NONPOINT will enter Uptown Recording Studio in Chicago in early 2016 with producer Rob Ruccia to begin recording its new album, to be released via Spinefarm Records. Commented NONPOINT singer Elias Soriano: "Figuring in the popularity of our last record and us pretty much self-producing that one with Daniel Salcido, we decided on self-producing this ...
"Distant Prayer", a song from RESURRECTION KINGS — new so-called "supergroup" featuring singer Chas West (TRIBE OF GYPSIES, LYNCH MOB), guitarist Craig Goldy (DIO, GIUFFRIA, ROUGH CUTT, DIO DISCIPLES), bassist Sean McNabb (DOKKEN, GREAT WHITE) and drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) — can be streamed below. The track is taken from ...
Singer Liv Jagrell of Swedish heavy rockers SISTER SIN spoke to Sleaze Roxx about the band's decision to call it quits after 13 years of existence. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: I'll ask the obvious question first. What happened because it seemed so sudden with SISTER SIN ...
John Baizley recalled getting a phone call from METALLICA's James Hetfield while the BARONESS frontman was recovering after shattering his left arm in a horrific accident. Baizley was riding in a tour bus with his BARONESS bandmates when the brakes failed in August 2012. The bus plunged 30 feet into a viaduct in the U.K., ...
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford and QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury are among the men the Russian edition of Maxim magazine has "forgiven" for being homosexual. In the article headlined "Gays We Respect," Maxim Russia reveals the actors, authors and musicians that have won their admiration despite their objections to their sexual orientation. "We, men, do ...
A video recap of Dave Lombardo's (SLAYER, PHILM) October 2015 "The Repercussion Of Dave Lombardo" clinic tour of Australia can be seen below. Lombardo is deemed one of the most influential drummers of our time. Born with extraordinary musical aptitude, Lombardo was intuitive to rhythm at a very early age. His musical awareness has continued ...
TOURNIQUET drummer Ted Kirkpatrick has assembled an all-star lineup to pay tribute to BLACK SABBATH as the legendary heavy metal pioneers get ready to embark on their final tour, "The End". Due on January 20, 2016 via Pathogenic Records, "The Doom In Us All - A Tribute To Black Sabbath" features the following tracks" 01. ...
Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE) was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed ...
London five-piece AS LIONS has signed to the ever-growing roster of Better Noise Records, part of Eleven Seven Music Group. Comprised of vocalist Austin Dickinson (son of IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson), guitarists Conor O'Keefe and Will Homer, bassist Stefan Whiting, and drummer Dave Fee, AS LIONS formed in late 2014. Called the "hot new ...
