NEUROSIS singer/guitarist Steve Von Till recently spoke to Exclaim! magazine about the dramatic increase and proficiency of melodies, moods, textures and actual clean singing on the group's latest album, "The Eye of Every Storm". "We've always gotten satisfaction from attacking our weaknesses," he said. "Our weakness for a long time had been the vocal element ...
ARTILLERY guitarist Michael Stützer interviewed Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P. for Denmark's Antenna magazine (formerly Metal Reference) when the American shock rockers paid Copenhagen a visit in order to promote their new album, "The Neon God". What follows are several excerpts from the interview: Antenna: Drummer Frankie Banali keeps coming and going, and what's ...
Former KITTIE guitarist Fallon Bowman will be joined by fellow ex-KITTIE member Talena Atfield (bass) during the upcoming live appearances by Bowman's solo project AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT. AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT will make their live debut on July 17 at The Vatikan in Toronto, Canada. A follow-up gig on August 21 at the same venue has also been ...
Seattle-based record label Hawino Records has added the Tacoma heavy rock band UTTERANCE to their roster. The group's first release for the label, entitled "DXVI", is due this fall. "We are very excited about our newest material. It is the best recording that we have yet and it is very worthy of exposure to masses," ...
SLIPKNOT have replaced DAVID BOWIE on the bill of this year's Roskilde Festival in Denmark. "With David Bowie no longer on the programme, we had to think fast," the festival organizers write on their web site. "After hours of hard work, we are finally able to announce a new act for the programme: SLIPKNOT will ...
A loop of the intro guitar and bass line from IRON MAIDEN's "The Clansman", off the group's 1998 "Virtual XI" CD, is sampled in a song from former teen-pop star BRANDY. The track, titled "Cool (Thought I'd Be)" (also known as "I Tried"), is featured on the singer's newest album, "Afrodisiac", which was released Tuesday ...
As exclusively revealed here on June 18, Polish death metal veterans VADER have now officially confirmed that they will be supporting CANNIBAL CORPSE and NAPALM DEATH on a month-long U.S. tour beginning on October 23. The trek, which is also expected to include GOATWHORE, will be preceded by a week's worth of NAPALM ...
French webzine Metal Chroniques has uploaded a bunch of high-quality photos from the W.A.S.P. show at Elysée Montmartre in Paris on June 14. Check them out here. W.A.S.P.'s latest CD, "The Neon God: Part One – The Rise", was released in April through Sanctuary Records. The band — who recently announced ...
French gothic metallers THE OLD DEAD TREE are still on the lookout for a new drummer following the departure of Franck Métayer back in February. "In spite of the talent of the candidates we have auditioned to become THE OLD DEAD TREE's new drummer, the band still didn't find Franck's successor yet," the group write ...
