On February 20, Brian Rademacher of RockEyez conducted an interview with legendary singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Rise Up", the new studio album from the international powerhouse rock group W.E.T., can be ...
Indie Recordings has announce the signing of BLOOD TSUNAMI, the Oslo, Norway-based thrash metal band featuring drummer Bård G. Eithun (a.k.a. Faust; SCUM, ABORYM, EMPEROR). The band's new album, "For Faen", will be released on March 8 in Norway, March 15 in Germany and Austria and March 11 in the rest of Europe. The first ...
TREMONTI, the band led by CREED and ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti, has uploaded behind-the-scenes video footage from its February 21 and February 22 concerts in Detroit, Michigan and Libertyville, Iliinois, respectively. Check out the clips below. VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen made his first appearance as part of Tremonti's solo band in September ...
Swedish metallers IN FLAMES have issued the following update: "Ever wanted to be a part of an IN FLAMES music video? Now is your chance! IN FLAMES invites all fans worldwide to be a part of the upcoming video for 'Ropes'. By simply uploading your very own video clip of ANYTHING IN FLAMES related, you ...
Finland's DEATHCHAIN will release its new album, "Ritual Death Metal", on April 5 via Svart Records. Keeping up with the band's tradition of including the word "death" or "dead" in its titles, DEATHCHAIN's sixth full-length feels like a warning. In the wake of an already impressive "Death Gods" three years ago, this new offering to ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE kicked off its Australian tour with KISS earlier tonight (Thursday, February 28) at Perth Arena in Perth. CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has checked in with the following recap of the initial concert: "Considering the time difference from Los Angeles, the jet lag isn’t too bad. Our hotel fire alarm kept going off last ...
SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes is working with a "brutal side project" called IHATE. A video for the song "Stretcher", which features Barnes on vocals, can be seen below. SIX FEET UNDER's tenth full-length album, "Unborn", will be released on March 19 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-to to 2012's "Undead" was mixed by ...
Former PANTERA and current KILL DEVIL HILL bassist Rex Brown will publish his memoir, "Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story Of Pantera", on March 12 via Da Capo Press. The 320-page book is described as a "starkly honest and revealing" book about Rex's time in one of the most influential and enduringly popular bands ...
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons was interviewed earlier this week by Richard Stubbs, an Australian radio presenter and comedian, of the 774 ABC Melbourne radio station. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Monster", the 20th studio album from KISS, sold 56,000 copies in the United States in its first week ...
The second in a series of video updates featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Habitutal Levitations", the fourth full-length album from Los Angeles post-metal proggers INTRONAUT, can be seen below. The CD will be released on March 19 in North America. The album artwork and layout was created by David D'Andrea, who has worked ...
