As he gears up for the May 12 release of his much-buzzed-about new book, "How To Be A Man (And Other Illusions)" (Da Capo Press), former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan will issue a three-song companion EP, "How To Be A Man". Due on the same day as the book, the disc features former ...
SUPREMACY, the new band featuring singers Claus Lessmann (BONFIRE) and Michael Voss (CASANOVA, MAD MAX), guitarist Robby Boebel (FRONTLINE, EVIDENCE ONE), drummer Axel Kruse (JADED HEART) and bassist Francis Buchholz (SCORPIONS, MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK), is working on material for its debut album, due in late 2015 or early 2016 via Frontiers. Says Voss: ...
GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose has taken to social media to react to the executions of the two Australians who were sentenced to death in 2006 for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia. Rose posted a series of tweets after it was announced that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the ...
Massacre Records will release the two-CD album "A Light In The Black - A Tribute To Ronnie James Dio" on May 22. The label states in a press release: "Ronnie James Dio was a hero and inspiration to many musicians, such as Lars Ulrich (METALLICA), Doro Pesch and Axel Rudi Pell, and rumor has it ...
In a brand new interview with Classic Rock Revisited, former DEEP PURPLE and current WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale was asked how close a PURPLE-and-Coverdale reunion came to being a reality. He responded: "Glenn Hughes [former DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist] and I are very close, and Glenn's been after me to do some sort of ...
Original BORKNAGAR vocalist Kristoffer Rygg (pictured; a.k.a. Garm, Fiery G. Maelstrom, Trixter G.) has recorded vocals for two songs on the upcoming BORKNAGAR album. Due in the fall via Century Media, the CD will be mixed in June by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studio. Commented BORKNAGAR mainman Øystein G. Brun: "These days, 20 years ...
In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, SLAYER's Kerry King and Tom Araya were asked if the tragic passing of the band's co-founding guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, in 2013, had any impact on their relationship with original SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. "Nah," Kerry responded. "That's why I've never spoken about it in the ...
TOURNIQUET is widely known for its outspoken voice against animal abuse and has previously released songs that focused on that subject matter. This time, however, drummer and songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick devotes an entire album, "Onward To Freedom", to the struggles and abuses animals face. The CD features songs about the plight of shelter animals in ...
"Valley Of Tears", the new album from British power metal mercenaries TANK, has had its release date pushed back to September 18 from the previously announced June 8. Joining guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on the group's's new CD are former DRAGONFORCE frontman ZP Theart, who has been a member of TANK's touring lineup ...
