According to Bild, Germany's top-selling daily newspaper, METALLICA's new album could arrive on October 14. This release date, however, has not been confirmed by Universal, the conglomerate that currently distributes the band's music overseas. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Citizens Of Humanity magazine about the musical direction of the group's long-awaited ...
Kaaos TV conducted an interview with vocalist Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY prior to the band's June 25 concert at the Nummirock festival in Nummijärvi, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the recording process for DARK TRANQUILLITY's upcoming ...
LIFE OF AGONY has been forced to postpone the band's previously announced European shows scheduled for July 8-16 after the group's drummer, Sal Abruscato, broke a collarbone, on Monday, July 4. LIFE OF AGONY states: "The band are very disappointed that they will not be able to play for their fans and are working to ...
On June 3, Metaleater's Tony Antunovich conducted an interview with singer Cristina Scabbia of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL. You can now listen to the chat in the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the difficulties of making a living as a recording and touring artist in 2016 compared ...
Niclas Müller-Hansen of RockSverige.se recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier and drummer Mario Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockSverige.se: Is there such a thing as a perfect album? Joseph: No. At some point when you're working on a record, and I'm ...
Rodney Holder of Australia's Music Business Facts recently conducted an interview with Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what it was like working with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine: Glen: "You know, I ...
Members of SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, RANCID, DEATH ANGEL, FORBIDDEN and VIO-LENCE will perform at the Robb Flynn Birthday Bash on Saturday, July 23 at the Oakland Metro Operahouse in Oakland, California. The all-star jam will consist of old-school metal, glam, punk, and hip-hop covers from the '70s, '80s and '90s played very sloppily by drunken ...
Century Media Records and Prowling Death Records have announced the joint release of HELLHAMMER's previously unreleased "Blood Insanity" 7" vinyl single. Originally conceived by the band in 1984, this piece of metal history will finally see a worldwide release on August 19, with pre-sale being launched via CM Distro on July 22. HELLHAMMER mainman Tom ...
German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will perform their 1995 album "Imaginations From The Other Side" in its entirety on their upcoming North American tour with GRAVE DIGGER. BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch explained in a statement: "I, being asked at least a thousand times by journalists and fans if we were not in general interested ...
