Freddy Lim, the CHTHONIC frontman, human rights activist and youth culture advocate who was elected to the Taiwanese Parliament earlier this year, has been refused a visa to Hong Kong. Lim wrote on his Facebook page he wanted to go to Sam Hui Koon-kit a concert last Saturday, but received no reply after applying for ...
MONSTER MAGNET will enter the studio in November to begin recording its new album for a tentative summer 2017 release. Frontman Dave Wyndorf told Ivaylo Alexandrov from the Bulgarian cultural/lifestyle portal Sofia Live about MONSTER MAGNET's planned follow-up to 2013's "Last Patrol": "This is full-ahead rock. This one is a little bit shorter ...
Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes spoke to Myglobalmind about the progress of the songwriting sessions for BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's much-anticipated fourth album, tentatively due next spring. He said: "[Guitarist Joe Bonamassa and I] actually started about six weeks ago as Joe was at my home for about a week of writing. Today [October 25] ...
JACKYL singer Jesse James Dupree has spoken out against musical artists who publicize their political views, saying that voicing opinions on such issues is "so totally anti-rock." During an appearance on "SixX Strings", Jesse spoke about JACKYL's two-and-a-half-decade career and offered his theory as to why the band has stayed together all this time when ...
"Falling While Rising", the new video from New Orleans sludge masters CROWBAR, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Justin Reich, who has previously worked with Ace Frehley and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, among others. "Falling While Rising" is taken from CROWBAR's eleventh album, "The Serpent Only Lies", which was released on October 28. ...
Max Cavalera has accused Jonathan Davis of "being childish" by claiming that SEPULTURA's 1996 album "Roots" was a "blatant KORN rip-off." Davis made his comment during a recent interview with TeamRock in which he spoke about the bands KORN has inspired over its 23-year career. He said: "One that I thought was a big compliment, ...
The official video for the song "The Pale King" from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's twelfth album, "Brotherhood Of The Snake", which was released on October 28 via Nuclear Blast. The cover was once again created by renowned artist Eliran Kantor, ...
GUNS N' ROSES played the second show of the South American leg of its "Not In This Lifetime" tour Saturday night (October 29) at Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. GUNS N' ROSES will next play on November 1 at Estadio Rosario in Rosario, Argentina — ...
Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank will release a new solo album, "The Devil Rides Out", on November 18 via AFM. It will be made available as a CD, limited digipak (including a bonus track), limited silver vinyl and limited box set. The CD was produced by Frank and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HAMMERFALL, ...
David T. Chastain and Leather Leone performed together live for the first time in over 25 years on October 8 at Bogart's in Cincinnati, Ohio. This special performance was part of the CJSS "Last Show On Planet Earth 2" concert. Video footage of the concert can be seen below (video by James D. Gilmore). Prior ...
