IRON MAIDEN guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith spoke to U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine about the making of the band's new album, "The Book Of Souls", which is due globally on September 4 through Parlophone Records (Sanctuary Copyrights/BMG in the U.S.). "On previous albums we've usually gone into a rehearsal room for maybe ...
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"Speed Of Light", the new single from British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN, will make its online debut tomorrow (Friday, August 14) at 8:00 a.m. British Standard Time (BST), 3:00 a.m. EST and 12:00 a.m. PST. The track is taken from the band's new album, "The Book Of Souls", which is due globally on September ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the tenth studio album from British rockers PRAYING MANTIS, titled "Legacy", on August 21. The "Legacy" song "Tokyo" can be streamed below. The early reactions to the new songs have been outstanding and there is a real buzz beginning to emerge that this could arguably be the best album that ...
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IRON MAIDEN guitarists Adrian Smith and Janick Gers spoke to The Quietus about the band's forthcoming double album, "The Book Of Souls", which will be released globally on September 4 through Parlophone Records (Sanctuary Copyrights/BMG in the U.S.A.). Regarding the songwriting process for the new CD, Smith said: "We didn't actually rehearse anything ...
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LYNCH MOB, the band led by former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, will release its eighth studio CD, "Rebel", on August 21 via Frontiers Music Srl. The effort was produced by Lynch collaborator Chris "the Wizard" Collier. The LYNCH MOB lineup on "Rebel" is comprised of Lynch, Oni Logan on vocals, Jeff Pilson (ex-DOKKEN, FOREIGNER, DIO) ...
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Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice conducted an interview with VENOM INC., the new band featuring original VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray (drums) alongside ex-VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, at this weekend's Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. ...
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Are you attending Heavy Montreal 2015 or want to follow the action from your part of the globe? Check out our real-time social feed below or you may contribute via Twitter, Instagram or YouTube using the hashtag #heavymontreal2015 or #blabbermouthnet. This feed will be curated and updated regularly when the festival kicks off on August ...
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Trooper beer and iHeartRadio will present an intimate playback party for the new IRON MAIDEN album, "The Book Of Souls", on Thursday, September 3 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Rock N Roll Ribs, the barbecue restaurant owned by IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and close friend Mitch ...
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET is proud to be an official partner of this year's edition of the Heavy Montreal festival, which will be held this weekend, August 7-9, at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Forest Stage will be powered by BLABBERMOUTH.NET and feature more than a dozen artists, including BEYOND CREATION, CATTLE DECAPITATION, SANDVEISS, MONEEN, THE ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE will release its new album, "Condition Hüman", on October 2 via Century Media. The CD was recorded in part at at Uberbeatz Studio in Washington with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with ROB ZOMBIE, HATEBREED, SOULFLY and SHADOWS FALL. Pre-Orders are available now at PledgeMusic.com. "Condition Hüman" track listing: ...
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IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and former OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson joined the heavy metal tribute act MADE OF METAL on stage this past Friday, July 31 at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to perform the MAIDEN classic "Two Minutes To Midnight" at a concert hosted by VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". Fan-filmed ...
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A 30-second preview of a new IRON MAIDEN song from the band's forthcoming album, "The Book Of Souls", is available in the YouTube clip below. In a recent interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris was asked if singer Bruce Dickinson's cancer diagnosis at the end of 2014 affected the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE performing a brand new song, "Arrow Of Time", on July 27 at Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg, Germany can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Condition Hüman", which will be released on October 2 via Century Media. The CD was recorded in part at at Uberbeatz ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the tenth studio album from British rockers PRAYING MANTIS, titled "Legacy", on August 21. The "Legacy" song "All I See" can be streamed below. The early reactions to the new songs have been outstanding and there is a real buzz beginning to emerge that this could arguably be the best ...
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LYNCH MOB, the band led by former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, will release its eighth studio CD, "Rebel", on August 21 via Frontiers Music Srl. The effort was produced by Lynch collaborator Chris "the Wizard" Collier. The LYNCH MOB lineup on "Rebel" is comprised of Lynch, Oni Logan on vocals, Jeff Pilson (ex-DOKKEN, FOREIGNER, DIO) ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE will release its new album, "Condition Hüman", on October 2 via Century Media. The CD was recorded in part at at Uberbeatz Studio in Washington with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, who has previously worked with ROB ZOMBIE, HATEBREED, SOULFLY and SHADOWS FALL. Pre-Orders are available now at PledgeMusic.com. The "Condition Hüman" opening ...
