Oscar Dronjak, guitarist for the Swedish heavy metal band HAMMERFALL, is a maniac for music, but ask him what he dedicates most of his time to outside of recording new albums and touring, and the response is both quick and passionate: mixed martial arts, and the UFC, in particular. When it comes to having knowledge ...
Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD are all doing fine after a van accident that had occurred this past weekend. Commented bassist Jerry Garcia via a statement on his Tumblr page: "We were on our way to Trenton, New Jersey and our trailer took us for a spin on the highway. "We had ...
According to a new message on Ozzy Osbourne's official Twitter profile, the legendary heavy metal singer is "feeling much better today" after being forced to cancel last night's (Sunday, January 30) concert in Reno, Nevada due to a "sudden illness." The message goes on to add that tomorrow night's (Tuesday, February 1) show ...
Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Roger Miret of New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: [The new AGNOSTIC FRONT album] "My Life My Way" was recorded with Erik Rutan — who is obviously best known for operating ...
Bassist Terry Butler (SIX FEET UNDER, OBITUARY, DEATH, MASSACRE) has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: "I would just like to put it out there that Greg Gall [drums] and I have parted ways with SIX FEET UNDER. "As many of you know, I have been helping OBITUARY out on bass over the past year ...
Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has issued the following update: "[Listed below are] some of the songs I will play on the tours and shows in the next few months... with plenty of surprises thrown in! So Eastern Europe; Lima, Peru; Venezuela, Tunisia... ARE YOU READY? ...
On January 31, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with drummer Tommy Clufetos (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE, TED NUGENT, ALICE COOPER). The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. In a 2010 interview with Stefanie Heminger, Clufetos stated about his decision to switch from Rob Zombie to ...
A trailer for "The Architects Of Guilt", the new album from the North Texas death metal outfit THE FAMINE, can be viewed below. Due on February 15 via Solid State Records, the follow-up to 2008's "The Raven And The Reaping" was produced by D. Braxton Henry (ex-DEVOURMENT) and was mixed by Jason Suecof (THE BLACK ...
The first of three short films giving further insight into the concept of WITHIN TEMPTATION's fifth studio album, "The Unforgiving", can be viewed below. The CD was produced by Daniel Gibson and is based on a comic book story written by script writer Steven O'Connell (BloodRayne, Dark 48). The band asked comic artist Romano Molenaar ...
