The Front Row Report recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER bassist Mark Mendoza. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the first show with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), who stepped in for A.J. Pero after his March 2015 death: Mark: "It was quite different. Mike Portnoy didn't replace A.J. He had ...
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS (formerly PHIL CAMPBELL'S ALL STARR BAND), the band featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, plus vocalist Neil Starr, will release its self-titled debut five-track EP on November 18 via Motörhead Music. The official lyric video for the song "Big Mouth", taken from the ...
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have just released their twelfth album, "Sorceress". The band's first effort for Nuclear Blast via OPETH's imprint label Moderbolaget Records is proof chief architect Mikael Åkerfeldt has a near-endless well of greatness inside. From the album's opener "Persephone" to "The Wilde Flowers" and "Strange Brew" to the album's counterpart title tracks ...
DIRKSCHNEIDER, the band fronted by former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. singer Udo Dirkschneider, will release a live album called "Live - Back To The Roots" on October 28 via AFM Records. The effort, which was recorded on April 2 at Kaminwerk in Memmingen, Germany, will be made available as two-CD digipak and gatefold three-vinyl in ...
According to People, Ozzy Osbourne's former mistress has filed an amended complaint against the singer's daughter Kelly, accusing her of targeting the hairdresser for financial gain. In the new lawsuit, which comes a month after she initially served Kelly with papers, Michelle Pugh alleges Kelly "stimulated controversy for the purpose of making money" ...
Behind-the-scenes footage of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's appearances at the Rock'N Derby (May 20 at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York) and Bråvalla (July 2 in Norrkoping, Sweden) festivals can be seen below. The clip, which is set to the band's song "I Apologize", was created by Therés Stephansdotter Björk of
STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER led by singer Steve Grimmett, released its new album, "Walking In The Shadows", on September 23 via Dissonance Productions. The official video for the CD's title track can now be seen below. "Walking In The Shadows" track listing: 01. ...
Newly released video footage of METALLICA performing its new song "Hardwired" live on Monday, September 26 on "The Howard Stern Show" on Howard Stern's exclusive SiriusXM channel Howard 100 can be seen below. Additionally, the band recorded a special edition of SiriusXM's "Town Hall" series — answering questions from a select group of SiriusXM listeners ...
"The Other Side", a brand new song from ALTER BRIDGE, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Last Hero", which will be released on October 7 by Caroline Records in the United States/Canada and Napalm Records throughout the rest of the globe. "The Last Hero" is now ...
