Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH have announced the addition of Jocke Wallgren as the band's new permanent drummer. Jocke has been sitting behind the kit for all shows on the group's current "Jomsviking" world tour. AMON AMARTH comments: "We are happy to have Jocke with us as a permanent band member. He has done a ...
Greece's TV War recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. You can now watch the chat below (starting at around the 15-minute mark). A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the dangers of traveling abroad are in the" back of his mind" as he tours with MEGADETH: Mustaine: "Oh, it's ...
"If You're A Star", the new animated video from Amy Lee, the Grammy Award-winning co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band EVANESCENCE, can be seen below. The song is taken from Lee's children's album, "Dream Too Much", which was released via Amazon. The LP, which features 12 newly recorded songs, including seven originals and ...
METALLICA made its "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" debut last night (Thursday, September 29), performing their new song "Moth Into Flame" for the first time on national television. While backstage at "The Tonight Show", James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett shared road stories about tour hygiene, a close call with Ozzy ...
Scotty Mars of "The Scotty Mars Show", which airs on the Live 105 radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, recently conducted an interview with PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about PAPA ROACH's forthcoming studio album, which is tentatively due in the ...
Emily Strigl of the "Talking Metal" podcast recently conducted an interview with OVERKILL vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On OVERKILL's forthcoming new album "Grinding Wheel": Bobby: "The great part about a new album is that it's ...
The Front Row Report recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER bassist Mark Mendoza. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the first show with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER), who stepped in for A.J. Pero after his March 2015 death: Mark: "It was quite different. Mike Portnoy didn't replace A.J. He had ...
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS (formerly PHIL CAMPBELL'S ALL STARR BAND), the band featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, plus vocalist Neil Starr, will release its self-titled debut five-track EP on November 18 via Motörhead Music. The official lyric video for the song "Big Mouth", taken from the ...
Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have just released their twelfth album, "Sorceress". The band's first effort for Nuclear Blast via OPETH's imprint label Moderbolaget Records is proof chief architect Mikael Åkerfeldt has a near-endless well of greatness inside. From the album's opener "Persephone" to "The Wilde Flowers" and "Strange Brew" to the album's counterpart title tracks ...
DIRKSCHNEIDER, the band fronted by former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. singer Udo Dirkschneider, will release a live album called "Live - Back To The Roots" on October 28 via AFM Records. The effort, which was recorded on April 2 at Kaminwerk in Memmingen, Germany, will be made available as two-CD digipak and gatefold three-vinyl in ...
