Fan-filmed video footage of W.A.S.P.'s September 30 performance at The Circus in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester made his live debut with W.A.S.P. at the opening show of the band's "Re-Idolized - The Crimson Idol 25th Anniversary World Tour" on September 25 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden. Aquiles said in ...
JUDAS PRIEST's long-awaited new album contains "good energy" and "some real classic moments," according to a producer who worked on the disc. The follow-up to 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" was helmed by the band's longtime collaborator Tom Allom, acclaimed British knob-twiddler Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, ACCEPT) and engineer Mike Exeter (BLACK SABBATH). Sneap, who ...
LACUNA COIL was joined by EPICA singer Simone Simons for a performance of the Italian band's song "Heaven's A Lie" this past Friday, September 29 at the PlayStation Theater in New York City. Later in the night, LACUNA COIL frontwoman Cristina Scabbia came up during EPICA's set to sing the latter group's track "Storm The ...
Rob Botten of Metal Master Kingdom conducted an interview with frontman Mikael Stanne of Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY prior to the band's September 18 show at The Mod Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On DARK TRANQUILLITY having ...
Marilyn Manson "will be back in action soon" following an incident Saturday night when he was injured after a stage prop fell on him while he was playing in New York City. The accident happened about forty-five minutes into Manson's set at Hammerstein Ballroom as tried to climb the prop — consisting of two enormous ...
Swedish-based occult outfit GHOST wrapped the tour cycle for 2015's "Meliora" album and last year's "Popestar" EP with a concert Saturday night (September 30) in Gothenburg that ended dramatically with singer Papa Emeritus III getting forcibly removed from the stage by two men. A short time later, an elderly person wearing Papa-like attire of a ...
Former W.A.S.P. and current METAL CHURCH drummer Stet Howland has been diagnosed with Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), an aggressive type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that develops from the B-cells in the lymphatic system. Howland said: "In layman's terms, it's essentially a form of cancer in my blood. And while it is a very aggressive form ...
Steven Tyler has denied suffering a seizure during AEROSMITH's South American tour. Earlier this week, AEROSMITH canceled the last four shows of the trek due to what the band called Tyler's "unexpected medical issues." A Boston Globe report later suggested that the singer suffered a seizure after the band's show in Sao Paulo, Brazil Monday ...
Marilyn Manson was injured Saturday night when a stage prop fell on him while he was playing in New York City. The incident happened about forty-five minutes into Manson's set at Hammerstein Ballroom as he was performing a cover of EURYTHMICS' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" . Manson made his way toward the back ...
