The following story was part of the Day in Rock Report for 5/12/08 - (antiMusic) Welcome to morning quicks, quite a round up a diverse artists for you today. We kick off with the new Spiderman: Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians -- his own spider. An East Carolina University biologist, Jason Bond, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and opted to call the arachnid after his favorite musician, Canadian Neil Young, naming it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.moreBritish sensation Leona Lewis has reclaimed the Number One position on the Billboard Hot 100 with her worldwide smash hit single, "Bleeding Love" for a fourth, record-breaking week. Never before in the history of the pop song chart has a British-born female solo artist ever held the #1 spot on the singles chart with a debut charting single for 4 weeks.
Testament will be doing a signing of their brand new record, The Formation of Damnation, coming up on Sunday, May 18th at the Hot Topic of Lakewood Center Mall. The signing will begin at 3:00pm so get there early!!! Lakewood Center Mall is located at 317 Lakewood Center in Lakewood, California.
Death metal legends Deicide have made their entire brand new album, Till Death Do Us Part, available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The album was released in the UK/Europe on April 28th, but for those of you in the US who can't bear to wait any longer, you can listen to the album in its entirety until the US release date on May 13th here
Swedish art-rockers Cult Of Luna have revealed a brand new song on the band's MySpace page. The track, titled "Eternal Kingdom", comes off the band's upcoming album of the same name. Listen to the exclusive track now
Reactivated Canadian rockers Triumph have tapped Dave Dunlop from frontman Rik Emmett's Strung-Out Troubadours project to play second guitar for Triumph's forthcoming shows, including next month's Sweden Rock Festival. more
An Opeth three-CD box set called "The Candlelight Years", featuring the the band's first three albums, will be released in Japan on June 23. more
After the release of its first album, "Tales of the Magician", through Soundholic, in Japan, and the recent deal with the German label Dockyard 1 for a worldwide release, Magician signed a contract with Die Hard Records, which will release the album in Brazil. The Brazilian release is scheduled to the end of June. Meanwhile the fans can listen samples of the album on - MySpace
