Chad Bowar of About.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Sharon den Adel of Dutch hard rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com: Your new album, "The Unforgiving", is a concept album based on a comic book. Was it an existing story, or something written specifically for ...
Australia's Kill Your Stereo recently conducted an interview with STRATOVARIUS drummer Jörg Michael. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Kill Your Stereo: Why did you name your most recent album "Elysium"? Jörg Michael: We didn't have any grand concept or anything, but we were searching for a key point or ...
Infernal Masquerade webzine recently conducted an interview with SONS OF SEASONS leader Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, DORO). The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. Interview (audio):
PremierGuitar.com recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist and leader of ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, Alex Skolnick. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PremierGuitar.com: What was your sonic vision for [the fourth ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO album, "Veritas"] when you went into the studio? Alex: I wanted it to be the music ...
A teaser for "Farewells", the new video from Austrian metallers THE SORROW, can be viewed below. The clip, which will made its online debut on May 14, was filmed by Manuel Bauer, a master student at the University Of Arts in Linz, Austria, who made the video as a semester project. "Farewells" comes off THE ...
Former CHIMAIRA guitarist/co-founder (most recently of Cleveland metal band YEARS OF FIRE) Jason Hager has officially retired from music and is pursuing different artistic routes. As of late Hager has been devoting his time to tattooing. He says, "I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil and have been wanting to become a tattoo ...
Swedish extreme metallers SHINING have parted ways with Norway's Indie Recordings and have inked a deal with Finland's Spinefarm Records. SHINING founder Niklas Kvarforth, who late last month announced that he was quitting all his other projects, with the exception of Maniac's SKITLIV, so that he could concentrate on SHINING, is keen to stress that ...
Main Street Armory, 900 Main Street in Rochester, NY, will host the first Drum Wars battle featuring legendary drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice on Friday, April 22. Brothers and "rivals" Carmine and Vinny Appice are set to battle it out by performing classic hard rock, pop and metal hits that were popular during their long ...
Madison, Wisconsin's SERIANNA has inked a deal with Bullet Tooth. The quintet is recording its debut album, "Inheritors", at JTW Studios with producer Joel Wanasek for a summer release. A pre-production version of the song "Fragments" is available for streaming at the SERIANNA Facebook page. SERIANNA is navigating past its peers in pursuit ...
According to KVVU.com, Las Vegas Metro police has recommended a charge of battery domestic violence against MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil following an alleged confrontation with his ex-girlfriend at the Hilton last week. Alicia Jacobs (pictured below with Vince), who works as a TV reporter in Las Vegas, claims that she had a ...
