Jeff Ulmer, guitarist/vocalist for the acclaimed early '80s Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based metal band SACRED BLADE, died on March 22 after reportedly suffering a stroke. His sister, Jennifer Ulmer, wrote on Facebook: "You'll be missed terribly, brother Jeff. We'll keep your memory alive forever in our hearts, in those quiet moments. With friends it will ...
Monte Montana of the C101 radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas recently conducted an interview with SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. SEVENDUST's ninth studio album, "Black Out The Sun", is likely to sell between 30,000 and 35,000 copies in the United States in its ...
Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of GuitarWorld.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Tim Sult of Maryland rockers CLUTCH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarWorld.com: It's been four years since the last CLUTCH album, which represents the longest time between CLUTCH releases. Was there any special reason for the long break? ...
Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Fredrik Åkesson of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: The reaction to "Heritage" was very mixed. I quite enjoyed it, but I know a lot of people didn't. What are your own thoughts ...
Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with former PANTERA/DOWN and current KILL DEVIL HILL bassist Rex Brown. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Brown's memoir, "Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story Of Pantera", was released on March 12 via Da Capo Press. The 320-page book is described ...
Metal Life Magazine editor Terry Bunch conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mia Coldheart of the Swedish all-girl hard rock quartet CRUCIFIED BARBARA before their March 23 show at Shakedown Bar in San Diego, California with CRASHDÏET. You can now watch the chat below. CRUCIFIED BARBARA's third studio album, "The Midnight Chase", was released in May ...
On Janaury 25, Caleb Smith of "The Sick Room" radio in New Zealand conducted an interview with former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Martin was recently signed to a new music publishing deal by Alan Bambrough of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Limited. Martin said ...
An updated version of VH1's "Behind The Music" documentary on TWISTED SISTER, "Behind The Music Remastered: Twisted Sister", will premiere on VH1 Classic in the U.S. on Saturday, March 30 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The new version contains footage of the band's triumphant reunion for a New York 9/11 tribute rock concert, their successful X-rated ...
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH entered Hertz studio in Bialystok, Poland at the end of February to begin recording their next album for a late 2013 release via Nuclear Blast in Europe and Metal Blade in North America. A new video message from the studio can be seen below. Speaking to Metal Storm last December, BEHEMOTH ...
