To mark the announcement of SLIPKNOT's "Summer's Last Stand Tour" with LAMB OF GOD, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, thousands of fans posted great questions for SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor to answer. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked how he and KORN singer Jonathan Davis came up with the ...
Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has denied ever being in talks with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet about Sweet producing a Bach solo album. During Sweet's appearance on the January 19 edition of Eddie Trunk's SiriusXM satellite radio show, "Eddie Trunk Live", Michael was asked if there was any truth to reports that he was ...
Video footage of Alex Skolnick's (TESTAMENT) January 22 clinic at the ESP Guitars booth at the NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California can be seen below. Skolnick's acoustic-focused project PLANETARY COALITION released a 14-track debut album last November. An ethnically flavored collective of diverse musicians from all over the world, PLANETARY ...
SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell, PEARL JAM guitarist Mike McCready, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Barrett Martin and the Seattle Symphony performed last night (Friday, January 30) at Benaroya Hall in Seattle as part of a special concert titled "Sonic Evolution". Cornell and the band played three MAD SEASON songs as well as the ...
Video footage of original AC/DC singer Dave Evans performing live at The Rockin' Rag's fourth annual NAMM Jam on Janaury 22 at The Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, California can be seen below. Evans was backed by AC/DC tribute band BACK 2 BLACK. In early 2012, Dave Evans teamed up with songwriter/mucisian David Mobley to ...
On January 22, Steven Adler, one of the most acclaimed and notorious drummers in rock history, celebrated two important milestones — 30 years behind the drums and 50 years of life. Utilizing the very rhythms that made him a legend, he'll unveil a collection of fine art "built" from the new medium of "Rhythm-On-Canvas." Adler ...
BLACKWELDER, the brand new metal experience featuring some of the top names in power prog metal today, will release its debut album, "Survival Of The Fittest", on April 24 via Germany's GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. The CD was mixed by Matt Smith (THEOCRACY), mastered by Anfinn Skulevold (ABHOTH, "Access Hollywood") and features artwork by Mario Bouffier ...
MARUTA singer Mitchell Luna proposed to his girlfriend Alexia Odette Ashton during NAPALM DEATH's January 27 concert at Grand Central in Miami, Florida. After taking the microphone from NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, the groom-to-be said: "I'll keep this short and sweet. A couple of years ago, this really amazing girl and I made ...
Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE will release their sixth studio album, "The Puritan", on April 24 via Despotz Records. The music video for the CD's first single, "Kiss Of A Sycophant", can be seen below. Says NIGHTRAGE guitarist and founding member Marios Iliopoulos: "'Kiss Of A Sycophant' is traditional NIGHTRAGE melodic death metal. We feel ...
