Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — One of the most talked-about bands in the alt-punk underground two years ago was Greenville, South Carolina's ISLANDER. This year the band returns, and it's jaw-dropping to see an entirely new crew surrounding Mikey Carvajal for his band's sophomore ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Mike Portnoy says that "would love nothing more" than to have his former bandmates in DREAM THEATER join him at his 50th-birthday party in early 2017. Portnoy will celebrate the milestone event on next February's Cruise To The Edge, where he will pe... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — THE WINERY DOGS, the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB), legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON), launched anoth... more info

Metal Injection — Avenged Sevenfold have been hard at work on new music for a while now (here's a brief tease), and I... The post AVENGED SEVENFOLD Announce Dates VOLBEAT, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AVATAR appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — AVENGED SEVENFOLD will hit the road with VOLBEAT, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and AVATAR this fall. This run will kick off on September 12 in Bonner Springs, Kansas and wrap up on September 21 in Nashville, Tennessee. Get your pre-sale tickets using the passwo... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — "Bad Guy", the new video from ISLANDER, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Power Under Control", which will be released on August 5 via Victory. "'Bad Guy' is a song about speaking the truth, telling someone someth... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Drummer Arin Ilejay says that he was "totally shocked and scared" after being fired by AVENGED SEVENFOLD in 2014. Ilejay's exit from AVENGED SEVENFOLD after four years was announced last July even though he had been out of the band for a year. He ha... more info

Rolling Stone — Shortly after the start of the 2014 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, Korn bassist Fieldy invited Avenged Sevenfold drummer Arin Ilejay to check out a band called Islander, which was playing hours before the two headliners were scheduled to perform. ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — The first "Metal Meltdown" concert series event kicked off at The Joint at the world famous Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas on May 30, 2015. Legendary, selling rockers TWISTED SISTER performed an explosive 90-minute concert of their biggest hits spanni... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — METALLICA appears to have finally begun the mixing process for its long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The band's studio progress was revealed last week by Dan Nykolayko, a member of ... more info