IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain spoke about his "Treasures" limited-edition set from the renowned cymbal maker Paiste at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Since joining IRON MAIDEN, McBrain has become one of the most admired and influential drummers in modern times. Recent tours of the British top metal band are breaking all records, ...
Danish-based stoner combo IAMFIRE, which features vocalist Peter Dolving (THE HAUNTED, MARY BEATS JANE, DRESS THE DEAD), bassist Mikael Ehlert (BLOOD EAGLE, HATESPHERE) and guitarist Peter Ahlers Ohlsen, has released its long-awaited debut album, "From Ashes". The eight-song effort was recorded in 2014 by IAMFIRE with Jacob Bredahl at Ark studio in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ...
Multi-platinum, chart-topping rock band NICKELBACK is set to hit the road this summer on the colossal headlining "Feed The Machine" tour, announced today. Produced exclusively by Live Nation, the "Feed The Machine" tour will begin on June 23 in Noblesville, Indiana, with 44 dates across North America including stops in Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, ...
In April 2016, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton talked to Rock Scene about his very young years in San Francisco, California before moving to Seattle, Washington and playing bass in garage bands while growing up. Eventually switching instruments with a guitar player, Michael began learning all that he could about the guitar. After high school, he ...
Banger TV's Daniel Dekay recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the title of CHILDREN OF BODOM's latest album, 2015's "I Worship Chaos": Alexi: "At first it was just a songtitle. Then ...
FIRESPAWN (formerly FIREBORN) — the Swedish death metal project featuring Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED), Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC), Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) and Matte Modin (drums; DARK FUNERAL, DEFLESHED) — will release its sophomore album, "The Reprobate", on April 28 via Century Media. The follow-up to 2015's "Shadow ...
British rock legends DEEP PURPLE will release their new album, "InFinite", the highly anticipated follow-up to their worldwide chart-topping effort "Now What?!", on April 7 via earMUSIC. "InFinite" was tracked in February 2016 at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee and was once again helmed by Bob Ezrin, who has previously worked with KISS, PINK FLOYD, ...
Horror-punk stalwart Wednesday 13 says that a MURDERDOLLS reunion could happen at some point in the future after he is done touring in support of his upcoming solo album. In a recent interview with CrypticRock.com, Wednesday 13's MURDERDOLLS bandmate, former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, stated about the current status of the project: "I ...
THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM, the new solo project from CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling, will release its self-titled debut album on March 31 via Nuclear Blast. The disc will contain eight epic doom tracks with a pinch of NWOBHM and haunting catchy melodies. Joining Edling on the effort are WOLF singer Niklas Stålvind, guitarist Marcus ...
Last week, the Finnish kings of epic melodic death WINTERSUN announced their crowdfunding campaign that will start on March 1 and allows the fans to secure their "Forest Package" — also including their upcoming studio album "The Forest Seasons" — directly from the band. With the collected amount, frontman Jari Mäenpää plans to build his ...
