Following the triumphant sold-out show at the Birmingham Genting Arena earlier this year, Kennedy Street and Kilimanjaro have announced Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW will be returning to tour the U.K. in June 2017. The very special opening night will see them headlining the second annual Stone Free Festival at The O2, London, which will be Blackmore's ...
December 2016 - Blabbermouth Archive
METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT: 'I'm Still As Pissed Off And Motivated And Angry As I've Ever Been'
Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett in Toronto, Ontario at the end of November. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if METALLICA was intentionally looking for a super-aggressive song to release as ...
SIXX:A.M. Interviewed By SHINEDOWN's BRENT SMITH For Radio Special (Audio)
SIXX:A.M. recently taped an exclusive radio special, hosted by SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith, to chat about their current U.S. arena tour together, SIXX:A.M.'s new album, "Vol. 2, Prayers For The Blessed", and more. Presented by Eleven Seven Music and MX2 Media, the 50-minute program is available now through January 7. Listen to it using the ...
Former CIRCLE II CIRCLE And INTO ETERNITY Drummer ADAM SAGAN Dies After Battle With Cancer
Acclaimed metal drummer Adam Sagan, who has played with CIRCLE II CIRCLE, WHITE EMPRESS, INTO ETERNITY and WITHERFALL and who has written for Drumhead magazine, has died after battling T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a blood cancer. He was only 36 years old. Sagan's brother Nate confirmed Adam's passing in a Facebook post, writing: "I want to ...
GOJIRA Drummer Says It Was 'Very Important' For JOSEPH DUPLANTIER To Try New Things With His Voice On 'Magma'
Drummer Mario Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA spoke to The National Student about the band's desire to constantly push the envelope musically and experiment with new sounds. "For us, specifically with Joe [GOJIRA frontman and Mario's brother, Joseph Duplantier], it's very important to try new things with his voice," Mario said. "He's ...
CHILDREN OF BODOM To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of 'Something Wild' Album
Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM are contemplating performing most of their debut album, "Something Wild", on a European tour next year to celebrate the record's twentieth anniversary. Guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho told OC Weekly: "I don't know yet if we're going to play the whole album or probably just a lot of rare songs ...
SEBASTIAN BACH Was 'Very Surprised' When AXL ROSE Reunited With SLASH
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach promoted his long-awaited autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row", with an appearance earlier today (Monday, December 5) on the Q104.3 radio station in New York City, where he was interviewed by Jonathan Clarke. You can now watch video footage of the question-and-answer session below. Speaking about his reaction ...
METALLICA Wanted To Make Things 'Tighter And Leaner And Shorter' On 'Hardwired… To Self-Destruct'
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was recently interviewed by Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito of TVK's "Rock City". You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked how METALLICA's new album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct" compares to some of the band's other recent efforts, Ulrich said: "The last record [2008's 'Death Magnetic'] ...
Video Premiere: QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Hellfire'
Seattle-based heavy metal icons QUEENSRŸCHE have released a music video for their song "Hellfire", which spotlights the Malaysian passenger flight crisis in 2014. Speaking about the influence and subject matter for the clip, QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre said: "'Hellfire' is a depiction primarily based on the tragic events surrounding the Malaysian airline flight MH17. ...