Swedish hard rockers SKINTRADE have returned with a new single, "Woman", via Ninetone Records. You can listen to the song below. SKINTRADE was formed in 1992 by Matti Alfonzetti (vocals), George Bravo (guitar, backing vocals), Stefan Bergström (guitar, backing vocals), Hakan Calmroth (bass) and Håkan Persson (drums, backing vocals). The group's self-titled debut was released ...
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SHINEDOWN bassist Eric Bass recently spoke with Ethan Jackson of the Topeka, Kansas radio station V100. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current American leg of the band's ongoing "Attention Attention" tour: Eric: "Almost every show's sold out. It's been very humbling [and] extremely ...
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In a brand new interview with Tampa, Florida's 98 Rock radio station, Sully Erna was asked if fans can expect to see a GODSMACK biopic or documentary anytime soon. He responded (see video below): "A lot of people are asking us about the GODSMACK doc — if it's gonna come out, when it will come ...
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ASKING ALEXANDRIA has announced a boundary-pushing collaboration with world leading Counter-Strike esports tournament BLAST Pro Series. ASKING ALEXANDRIA will be the official music partner for BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles taking place on July 13 at the Galen Centre in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets go on general sale May 8 at 10 a.m. PSD. The ...
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Former PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS guitarist Marzi Montazeri has accused Philip Anselmo of "ripping off" EXHORDER frontman Kyle Thomas's vocal style. In the 1990s, Marzi hooked up with SUPERJOINT RITUAL, with Anselmo as lead vocalist, and appeared on the band's first two demos. By March of 2010, Marzi rejoined forces with Anselmo to ...
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Slash will reportedly record guitar parts for some brand new GUNS N' ROSES material this weekend at singer Axl Rose's studio in Malibu, California. The news of the recording session was broken in a social media post by Kruse Kontrol Amplification, which performs amplifier modifications for customers from the entire U.S. and Canada. In the ...
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According to The Blast, the woman who accused Gene Simmons of groping her during the opening of his family restaurant chain wants the case dismissed. The woman — who sued the KISS bassist/vocalist under the name Jane Doe — filed a request for dismissal Wednesday in Los Angeles. The case was originally filed ...
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Drummer Joey Kramer did not perform with his AEROSMITH bandmates last night (Tuesday, April 23) as part of their "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency. Filling in for him at the Park Theater at Park MGM was reportedly Kramer's assistant/drum tech, John Douglas. AEROSMITH has not yet publicly addressed Kramer's absence from the concert, but ...
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Michael Wilton says that QUEENSRŸCHE's touching ballad "Silent Lucidity" helped the band cross over from a primarily hard rock audience to the mainstream. After building a devoted fan base with album and EP releases throughout the 1980s, including 1988's critically acclaimed "Operation: Mindcrime", QUEENSRŸCHE achieved multi-platinum success across North America and abroad with the 1990 ...
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Jake E. Lee has disputed a story in the MÖTLEY CRÜE biopic "The Dirt" about Ozzy Osbourne allegedly snorting a line of ants. In "The Dirt", which premiered last month on Netflix, a young Ozzy Osbourne (played by Tony Cavalero) holds an impromptu gross-out contest of sorts with Sixx at a Lakeland, Florida hotel swimming ...
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Slash has told BelfastLive in a new interview that work on a new GUNS N' ROSES album could commence at the end of this year. Asked if the band has started writing together yet, the guitarist, who has been busy playing shows with his solo band, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS, ...
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Californian death metal pioneers POSSESSED originally split in 1987, leaving behind a short but highly influential legacy, most notably their 1985 "Seven Churches" debut, widely considered to be the first-ever death metal album. Internal tensions after the release of 1987's "The Eyes Of Horror" EP led to the band's dissolution, with guitarist Larry Lalonde joining ...
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On March 27, POISON singer Bret Michaels joined Senator Richard Roth at a hearing at California State Capitol on a bill meant to improve education in California schools about type 1 diabetes. The bill, which will shed more light on this disease by requiring school districts to work with schools serving K-12 students to identify ...
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ASKING ALEXANDRIA frontman Danny Worsnop will release a new solo album, "Shades Of Blue", on May 10 via Sumerian Records. The official music video for the latest single from the disc, "Best Bad Habit", can be seen below. A soulful horn section kicks off the track whilst Danny's signature power-rasp soars over a whiskey-soaked blues ...
