Bods Mayhem Hour recently conducted an interview with NONPOINT frontman Elias Soriano. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why NONPOINT took a short break after 2016's "The Poison Red": Elias: "Yeah. We really just wanted to take a little bit of time for ...
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Mike Muir has told Bad Feeling Magazine that having former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo playing for SUICIDAL TENDENCIES is an "absolutely amazing" experience. "It's funny, because years ago people were saying, 'You've always got these young guys playing,'" he said. "Brooks Wackerman was 14 when he started playing with INFECTIOUS [GROOVES], and he ...
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Sophie K of Scuzz TV recently conducted an interview with frontman Matt Tuck and drummer Jason Bowld of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's new album, "Gravity": Jason: "It's amazing, basically. [Laughs] It's got the most ...
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During a recent appearance on Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck spoke about the band's decision to add more electronic elements to its distinct signature sound on the group's latest full-length release, "Gravity". "Well, this is album number six," he said (hear audio below). "We've been around ...
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Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE drummer Shawn Drover prior to the band's July 15 concert at Petit Campus in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as the support act for ARMORED SAINT. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD has been forced to cancel its previously announced "End Of The World Tour" with PROPHETS OF RAGE. The trek — which was also slated to feature THREE DAYS GRACE — was scheduled to kick off July 22 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows explained in a statement: "There is no good ...
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The surviving members of LINKIN PARK have paid tribute to Chester Bennington on the first anniversary of his death. The LINKIN PARK frontman was found dead in his residence in Palos Verdes near Los Angeles. Although it as reported immediately that he had hanged himself, there were questions about possible drug abuse. It wasn't until ...
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NONPOINT will release its tenth album, "X", on August 24. The follow-up to 2016's "The Poison Red" was produced by Fred Archambault, who has previously worked with ATREYU and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, among others. A track from "X", titled "Fix This", can be streamed below. On "X", the quintet — Elias Soriano (vocals), Robb Rivera (drums), ...
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The music industry trade magazine Pollstar has unveiled its annual Mid-Year Worldwide Tours chart, which ranks the top 100 concert tours around the globe during the first six months of 2018 by gross ticket sales. While the chart is dominated by pop stars such as Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake, it ...
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Heavy New York recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE guitarist Chris Broderick. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he would consider ACT OF DEFIANCE's sophomore album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", to be a "new start" for the band: ...
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Backstage Axxess recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the more melodic and polished sound of GODSMACK's latest album, "When Legends Rise": Shannon: "Turning 50 — all of us are 50 now — is ...
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NONPOINT will release its tenth album, "X", on August 24. The follow-up to 2016's "The Poison Red" was produced by Fred Archambault, who has previously woked with ATREYU and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, among others. On "X", the quintet — Elias Soriano (vocals), Robb Rivera (drums), Rasheed Thomas (guitar), Adam Woloszyn (bass), and B.C. Kochmit (guitar) — ...
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The official lyric video for "Infra-Red", the new single from THREE DAYS GRACE, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's sixth studio effort, "Outsider", which was released in March THREE DAYS GRACE made chart history in March, earning the band's 13th No. 1 single on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ was recently interviewed by Southeast Wreck Metal. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how the group came to support METALLICA on the initial North American leg of the "WorldWired" tour: Johnny: "Before we finished 'The Stage', we were opening an ...
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The third in series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravity", the sixth studio album from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, can be seen below. The disc is being made available today (Friday, June 29). "Gravity" was issued through BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's new label home, Search And Destroy, the ...
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Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will participate in a question-and-answer session with fans on Twitter on Friday, June 29. A Facebook Live Q&A session is planned for next week. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's sixth studio album, "Gravity", will be made available on June 29. The disc will be issued through BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's ...
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In a brand new interview with Australia's Music Feeds, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck was asked if he thinks rock needs saving. "I don't think it needs saving," he responded. "I think it has just become very obvious for decades now that our world is our world. The mainstream media and ...
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California metallers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have commented on the passing of Vinnie Paul Abbott. The former PANTERA drummer reportedly died in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas on Friday, June 22. AVENGED SEVENFOLD wrote in a Facebook post: "[We] remember how excited [original AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer] 'The Rev' was when he first met you ...
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The first in series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Gravity", the sixth studio album from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, can be seen below. The disc will be made available on June 29. "Gravity" will be issued through BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's new label home, Search And Destroy, the ...
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NONPOINT will release its tenth album, "X", on August 24. The follow-up to 2016's "The Poison Red" was produced by Fred Archambault, who has previously woked with ATREYU and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, among others. Two songs from the effort, "Chaos And Earthquakes" and "Dodge Your Destiny", can be streamed below. "X" track listing: 01. Empty Batteries ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, LINKIN PARK singer Mike Shinoda revealed in a new interview with Rolling Stone that he had late bandmate Chester Bennington's voice in his in-ear monitors during some of the songs the surviving members of the group performed at its Bennington tribute concert last October. Shinoda explained: "I'm ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance spoke with Sophie K of Kerrang! Radio prior to the band's performance at this year's Download festival, which took place last weekend at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On co-headlining the Download festival: Zacky: "That's ...
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Jason Bowld told Altpress.com that he had been approached to join GHOST in 2016. Bowld would have played in the group as one of its masked, anonymous Nameless Ghoul. He recalled: "At the end of 2016, I got asked to join another band, which I didn’t want to ...
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck has told WhatCulture in a new interview that the lyrics for the band's upcoming album, "Gravity", are "very personal" and "all about" him. "The last two years of my life have been very up and down emotionally," he explained. "I've been through a break-up and I ...
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Kaaos TV conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates before the band's June 9 performance at Rockfest festival in Hyvinkää, Finland on June 9th, 2018. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On AVENGED SEVENFOLD's 2016 album, "The Stage": Synyster: "[I'm] very pleased ...
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Paul Anthony of Planet Rock conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ at this year's Download festival, which is taking place this weekend at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how the members of AVENGED SEVENFOLD know it's time to start working on material for a ...
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DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno has released a new solo song, "Brief Exchange". Inspired by DC Comics' graphic novel "Dark Days: Metal", the track is collaboration with producer Mike Elizondo, MARILYN MANSON collaborator Tyler Bates and ex-THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN drummer Gil Sharone. "Brief Exchange" marks the second in a series of tracks inspired by "Dark ...
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A massive music lineup led by NINE INCH NAILS, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK and DEFTONES has been announced for the fifth annual Louder Than Life as the festival expands to three days — Friday, September 28, Saturday, September 29, and Sunday, September 30 — at Champions Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Louder Than Life features a selection ...
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Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have released the official music video for their new single, "Letting You Go". The song is taken from the band's sixth studio album, "Gravity", which will be made available on June 29. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck says: "'Letting You Go' was a very challenging song to ...
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Prior to AVENGED SEVENFOLD's performance at the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, bassist Johnny Christ spoke with HardDrive Radio's Lou Brutus. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the decision to tour this summer with PROPHETS OF RAGE: Johnny: "I think it was ...
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