STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos recently spoke with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the origins of STATIC-X's resurrection: Tony: "It started a few years ago, the idea. I felt that [late vocalist] Wayne [Static] ...
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"Dawn Of Lucifer", the new video from Swedish metallers TRANSPORT LEAGUE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth album, "A Million Volt Scream", which will be released on August 30 via Mighty Music. Formed in 1994, TRANSPORT LEAGUE soon made its mark on the scene with its debut album, "Stallion ...
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VISIONS OF ATLANTIS frontwoman Clémentine Delauney has spoken out against cell-phone use at concerts, saying that "it's very frustrating" to "sing in front of a sea of screens." Asked by The Metal Gods Meltdown for her opinion on fans filming live shows using their phone cameras, Clémentine said (hear audio below): "I hate it. I ...
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A performance clip of the song "Smoke On The Water" from Ian Gillan's "Contractual Obligation" album can be seen below. Gillan, together with Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and a few others, is considered one of the legendary voices that shaped hard rock. Despite his commitment to DEEP PURPLE, the singer has built an impressive solo ...
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A two-and-a-half-minute video of MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell discussing his new solo single, "These Old Boots", can be seen below. The song is taken from his debut solo album, "Old Lions Still Roar", which will be released on October 25 via Nuclear Blast. The disc, which has been in the works for more than five ...
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Jonathan Zazula, known the world over as Jonny Z, has lived an intense life. Born in 1952, he began his extraordinary journey as a renegade youth who went from living on the streets of the Bronx in New York City, to later working on Wall Street, and eventually (and unexpectedly) transitioning into the music business ...
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Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent reportedly celebrated his 67th birthday at a private event for select fans last night (Saturday, August 10) in Nashville, Tennessee. The party took place at S.I.R. Studios and consisted of "six hours of stories, music, photos and fun." Several photos from the event have been posted on social media, along ...
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Prior to ENTOMBED A.D.'s performance at Serbia's Exit festival on July 7, vocalist Lars Göran Petrov spoke with Agoraphobic News. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's cover of MOTÖRHEAD's "Back At The Funny Farm", which appears as a bonus ...
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On October 12, 1993, LIFE OF AGONY's iconic debut, "River Runs Red", was released. Hailed by Rolling Stone as "one of the greatest metal records of all time," it was an emotional concept album that focused on a troubled teenager's inability to cope with what seemed to be the worst week of his life. The ...
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Legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker's MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST project will release its second studio album, "Revelation", on September 20 through Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss and was recorded and mixed by Voss at Kidpool Studio Greven & Kidwood Studio in Münstertal, Germany between December 2018 and March 2019. ...
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MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell will release his debut solo album, "Old Lions Still Roar", on October 25 via Nuclear Blast. The disc, which has been in the works for more than five years, will include guest appearances by Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) and Alice Cooper, among others. Other guest musicians that ...
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Celebrating thirty years of music, British rockers THUNDER will release a 28-track album titled simply "The Greatest Hits" on September 27 through BMG. Featuring tracks from each of the band's 12 studio albums, it is the first-ever collection to actually be sanctioned by the group, but also compiled by the members of THUNDER themselves. The ...
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Andy Sneap says that he will continue to play guitar for JUDAS PRIEST "as long as they want me to." When Glenn Tipton was forced to retire from full-time touring activities due to his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease, he and his PRIEST bandmates opted to hire Sneap to fill in, having gotten to know the ...
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Persistence is invaluable when it comes to pursuing your creative instincts. Proving the point, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE have been making dark, melancholy music since the mid-'90s, first as purveyors of classically enhanced doom, but latterly as Germany's undisputed masters of extra-morbid but fervently melodic gothic (hard) rock. The band's transition from underground metal mavens to something ...
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Following BEHEMOTH's performance in San Bernardino, California on July 27, guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski spoke with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the Riverside, California radio station 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's participation in SLIPKNOT's current "Knotfest ...
