Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, GUNS N' ROSES) recently spoke to the Artisan News Service (see video below) about the upcoming feature-length film about him and his band LOADED. The movie is based on LOADED's new album, "The Taking", and was helmed by Seattle filmmaker and documentarian Jamie Burton Chamberlin. In a November ...
Brutalitopia conducted an interview with guitarist Chris Letchford of Houston-based progressive instrumentalists SCALE THE SUMMIT on March 28, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. "The Collective", the third album from SCALE THE SUMMIT, sold around 1,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The ...
Brazilian metallers SCELERATA are working on material for their third album, to be recorded in Brazil and Germany. The CD will be produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (HELLOWEEN, BLIND GUARDIAN, RAGE, SAXON, HALFORD, HAMMERFALL, MOTÖRHEAD), continuing the partnership that started in 2007 when he worked on SCELERATA's second album, "Skeletons Domination". Commented SCELERATA drummer Francis Cassol: ...
Cult British underground heavyweights AMEBIX re-emerge from the darkness to announce the release of a new single, their first new material for almost 24 years. The song is entitled "Knights Of The Black Sun" and will be made available on June 3. A limited-edition 12-inch vinyl single will be issued on Amebix Records, in conjunction ...
New Jersey post-hardcore band IN OTHER WORDS has inked a deal with Tragic Hero Records. The band' s new album was produced at Think Sound with producer Drew Fulk (DECODER, TO SPEAK OF WOLVES, DELUSIONS) and is expected to released mid-summer 2011. Drummer/lead vocalist Anthony Ruggiero says, "We could not be happier to be part ...
On March 30, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Lee McKinney of the Chicago-based progressive metal hybrid BORN OF OSIRIS. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. BORN OF OSIRIS was denied entry to Canada Wednesday night and will therefore be unable to ...
American technical death metal innovators ORIGIN will release their new album, "Entity", on June 7 in North America and June 10 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. One of the most intense and technical forces of the contemporary death metal world, ORIGIN has returned to stake its claim as the leader of metal's new wave ...
Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR, DOWN, KINGDOM OF SORROW) was interviewed on the March 30, 2011 edition of "The Big Rock Show" with host Tina Peek. You can now listen to the entire chat using the audio player below (scroll down). "Sever The Wicked Hand", the new album from CROWBAR, sold around 3,500 copies in the United ...
Gerry Gittelson of the North Hollywood - Toluca Lake Patch conducted an interview earlier this week with former GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler. You can now watch the first two parts of the chat below. In a recent interview with The Jewish Chronicle, Adler stated about his former band, "Why ...
