Actor Vinnie Langdon of the "Vinnie Langdon Show" recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about HELLYEAH's decision to work with Las Vegas-based producer Kevin Churko (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, IN THIS MOMENT, PAPA ROACH) on the band's new album, "Blood For Blood", Tom said: ...
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Joe Schaeffer Photography has uploaded video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, which features Jack Russell on vocals alongside former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana (as a guitar player and keyboardist), bassist Chris Tristram, lead guitarist Robby Locher and drummer Dicki Fliszar, performing the song "Hard Habit" on February 7 at the M13 Concert Bar ...
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JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE, which features Jack Russell on vocals alongside former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana (as a guitar player and keyboardist), bassist Chris Tristram, lead guitarist Robby Locher and drummer Dicki Fliszar, has released a new song in the style of the bluesy hard rock stomp that made Russell a rock icon in ...
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Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have entered the studio with producer Colin Richardson (CARCASS, FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD) and producer/engineer Carl Bown to begin recording their fifth album for a tentative summer release. Says the band: "We've been working hard on this record for over a year now, writing and demoing a ton of ...
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UNEARTH guitarist Ken Susi demonstrated the new Fishman Fluence Modern pickups at the NAMM show on January 24 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Check out video footage below. UNEARTH's sixth album, "Watchers Of Rule", was released on October 28, 2014 via eOne Music in North America and Century Media in Europe. The ...
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"The Swarm", the new video from Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Tim Foster. The song is taken from UNEARTH's sixth album, "Watchers Of Rule", which was released on October 28, 2014 via eOne Music in North America and Century Media in Europe. The CD ...
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Terrie Carr of WDHA-FM 105.5 FM, the rock music station licensed to Dover and Morristown, New Jersey, recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna. You can now listen to the chat at this location. Speaking about how difficult it is to keep GODSMACK from interfering with his solo career, Erna said: ...
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DEF LEPPARD has resumed work on its new studio album for a tentative mid-2015 release. The band's lead singer, Joe Elliott, tells BelfastTelegraph.co.uk: "We're back on it now and hoping to get it finished by early spring. I was in the studio last night, actually, and I'll be in again tonight, if I ...
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In a brand new interview with Manchester Evening News, legendary guitarist Slash was asked if he thought rock and roll bands had become tamer since he first started out, in 1981 with his first band TIDUS SLOAN and 1985 with GUNS N' ROSES. "I do think rock and roll bands have become really ...
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KISS frontman Paul Stanley believes that illegal music downloading is "morally" and "ethically wrong," and laments the fact that new artists "don't have a chance in hell" of "ever getting that pot of gold." During an appearance on the "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, Stanley was asked what KISS' chances of success would be like ...
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On October 11, guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH was interviewed by UK's Metal Hammer at Roundhouse in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how OPETH went about choosing which songs to perform live on the current tour, Mikael said: "It can be difficult with setlists. We sat down ...
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Auburn Records, WJCU 88.7 FM and Iron Ingo Stührenberg present the sixth annual Cleveland Metal Holiday Food Drive, set to take place December 6 at the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland metal legends SHOK PARIS and underground speed/thrash/black metal merchants MIDNIGHT will headline. The billing is as follows: SHOK PARIS MIDNIGHT BLACK ...
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Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have finished writing 11 songs for the band's fifth album, to be released in early 2015. According to BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck, the group "should be ready to start" recording the new CD "in the next month or so." He adds: "It's an absolute monster so ...
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Andy Preston of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida recently conducted an interview with legendary GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell, who currently fronts his own version of the band called JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). ...
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Legendary guitarist Slash believes that a lot of younger musicians lack the work ethic of their older counterparts and are interested in making as much money as they can as quickly as they can before calling it quits. "You know what's wrong with the whole fuckin' entertainment business?" the former GUNS N' ROSES axeman tells ...
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"Doc Marten Stomp", the new video from New York hardcore veterans MADBALL, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Dave Causa and produced by MADBALL frontman Freddy Cricien. "Doc Marten Stomp" is taken from MADBALL's ninth studio album, "Hardcore Lives", which was released on June 27 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was tracked ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen was recently interviewed by Shor Bazaar, Pakistan's first international artist management services. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for DEF LEPPARD's new studio album, Collen said: "This was really amazing, actually, [because] we are ...
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Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE performing on September 7 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. Check it out below. JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE features Jack Russell on vocals alongside former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana (as a guitar player and keyboardist), bassist Chris ...
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Ron Fauth Rockography has uploaded video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE performing a cover version of the LED ZEPPELIN classic "Immigrant Song" on September 7 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. Check it out below. JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE features Jack Russell on vocals alongside former GREAT WHITE bassist-turned-guitarist Tony Montana (as ...
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EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee's new album, "Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath", sold around 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 47 on The Billboard 200 chart. The disc, which was released on August 25 via 110 Records, Inc., is a film-score collaboration with Dave ...
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SIXX: A.M., the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx alongside guitarist DJ Ashba and vocalist James Michael, earlier in the week released its cover version of THE CARS song "Drive". The track is taken from SIXX: A.M.'s third album, "Modern Vintage", which will be released on October 7 via Eleven Seven Music. Regarding the ...
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Modern death metallers ABYSMAL DAWN will release their fourth full-length album, "Obsolescence", on October 28 via Relapse. The effort will be available in CD, LP and digital formats. A song from the album, "Inanimate", can be streamed below. "I'm very happy to present a new ABYSMAL DAWN track after almost three years of waiting," commented ...
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The song "Push The Button" from EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee can be streamed below. The track is taken from her new album, "Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath", which was released on August 25 via 110 Records, Inc. The disc is a film-score collaboration with Dave Eggar for the movie "War Story", which premiered in ...
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On August 8, Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with drummer Tim Yeung of death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL. You can now watch the chat below. Asked when fans can expect to see a follow-up to MORBID ANGEL's 2011 album "Illud Divinum Insanus", Yeung replied: "I don't know. I don't have that ...
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh officially declared Wednesday, August 6 "Godsmack Day" in the city of Boston at Newbury Comics, where the first 500 fans to buy GODSMACK's sixth full-length album, "1000hp" (One Thousand Horsepower), received a wristband that allowed them to get their copy signed by the band. The Mayor officially presented the band with ...
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A teaser for the song "Lockdown" from EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee is available below. The track is taken from her new album, "Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath", which will be released on August 25 via 110 Records, Inc. The disc is a film-score collaboration with Dave Eggar for the movie "War Story", which premiered ...
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Once modest champs of the grunge underground, SEETHER have risen through the ranks of AOR to become trusty rock venue fillers. Some would argue this commercial favorability has come at much cost to their original sound and there's evidence of that claim on the trio's latest album, "Isolate and Medicate". Sometimes AOR yields a few ...
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EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee will release a new album, "Amy Lee Featuring Dave Eggar: Aftermath", on August 25 via 110 Records, Inc. The disc is a film-score collaboration with Dave Eggar for the movie "War Story", which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Lee told MTV earlier the year ...
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EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee, who became a first-time mother last month, has confirmed to RollingStone.com that she doesn't "have any plans to do anything with the band" for the foreseeable future. "The situation is we're not doing it now," she said when asked about EVANESCENCE's current status. "I don't like to make predictions ...
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Modern death metallers ABYSMAL DAWN will release their fourth full-length album, "Obsolescence", on October 28 via Relapse. The effort will be available in CD, LP and digital formats. ABYSMAL DAWN strikes the perfect balance between extreme songwriting and exceptional skill with an infectious blend of technical-yet-memorable riffs, throat-shredding vocals, and crushing rhythms delivered with machine-gun ...
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