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DEVILDRIVER's recent co-headlining tour with STATIC-X saw the Dez Fafara-fronted outfit performing material from COAL CHAMBER, the band that put him on the musical map and gave him his first and only gold-certified album in the shape of the group's 1997 debut. COAL CHAMBER existed for ten years before disbanding in 2003 to pursue other ...
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JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES — comprised of world-renowned guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix — have released their latest music video, "I Want It All". The song is taken from JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES' new album, "Invasion", which is being released today (Wednesday, July ...
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KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has uploaded a new seven-minute video in which he discusses his 2005 conversion to Christianity and the impact his new awareness has had on his life, his family and the influential rock band that he co-founded more than 25 years ago. In the clip, the musician — whose recently released ...
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Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On ORCHESTRA OF DOOM, which finds Crane teaming with the 35-piece Philharmonia Australia to celebrate Ozzy Osbourne's 71st birthday by homage to BLACK SABBATH ...
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Australia's Metal Mal recently conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS guitarist Scott Gorham about the band's forthcoming "Another State Of Grace" studio album. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BLACK STAR RIDERS' formation in 2012: Scott: "When we got done with the ...
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Australian deathcore masters THY ART IS MURDER have released the official music video for their song "New Gods". The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Human Target", which is being released today (Friday, July 26) via Nuclear Blast and Human Warfare (Australia and New Zealand). The disc was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for "Rock Steady", the latest single from legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker's MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST project, can be seen below. The song is taken from MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST's second studio album, "Revelation", which will be released on September 20 through Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by Michael Schenker ...
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STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER, will release its new album, "At The Gates", on October 11. According to a press release, the disc will contain "11 tracks of pure British heavy metal." In other news, STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER will embark on a U.S. ...
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Whether you regard it as the last word in bone-crunching heaviness or a watered-down version of brutal death metal for ADHD kids, deathcore plainly isn't going away any time soon. And frankly, nor should it. This year has been particularly satisfying for fans of this stuff, with albums from the likes of ENTERPRISE EARTH, OSIAH ...
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UGLY KID JOE has set the date for its return to the studio. Speaking to Eonmusic this weekend at Ramblin' Man Fair festival in Maidstone, Kent, singer Whitfield Crane confirmed that he and his bandmates are planning to set aside time at the end of the year to begin on the follow-up to ...
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A performance clip of the song "Hang Me Out To Dry" from Ian Gillan's upcoming album "Contractual Obligation" can be seen below. Gillan, together with Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and a few others, is considered one of the legendary voices that shaped hard rock. Despite his commitment to DEEP PURPLE, the singer has built an ...
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Geoff Tate will perform the QUEENSRŸCHE albums "Rage For Order" and "Empire" in their entirety on the "Empire 30th Anniversary Tour" in 2020. 1986's "Rage For Order" introduced a much more polished look and sound for QUEENSRŸCHE. The album featured keyboards as prominently as guitars, and the group adopted an image more closely associated with ...
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Long-running Birmingham, U.K.-based extreme metallers BENEDICTION have been rejoined by vocalist Dave Ingram (formerly of BOLT THROWER). Ingram's return to BENEDICTION comes two months after the departure of the band's previous singer, Dave Hunt. Hunt's schedule had become increasingly congested with his commitments to both BENEDICTION and ANAAL NATHRAKH, as well as his relentless studies ...
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"Reflections Doubt", the debut demo from QAALM, the new atmospheric doom metal band featuring ACT OF DEFIANCE and ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Elis (on guitar), can be streamed below. Starting a band these days may seem like somewhat of an unadorned idea. But among two creative and passionately involved music aficionados materialized a ...
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STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos recently spoke with Meltdown of the Detroit radio station 101 WRIF. The full conversation can be streamed at this location. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's current tour, their first since the death of vocalist Wayne Static: Tony: "It's been great. A lot of ...
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