Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Which songwriters do you admire? Max: I like riff-making people. Some of my favorite ones are Tony Iommi, Chuck Schuldiner from DEATH, James Hetfield — you know, he ...
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer and legendary drummer of GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER and THE CULT, Matt Sorum will release his new album, "Stratosphere", under the moniker MATT SORUM'S FIERCE JOY on March 11 on Rok Dok Recordings via Kobalt Label Services. "Stratosphere" is major departure from the hard-hitting rock Sorum is best ...
POISON drummer Rikki Rockett says that it is unlikely the band will hit the road this summer because a certain member of the glam-metal act is "making it a problem." The Bret Michaels-fronted group last toured the U.S. in 2012 as part of the "Rock Of Ages" package with DEF LEPPARD and LITA FORD. During ...
During a brand new interview with the Northern Colorado radio station 94.3 Loudwire KMAX, singer Geoff Tate was asked if he has seen the article on BLABBERMOUTH.NET where legendary bassist Rudy Sarzo — who plays for Geoff Tate's version of QUEENSRŸCHE — called Tate "the finest composer, singer, frontman that ever was, of ...
Drummer Chris Adler of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD and director Don Argott were interviewed on the February 21-23 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, ...
Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: Did you make any new discoveries about songwriting on this latest [self-titled DREAM THEATER] album? Jordan Rudess: Well, we kinda discovered that it is ...
On February 27, Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. CARCASS' new album, "Surgical Steel", sold around 8,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
Hysteria TV conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON during this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below. MASTODON's spring headlining tour with support from GOJIRA and KVELERTAK kicks off April 28 in Seattle and criss-crosses the U.S. before culminating in a performance at the ...
Part one of a new interview featuring Dutch female-fronted rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION and American rapper Xzibit can be seen below. Xzibit makes a guest appearance in the track "And We Run" on the new WITHIN TEMPTATION album, "Hydra", which sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut ...
