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 ...
October 2014 - Blabbermouth Archive
ARMORED SAINT To Return With New Studio Album In 2015; First Songtitles Revealed
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 ...
VINNIE PAUL Becomes 'KING DIAMOND' For Halloween
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 '.5: The Gray Chapter' Tops U.S. Chart
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 ...
TARJA TURUNEN Says She 'Hasn't Been Interested' In Hearing Any Of NIGHTWISH's Recent Music
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 ...
Video: ROB ZOMBIE Joins ALICE COOPER On Stage In Connecticut
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 ...
GARY HOLT Says METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Wanted To Guest On New EXODUS Album 'Worse Than Anybody'
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 ...
SKID ROW Bassist On RAMONES: 'I'd Like To Think That They're Somewhere Making Noise Together Again'
Italy's SpazioRock.it recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan and guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the RAMONES classic "Psycho Therapy", which was covered by SKID ROW on the band's "B-Side Ourselves" EP in 1992, Bolan said: "I come from a punk-rock background. ...
DAVE LOMBARDO Says Drummers Who Are Playing Fast Are 'Pushing A Rhythm To A Tempo That's Inhumanly Possible'
Former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo was interviewed on a recent edition of "The Urb Thrasher Flower Hour". You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he thinks some of the newer metal drummers are playing too fast, Lombardo replied: "Hell no! Hell no, man! That's cutting, edge, man. When you ...