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Dommin announce London headline show

LA goth rockers Dommin, who have just supported Lacuna Coil on their recent UK tour and are about to support HIM on their upcoming tour, have announce their first UK headline date. The band will play London’s Borderline on Sunday, March 21. Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.

Published: 2010-02-22 Provider: Kerrang!

Bullet For My Valentine name new album

Bullet For My Valentine have confirmed that the follow-up to their 2008 album, Scream Aim Fire, will be entitled Fever. The album, which was produce by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Lacuna Coil), will be released in the UK on April 26. If you can’t wait to hear it (and let’s face it, who can’t?), you can head on over to the band’s new website, www.bulletformyvalentine.com, now for an exclusive first spin of new track Begging For Mercy. But be quick, it won’t be up for long!

Published: 2010-02-16 Provider: Kerrang!

Lacuna Coil name new album

Italian goth metal megastars, Lacuna Coil, will release the much anticipated follow-up to their 2006 album, Karmacode, on April 20 through Century Media. The new album will be entitled Shallow Life, and it was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne). "Shallow Life is a natural metamorphosis from within the band," says frontwoman Cristina Scabbia. "We explored different musical territories while maintaining our own style. A mix of old and new, fast and slow, light and dark. "The album production is incredibly powerful and has a beautiful purity to it," she continues. "Hopefully listeners will feel the same sort of connection that we have to these songs. It would be great to think that we have produced songs that will make anybody either think, smile or cry. Shallow Life has forced us to challenge ourselves. It represents the way we see ourselves in the days we live in through truth, love and lies." The band will tour the US with Disturbed and Killswitch Engage on Music As A Weapon from March to May before hitting the European festival circuit.

Published: 2009-02-12 Provider: Kerrang!

Bullet For My Valentine studio update

Bullet For My Valentine have nearly completed work on the as-yet-untitled follow-up to last year's Scream. Aim. Fire. album. The band are recording their third album at home in Wales with producer Don Gilmore (Linkin park, Lacuna Coil, Good Charlotte). And despite "many obstacles", the band feel it will be their "finest album to date". “We are almost in the final stages of recording," said frontman Matt Tuck. "It has been another long road but it’s been this long for a reason! There have been ma

Published: 2009-11-18 Provider: Kerrang!

Shawn Crahan: "Don't miss being part of history!"

Slipknot mainman Shawn 'The Clown' Crahan will be making his UK debut with his other band Dirty Little Rabbits at the Kerrang! Week Of Rock on July 31 with Lacuna Coil. Speaking to Kerrang! Dot Com earlier today, The Clown is urging all you Maggots "not to miss being a part of history!" "I've waited my whole life for this band and the fact that we get to play the UK is a dream come true," said Crahan. "These shows will set the record straight and for all those who will miss them, you will miss b

Published: 2009-06-24 Provider: Kerrang!

Lacuna Coil announce Download warm-up show

Lacuna Coil will play an intimate London show before their appearance at the Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival. The band will headline London's Barfly venue on June 11. Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.

Published: 2009-05-14 Provider: Kerrang!

Fightstar are top of the rocks!

Fightstar are celebrating this week after their new album, Be Human, debuted in the British album charts at number 20. The band, who split from Gut Records last August after it went into administration, released the album via their management company's Search And Destroy label. The other notable rock/metal album debuting in the British charts this week is Lacuna Coil with Shallow Life at number 42.

Published: 2009-04-27 Provider: Kerrang!

Dir en grey, You Me At Six join Download 20009 bill!

