French progressive metallers GOJIRA are currently recording their fifth album at Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City, New York with co-producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD) for an early 2012 release via the band's new record label, Roadrunner Records. When asked how the deal with Roadrunner came about, GOJIRA vocalist/guitarist Joseph Duplantier told
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Thomas Conner of the Chicago Sun-Times recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On joining GUNS N' ROSES: "By the time I joined, I walked in going, 'This sounds kinda punk rock what he's trying to do and thinking of ...
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Roadrunner Records announced today the addition of French metal behemoths GOJIRA to the label. The band is universally recognized as one of the most talented and extreme art-metal acts on the scene today. GOJIRA is one of those rare bands that comes along every couple of years and takes everything you know about metal, twists ...
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On October 13, Monte Montana of the C101 radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas conducted an interview with singer Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can now stream the chat using the SoundCloud player below. JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the North American leg of its "Epitaph" farewell tour this past Wednesday ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD was interviewed by Andrew Haug for last week's edition of Triple J's "The Racket" radio show, which airs in Australia. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio stream):
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Guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Metal Zone" show with host Nikki Blakk on the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone. You can listen to the chat below. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Unto The Locust", sold more than 17,000 copies ...
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LocalBozo.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. You can now listen to the chat below. MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Unto The Locust", sold more than 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 ...
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"Unto The Locust", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, sold more than 17,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart putting MACHINE HEAD in the Top 25 for the first time in the band's 17-year ...
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The third in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Unto The Locust", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, can be seen below. Due on September 27 via longtime label Roadrunner Records, the CD was recorded at JingleTown Studios in Oakland, with frontman Robb Flynn producing. ...
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J. Bennett of Decibel magazine recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Decibel: Do you spend much time reading what people say on message boards about SEPULTURA? Andreas: A little bit. You have to be aware of what's going on. And SEPULTURA ...
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Lora Richardson of Real Productions, the manager and ex-wife of acclaimed British producer Colin Richardson (CARCASS, MACHINE HEAD, NAPALM DEATH, FEAR FACTORY, OVERKILL, TRIVIUM), passed away in her sleep on Wednesday, June 29. Commented San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN: "We were stunned by the news that we lost Lora Richardson last week. We'd known ...
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AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler's new memoir, "Does The Noise In My Head Bother You?", received a less-than-favorable review from Chicago Sun-Times pop music critic Thomas Conner, who called it "another shallow, happy chronicle of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll — all of it highly self-congratulatory." The book, according to Conner, is " ...
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Orange Amps will be launching a new, full-color coffee-table book at the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2011, celebrating over forty years of their history with a massive, detailed archive of press cuttings, photographs and promotional material. This unique 200-page large-format Flipbook gives the reader a comprehensive, invaluable insight both into Orange Amps the product and Orange the ...
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Las Vegas, Nevada-based post-hardcore band ESCAPE THE FATE stopped by Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit" to perform its single "Issues", off the group's recently released self-titled album. Fans who didn't catch the live performance can watch the clip below as singer Craig Mabbitt, bassist Max Green, guitarist Monte Money and drummer Robert Ortizrip through a ...
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"American Idol" finalist Adam Lambert performed back-to-back covers of JIMI HENDRIX's "Purple Haze" and LED ZEPPELIN's "Whole Lotta Love" during his November 18, 2010 concert in Paris, France. You can now watch fan-filmed video footage of Adam's renditions below. As previously reported, Lambert performed a cover version of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman" on October 17 at ...
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Byron Cooke of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, asked "American Idol" finalist Adam Lambert about his decision to cover METALLICA's "Enter Sandman" at his concert in Auckland, New Zealand this past Sunday night (October 17) as a birthday surprise for his bass player, Tommy Joe Ratliff. "Yeah, we do it our way… ...
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"American Idol" finalist Adam Lambert performed a cover version of METALLICA's "Enter Sandman" earlier tonight (Sunday, October 17) at his concert in Auckland, New Zealand as a birthday surprise for his bass player, Tommy Joe Ratliff. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Lambert's current touring guitarist is none than Monte Pittman, ...
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"Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast episode #42 features returning guests Monte Conner (VP of A&R for Roadrunner Records) and legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward, along with newcomer to the "Skullsessions" and thrash-metal drummer extraordinaire Gene Hoglan (FEAR FACTORY, DETHKLOK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DARK ANGEL) and "Skullsessions" host Bob Nalbandian. This "astounding andd diverse" conversation about ...
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The 41st installment of the "Shockwaves Skull Sessions" podcast features host Bob Nalbandian alongside Monte Conner (VP of A&R for Roadrunner Records), author/journalist Martin Popoff and journalist John Strednansky. The four talk discuss, debate, and deliberate the entire MOTÖRHEAD catalog. You can listen to the podcast below.
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BIOHAZARD has finished writing 80 percent of the music and about 40 percent of the lyrics for the band's next album, according to a brand new interview bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld gave to Chris Harris of Gun Shy Assassin. The follow-up to 2005's "Means To An End" will be produced by Toby Wright, who ...
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Stardust Fallout e-zine conducted an interview with guitarist Warren DeMartini of California rockers RATT when the band performed at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 5, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. RATT was recently forced to cancel its European tour in order to allow vocalist Stephen ...
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After a very successful spring tour, California hard rockers RATT are excited to continue their "World Infestation" with Germany's SCORPIONS. RATT was recently forced to cancel its European tour in order to allow vocalist Stephen Pearcy to undergo urgent hernia surgery. However, the RATT family is happy to report that Pearcy has made a full ...
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Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of the Welsh metal quartet REVOKER. Hailing from the depths of Wales' Rhymney Valley, the band will soon start work on its debut album with SKINDRED's Benji Webbe for an early 2011 release. For a vote of confidence in the band's bright future, look no further than Monte Conner, ...
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When LORDS OF ACID embarks on the "Sextreme Ball" this summer, the legendary Praga Khan will be joined by the villainous "Rock of Love" contestant Lacey Conner on vocals, former MINISTRY/REVOLTING COCKS guitarist Sin Quirin, bass player M3 (POWERMAN 5000) and drummer Kirk Salvador (ex-SOCIETY 1). The "Sextreme Ball" marks the first time the industrial ...
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The U.K. branch of Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson at this year's Download festival, which was held June 11-13, 2010 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. A new MEGADETH track called "Sudden Death" will serve as the finger-busting finale to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: ...
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Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. A new MEGADETH track called "Sudden Death" will serve as the finger-busting finale to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock game. MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, tells RollingStone.com the track ...
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Paul Anthony of Rock Radio conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson at this year's Download festival, which was held June 11-13, 2010 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A new MEGADETH track called "Sudden Death" will serve as the finger-busting ...
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Video footage of MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick offering a "gear tour" to the readers of Guitar World magazine during the band's recent "Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour" can be viewed below. MEGADETH kicked off its "Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour" on March 1 at the Knitting Factory in Spokane, Washington. Also appearing on ...
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Video footage of MEGADETH's David Ellefson and Dave Mustaine visiting the infamous Blarney Stone in Cork, Ireland during the band's current European tour can be viewed below. The Blarney Stone (Irish: Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of bluestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney about 5 miles (8 km) from Cork, Ireland. ...
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NME TV conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine at this year's Download festival, which was held June 11-13, 2010 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the chat below. A new MEGADETH track called "Sudden Death" will serve as the finger-busting finale to the forthcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock game. The band's mainman, ...
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