MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine says that he is "fighting" to get another heavy metal category added to the Grammy Awards. In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced in April 2011 that it had restructured the Grammy categories across all genres and fields, bringing the total number of categories ...
IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was recently interviewed by the Belgian media outlet RTBF. You can now watch the chat at this location. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On joining IRON MAIDEN after playing with SAMSON: Bruce: "Well, let me see… If you can imagine, I was playing for… playing ...
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS played a rare acoustic concert last night (Friday, December 14) at the Norwood Space Center in Norwood, Massachusetts. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube users "jimmy shine" and "shawnbrennan1"). All proceeds from the evening benefited Music Drives Us, a charity founded by Ernie Boch, Jr. ...
Guitarist Marty Friedman (MEGADETH, CACOPHONY) recently appeared on "The Official Danko Jones Podcast". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether his new double live album, "One Bad M.F. Live!!", was inspired by KISS: Marty: "In a lot of respects. I think KISS's two live albums, ...
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley recently appeared on the "Juliet: Unexpected" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview starts at the 3:11 mark). A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On working from home: Ace: "The last three or four records I've done, pretty much I've done from my home studio, so ...
Fan-filmed video footage of former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler performing the band's classic song "Sweet Child O' Mine" last night (Friday, December 14) at the Diesel in Chesterfield, Michigan can be seen below (courtesy of Howie Herula). Adler's current solo band includes Ariel Kamin, the singer of Argentinian GN'R tribute band SON OF ...
GHOST frontman Tobias Forge recently spoke with Angel Orozco of American Forces Network. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how "unmasking" has affected him: Tobias: "It hasn't changed that much. As long as I'm on tour, and for as long as I've been on tour, ...
Tommy Thayer has told Australia's Hysteria Magazine that KISS's upcoming "End Of The Road" farewell tour will be "the biggest" one the band has ever done "in terms of production." It will be "a whole new thing for KISS," the guitarist said. "It's just gonna be the bombastic show KISS has always been ...
ASKING ALEXANDRIA has released an animated music video for its latest single, "Vultures". The song is taken from ASKING ALEXANDRIA's self-titled fifth studio album, which was released in December 2017 via Sumerian Records. The disc marks the group's first full-length effort with singer Danny Worsnop since he rejoined ASKING ALEXANDRIA in the fall of 2016. ...
"The Omega Circle" , a brand new song from Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's 12th album, "The Door To Doom", which will be released on February 22, 2019 via Napalm Records. The disc unsurprisingly follows the plotline mastermind, songwriter and bass player Leif Edling ...
