SIXX:A.M., the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx alongside former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist DJ Ashba and vocalist James Michael, has criticized YouTube over the royalties it pays out for music video streams. SIXX:A.M., which is promoting the first volume of its double album, "Prayers For The Damned", has released a statement calling for ...
April 2016 - Blabbermouth Archive
ALICE COOPER Featured In New Apple Watch Commercial
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper is featured in a new commercial for Apple Watch. In the 15-second ad, Cooper can be seen swinging futilely at golf balls but settling in the end for burning some calories, as measured by his watch. Cooper's commercial is one of a series of seven ads which focus on different aspects ...
Video Premiere: HATEBREED's 'Looking Down The Barrel Of Today'
HATEBREED's video for the song "Looking Down The Barrel Of Today" can be seen below. Directed by David Brodsky (CANNIBAL CORPSE, WHITECHAPEL, ALL THAT REMAINS) the performance piece was shot earlier this month at the band's rehearsal space in Connecticut. The video opens with the preface "Welcome To Two Minutes And Forty-Seven Seconds With Hatebreed," ...
FATES WARNING Guitarist Explains 'Theories Of Flight' Title, Cover Artwork
U.S. progressive metal pioneers FATES WARNING will release their much-anticipated 12th studio album, "Theories Of Flight", on July 1 via InsideOut Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Michigan artist Graceann Warn. Performed by the FATES WARNING lineup that returned to form with 2013's acclaimed "Darkness In A Different Light" release, "Theories ...
EMMURE Confirms New Lineup
The new lineup of EMMURE made its live debut on Friday, April 22 in Oberhausen, Germany. Joining vocalist Frankie Palmeri in the band's latest incarnation are guitarist Josh Travis (GLASS CLOUD, ex-THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA), bassist Phil Lockett (ex-THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA) and drummer Josh Miller (ex-GLASS CLOUD). EMMURE pulled out of a ...
BEARTOOTH: New Song 'Always Dead' Available For Streaming
"Always Dead", a brand new song from Columbus, Ohio's BEARTOOTH, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Aggressive", which will be released on June 3 via Red Bull Records. In the two short years since their debut album was cooked up in frontman Caleb Shomo's basement, BEARTOOTH has catapulted ...
LINKIN PARK's MIKE SHINODA Offers New Album Update
According to The Pulse Of Radio, LINKIN PARK vocalist Mike Shinoda has sent out a new update on the progress of the band's seventh studio album, which is currently being recorded in Los Angeles. Shinoda wrote: "We just started narrowing down to some of our favorite songs, and we’re starting to put our first 'final' ...
GUNS N' ROSES Adds Four Shows To 'Not In This Lifetime' Summer Tour
GUNS N' ROSES has added four shows to its previously announced "Not In This Lifetime" reunion tour. Second shows in Chicago, Foxborough and East Rutherford have been announced, along with a date at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Tickets for the new dates go on sale via Live Nation at 10 a.m. local time on ...
L.A. GUNS Singer Clarifies His Comments, Says He Stands By His Words
L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis has refused to apologize for his onstage comment that "black people are all one-dimensional," explaining that he was simply attempting to broaden the debate on rap music. L.A. GUNS was performing at the Fish Head Cantina in a Baltimore, Maryland suburb on Friday, April 22 when he made ...