Chris Akin of "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with horror-punk stalwart Wednesday 13. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his 2017 release, "Condolences": Wednesday: "My first few albums I still like and listen to them and they're cool, but that was me ...
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A&P-Reacts conducted an interview with SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera prior to the band's February 12 show at Mod Club Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the live response to the songs from SOULFLY's latest studio album, "Ritual": Max: "It's ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, performing on February 13 at Principal in Thessaloniki, Greece can be seen below (courtesy of Industry Kills channel). For most of 2018 and the first couple of months of 2019, Tate has celebrated the 30th anniversary of QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime" ...
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"Watch You Fall", a new song from KILL THE LIGHTS, the international band featuring former BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas, can be seen below. As a founding member of Welsh metal titans BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, Thomas lived a rock'n'roll dream that few ever get to see with their own eyes — ...
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SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor spoke to the Des Moines Register about the band's upcoming sixth album, which is tentatively due this summer. Describing the band's new music as "evil," Taylor said the follow-up to 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter" is "going to be ridiculous. Let's put it that way." The new disc is ...
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SOULFLY guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera, who got his start fronting the legendary Brazilian thrash metal band SEPULTURA, has admitted to Heavy New York that he doesn't care much for the lyric-writing process. "I really don't like writing lyrics," he said (see video below). "It's totally a mandatory thing. It's like homework. For me, the fun part ...
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During an interview with Ola Englund at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, guitarist Jeff Loomis (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE) confirmed that he is working on material for his third solo album. Speaking about the delay in releasing the follow-up to 2012's "Plains Of Oblivion", Loomis said: "My life has changed, being in ARCH ENEMY, ...
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HEART — Ann and Nancy Wilson — will return to the road in 2019 for the first time in three years with their massive "Love Alive" cross-country summer tour. Produced by Live Nation, the expansive 39-city outing by the trend-setting, multiple-platinum Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame legends kicks off Tuesday, July 9 at the ...
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Corey Gorechrist of the "Fantasm" podcast recently conducted an interview with frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL about the band's forthcoming studio album, "The Wings Of War". You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the fact that "The Wings Of War" ...
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Former QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate recently spoke with Cathy Rankin of Brickhouse TV. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On QUEENSRŸCHE's classic 1988 album "Operation: Mindcrime": Geoff: "I can't speak for everyone, of course — I only have my perspective — but I was ...
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NIGHT RANGER's longtime tour manager Todd Confessore passed away on February 5. The following statement was issued today by NIGHT RANGER members Jack Blades, Brad Gillis, Kelly Keagy, Keri Kelli and Eric Levy: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend and longtime tour manager, Todd Louis ...
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Devin Townsend says that he owes Chad Kroeger "a real debt of gratitude" for giving him invaluable career advice. Last August, Townsend surprised longtime fans by revealing his unexpected friendship with the NICKELBACK frontman. Four months later, it was announced that Kroeger would appear on Devin's upcoming "Empath" album, along with guitarists Steve Vai, Mike ...
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The official music video for the song "The Dark Side Of Black" from British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) can be seen below. The track is taken from the third album in his"Infinite Entanglement" trilogy, which was released last March. "The Redempton Of William Black" was third part of the trilogy, bringing ...
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Swedish metallers AVATAR have announced their return to North America on the aptly named "Avatar Country World Tour 2019". Dates begin on May 16 in Buffalo, New York and stretch coast to coast before wrapping up in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 15, exactly thirty days later. Direct support will come from legendary singer/songwriter and ...
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The last time that Finnish goth rock legends THE 69 EYES toured the United States was in 2009. As the band has been busy conducting business as usual, releasing albums and touring elsewhere, the U.S. has been waiting very long for the return of the Helsinki Vampires. After recently teaming up with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Subhuman" from FLAT EARTH, the new band featuring former HIM members Mikko "Linde" Lindström (guitar) and Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen (drums) alongside ex-AMORPHIS bassist Niclas Etelävuori and POLANSKI singer Anttoni "Anthony" Pikkarainen, can be seen below. The track is taken from FLAT EARTH's debut album, "None For One", ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has told Heavy New York that the band's next studio album, which is tentatively due later this year, will not necessarily sound like a direct follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake". "I think anytime we make a record, we don't think about the last record," he said at this past ...
