Impact metal channel conducted an interview with powerhouse American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) before his September 26 concert in Dublin, Ireland. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he is still in touch with the guys from ...
Piper of KidsInterviewBands.com conducted an interview with singer Taylor Momsen and bassist Mark Damon of THE PRETTY RECKLESS on October 28 at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. THE PRETTY RECKLESS is working on an acoustic album, according to an interview Momsen did with a ...
Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On ANTHRAX's latest addition, guitarist Jonathan Donais (formerly of SHADOWS FALL): Joey: "He's super good, man. Jon's a good guy to ...
SAVILLE ROW, the band featuring TESLA drummer Troy Luccketta, has just released its debut album, "The Way Around It", via Varese Sarabande Records. SAVILLE ROW began 2011 when Luccketta introduced Mika Greiner, former vocalist for the West Coast band REDLINE 5, to Marc Bonilla (TOY MATINEE, Keith Emerson, Ronnie Montrose), prominent guitarist and composer in ...
Veteran Los Angeles metallers ARMORED SAINT have inked a new deal with Metal Blade Records for the release of the band's next studio album, due in 2015. "We have been with Metal Blade for the last three records now," ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush said during an appearance on the inaugural episode of the "Inside ...
The members of HELLHEAH performed in Halloween costume on October 28 in Broomfield, Colorado as the support act for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. A number of photos taken at the concert by Brandon Marshall — including those of drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott with King Diamond makeup and guitarist Tom Maxwell as Blackface —
SLIPKNOT's long-awaited fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", sold around 132,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on October 21 via Roadrunner. This is the second No. 1 album for SLIPKNOT, whose fourth ...
Finnish singer Tarja Turunen says that her involvement with NIGHTWISH was "a very, very important part of [her] musical history" but insists that she has established her own audience which has passionately embraced her musical output since she was unceremoniously fired from the group nine years ago. Asked if the fact that at some of ...
Rob Zombie joined Alice Cooper on stage during the legendary rocker's October 26 performance at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut to perform the Cooper classic "School's Out". Fan-filmed video footage of Zombie's appearance can be seen below. Asked what it was like touring with Alice Cooper, Zombie told Fanpass: "I have known Alice for ...
Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS spoke to Full Metal Jackie about the guest appearances of METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy on EXODUS' new album, "Blood In Blood Out". Billy lends his signature roar to the track "BTK", one of the first songs recorded by returning vocalist ...
