Chris Gill of Guitar One magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Guitar One: When "The System Has Failed" came out, you said it would be the last MEGADETH album. What inspired you to change your mind? Mustaine: "The System ...
Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with KROKUS frontman Marc Storace. An excerpt from the chat follows: Classic Rock Revisited: It sounds like outside of the USA there is Krokus fever going on! Marc: After the release of "Hellraiser" we started getting requests to tour so we went out ...
A four-minute video interview with former FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould about his current stint as the touring guitarist for the German heavy rock/noise trio HARMFUL has been posted online at this location. Gould last year finished producing HARMFUL's follow-up to their "Sis Masis" album (2005) at Blubox Studios in Troisdorf, Germany. ...
German modern hard rock act STURCH has inked a deal with Swell Creek Records. The label is going to release the band's debut album, "Beauty, Anger & Agression" in September 2007. The first single, "Bless Me with Patience", can be downloaded from the band's MySpace page. STURCH is: Dennis Wendig (Vocals) Mario Evers ...
IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, WITHIN TEMPTATION, STONE SOUR and BLOODSIMPLE are among the confirmed bands for the Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2007, set to take place June 21-22 and June 28-29 in Bilbao, Euskal Herria, Spain. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, June 21: IRON MAIDEN WITHIN TEMPTATION JULIETTE AND THE LICKS STONE ...
Dutch progressive rock/metal band CIRRHA NIVA has parted ways with vocalist Arnold Kloek. Commented Kloek in a statement: "Yes, almost 10 years I have been the singer of CIRRHA NIVA. Years I will never forget. But times change and so do I. "In the last year of being busy with writing songs it slowly became ...
Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has signed on to provide the voice of Tooka, a character in the animated series "Rock Dawgz", which was co-created by the legendary hard rock/heavy metal ...
Roy Kristensen of Imhotep webzine recently conducted an interview with MANOWAR frontman Eric Adams. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On his performance on the new MANOWAR album, "Gods of War": "I put 110 % into each and every track. I have to do that. I mean, I wouldn't like Karl, Scott ...
Rock Paper Pencils has acquired licenses with KORN, DANZIG, MISFITS and SOCIAL DISTORTION for pencils and notebooks. A posting at the company's web site reads: "We love our music and we know you do too. That's why we came up with Rock Paper Pencils. Long gone are the days of the boring yellow No. 2 ...
Dutch death/thrash metal act OBSIDIAN has inked a deal with Rusty Cage Records. According to a press release, "OBSIDIAN creates technical metal with an awesome sound and vibe, which can be heard on their debut album, 'Emerging', at the end of May. The vocals on this album, which was self-released in a very [limited edition] ...
