Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: How did [the new HALFORD album] "Made Of Metal" come together? Halford: "Made Of Metal" came together quite quickly, really, because, as you know, PRIEST is having a bit ...
METALLICA played an abbreviated set earlier tonight (Thursday, November 4) in Hangar Eight at Santa Monica Airport, California. The band performed at a party to promote the release of the new video game "Call Of Duty: Black Ops". The band said in a statement, "Our friends over at Activision, the fine folks who bring you ...
I Like Music recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. I Like Music: Tell us about the narrative behind [the new CRADLE OF FILTH album] "Darkly Darkly Venus Aversa". Dani: We've done a home-spun gothic ...
Former SWASHBUCKLE drummer Michael Soganic (a.k.a. Captain Crashride) has started a four-piece female-fronted thrash band called NON-STOP. According to a press release, the group "involves hot chicks, parties, face moshes, drinking, parties, orgasms." NON-STOP is: Debbie - Vocals Axel - Guitars Will - Bass Mike - Drums Four songs from NON-STOP are available for streaming ...
AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate about the 20th-anniversary reissue of the band's "Empire" album. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Noisecreep: Is it hard to believe that 20 years have passed since you released "Empire"? Tate: It's strange. Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday, ...
Video footage of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE performing the song "Those Whom The Gods Detest" at Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland on November 2, 2010 can be viewed below. "Those Whom The Gods Detest", the latest album from NILE, sold 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to ...
Fan-filmed video footage of MISERY INDEX's performance at the first show of the band's European tour with GRAVE, ARSIS, THE LAST FELONY and THE ROTTED — which kicked off on November 1, 2010 at Kade in Zaandam, Netherlands — can be viewed below. "Heirs To Thievery", the new album from MISERY INDEX, sold around 1,000 ...
METALLICA received the "Eventful Fans' Choice Award" at at the Billboard Touring Awards, which were handed out earlier tonight (Thusday, November 4) at a special reception at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York. RUSH was also honored with the "Legend Of Live" award during the ceremony, which concluded the Billboard Touring ...
The double-disc set "Dio At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987" — the first official release from Niji Entertainment Group, the label formed by the late Ronnie James Dio and his wife/manager Wendy Dio — was the focus of this past Wednesday's (November 3) edition of the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" with host Bob ...
