SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo, who works as an artist manager at McGhee Entertainment, the company which represents DOWN, posted the following message on his Twitter account shortly after 10:00 p.m. EST earlier tonight (Thursday, April 28): "Holy shit! [DOWN guitarist] Pepper Keenan just hit [DOWN frontman Philip] Anselmo in the head ...
DEF LEPPARD's new live album (with bonus DVD), "Mirrorball", will be released through Bludgeon Riffola/Mailboat Records on the following dates: Germany, Switzerland, Austria - June 3 Rest Of Europe - June 6 North America - June 7 "Mirrorball" will be available exclusively at Walmart and Sam's Club locations in the United States and Canada. The ...
Minnesota-based quintet AFTER THE BURIAL and the band's record label, Sumerian Records, have issued a press release regarding the status of the group's promotional video for the track "Pendulum", which is taken from AFTER THE BURIAL's new album, "In Dreams". Even though the clip was filmed last December, its release has been held up "due ...
Alternative Matter recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow. Alternative Matter: You recently said some very really interesting things about the current decline of the music industry and ...
Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with guitarist Dino Cazares of Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY at the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on Wednesday, April 20 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. In a January 2011 interview ...
Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Liv Jagrell of Swedish heavy rockers SISTER SIN. The chat can now be viewed below. SISTER SIN's "24/7" video can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Richard Frantzen, who previously worked with the band on the "Sound Of The Underground" video. ...
The latest installment of the CANDLEMASS biography "Candlemass Chronicles" has just been released. In this the fourth issue, focus is set on the "King Of The Grey Islands" album (Nuclear Blast Records, 2007). This era was a turning point and a rebirth for CANDLEMASS, that is still going in this incarnation today. Among many other ...
Mike Devlin of TimesColonist.com recently conducted an interview with SOUNDGARDEN/ex-AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the songs that he is performing during his solo acoustic Songbook tour, the first solo outing of its kind in the performer's remarkable 25-year career: Cornell: "I don't want to ...
Metal Injection conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor on the "black carpet" of the third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 20 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. When asked what fans can expect from SLIPKNOT's upcoming summer ...
Zach Shaw of Metal Insider conducted an interview with Mike Leonard, director of DREAM THEATER's web series "The Spirit Carries On", which chronicles the audition process behind the band's search for drummer Mike Portnoy's replacement. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Insider: Out of the seven drummers that auditioned, was there ...