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Forbes about the band's recently launched brand of whiskey. Dubbed Blackened after a track on the group's 1988 album "...And Justice For All", the spirit is a blend of American bourbon, rye, and whiskey that wasn't just barrel-aged, but also sound-aged to the group's own music. But ...
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At this past Wednesday's (January 23) Hall Of Heavy Metal History event at Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, California, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy spoke to The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake" album. "The touring [for 'Brotherhood'] is done," he said (see ...
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LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton spoke to Sara of the 93.3 WMMR radio station about the current state of the heavy metal scene, particularly at a time when some of the genre's elder statesmen, like SLAYER, are calling it quits. "Well, I think it's evolving," Mark said (hear audio below). "I think you can't ...
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ALL THAT REMAINS and ATTILA have announced a massive co-headline North American tour that runs from February through April. They will be joined by ESCAPE THE FATE and SLEEP SIGNALS. The tour kicks off on February 28 in Reading, Pennsylvania and winds through U.S. and back before wrapping in early April. "We are stoked to ...
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The search is on for the original "Juke Box Hero", the die-hard fan who inspired FOREIGNER's eponymous hit song. FOREIGNER founder, songwriter and lead guitarist Mick Jones and original lead singer Lou Gramm wrote the song following a memorable encounter with a fan at a sold-out show. Interest in the identity of the person was ...
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WATAIN vocalist/guitarist Erik Danielsson recently spoke with Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's latest album, "Trident Wolf Eclipse": Erik: "It feels like a well-received album. You're always a bit biased, because what I see is the face of ...
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In the world of rock and metal, there are few names as big as Slash. From GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER to SLASH'S SNAKEPIT and his current collaboration, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS, Slash is a rock and roll legend. When it came time to create a music video for the new ...
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Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE will release their new album, "Ategnatos", on April 5 via Nuclear Blast. On an LP both mystical and philosophical, ELUVEITIE propels mythology, pagan belief and spirituality into our modern world. "This one almost became something like a socio-critical uncovering work," says leader Christian "Chrigel" Glanzmann, "some kind of a revelation, a ...
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New Wave Of British Heavy Metal veterans TYGERS OF PAN TANG will enter the studio in April with producer Fred Purser (previously a TYGERS OF PAN TANG member himself) to record their new album. Søren Andersen of Denmark's Medley Studio (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp) will once again handle the mixing duties. The follow-up to TYGERS ...
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The Inkcarceration Music And Tattoo Festival has announced the massive lineup scheduled to perform at its second annual event, set to feature colossal rock headliners SHINEDOWN, GODSMACK and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. Quickly becoming one of the nation's premier rock festivals, Inkcarceration — taking place this year on July 12, 13 and 14 at the ...
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In a recent interview with Everyone Loves Guitar, KORN drummer Ray Luzier spoke about the importance of working hard and never resting on his laurels. "I've never been one of those guys that's, like, 'Oh, Ray made it. He's a rock star now,'" Luzier said (hear audio below). "I still don't consider myself that. I'm ...
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WATAIN vocalist/guitarist Erik Danielsson recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On utilizing pyrotechnics in concert: Erik: "The tours we did in 2018 were with full pyro production here in Europe, so we're very used to intense fucking heat, ...
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Mascot Label Group and Gary Hoey have announced a March 15 global release date for "Neon Highway Blues" via Provogue Records. The album's eleven tracks display Hoey's confidence and assuredness alongside the freshness of someone who's still in the process of discovery and refinement. Hoey produced the album himself at his New Hampshire-based home studio, ...
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