LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington offered an update on the progress of the band's next album. In a video message posted on LINKIN PARK's YouTube channel, Chester said: "I've been working really hard on some vocals for the last couple of months. And we've done some really great stuff in here. The songs are amazing. ...
August 2016 - Blabbermouth Archive
KORN's MUNKY Says Making 'The Serenity Of Suffering' Album Was 'Challenging'
Jake Serd of Centrill 74 Entertainment and 94.9 K-Rock (WRHK) recently conducted an interview with KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what he would attribute KORN's longevity to: Munky: "I think [it's] just the chemistry and the creative stream that we have together. ...
Watch Pro-Shot Footage Of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's READING Festival Performance
Professionally filmed video footage of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's August 28 performance at the Reading festival in Reading, England can be seen below. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer told MikeJamesRockShow.com about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's follow-up to last year's "Got Your Six" album: "We've got a ...
DOKKEN's Upcoming Reunion Is 'A Chance For Redemption,' Says DON DOKKEN
Don Dokken spoke to Billboard about the reunion of the classic lineup of DOKKEN. The group will play its only U.S. show on September 30 at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concert will be a warm-up gig for the band's six-show Japanese run dubbed ...
GLENN HUGHES To Release 'Resonate' Album In November
Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, CALIFORNIA BREED) will release his new solo album, "Resonate", on November 4 via Frontiers Music Srl. The cover artwork for the CD can be seen below. Hughes's first solo album in eight years was recently completed at a studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. Joining him ...
NAPALM DEATH Singer: 'You Tend To Be Very Selfish When You've Been In The Scene For A Long Time'
Austria's We Don't Care recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British extreme metal veterans NAPALM DEATH. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how NAPALM DEATH's standing in the extreme metal scene influences the band's songwriting process, Barney said: "I'm ambiguous about the whole thing, because, you ...
DISTURBED Releases Lyric Video For 'Open Your Eyes' Song
DISTURBED has released a lyric video for the song "Open Your Eyes", taken from the band's sixth studio album, "Immortalized", which came out in August 2015. Check it out below. DISTURBED singer David Draiman told the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station about "Open Your Eyes": "The lyrical content is pretty self-explanatory. We live in ...
Video: HALESTORM's LZZY HALE And JOE HOTTINGER Perform LED ZEPPELIN, AEROSMITH Classics
HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger joined THEE ROCK N' ROLL RESIDENCY on stage last night (Tuesday, August 30) at Harp & Fiddle in Nashville, Tennessee to perform cover versions of LED ZEPPELIN's "Black Dog" and AEROSMITH's "Draw The Line". You can watch fan-filmed video footage of their appearance below. HALESTORM is currently ...
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Has Been Working On New Music With BROOKS WACKERMAN For Last Couple Of Years
Phyllis of 94.5 The Buzz's "Rod Ryan Show" recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about AVENGED SEVENFOLD's decision to fire drummer Arin Ilejay in 2015 and replace him with Brooks Wackerman, M. Shadows said: "We weren't really searching for a new drummer. ...