Fan-filmed video footage of VENOM's August 31 performance at the Masters@Rock festival in Torhout, Belgium can be seen below. VENOM is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on its new album for an early 2014 release via Spinefarm Records. Commented VENOM drummer Danny "Danté" Needham: "The new songs are sounding amazing; the whole ...
MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil stopped by the KVVU Fox 5 studios in Las Vegas on August 26 to discuss the band's upcoming second residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino and eventual farewell tour. You can watch video footage of his appearance below. Asked about reports that that the final chapter ...
Southern German gothic metallers CREMATORY have inked a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. The band's new album, "Antiserum", will be released on February 25, 2014 (one day earlier internationally). "We're really looking forward to our collaboration with Steamhammer/SPV, a globally renowned label and expert partner in what we're planning for the future," says CREMATORY drummer Markus Jüllich. ...
Drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DETHKLOK, FEAR FACTORY, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD) will not take part in the planned reunion of classic late '80s /early '90s California thrashers DARK ANGEL in 2014. The band's original vocalist, Don Doty, states: "I found out yesterday [Gene] has many commitments and unable to make the practices." In other news, Doty ...
David E. Gehlke of DeadRhetoric.com recently conducted an interview with former ICED EARTH and current ASHES OF ARES frontman Matthew Barlow. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. DeadRhetoric.com: You will not be a full-fledged touring band, and at the end of your time in ICED EARTH, you weren't able to go ...
RauteMusik Metal conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 1-3 in Wacken, Germany. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. As previously reported, Prague, Czech Republic's High Court upheld LAMB OF GOD ...
Video footage Vinny Appice's (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE, KILL DEVIL HILL) August 28 drum clinic at Guitar Center in La Mesa, California can be seen below. Vinny Appice has anchored the rhythm and power live and in the studio for the music of DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, WWIII, ...
Guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. TROUBLE recently announced the addition of bassist Rob Hultz to the group's ranks. Hultz is no stranger to the heavy metal, hard rock, and doom ...
TESTAMENT and ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO guitarist Alex Skolnick is "immersed in global rhythms," writing his first acoustic album with PLANETARY COALITION for a spring 2014 release. The entire process is being documented via Artist Share, a platform that connects creative artists with fans in order to share the creative process and fund the ...
JohngysBeat.com has uploaded video footage of '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford performing an impromptu version of her hit song "Close My Eyes Forever" with a fan during the most recent Days Of The Dead horror convention, which was held in early July in Indianapolis, Indiana. Check out the clip below. Lita last ...
