Scott Weiland has once again denied that he was ever a member of ART OF ANARCHY, explaining that he was paid to contribute to the band's debut album as a session musician and a songwriter. "It was a project I did where I was just supposed to have written the lyrics and melodies for this ...
Artisan News recently conducted an interview with Eicca Toppinen of Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA and the band's new lead singer, Franky Perez. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he landed the APOCALYPTICA gig: Franky: "I was in a band called SCARS ON BROADWAY with ...
Audio samples of five songs from the forthcoming second album from TREMONTI, the band led by CREED and ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti, can be streamed below. The tracks available for preview are "Another Heart", "Cauterize", "Flying Monkey", "Providence" and "Sympathy". The follow-up to 2012's "All I Was", TREMONTI's new CD was helmed by producer ...
"Tru-Kvlt-Metal", a brand new song from ALL THAT REMAINS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "The Order Of Things", which arrives on February 24. Singer Phil Labonte told the site that "Tru-Kvlt-Metal" is "really sarcastic. It's really directed towards the people that we've heard year after year, record ...
The fourth in a series of video blogs featuring behind-the-scenes footage from HAMMERFAL's "(r)Evolution" tour can be seen below. HAMMERFALL's new album, "(r)Evolution", sold around 1,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The band's previous CD, "Infected", opened with around 1,700 units back in 2011. The CD debuted at No. ...
Mia Metall of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with bassist Ted Lundström of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH before the band's January 25 concert at Manchester Academy in United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if recording new albums has become less important for AMON AMARTH than touring, Ted said: "No. ...
Following the success of their 2013 covers release, "Covertà", ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring Russell Allen (vocals; also of SYMPHONY X), Mike Orlando (guitar) and A.J. Pero (drums; also of TWISTED SISTER) — will release "Dearly Departed" through Century Media on February 10 in North America. In a departure from "Covertà", "Dearly Departed" will ...
On February 7, "In The Vault With Shanda Golden" (web site) conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott at the Knitting Factory in Reno, Nevada. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his long-awaited cookbook, "Drumming Up An Appetite With Vinnie Paul", the drummer said: ...
Jimmy Page publicized the release of his official photographic autobiography, "Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page", by taking part in a question-and-answer session with Chris Cornell at Los Angeles's Ace Hotel on November 12, 2014. The press release for the event stated: "During the course of a dialogue together, the audience [was] invited to join Jimmy ...
