Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with guitarist Gary Holt of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: Briefly explain what the subject matter is on "Exhibit A: The Atrocity Exhibition"? Gary: [Laughs] Oh, man, I'm not good at explaining my own music, ...
German power metallers HUMAN FORTRESS have once again parted ways with singer Jioti Parcharidis. The vocalist, who rejoined the band in 2009 after leaving the group prior to the recording of its third album, 2008's "Eternal Empire", "has serious health problems, so it's not possible for him to sing any longer for HUMAN FORTRESS or ...
Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH were honored in the "Album Of The Year (Heavy Metal)" category at this year's Fryderyk Awards, Poland's most prestigious music award ceremony. Awards were presented in over 20 pop, classical and jazz categories at the event, which was held on April 19 in Warsaw, Poland. Commented BEHEMOTH guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" ...
"The Rog" (a.k.a. Paul Rogne) of Metalkast's "Rog's Talkin' DrumZ" recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal drummer Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, DIO). Vinny about his career; the surgery he underwent in November for a shoulder injury; the health and recovery of fellow HEAVEN & HELL members Ronnie James Dio and ...
Metalchroniques.fr conducted an interview with Finland's ROTTEN SOUND at this year's Neurotic Deathfest, which was held April 30 – May 1, 2010 at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Watch the chat below. "Napalm", the new EP from ROTTEN SOUND, is available for streaming in its entirety at this location. The CD ...
Matt Wilcock (guitar; ex-AKERCOCKE, THE BERZERKER), David Gray (drums; AKERCOCKE) and Nick Hassan (vocals, bass; TED MAUL) have joined forces in a brand new project called THE ANTICHRIST IMPERIUM. The trio entered the studio in April to begin recording a three-song demo that will gear people up for the band's imminent arrival. Video footage from ...
According to Syracuse.com, Boston hard rock legends AEROSMITH will open this year's New York State Fair Mohegan Sun Grandstand lineup on August 26. Tickets, priced at $84, $94 and $104, will go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 29 at the fair box office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com and by phone charge at ...
Guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont (SYMPHORCE, DOWNSPIRIT, ex-FREEDOM CALL) will release an instrumental solo album, "Melodrama", on June 21. The effort will be available as a digipack through Dupont's MySpace page and as a digital download via the usual digital music providers (including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, LastFM, Napster). Swiss fans will also have the ...
Brendan Crabb (a.k.a. Spiritech) of PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with FOZZY vocalist and WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PyroMusic.net: There is a rather wide cross-section of influences on [the new FOZZY] album ["Chasing The Grail"] — everything from MAIDEN and PRIEST to JOURNEY ...
Eight months after he left the band due to "a lack of time and inspiration," bassist Magnus Olsfelt (THE CROWN) has rejoined Swedish heavy rockers STOLEN POLICECAR. The group states, "We're damn pleased that Magnus quitting STOLEN POLICECAR in the end turned out to be a couple of months off. Yeah, our dude is back, ...
