Sodom Announced U.S. Headlining Shows

Sodom has announced two headlining shows to take place in May.

Kreator To Perform “Classic Old-School” Set

Kreator will be performing a “classic old-school” set on their upcoming North American Tour to celebrate the band’s 25 Anniversary. More details here.

Type O Negative Announce Tour Dates

Type O Negative has announced tour dates for this October. More details here.

Lemmy Plays With Metallica

Matt Sorum To Tour With Motorhead

Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver, Guns N’ Roses) will play drums for Motorhead on their upcoming US Fall tour.

SPV Update: Business As Usual, Except Not

German metal label SPV has released a statement about their insolvency (aka bankruptcy). The label is saying that it’s business as usual, with SPV managing partner Manfred Schutz telling trade magazine MusicWoche “we keep on doing business across all segments of our portfolio.” But while they’re doing that, they’re scrambling for investors. Edel, Warner Music, [...]

SPV Germany Is Declared Insolvent (aka Broke)

German label SPV, home to many excellent bands including Kreator, Motorhead and Saxon, has declared itself insolvent, the German equivalent of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. Billboard.biz reports that managing partner Manfred Schutz and court-appointed attorney Richard Sack will continue to run the company as-is, even after the application. That could be [...]