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A new QUEENSRŸCHE song titled "Arrow Of Time" can be previewed in the YouTube clip below. The track, which was first made available to those fans who took part in the band's PledgeMusic campaign for QUEENSRŸCHE's new album, can be streamed in its entirety at SoundCloud.com. The new QUEENSRŸCHE CD is tentatively due ...
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IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain was interviewed yesterday (Wednesday, July 15) in the studios of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida. You can watch the chat below. Speaking about IRON MAIDEN's forthcoming album, the 92-minute "The Book Of Souls", Nicko said: "It's an absolutely stunning piece of work. As everybody ...
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Ted Nugent and Kid Rock have joined forces to record a song in support of the Confederate flag. The track, titled "Kiss My Rebel Ass", will reportedly be available as an instant download from both musicians' web sites on July 17. All proceeds from the song will be donated to the American Freedom Party. Nugent, ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's June 14 concert at The Academy in Dublin Ireland can be seen below. Speaking about the fact that CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's current European tour marks the first time he has performed full shows with the band for the first time since 2006, guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan told FreqsTV: "It's ...
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Frontiers Music Srl will release the tenth studio album from British rockers PRAYING MANTIS, titled "Legacy", on August 21. The official video for the "Legacy" song "Fight For Your Honour" can be seen below. The early reactions to the new songs have been outstanding and there is a real buzz beginning to emerge that this ...
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LYNCH MOB, the band led by former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch, will release its eighth studio CD, "Rebel", on August 21 via Frontiers Music Srl. The effort was produced by Lynch collaborator Chris "the Wizard" Collier. The LYNCH MOB lineup on "Rebel" is comprised of Lynch, Oni Logan on vocals, Jeff Pilson (ex-DOKKEN, FOREIGNER, DIO) ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's July 4 performance at the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark can be seen below. Speaking about the fact that CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's current European tour marks the first time he has performed full shows with the band for the first time since 2006, guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan told FreqsTV: ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN were awarded the prestigious O2 Silver Clef by Nordoff Robbins last night (Friday, July 3) in London in recognition of "outstanding contribution to U.K. music." Previous winners include THE ROLLING STONES, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, PINK FLOYD, GENESIS and QUEEN; last year's Silver Clef winner was Jimmy Page. The ...
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IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson has told the BBC he is on the mend after his treatment for tumors on his tongue. The 56-year-old told entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson although his head had been "cooked pretty effectively", he was feeling ready to celebrate and expects to be singing again soon. He was speaking ...
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In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris was asked if singer Bruce Dickinson's cancer diagnosis at the end of 2014 affected the recording of the band's new album, "The Book Of Souls". "Well, it didn't at all, because Bruce didn't know and none of us knew ...
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All IRON MAIDEN fans are being invited to share their "Maiden Moment." By submitting a short video explaining their favourite IRON MAIDEN memory, they are in with a chance of winning some one-off, exclusive, never-to-be-seen-again MAIDEN prizes. The competition has been launched to celebrate IRON MAIDEN winning the O2 Silver Clef Award at the 40th ...
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Former PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo spoke to RollingStone.com about his decision to take another stab at SUPERJOINT RITUAL after saying for years that he would never play with the band again. "When we were putting together the Housecore Horror And Film Fest Part II, my co-founder Corey Mitchell — may he rest in ...
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Ready to embark on their first U.S. headlining tour this August, Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have recruited Nick Cordle (pictured; SANCTUARY, ex-ARCH ENEMY, ex-ARSIS) as the fill-in guitarist for the trek. Due to his very busy work schedule, Ville Friman is not able to join the band on this run of dates, but fans ...
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Former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo's SUPERJOINT RITUAL project — now known simply as SUPERJOINT for legal reasons — played its first-ever European show at this year's Hellfest on June 21 in Clisson, France. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com). SUPERJOINT will embark ...
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