Legendary Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS celebrated the 25th anniversary of their third album, "Ancient Dreams", with special live concert on December 28 at Debaser Medis in Stockholm, Sweden. The LP, which was originally issued in 1988, has long been hailed as a classic and was performed in its entirety by CANDLEMASS, which was last year voted ...
GUNS N' ROSES and SIXX: A.M. guitarist Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba has designed his own signature Les Paul guitar, to be released in March 2014 by Gibson. Ashba, who joined GUNS N' ROSES in March 2009 following the departure of Robin Finck, spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald this past February about being in one ...
According to Teen Vogue, Chiara de Blasio, the 19-year-old college sophomore whose dad, Bill de Blasio, was elected mayor of New York City last month, is a metalhead. "Old-school metal, thrash metal, death metal, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal," she said about her music of choice. "In terms of more modern ...
Horns Up Rocks! decided to recruit Oderus Urungus from GWAR in order to review this year's most relevant stories in heavy music. Check out the resulting footage below. GWAR's new album, "Battle Maximus", sold around 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 109 on The ...
Metal Shock Finland's Blackdiamond recently conducted an interview with vocalist Stu Block of North American power metallers ICED EARTH. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. ICED EARTH makes its triumphant return with the January 21, 2014 release of new studio album, "Plagues Of Babylon", on Century Media ...
On November 19, Greece's Metal Kaoz conducted an interview with bassist Dan Maines of Maryland rockers CLUTCH. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. CLUTCH's "Earth Rocker Live" was released on November 26 via Weathermaker Music. "Earth Rocker Live" is a double-vinyl picture-disc set. The first LP ...
Quality fan-filmed video footage of AMORPHIS' November 19 performance at La Dynamo in Toulouse, France can be seen below. AMORPHIS will perform a special concert at the Olavinlinna Castle, a stone fortress built in 1475, on July 13, 2014 during the Savonlinna Opera Festival's 2014 season in Savonlinna, Finland. The idea of inviting AMORPHIS along ...
In the latest episode of "The First Time With…", BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt chats to Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of METALLICA, about the key first musical moments in Ulrich's life. Lars discusses his childhood in his native Denmark — how a career in professional tennis was hijacked by a love of British heavy ...
Digital Tour Bus, which gives fans "an all-access pass" to the tour buses that their favorite bands travel in, has posted its latest "Crazy Tour Stories" episode, focusing on Canadian rockers DANKO JONES. The one-and-a-half-minute clip, which was filmed on August 22, 2013 in Tinley Park, Illinois, can be seen below. The official video for ...
