DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, May 22 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at BBC.co.uk. "One Eye ...
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film "This is Spinal Tap", and now England's "loudest heavy metal band," SPINAL TAP, is celebrating with the release of its first new album in almost two decades, "Back From The Dead" (The Label Industry Records/Artist2Market/INgrooves). Due on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the follow-up to ...
According to DailyHerald.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil will appear at the Ironhorse Roundup Bike Show in Waukegan, Illinois this coming Sunday, May 3. Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the city for the motorcycle show — an event Grayslake chased away last year when officials cited potential violence. Plans call ...
Video footage of reactivated Southern California metallers RUTHLESS performing at this year's Keep It True XII festival, which was held April 24-25, 2009 at the Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, can be viewed below. RUTHLESS recently signed a deal with Italy's My Graveyard Productions for the re-release of its 1984 "Metal Without Mercy" five-song EP. RUTHLESS's ...
SUNDOWN SINDROME, the new project featuring former TO/DIE/FOR frontman Jape Perätalo and members of the German band DAS SCHEIT, has posted a second song, "One Of Them", on the group's official MySpace page. Jape recently said, "[SUNDOWN SINDROME] just recorded our first promo CD in Germany, and we are trying to find a ...
Buick McKane (a.k.a. Emily) conducted an interview with Tony Foresta, lead singer of the Richmond-based metal act MUNICIPAL WASTE, on April 23, 2009 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Watch the 10-minute chat below. MUNICIPAL WASTE has completed work on its fourth album, "Massive Aggressive", with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (MADBALL, HATEBREED, SHADOWS FALL, UNEARTH) for an August ...
"Awake?", the new album from the influential heavy music act ZAO, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on May 5 via Ferret Music, the follow-up to 2006's "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" was recorded in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (near Greensburg); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Encinitas, California; and ...
A new audio interview with guitarist Esa Holopainen of the Finnish metal band AMORPHIS conducted by Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock is available for download at this location (MP3, 8 MB). The entire chat is available in text format by clicking here. AMORPHIS' new single, "Silver Bride", ...
eGigs.co.uk recently conducted an interview with guitarist/bassist/vocalist Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. eGigs.co.uk: Are you still doing stuff with VELVET REVOLVER or is it on hold at the moment? Duff: Well, we don't have a singer. We've written all ...
