Vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT, EIDOLON), drummer Shawn Drover (MEGADETH, ACT OF DEFIANCE, EIDOLON) and bassist Adrian Robichaud (EIDOLON) joined forces to perform heavy metal classics under the A NIGHT OF METAL banner on April 12 at Piranha Bar in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
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OVERKILL Is 'In Pre-Production' For Next Album
According to a post on OVERKILL drummer Jason Bittner's Facebook page, the band is currently "in pre-production" for the follow-up to 2017's "The Grinding Wheel" album. The veteran New Jersey thrashers revealed in February that at least four new songs were in varying stages of completion at that point, with more to come. In a ...
RICHIE KOTZEN: Why I Needed To Take A Break From THE WINERY DOGS
In a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool, guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen was once again asked about the status of THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) and legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH). "We did the first record [2013's self-titled album]; ...
Phoenix Punk Upstarts THE BLANKZ To Release 'White Baby' Single In July
Slope Records will release the debut seven-inch single by newly formed Phoenix punk band THE BLANKZ on Friday, July 13. The group will make available a series of nine seven-inches, culminating in a full-length compilation of all the releases at the end of this year. The first single features the title track "White Baby" backed ...
ZAKK WYLDE Discusses His Reunion With OZZY OSBOURNE, Jam Sessions With GUNS N' ROSES
Zakk Wylde has spoken to Eonmusic about a variety of subjects, including his current reunion with Ozzy Osbourne and his brief stint with GUNS N' ROSES in 1995. Speaking about getting back with Ozzy, Zakk said; "It's awesome. I've always said it's a miracle any work ever gets done, because we're always on ...
Listen To New PENNYWISE Song 'She Said'
"She Said", a brand new song from PENNYWISE, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Never Gonna Die", which will be released on April 20 via Epitaph. The legendary punk band's twelfth full-length is the first full album of new songs with singer Jim Lindberg, guitarist Fletcher Dragge, drummer ...
Watch ANTHRAX Perform 'Indians' From 'Kings Among Scotland' DVD
Multi-Grammy-nominated thrash icons ANTHRAX will see "Kings Among Scotland", the band's long-awaited live-in-concert DVD, arrive in stores and online on April 27 (Megaforce). Captured on February 15, 2017 at the band's sold-out concert at Glasgow's historic venue Barrowland Ballroom, the two-hour "Kings Among Scotland" incorporates the band's entire live show along with interviews, behind-the-scenes footage ...
Listen To New PRAYING MANTIS Song 'Keep It Alive'
British rockers PRAYING MANTIS will release their 11th studio album, "Gravity", on May 11 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc's opening track, "Keep It Alive", can now be streamed below. "Gravity" track listing: 01. Keep It Alive 02. Mantis Anthem 03. Time Can Heal 04. 39 Years 05. Gravity 06. Ghosts Of The Past 07. ...
ROB HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Fans Are 'Furious' Over Band's Exclusion From ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Rob Halford says that JUDAS PRIEST fans are "furious" that the band has yet to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands ...
DEVILDRIVER Unveils Part One Of 'Outlaws 'Til The End' Interview Series
DEVILDRIVER's long-awaited full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, "Outlaws 'Til The End", will be released on July 6 via Napalm Records. The disc is described in a press release as "both a startling curveball and a ferocious statement of individuality from a band who have been a constant and effective force in the heavy metal ...