SLAYER frontman Tom Araya has spoken out against handful of "cyberbullies" who have allegedly attacked his wife on the Internet after she withdrew her support on their Facebook page over accusations of "distasteful, rude and disrespectful" behavior. In an audio message posted on Sandra Araya's Facebook page, Tom said (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Hi. This is ...
In the most unexpected guitar news of this year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) has launched his own range of guitars and amps under his new brand Wylde Audio, with more products to follow. France's La Chaîne Guitare got a private viewing of what Zakk's been ...
Frankie DiVita of the 95.5 KLOS radio station conducted an interview with former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick at this year's NAMM show, which took place January 22-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his decision to marry girlfriend Lisa ...
Things don't appear to have gone smoothly for Slash and his reported new girlfriend Meegan Hodges, who just moved into a new five-bedroom house in the San Fernando area in Los Angeles. Writing on her Instagram, Hodges said: "Wow! What a 'welcome to the neighborhood.' Really like to thank TMZ (not) for showing ...
TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider performed at the 2015 Show Harley in Montreal, Quebec. Snider was joined by openers THE DAWN TRUTH and EAGLE TEARS at the 36th Show Harley, which saw over 50 Harley-Davidson and custom motorcycles riding around in the Bell Centre, a presentation of the most spectacular custom bikes in America, and ...
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will release a set of three skateboards, each depicting one of their classic album covers: 1980's "Iron Maiden", 1981's "Killers" and 1986's "Somewhere In Time". According to Backstreet International Merchandise Limited, "Boards [are] produced with 100% hardrock U.S. Maplewood taken from areas under re-forestation programs. [They are] individually hot ...
Influential alt-metal act FAITH NO MORE will release its long-awaited follow-up to 1997's "Album Of The Year" in May via the band's newly formed imprint Reclamation Recordings, which is distributed by Ipecac Recordings. FAITH NO MORE founder and bass player, Bill Gould, is overseeing production. In a new message on the FAITH NO ...
Former Metal Maniacs editor Katherine Ludwig died yesterday (Friday, January 30) a little after 1:00 p.m. at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York. She passed very quickly and peacefully, surrounded by family and friends. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's Reed Mullin had this to say about Katherine Ludwig: "I'm not sure folks today know just how ...
Fan-filmed video footage of MPIRE OF EVIL (formerly PRIMEVIL) — the band formed in 2010 by ex-VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) — perfoming on January 30 at Atak in Enschede, The Netherlands can be seen below. MPIRE OF EVIL's "Crucified" album came out in May 2013 ...
To mark the announcement of SLIPKNOT's "Summer's Last Stand Tour" with LAMB OF GOD, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, thousands of fans posted great questions for SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor to answer. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked how he and KORN singer Jonathan Davis came up with the ...
