South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE have written six songs so far for the follow-up to 2015's "What Should Not Be Unearthed" album. The upcoming effort, which is tentatively due in 2019, will mark NILE's first release with new guitarist/vocalist Brian Kingsland, who replaced Dallas Toler-Wade last year. Speaking to Metal Mad TV at ...
Posted in: News
A new PROPHETS OF RAGE song titled "Heart Afire" has just been released via Spotify and can be streamed below. The track comes just a few days after PROPHETS OF RAGE bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk revealed in an interview with Finland's Kaaos TV that the band has already finished its second album. ...
Posted in: News
PROPHETS OF RAGE bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk were interviewed by Kaaos TV before the band's June 30 show at Provinssi in Seinäjoki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. In addition to Commerford, Wilk and guitarist Tom Morello, all of whom previously played together in RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ...
Posted in: News
In a brand new interview with Metal Wani, SYMPHONY X guitarist Michael Romeo was asked if there are any plans for the band to regroup next month to begin work on material for the follow-up to 2015's "Underworld" album. "Yeah, I mean at some point," he said. "I just finished up [my solo album 'War ...
Posted in: News
Tony Iommi says that he agrees with his BLACK SABBATH bandmate Ozzy Osbourne that the band should play the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England — the city where the group formed in 1968. "I think that it would be a great thing to do to help represent Birmingham," the guitarist told Birmingham ...
Posted in: News
Ozzy Osbourne says that he would like BLACK SABBATH to play the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England — the city where the band formed in 1968. Asked by ITV News if he would consider playing the opening ceremony of the Games after his farewell world tour ends, Ozzy replied (see video below): "Yeah, that ...
Posted in: News
Brad Copeland of Rock 100.5 The KATT's "Rick & Brad Morning Show" conducted an interview with singer Jeff Gutt and drummer Eric Kretz of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS at this past weekend's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there is any song from the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS catalogue ...
Posted in: News
TESLA's Frank Hannon has released the official music video for his cover of HEART's "Sing Child", taken from the second installment of his solo cover series, "From One Place… To Another Vol. 2". As with "Vol. 1", the album features a number of special guests, this time including Roger Fisher of HEART, Graham Whitford (son ...
Posted in: News
TESLA's Frank Hannon has released the official music video for his cover of BLACKBERRY SMOKE's "Sunrise In Texas", taken from his recent album "From One Place… To Another Vol. 1". The album features special guest appearances by Paul Jackson (BLACKBERRY SMOKE), Duane Betts (son of Dickey Betts of the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND), Matthew and Gunnar ...
Posted in: News
According to The Pulse Of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE drummer Brad Wilk revealed in an interview on the "Let There Be Talk" podcast that he auditioned for PEARL JAM in 1991 before the band's debut album "Ten" was released. Wilk recalled: "They go to England to mix 'Ten', which Tim ...
Posted in: News
TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon will release the second instalment of his solo cover series, "From One Place… To Another Vol. 2", on Friday, May 18. As with "Vol. 1", the album features a number of special guests, this time including Roger Fisher of HEART, Graham Whitford (son of AEROSMITH's Brad Whitford), Duane Betts (son of ...
Posted in: News
Blackened metallers SKELETONWITCH will release their first full-length album in five years, "Devouring Radiant Light", on July 20 via Prosthetic Records. The first single from the disc, "Fen Of Shadows", can be streamed below. Guitarist Scott Hedrick describes "Fen Of Shadows" as "SKELETONWITCH 2.0... The song travels further down the rabbit hole with more elaborate ...
Posted in: News
Joe Perry — legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of AEROSMITH — played the last of three shows in support of his recently released "Sweetzerland Manifesto" solo album on April 20 at Borgata Music Box in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Billed as "Joe Perry And Friends", the concert saw Joe joined by his ...
Posted in: News
Joe Perry says AEROSMITH will hit the road to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The guitarist told Atlantic City Weekly that he and his bandmates may play additional one-off shows following their previously confirmed appearance at the New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival on May 5. Asked about AEROSMITH's touring plans, Joe said: "I ...
Posted in: News
RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer says that he still hopes he can reunite with other members of the band's classic lineup, more than two years after he announced he was launching his own version of the group. Starting in late 2015, Blotzer spent about a year and a half playing shows under the name RATT with ...
