Michael Christopher of The Delaware County Daily Times' "Rock Music Menu" recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist Pepper Keenan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the next DOWN studio release: "We're kinda goin' backwards now. The first record came out a long time ago, so we're feeling that ...
Mexico's metal podcast Familia Perro recently conducted an interview with original KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach about TIMES OF GRACE, Jesse's new project with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist and producer extraordinaire Adam Dutkiewicz. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
Former DEICIDE members Eric Hoffmann (guitar) and Brian Hoffman (guitar) recently resurrected their pre-DEICIDE band AMON with Jesse "Jecheal" Jolly (PROMETHEAN HORDE, DIABOLIC, SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY, AFTER DEATH) on vocals/bass and and Mike Petrak (LEPROSY, SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY) on drums. The Florida-based quartet entered RedRoom Recorders in ...
Hannes Grossmann, drummer for progressive metal bands OBSCURA and BLOTTED SCIENCE, has just released his first instructional DVD, "Progressive Concepts For The Modern Metal Drummer", a two-DVD-set that features almost four hours of material. The DVD is available at HannesGrossmann.com. A six-minute DVD preview clip can be seen below. Commented Grossman: "The DVD ...
New Orleans natives GOATWHORE were honored in the "Best Heavy Metal" category at the Big Easy Awards, which was held on April 25 at Harrah's in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also nominated for the award were ARSON ANTHEM and HAARP. GOATWHORE drummer Zack Simmons and guitarist Sammy Duet accepted the gong. The Big Easy Awards in ...
"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with bassist Peter Baltes of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT when the band played in Denver, Colorado on April 24, 2011. You can now watch the chat below. ACCEPT performed its classic 1982 album "Restless And Wild" in its entirety — including such trend-setting gems as "Fast ...
Swedish musician Peter Wildoer (DARKANE, JAMES LABRIE, PESTILENCE), who was one of seven drummers auditioning for the spot in DREAM THEATER left vacant by the departure of Mike Portnoy, spoke to Nicholas R. Andreas of When Prog And Power Unite about the three-hour October 2010 audition and the preparation that went into trying ...
TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist and leader of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, Alex Skolnick, has posted the following message on his official web site: "Every day I get a daily 'alert' informing me whenever my name is mentioned on a blog or website. Usually these are online reviews, recent interviews being posted, or just a mention on ...
"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with vocalist Joakim Brodén and keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr of Swedish metallers SABATON when the band played in Denver, Colorado on April 24, 2011 as the support act for ACCEPT. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is performance footage from the Denver concert. SABATON drummer ...
Shawn of Rockstar Radio (Hamilton, Montana's KBAZ-FM) conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER on the "black carpet" of the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 20 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. Highlights from the ...