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Geezer Butler sent his longtime friend and BLACK SABBATH bandmate Ozzy Osbourne a get-well gift following the news that the singer had canceled all of his tour dates for 2019. "I had just gotten back from hiking through the desert in Utah when I saw the news that Ozzy had cancelled a whole year of ...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and JOURNEY member Jonathan Cain will release his fourth solo album in as many years, "More Like Jesus", on May 3 via Identity Records with The Fuel Music distribution. Last month, Cain released "More Like Jesus"'s title track as the first lyric video and single to digital retailers ...
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Steve Gonzalez, senior manager of brewing and innovation at Stone Brewing, recently spoke to the 107.7 The Bone radio station about METALLICA's beer brand, Enter Night. Check out the chat below. A collaboration with Stone Brewing on what has been described as "a hoppy pilsner played through a distortion pedal," the beer first appeared on ...
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Chad Kroeger of NICKELBACK was honored as the "Most-Performed Songwriter" at the 30th annual SOCAN Awards Monday night (April 1) at Toronto, Ontario, Canada's Sheraton Centre Hotel. The British Columbia resident was serenaded by country star Dallas Smith, who performed the Kroger-penned NICKELBACK smash "How You Remind Me" at the event. Asked by SOCAN how ...
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Unobstructed View and MVD Entertainment Group have set a May 28 release date for "Lords Of Chaos" on Blu-ray/DVD combo and DVD. It's a thrilling coming of age horror/drama, weaving together rock 'n' roll, youth, love, and death through an incredibly dark story. Renowned Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund ("Polar") brings his notorious visual aesthetic to ...
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PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, the project led by the former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT frontman, played a free show on April 1 at Frankie's Pizza in Sydney, Australia. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. Anselmo spoke to Australia's Heavy magazine about his decision to perform a number of PANTERA songs during the ...
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Brian May, guitarist and co-founder of QUEEN, will induct DEF LEPPARD into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at the 34th annual ceremony, which takes place tonight (March 29) at Brooklyn, New York's Barclays Center. "It was a no-brainer for us," singer Joe Elliott tells the New York Post of asking May ...
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LAST IN LINE bassist Phil Soussan has weighed in on the environmental Green New Deal, saying that "global temperature fluctuations are caused primarily by solar activity." The landmark proposal by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeks to address climate change and income inequality, but has often been subject of mocking by Republicans, who believe it to be ...
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Neal Schon has filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, claiming his wife was violently assaulted two years ago at a JOURNEY concert by a security guard hired by the company. The alleged incident occurred during the confetti drop following JOURNEY's March 14, 2017 performance of "Don't Stop Believing" at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in ...
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PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, the project led by the former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT frontman, played several PANTERA classics — including "Mouth For War", "Domination" and "Becoming" — during its March 21 concert in Canberra, Australia. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. Anselmo spoke to Australia's Heavy magazine about his decision to ...
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BEAST IN BLACK guitarist and main songwriter Anton Kabanen spoke to Spain's GoetiaMedia.com about the band's ill-fated fall 2017 European tour with W.A.S.P. that ended after only four shows. "I'm not gonna go into all the details, but [W.A.S.P. leader] Blackie Lawless, he has his reputation, and [he's] not the easiest touring partner," ...
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PAPA ROACH's official music video for the song "Elevate" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's tenth studio album, "Who Do You Trust?" , which was released in January. Guitarist Jerry Horton said: "The song 'Elevate' is about someone who's stuck in a depression and feels isolated and alone and is ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, the project led by the former PANTERA and current DOWN/SUPERJOINT frontman, performing the PANTERA classic "I'm Broken" on March 22 in Melbourne, Australia can be seen below. Joining THE ILLEGALS on backing vocals were Matt Young of KING PARROT and Toshihiko Takahashi of PALM. Anselmo ...
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Ex-KORN drummer David Silveria has defended his decision to countersue the band, explaining that he only wants what he is "rightfully owed." The 46-year-old musician, who left KORN in late 2006, publicly broke his silence after The Blast reported that he has filed a new lawsuit against the group, claiming his former bandmates ...
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According to The Blast, ex-KORN drummer David Silveria has countersued the group, claiming his former bandmates owe him almost a million dollars. The 46-year-old musician, who left KORN in late 2006, sued his former bandmates in February 2015, claiming that his exit from the group was merely a hiatus and that he was ...
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Tim "Ripper" Owens says that JUDAS PRIEST wouldn't be able to stop him from re-recording the albums he made with the band. The Ohio-based singer created two studio LPs with the British heavy metal legends — 1997's "Jugulator" and 2001's "Demolition" — before the group reunited with Rob Halford. Asked by "J-Bunny's Music Hub" podcast ...
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