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- Ace Frehley’s new studio album scheduled to be released at the end of April
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- Members Of KREATOR, SEPULTURA, DESTRUCTION, SABATON, CANNIBAL CORPSE And Other Bands Take Part In ‘70000 Tons Of Metal’ All-Star Jam (Video)
Fifty heavy metal musicians — including members of KREATOR, SEPULTURA, DESTRUCTION, SABATON, CANNIBAL CORPSE and METAL CHURCH — took part in this year’s edition of “Jamming With Waters In International Waters”, the official 70000 Tons Of Metal all-star jam hosted by ANNIHILATOR’s Jeff Waters. Fan-filmed video footage of the entire event can be seen below […]
- Sixx: A.M.’s James Michael + DJ Ashba Announce New Band Pyromantic
Two thirds of Sixx: A.M. will continue working together with new music coming later this year. Continue reading…
- OVERKILL Frontman On ‘The Grinding Wheel’: ‘It Still Has The Feeling That It’s A Five-Knuckle Punch’
Australia’s Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he feels about the band’s latest studio album, “The Grinding Wheel”, a year after its release: Bobby: “I think after […]
- Video: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs At ‘Monsters Of Rock Cruise Pre-Party #2’
Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE performing on February 10 at the Monsters Of Rock Cruise Pre-Party #2 at Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida can be seen below. Former KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo made his live debut with with QUEENSRŸCHE last April at Sycuan Casino in El Cajon, California. He is filling in for regular […]
- CARLA HARVEY On BUTCHER BABIES ‘Singing’ More On ‘Lilith’ Album: ‘It’s Taken Us To The Next Level, I Think’
Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station recently conducted an interview with BUTCHER BABIES frontwoman Carla Harvey. You can listen to the chat via the widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how her surroundings inspire her while songwriting: Carla: “With songs, for example on the last album, ‘Lilith’, Heidi [Shepherd, vocals] and […]
- SHAWN ‘CLOWN’ CRAHAN: Why SLIPKNOT Doesn’t Want To Play Next To FOO FIGHTERS At Festivals
SLIPKNOT’s M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan took part in the “Underground To Mainstream: What Are Metal And Hip-Hop Doing Right (And Where Does It Go From Here?)” panel at the 2018 Pollstar Live! event, which was held February 6-8 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The panel, which was moderated by Josh Bernstein, director of live […]
- BulletBoys to play in Australia for first time with special guests including Dellacoma
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- Disturbed Working With Kevin Churko on Music, Plus News on In This Moment, Kirk Hammett + More
Plus watch a new In This Moment video, get news on a Kirk Hammett guest turn, a Joan Jett film, a new Temperance Movement song and more in Wire-to-Wire. Continue reading…
- Smashing Pumpkins Start Countdown to Thursday Announcement
Will it be new music, a tour or something nodding to the 25th anniversary of ‘Siamese Dream’? Continue reading…
- MAX CAVALERA Says New SOULFLY Album Has ‘That Classic ‘Chaos A.D.’ Feeling’ To It
SOULFLY is putting the finishing touches on its new album for a tentative summer release via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2015’s “Archangel” is being recorded with producer Josh Wilbur, who has previously worked with LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA and ALL THAT REMAINS, among others. Although Max has said in some of his recent interviews […]
- Shokker release song “Snake Eyes” for streaming from latest album ‘III’
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- ROB CAVESTANY Recalls 1990 DEATH ANGEL Bus Accident: ‘It Ended Our Band Right There’
DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany says the band’s 1990 tour bus accident in Arizona “ended our band right there.” The crash, which occurred while DEATH ANGEL was touring in support of their major label debut, “Act III”, had the biggest effect on then-drummer Andy Galeon, who was seriously hurt with a head injury and other […]
- BLACK VEIL BRIDES Drummer On Meeting Crying Fans: ‘It’s Incredible To Have That Kind Of Power’
A Music Blog, Yea? conducted an interview with drummer Christian “CC” Coma of Los Angeles rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES prior to the band’s February 5 concert at REBEL in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where they were co-headlining with ASKING ALEXANDRIA. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how […]
- Bassist PETER IWERS To Sit Out CYHRA’s North American Tour
CYHRA bassist Peter Iwers will sit out the band’s North American tour with KREATOR and SABATON “due to prior commitments” that he “couldn’t change.” CYHRA has not revealed a replacement bassist for the trek, which will kick off on February 12 in Portland. (Note: KREATOR and SABATON are playing the first few shows of the […]
- Steven Adler to Celebrate ‘Appetite for Destruction’ on Tour
According to a new posting, Adler is reviving one of his bands to celebrate his history from another. Continue reading…
- Every Mother’s Nightmare’s Rick Ruhl states have to be willing to eat a lot of peanut butter to do music
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- King Zebra release video for new song “Bad Idea”
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- Mike Bordin of Faith No More Remembers Metallica’s Cliff Burton: ‘He’s a Legend Now’
The drummer remembers his late friend at an event commemorating the first Cliff Burton Day. Continue reading…
- DISTURBED Re-Teams With Producer KEVIN CHURKO
DISTURBED has confirmed that it has returned to The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada with producer Kevin Churko to record its first new music since 2015’s “Immortalized” album. Prior to the arrival of “Immortalized”, DISTURBED had been on hiatus since the fall of 2011, after completing the touring cycle for its previous studio […]
- MOONSPELL Frontman Says ‘Best Reactions’ To Band’s New Portuguese-Language Album ‘Come From Countries That Have No Idea’ What He Is Singing About
Impact metal channel conducted an interview with frontman Fernando Ribeiro of Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL prior to their January 21 concert at A38 in Budapest, Hungary. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the reaction to MOONSPELL’s new studio album, “1755”: Fernando: “Spectacular, I have to say. It’s […]
- OVERKILL Frontman On SLAYER’s ‘Final’ Tour: ‘If They’re Done, They’re Done’
OVERKILL frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth says that he respects SLAYER’s decision to call it quits, calling it an “individual choice” that is “their business” and not anyone else’s. Last month, SLAYER, one of metal’s most popular and influential bands of the past four decades, announced its “final world tour” via a 30-second video. The group […]
- SIXX:A.M. Members JAMES MICHAEL And DJ ASHBA Launch PYROMANTIC
SIXX:A.M. members James Michael (vocals) and DJ Ashba (guitar) have launched a brand new project called PYROMANTIC. The “American songwriting duo” is putting the finishing touches on an album’s worth of music, to be released later in the year. PYROMANTIC will film a video for its debut single “in a couple of weeks” in Las […]
- METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of ‘Creeping Death’ Performance From Madrid
Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song “Creeping Death” on February 5 at WiZink Center in Madrid, Spain can be seen below. As previously reported, bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett performed a cover of BARÓN ROJO’s “Los Rockeros Van Al Infierno” during the Madrid concert. BARÓN ROJO is a Spanish heavy […]