Former MUSHROOMHEAD guitarist and founding member John E. Sekula (a.k.a. JJ Righteous) passed away on Thursday, October 28 at the age of 41. Sekula played guitar on MUSHROOMHEAD's first three albums — 1995's "Mushroomhead", 1996's "Superbuick" and 1999's "M3". He was also a member of STATE OF CONVICTION, which is fronted by former MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist ...
Artisan News Service spoke with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and ANTHRAX axeman Scott Ian on October 21 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, California about the historic event that occured when METALLICA was joined onstage by members of all three bands during its June 22, 2010 Sonisphere concert in Sofia, ...
On October 6, Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM filmed a high-energy music video for the brand new song "Was It Worth It?" on location at central Pennsylvania's residential action sports compound Camp Woodward with director Dale Resteghini of Raging Nation Films (MUDVAYNE, HATEBREED, ANTHRAX, SHADOWS FALL). In the video, the band joined forces with two-time ...
Video footage of THE DAMNED THINGS — the new band featuring members of FALL OUT BOY (Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley), ANTHRAX (Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano) and EVERY TIME I DIE (Keith Buckley, Josh Newton) — performing on October 28, 2010 at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California can be viewed below. As previously reported, THE ...
Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with IN THIS MOMENT frontwoman Maria Brink at this past Friday night's (October 29) Dimebash 2010 event, which was held in honor of the late, great "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) at the world-famous Key Club on the Sunset Strip in West ...
Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY played their first-ever show in Poland on October 26, 2010 at Klub Stodola in Warsaw. A three-minute video clip featuring footage from the soundcheck, backstage and the concert itself can be viewed below. In a recent interview with Maximum Rock Mag, ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow stated about ...
Fan-filmed video footage of CIRCLE II CIRCLE's October 18, 2010 concert at Exit Chmelnice in Prague, Czech Republic can be found at this location. A couple of the clips are available below. CIRCLE II CIRCLE, the band led by former SAVATAGE frontman Zak Stevens, released its fifth album, entitled "Consequence Of Power", on ...
Rich Chamberlain of U.K.'s Rhythm magazine recently conducted an interview with former DREAM THEATER and current AVENGED SEVENFOLD touring drummer Mike Portnoy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rhythm: How have things with Avenged been going? Portnoy: They're great guys and a great band. There's a real great chemistry that ...
ANVIL's acclaimed documentary, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", will be screened at the Regent Theater in Westwood, California on Thursday, November 4 at 10 p.m. Following the movie, ANVIL members Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar), Robb Reiner (drums) and Glenn Five (bass), along with the film's director, Sacha Gervasi, will be on hand to answer ...
Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have released new artwork for their latest album, "Abrahadabra", in conjunction with the launch of the band's North American tour. The group's record label, Nuclear Blast, states in a press release, "Art-wise, it's a subtle change and will IN NO WAY alter the musical content of this album. Moving ...
