SHINEDOWN posted a video on Tuesday (December 1) for the song "State Of My Head", from the band's recently released fifth studio album, "Threat To Survival". The track recently cracked the Top 10 at rock radio. Although it's got a different style for SHINEDOWN, frontman Brent Smith told The Pulse Of Radio it's his favorite ...
December 2015 - Blabbermouth Archive
TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs IRON MAIDEN, VAN HALEN Classics With HEAVY AS TEXAS (Video)
Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) joined HEAVY AS TEXAS — the band featuring former PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS guitarist Marzi Montazeri — on stage on Novemebr 21 at the BFE Rock Club in Houston, Texas to perform classic songs from VAN HALEN, IRON MAIDEN, PANTERA and ...
ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO On Paris Terror Attacks: 'I Don't Understand How Anybody Feels Good About Killing'
ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello says that the band's new song "Evil Twin" — which was lyrically inspired by the Charlie Hebdo shooting — is being performed with renewed vigor following last month's terrorist attacks in Paris which left more than 129 people dead. Speaking to Gigs And Festivals ahead of the band's gig ...
Second KING DIAMOND Concert Canceled Due To 'Severe Case Of Acute Laryngitis'
Tomorrow's (Friday, December 4) KING DIAMOND show at the House Of Blues in Houston, Texas has been canceled because the band's lead singer and namesake is "suffering from a severe case of acute laryngitis." This is the second KING DIAMOND concert in a row to be scrapped due to the vocalist's illness, following last night's ...
MOTÖRHEAD Snaggletooth Cider Now Available In Sweden
Only MOTÖRHEAD could name a premium cider Snaggletooth. Created in tribute to and in celebration of loudest rock music on the planet, it is now available in Sweden from Systembolaget. This unique sweetened dry British apple cider is crafted with a juice blend of the finest Dabinet, Michelin and dessert apple varieties to ...
Video: GIRLSCHOOL Performs Live In Frankfurt
Fan-filmed video footage of GIRLSCHOOL's November 24 performance at Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany during the band's European tour as the support act for MOTÖRHEAD and SAXON can be seen below. GIRLSCHOOL's 13th studio album, "Guilty As Sin", was released on November 13 in North America via UDR Music in red colored vinyl, digital download and ...
BRUCE DICKINSON Recalls 'Weird' Experience Of Seeing All-Female Tribute Band THE IRON MAIDENS
In issue 218 of U.K.'s Classic Rock magazine, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson recalled the "weird" experience of seeing THE IRON MAIDENS, the world's first female tribute to IRON MAIDEN, performing live. Dickinson told Classic Rock: "I've seen THE IRON MAIDENS in Mexico. We all went. We were watching them and I said to Steve ...
Video Premiere: SKUNK ANANSIE's 'Love Someone Else'
British rockers SKUNK ANANSIE will release their sixth studio album, "Anarchytecture", on January 15, 2016. The follow-up to 2012's "Black Traffic" was produced by Tom Dalgety (ROYAL BLOOD, KILLING JOKE, BAND OF SKULLS) at RAK Studios in London, with mixing duties divided between Dalgety and Jeremy Wheatley, and mastering handled by the legendary Ted Jensen ...
MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Says 'Peace Sells' Is 'Definitely One Of The Most Recognizable' Bass Lines In Rock
Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Songfacts: What would you say are the most underrated MEGADETH tunes? David: I didn't listen to "Youthanasia" very much until three or four years ago when I started listening to it again. And ...