When FOREIGNER performs in Sturgis, South Dakota on August 4, the group's current seven-piece lineup will share the stage with five former members — Dennis Elliot (drums, 1976-1992), Al Greenwood (keyboards, 1976-1980), Rick Wills (bass, 1979-1991), Ian MacDonald (guitar/vocals, 1976-1980) and Lou Gramm (vocals, 1976-1990 and 1992-2003). While the group has performed a handful of ...
On September 28, Birmingham extreme metal miscreants ANAAL NATHRAKH will release their 10th full-length album, "A New Kind Of Horror", via Metal Blade Records. The disc's first single, "Forward!", can be streamed below. When writing about "A New Kind Of Horror" in the record's liner notes, ANAAL NATHRAKH vocalist Dave Hunt is succinct in his ...
ROCK GODDESS — the female power trio from the days of NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) — will release its comeback album, "This Time", on October 5 via the band's own label, Bite You To Death Records, in conjunction with partners worldwide and digitally via Cargo Records. The disc was recorded earlier this ...
Norwegian metallers VREID will release their new album, "Lifehunger", on September 28 via Season Of Mist. The disc's title track, "Lifehunger", can be streamed below. VREID comments: "Sometimes everything is so dark that you only see life. "This album is all about the primordial hunger that keeps us marching forward. It's a celebration of the ...
Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of East Coast thrash metal veterans WHIPLASH. Comments WHIPLASH's Tony Portaro: "My main influences were the West Coast thrash bands that Brian Slagel brought into the limelight in the early '80s. Without them attracting my attention in the first place, I never would have written 'Power And Pain'. ...
Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER recently entered an undisclosed studio to begin work on material for the follow-up to 2016's "The Astonishing" album. An early 2019 release is expected. A two-minute video featuring footage from the first day of drum tracking for DREAM THEATER's next disc can be seen below. DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie ...
Former JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo has commented on the war of words between Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain over a White House visit by several members of the band. Schon and Cain feuded publicly on social media last summer after the keyboardist, singer Arnel Pineda and bassist Ross Valory were photographed with President Donald Trump. ...
The official lyric video for GUNS N' ROSES' previously unreleased acoustic version of "Move To The City", taken from the "Locked N' Loaded" box reissue of the band's classic 1987 debut album, "Appetite For Destruction", can be seen below. The "Appetite For Destruction: Locked N' Loaded" box is the one true GN'R Holy Grail. The ...
Celebrating its 50th anniversary as a band in 2018, NAZARETH is marking the occasion with a hard-rocking new album, "Tattooed On My Brain". Scheduled for release on October 12 via Frontiers Music Srl, the effort will be available on CD, LP, and digital formats. "Tattooed On My Brain" is NAZARETH's 24th full-length album and the ...
DEF LEPPARD has unveiled its "Spotify Singles". As part of the streaming platform's coveted initiative, the multiplatinum rock legends performed the classic "Hysteria" in addition to a brand new cover of DEPECHE MODE's "Personal Jesus". Listen and share the singles here. Recorded live on May 16 at the Spotify studio in New York, ...
