In the three-minute clip below, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian explains to Artisan News why 2011 was a big year for him and his bandmates. ANTHRAX is part of a new series of albums "featuring the greatest hits, signature tunes and fan favorites of the most popular artists in music history," which promise to offer "unprecedented ...
December 2011 - Blabbermouth Archive
EMIL WERSTLER To Play Guitar For CHIMAIRA
Emil Werstler (DAATH) will handle the guitar duties for CHIMAIRA in 2012. Werstler (pictured below), who has spent the last few months playing bass for CHIMAIRA, will switch back to his original instrument following the recent announcement that guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries will be leaving the band at the end of 2011. Commented ...
ICS VORTEX Talks About The Return Of ARCTURUS In New Audio Interview
Greece's Rock Overdose recently conducted an interview with ICS Vortex (real name: Simen Hestnæs), the former bassist/clean vocalist for the Norwegian symphonic black metal band DIMMU BORGIR and a current member of BORKNAGAR and reunited avant-garde metallers ARCTURUS. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio):
GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist Likes To Keep Band's Performances 'Fun And Cool'
Caroline Fontein of Vegas.com recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Vegas.com: Aside from [singer] Axl [Rose], you're the only remaining band member from the "Use Your Illusion" era. What was it like for you back in 1990 when you ...
AEROSMITH Singer To Wed For Third Time?
According to TMZ.com, AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler recently proposed to his longtime girlfriend Erin Brady. Brady, 38, was spotted wearing a diamond ring on her wedding finger during a Christmas vacation with Tyler in Hawaii and sources tell TMZ.com she's set to become the singer's third wife. Previously an accountant for Tyler on ...
Musical Mastermind Behind GREEN JELLY Releases New Album
As musical mastermind behind the controversial early '90s band GREEN JELLY, guitarist/producer CJ Buscaglia crafted the slimy rock grooves on their million-selling album "Cereal Killer". Fans of their Grammy-nominated follow-up "333" know the self-proclaimed "world's worst band" was actually pretty good, powered by Buscaglia's crosshatched guitars and classic-sounding thrust. Long past the costumed juvenalia and ...
DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's MANRAZE Completes Work On 'Take On The World' Video
MANRAZE — the rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS — has released a free download of "Over My Dead Body", the first single from the band's recently released LP "punkfunkrootsrock", now available via Rocket Science Ventures/RED. The download is available ...
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED Releases Free Holiday EP
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED has released a holiday EP, "Make A Joyful Noise", as a free download for a limited time at this location. The effort was originally released as a limited-edition flexi-disc in issue #87 of Decibel magazine. The issue is available for purchase here. "Make A Joyful Noise" track listing: 01. ...
LACUNA COIL: New Audio Interview With ANDREA FERRO
Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMetal.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Andrea Ferro of the Italian rock/metal band LACUNA COIL. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. The first out of six short conceptual teaser clips for "Dark Adrenaline", the new album from LACUNA COIL, can be seen ...