A special limited-edition vinyl release of selections from Ronnie James Dio's "This Is Your Life" tribute compilation was made available from Rhino for Record Store Day, Friday, November 28. The limited release of 5500 units features "Neon Knights" by ANTHRAX, "Rainbow In The Dark" by Corey Taylor, Roy Mayorga, Jason Christopher, Christian Martucci and Satchel ...
Metal Express Radio's Stig Nordahl recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ronni Le Tekrø of Norwegian/American hard rockers TNT. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about TNT's plans for a new studio album — the band's first since the return of singer Tony Harnell — Ronni said: "We're ...
Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY's November 28 performance at Razzmatazz in Barcelona, Spain can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY earlier in the month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis is making his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's European tour, which kicked off on ...
According to RAPSI, a court ruled on Friday (November 28) that the translations of lyrics by CANNIBAL CORPSE be banned from distribution in Russia due to violent content. Prosecutors in the republic of Bashkortostan requested a court ban on lyrics and cover art by the band. "The lyrics contain scenes of abuse, physical ...
QUEENSRŸCHE's securities attorney, Marc LoPresti, spoke to The Seattle Times about the band's attempt to raise $2 million by selling stakes in what he calls a "new holding company for all things QUEENSRŸCHE" that will receive the revenues from its tours, merchandising, album sales and digital downloads. For a minimum investment of $50,000, ...
French bassist Frédéric Leclercq of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE has responded to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' recent comment that "rock is dead." Simmons told Esquire magazine in September — in an interview conducted by his son Nick — that "rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, ...
Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's November 25 performance in Albany, New York can be seen below. SLAYER recently returned to the studio to resume recording its new album for a tentative early 2015 release. Helming the sessions is Terry Date, who previously worked with the band on the song "Implode", which was made available as ...
Fan-filmed video footage of AT THE GATES' November 27 performace at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden can be seen below. AT THE GATES's new album, "At War With Reality", was released on October 28 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media. The CD, which sold 7,700 copies in the United States in its first week of ...
Audio samples of the last five songs from PLANETARY COALITION's 14-track debut album, which was released on November 11, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. An ethnically flavored collective of diverse musicians from all over the world, PLANETARY COALITION is driven by the acoustic guitar of Alex Skolnick, whose work spans jazz (ALEX ...
KILLER BE KILLED, the new band comprised of Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, ex-SEPULTURA), Greg Puciato (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), Troy Sanders (MASTODON) and Dave Elitch (ex-THE MARS VOLTA), will make its live debut as part of next year's edition of Australia's Soundwave XV festival, set to take place February 21-22 at Bonython Park in Adelaide and ...