You Me At Six, Dir en grey, Five Finger Death Punch and Meshuggah are among the latest wave of artists to be added to this year's ever-growing Download Festival line-up. "It's amazing that we've been asked to play Download 2009!" You Me At Six vocalist Josh Franceschi tells Kerrang!. "We love playing festivals and though none of us been to Download before, we know that it's pretty metal! I think if bands like Madina Lake can play Download in the past and not get murdered, then we should be okay! I am sure we'll all walk away with a bottle imprinted on our foreheads, but we're all for the weekend's festivities! We really wanna see Architects, Limp Bizkit and Slipknot." Kerrang! Tour 2009 stars Dir en grey are excited to return to the UK for the festival. "I think everyone in the UK is great and really friendly," says guitarist Kaoru. "We have always wanted to play this festival so we are really honored to have been given this opportunity. We hope to leave a big impression on the crowd!" The metal-as-all-hell Five Finger Death Punch will also be playing - following the success of their recent UK tour dates with Lamb Of God and Unearth. "Our UK brothers and sisters know how to conjure up some devastating mosh pits," says the band's guitarist Zoltan Bathory. "It's an honour to be part of such a huge event!" Other bands revealed this week include prog-metallers Opeth, Velvet Revolver bassist Duff Mckagan's other band Loaded, Steadlur and Lawnmower Deth. Download 2009 takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14. The festival will be headlined by Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Other bands on the bill include: Anvil, Architects, Billy Talent, Black Stone Cherry, Buckcherry, Chris Cornell, Clutch, DevilDriver, Down, DragonForce, Dream Theater, Journey, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Papa Roach, Parkway Drive, Pendulum, reunited stoner rockers Karma To Burn, Skin, Tesla, The Blackout, The Prodigy, Trivium, Whi

Published: 2009-03-23 Provider: Kerrang!

12 new bands for Download!

Down, Lacuna Coil and Papa Roach have been added to the bill of this year's K!-sponsored Download festival. Lacuna Coil are set to release their new album Shallow Life on April 20 and vocalist Cristina Scabbia tells K! that the band are itching to showcase their new material at this year's festival. "We are absolutely thrilled to be coming back to Download this year," says Scabbia. "I've played there twice, once with Lacuna Coil and last year with my friends from Apocalyptica. There's always such an amazing atmosphere there and we have a total blast when we're in the UK. We are really excited to be able to play some of our new songs live for the first time for you guys at Download. The line-up this year is awesome already and I'm looking forward to catching up with some friends! I'll see you down the front!" Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix reveals that the Californian quartet have never had anything less than a "fucking awesome time" at Donington. "We're psyched to be coming back once again," Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix tells Kerrang!. "I think this is going to be our third time playing there and so far we've never had anything less than a fucking awesome time. The bands are always great, the vibe is really cool, and best of all the entire crowd always stinks after the first day!" Other bands set to appear at the three-day festival, which takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14, are Chris Cornell, Black Stone Cherry, Architects, Parkway Drive, reunited stoner rockers Karma To Burn, Clutch, Skin, Journey and Tesla. Download 2009 takes place at Donington Park on June 12, 13 and 14. The festival will be headlined by Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Other bands on the bill include Anvil, Billy Talent, Buckcherry, DevilDriver, DragonForce, Dream Theater, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Pendulum, The Blackout, The Prodigy, Trivium, Whitesnake and ZZ Top. Tickets for Download are on sale now from www.aloud.co

Published: 2009-03-16 Provider: Kerrang!

What's Up With All The Celebrities Dying Lately? [To Do]

newVideoPlayer("/tododeath_def.flv", 506, 423,""); If there's one thing that you can count on in this wild and crazy world, it's that at the end of the day, Molls will be on hand to ask (and hopefully answer) all the tough questions that life brings our way. As you have no doubt noticed, the Grim Reaper has been swinging his scythe almost indiscriminately of late. This recent spate of celebrity deaths has left our Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer pondering how, and I quote, "some Oregon Trail shit" could've taken down a titan of comedy like Bernie Mac. So, as you begin your preparations for hitting the town tonight, take some time out of your day to reminisce along with Molls about the lives of those who recently shuffled their way off of this mortal coil. · Red Bull Sound Clash at Crash Mansion. · Philip Glass at the Hollywood Bowl. · Magic Johnson (the band) at The Smell. · Paul McComas at Book Soup.

Published: 2008-08-13 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do, Molly McAleer