The new DVD and Blu-ray titled "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria", filmed last June at a concert starring METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX, has reached gold status in Norway, Portugal, New Zealand, and Germany, and double platinum in France and Australia. "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria" debuted at No. 1 on ...
Norway's Metal Express Radio recently conducted an interview with DEFTONES turntablist/keyboardist Frank Delgado. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. DEFTONES' new video, "You've Seen The Butcher", can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on September 19 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was directed by Jodeb (DESPISED ICON). "You've ...
ALICE IN CHAINS will perform a very special acoustic show on February 5, 2011 at Winstar Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 3 at 10 a.m. Fan-filmed video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS' October 8, 2010 concert at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington can be viewed at
San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have begun writing and demoing material for their new studio album, which they hope to officially start recording by next April. At least two songs have been fleshed out in demo form, with several others in the works. MACHINE HEAD's long-awaited follow-up to 2007's "The Blackening" is tentatively ...
Long-running Maryland doom legends IRON MAN have parted ways with vocalist Joe Donnelly (also from the BLACK SABBATH tribute band SABBRA CADABRA) and have replaced him with "Screaming Mad" Dee Calhoun (ex-AFTER THERAPY, LAND OF DOOM). According to the band, "Dee brings a very powerful and unique 'metal' voice to IRON MAN's ever-evolving music." A ...
Alexander Andrésen of GetMetal.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Matias Kupiainen of Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GetMetal.com: With Timmo Tolki being in the band for such a long time, how was it to fill those shoes? Did you feel any pressure? Matias: In ...
Kristen Dunleavy of myYearbook recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Weikath of German power metallers HELLOWEEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. myYearbook: Your new album, "7 Sinners", is said to be your fastest and heaviest album in years. What made you guys want to return to your roots? ...
THE DAMNED THINGS — the new band featuring members of FALL OUT BOY (Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley), ANTHRAX (Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano) and EVERY TIME I DIE (Keith Buckley, Josh Newton) — will perform on the Thursday, January 13 episode of ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (which will actually air the morning of Friday, January 14). ...
Simon "Astrocreep" Crampton of Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Amott of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY on November 27, 2010 at the HMV Forum in London, England. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. In a recent interview with Maximum Rock Mag, ARCH ENEMY vocalist ...