Posted in: News
With more than 30 million albums sold, 18 million digital single sales, billions of streams and 12 iconic hits combined, 3 DOORS DOWN and COLLECTIVE SOUL are inviting fans aboard "The Rock & Roll Express Tour" this summer with special guest SOUL ASYLUM on select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the amphitheater outing will kick ...
Posted in: News
According to Billboard, LINKIN PARK's charitable Music For Relief organization will become the official crisis relief program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. "My bandmates and I founded Music For Relief in the spirit of collaboration; recognizing that we could do more in partnership with others," LINKIN PARK's Brad Delson told Billboard in a ...
Posted in: News
THREE DAYS GRACE played a short acoustic set on Tuesday, March 13 at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey. Video footage of the performance can be seen below. The Canadian band is promoting its new album, "Outsider", which was released on March 9 via RCA. "Outsider" is the sixth full-length album from the band, and ...
Posted in: News
Season Of Mist has announced the signing of BLACK TUSK. The heavy-duty trio from Savannah, Georgia has entered the Garage Savannah to record its forthcoming sixth studio album; jointly produced with Aphelion. Mixing will lie in the hands of engineer and long-time collaborator Chris "Scary" Adams while Brad Boatright has been chosen for the mastering. ...
Posted in: News
Joe Perry — legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of AEROSMITH — has just confirmed three shows in support of his recently released "Sweetzerland Manifesto" solo album. Billed as "Joe Perry And Friends", the confirmed shows are House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts on April 18, Hampton Beach Casino in Hampton Beach, New ...
Posted in: News
PROPHETS OF RAGE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, GODSMACK and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS are among the scheduled performers at the 2018 edition of the Montebello Rockfest, set to take place June 14-16 in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. Rockfest will celebrate its 13th anniversary with a back-to-roots edition featuring over 70 rock, metal, punk-rock, hardcore, and hip-hop acts. ...
Posted in: News
FU MANCHU is synonymous with stoner rock. The group is rightfully revered as one of the genre's most significant bands. Following its inception as a hardcore punk act, the band slid into a groove, literally and figuratively, and has continued onward with energetic hard rock that's as potent as the residue at the bottom of ...
Posted in: CD Reviews
Grammy nominees AVENGED SEVENFOLD have announced the "End Of The World Tour", a North American headlining run produced by Live Nation that kicks off July 22 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts and features PROPHETS OF RAGE plus THREE DAYS GRACE. This leg of the tour sees AVENGED SEVENFOLD once again partnering with CID ...
Posted in: News
The official lyric video for the song "Right Left Wrong" from THREE DAYS GRACE can be seen below. The track is taken from the Canadian band's new album, "Outsider", which will be released on March 9 via RCA. "Outsider" is the sixth full-length album from the band, and is the group's first since 2015's "Human". ...
Posted in: News
A recording of Chris Cornell performing Johnny Cash's "You Never Knew My Mind" can be streamed below. Also available is a video of Cornell discussing the track. "You Never Knew My Mind" will appear on "Johnny Cash: Forever Words", a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Cash's poetry, lyrics, and letters, previously collected in ...
Posted in: News
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello was recently interviewed on the "Wall Of Sound: Up Against The Wall" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the Audioboom widget below. Asked if last year's suicide of his onetime AUDIOSLAVE bandmate Chris Cornell has made him more aware ...
Posted in: News
THREE DAYS GRACE, the internationally acclaimed and multi-platinum-certified Canadian band with over a billion streams on Spotify, will release its new album, "Outsider", on March 9 via RCA. "Outsider" is the sixth full-length album from the band, and is the group's first since 2015's "Human". "Outsider" track listing: 01. Right Left Wrong 02. The Mountain ...
Posted in: News
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release "Johnny Cash: Forever Words" — a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Johnny Cash's unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters set to music by an astounding array of contemporary artists — on Friday, April 6. "Johnny Cash: Forever Words" will be available on CD, 2LP ...
Posted in: News
The song "Il Mostro Atomico" from Southern Californian hard rockers FU MANCHU can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is an 18-minute-8-second side-long epic featuring a special guest performance by Alex Lifeson, guitarist and songwriter of the legendary band RUSH. Heavier than anything FU MANCHU has ever done and broken into four ...
Posted in: News
Russell Allen has spoken out about the road accident he was involved in last July that resulted in the death of his ADRENALINE MOB and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA bandmate, bass player David Zablidowsky. The singer, who is also a member of SYMPHONY X, says that TSO's recent winter tour saw him feeling "more free" than ever ...
Posted in: News
