Earlier this month, legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE) interviewed by Germany's Rock Bottom. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what it's like to perform in much more intimate venues now compared to how it was in the '80s and '90s, Vinny said: "It's a lot smaller. ...
METALLICA has landed on Pollstar's Global Concert Pulse chart at No. 4 this week with concert grosses of more than $2 million per market appearance on the band's recent European tour. The San Francisco-based metal giants averaged 20,451 tickets per market, at an average ticket price of $104. The 19 market reports included ...
EonMusic spoke to VOLBEAT guitarist Rob Caggiano ahead of the band's Sunday night (May 27) show in Dublin. In the interview, Rob talked about the transition from ANTHRAX to VOLBEAT, the challenges of changing singers in his former band, and the status of side group THE DAMNED THINGS. Caggiano was a member of ...
Swedish metallers SOILWORK have completed work on their eleventh album at Nordic Sound Lab studios in Skara, Sweden with producer Thomas "Plec" Johansson. The follow-up to 2015's "The Ride Majestic" is tentatively due in late 2018 or early 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Singer Björn "Speed" Strid told Australia's Sticks For Stones about ...
RAGE OF LIGHT has signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records. RAGE OF LIGHT is a Swiss trance metal/melodic death metal band, created by vocalist/keyboardist Jonathan Pellet, known for his past works with TROPHALLAXY and DYSRIDER. Jonathan came up with the idea to create a hybrid of trance and melodic death metal elements in 2007, ...
A short video clip in which the members of CLUTCH talk about the title of their new album, "Book Of Bad Decisions", can be seen below. Due on September 7 via the group's own Weathermaker Music label, the disc was completed at Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Vance Powell. Singer Neil Fallon ...
Internationally acclaimed guitar hero Michael Romeo has announced the release of his solo album, "War Of The Worlds / Pt. 1", on July 27 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. The wildly ambitious 10-song disc sees the founder, chief songwriter and prime mover of the progressive titans SYMPHONY X furthering his reputation as ...
According to The Pulse Of Radio, former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Izzy Stradlin opened up about his private life to The Wall Street Journal reporter Neil Shah after the latter contacted Stradlin about why he was not part of the current GN'R reunion. Stradlin, who has not given an interview in years, exchanged e-mails with ...
Frances Bean Cobain's ex-husband Isaiah Silva is suing Frances's mother, Courtney Love, according to People. Silva claims that Love "entered into a conspiracy with several people to break into his home, beat him up, kidnap him and try to murder him so they could gain possession of Kurt Cobain's legendary guitar." According to ...
HALESTORM will release its fourth album, "Vicious", on July 27 via Atlantic. The first single from the disc, "Uncomfortable", premiered this morning, and the video, directed by Evan Brace (PHANTOGRAM, TAKING BACK SUNDAY), can be seen below. Recorded last year at Nashville, Tennesse's Rock Falcon recording studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz, "Vicious" is available for ...
