A new version of the HALESTORM song "Here's To Us" featuring guest appearances by a number of well-known hard rock and heavy metal musicians has surfaced online and can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. Joining the band on the song are Slash, SHINEDOWN's Brent Smith, ALTER BRIDGE's Myles Kennedy, SIXX: A.M.'s James Michael, ...
May 2013 - Blabbermouth Archive
WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH To Sing 'Crazy Train' Parody At JEFF HANNEMAN's Funeral
Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket the funeral of SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, claiming that it will sing its "parody" of OZZY OSBOURNE's "Crazy Train" "at full voice" at the event. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church — the fringe. group which continues to make headlines for its anti-gay protests at the ...
AEROSMITH: Jakarta Concert Canceled Due To 'Safety Concerns'
According to The Jakarta Post, AEROSMITH has canceled its May 11 "The Global Warming" world tour concert at JIExpo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Indonesia "due to safety reasons." Promoter Ismaya Live announced the cancelation on its official web site, citing a letter sent by the AEROSMITH publicists Mitch Schneider Organization (MSO) in which ...
ZAKK WYLDE: Episode 3 Of 'Lick Of The Week' Video Series
Legendary guitarist Zakk Wylde recently launched a new YouTube video series dubbed "Lick Of The Week." Check out episode 3 below. In the two decades since Ozzy Osbourne hired him away from his job at a New Jersey gas station to become his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde has established himself as a guitar icon known ...
DISTURBED Frontman, Wife Expecting First Child
DISTURBED and DEVICE frontman David Draiman and his wife, Lena Yada — a Japanese-American model, actress, professional tandem surfer and professional wrestler — are expecting their first child. Draiman and Yada tied the knot on September 25, 2011 in Texas. The Pulse Of Radio asked Draiman how he thought becoming a married man might change ...
CONVERGE Interviewed On Australia's HEAVY TV (Video)
Heavy TV conducted an interview with CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou prior to the band's February 15 concert at Billboard The Venue in Melbourne, Australia. You can now watch the chat below. CONVERGE's new album, "All We Love We Leave Behind", sold 6,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut ...
HYPOCRISY Frontman Interviewed On 'Rock Made Of Metal' (Audio)
On April 18, Radio Caley's "Rock Made Of Metal" conducted an interview with with Peter Tägtgren of Swedish death metallers HYPOCRISY at at Audio Lounge, Maryhill in Glasgow, Scotland. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. HYPOCRISY was forced to cancel its previously announced North American tour due to reasons ...
AEROSMITH: 'Rock For The Rising Sun' DVD, Blu-Ray Due In June
In March 2011, Japan was beset by a huge earthquake, a monstrous tsunami and the subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant. In the autumn of 2011, despite advice to the contrary, AEROSMITH brought their "Back On The Road" tour to Japan, a country with which they'd always had a special relationship. The Japanese fans ...
SHOK PARIS To Perform Live In Chicago For The First Time In 25 Years
Cleveland, Ohio metallers SHOK PARIS will co-headline the second night of the Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse festival, set to take place May 3-4, 2013 at Reggie's in Chicago, Illinois. It will mark the band's first appearance in Chicago in over 25 years. "The last time we played Chicago was to a packed house at The Metro ...