Pissing Razors) on vocals has scheduled a couple of west coast dates for August. more
