JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford took part in the Musicians Institute Conversation Series on August 5, 2016 in Hollywood, California. The legendary frontman took the stage with Alternative Press senior editor Ryan J. Downey (MTV News, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter) for a wide-ranging question-and-answer session about Halford's illustrious career as "The Metal God." You can ...
January 2017 - Blabbermouth Archive
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Calls Former Label WARNER MUSIC 'Imbeciles'
AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance has slammed the band's former record company Warner Music Group as "imbeciles." The label announced an AVENGED greatest hits package just days before the surprise unveiling of AVENGED's new studio effort, "The Stage", scheduling it for a December 2 release after initial rumors hinted at a December 9 arrival for ...
DEEP PURPLE: Watch Studio Clip From 'From Here To InFinite' Documentary Movie
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, ...
DECADENCE Releases Lyric Videos For All Songs On 'Undergrounder' Album
DECADENCE — the Sweden-based thrash metal quintet fronted by Kitty Saric (a.k.a. Metallic Kitty) — has released lyric videos for all the songs that appear on the band's fifth full-length album, "Undergrounder". Joining Kitty and her songwriting partner of over fifteen years, Kenneth Lantz, on the new effort is drummer Lawrence Dinamarca (NIGHTRAGE, LOCH VOSTOK, ...
FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Releases 'Heads Will Hang' Video
New Jersey metal act FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has debuted a brand new music video for its song "Heads Will Hang". The clip was directed by Max Moore, who has previously worked with CODE ORANGE and OF MICE & MEN. FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY guitarist/producer Will Putney comments: "The concept behind the song/video was to ...
New Clip Surfaces Of DAVE GROHL Listening To First Song He Ever Wrote
According to The Pulse Of Radio, a new clip has surfaced showing FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl listening to what is believed to be the first song he ever wrote. The track is called "Gods Look Down" and the segment in which Grohl reviews it was apparently filmed for the FOO FIGHTERS' 2014 HBO series ...
ASIA's JOHN WETTON Dies After Battle With Cancer
Rock icon John Wetton passed away this morning (January 31) at the age of 67. He had been battling cancer. The news was broken by John's ASIA bandmate Geoff Downes, who wrote on Twitter: "Dear All, I am sorry to be the bearer of the very sad news that my dearest friend, bandmate and co-writer, ...
SKID ROW To Record Final Installment Of 'United World Rebellion' EP Trilogy
SKID ROW will enter the studio in late February to begin recording the final installment of its "United World Rebellion" trilogy of EPs, to be released later in the year. The follow-up to 2014's "Rise Of The Damnation Army - United World Rebellion: Chapter Two" and 2013's "United World Rebellion: Chapter One" will mark the ...
New QUIET RIOT Album To Arrive In Early Spring, Says FRANKIE BANALI
Meltdown of the WRIF radio station in Detroit, Michigan recently conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about QUIET RIOT's plans for the rest of 2017, Banali said: "Well, we've got a new record coming out. This will be the ...