Shawn Macomber of Decibel magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Decibel: Was it easier to approach "Stalingrad" without the weight of it as a "comeback album" on your shoulders? Wolf: "Blood Of The Nations" has ...
Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: How did you wind up with ownership of the L.A. GUNS name? That's surprising, being that you came in after the debut album was already recorded. Steve ...
Barbara Caserta of Italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with guitarist Leo Leoni and singer Nic Maeder of Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD. You can now watch the chat below. GOTTHARD's new album, "Firebirth", will be released on June 1 via Nuclear Blast/Warner Music. The CD was produced at the band's own ...
Ahead of BLACK SABBATH's history-making Download festival appearance, the massive, 172-page new issue of Metal Hammer is a tribute to the legendary heavy metal act, paying homage to one of the greatest, heaviest and most influential bands to ever walk this earth. Metal Hammer talks to SABBATH members themselves as they look back on an ...
Keyboardist Jordan Rudess of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER will hold a live Internet concert event, "Live At My Steinway", on Sunday, June 3 at 4:00 p.m. EST at Stageit.com. A four-minute video interview with AOL's Noisecreep in which Rudess talks about the upcoming performance can be seen below. "I like ...
"MK Ondergrond" (meaning "Underground" in Afrikaans) conducted an interview with punk rock icon Henry Rollins during the South African leg of his "Long March Tour". You can watch the chat below (Note: The intro is in Afrikaans, but the interview was conducted in English). "MK Ondergrond" (Facebook page) is South Africa's first dedicated ...
A YouTube clip containing audio snippets of all the songs that appear on "Phantom Antichrist", the new album from German thrash metal veterans KREATOR, can be seen below. The five-minute clip also includes comments from various heavy metal heavyweights about each track. Due on June 1 in Europe and June 5 in North America via ...
HEADCAT (formerly THE HEAD CAT) — the high-energy, "take-no-prisoners" combo featuring Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD), Slim Jim Phantom (THE STRAY CATS) and Danny B. Harvey (ROCKATS, 13 CATS, LONESOME SPURS) — is featured in Amoeba Music's "What's In My Bag?" segment in which the bandmembers talk about some of the records they are into. Watch the ...
"Cold", a brand new song from AXEWOUND — the new project featuring Matt Tuck (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) on guitar and vocals, Liam Cormier (CANCER BATS) on lead vocals, Mike Kingswood (GLAMOUR OF THE KILL) on guitar, Joe Copcutt (RISE TO REMAIN) on bass, and Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, KILLING JOKE) on drums — was premiered ...
