Guitar legend Neal Schon has joined forces with bassist Marco Mendoza (BLACK STAR RIDERS, TED NUGENT, WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) and drummer Deen Castronovo (JOURNEY, OZZY OSBOURNE, STEVE VAI, HARDLINE) to create a unique body of work with jazz and blues-inspired virtuosic hard rock playing, entitled "So U". The new album features Schon, Mendoza and Castronovo ...
April 2014 - Blabbermouth Archive
DEATHSTARS: 'All The Devil's Toys' Video Released
"All The Devil's Toys", the new video from the Swedish industrial rock band DEATHSTARS, can be seen below. The clip was produced by Staca Stanimir Lukic of Serbia's iCODE Team (SOILWORK, SIRENIA). The song is taken from the group's fourth studio album, "The Perfect Cult", which will be released on June 13 via Nuclear Blast. ...
THE OATH Calls It Quits
THE OATH, the band forged around the fizzing, feral chemistry between Swedish guitarist Linnéa Olsson and German vocalist Johanna Sadonis, has called it quits. In an e-mail sent out to THE OATH's Bandcamp fans earlier today, Linnéa wrote: "You're receiving this email because you at one point purchased music and/or merchandise from THE OATH's Bandcamp ...
SMASHING PUMPKINS: 'Monuments To An Elegy' Tentative Track Listing Revealed
Back in March, it was announced that SMASHING PUMPKINS had signed an Artist Services deal with BMG. Via Martha's Music/BMG, they will issue two new SMASHING PUMPKINS albums in 2015: "Monuments To An Elegy" and "Day For Night". The first single is expected to be released by year's end. The PUMPKINS' Billy Corgan says: "Thrilled ...
PRONG: 'Turnover' Lyric Video Released
The official lyric video for the new PRONG song "Turnover" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Ruining Lives", which was released through Steamhammer/SPV in Scandinavia on April 23, in Germany on April 25, in the rest of Europe on April 28 and will be made available in the ...
LACUNA COIL: 'I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name)' Video Released
"I Forgive (But I Won't Forget Your Name)", the new Sitcom Soldiers-directed video from Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest studio album, "Broken Crown Halo", which registered the following first-week chart positions: Italy: #13 USA: #27 Switzerland: #37 Germany: #40 UK: #45 Austria: #55 ...
Former ANTHRAX Axeman DAN SPITZ Puts Down His Electric Guitar And Reinvents Himself
Former ANTHRAX axeman Dan Spitz has put down his electric guitar and reinvented himself as an artist by learning the rare Weissenborn lap slide guitar played by few and mastered by only a handful. In quiet seclusion, and secrecy kept by many helping him achieve his goals behind the scenes, Spitz relentlessly unlearned old skills ...
SCORPIONS Drummer JAMES KOTTAK Jailed For Insulting Islam In Dubai Airport
According to The National, SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak will spend a month in a Dubai, United Arab Emirates jail after he was convicted on Tuesday morning of insulting Islam. The 51-year-old American musician had reportedly consumed five glasses of wine on an April 3 flight from Moscow to Dubai while travelling to Bahrain ...
BLACK SABBATH: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Entire Los Angeles Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of BLACK SABBATH's April 26 concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. War Pigs 02. Into The Void 03. Under The Sun / Every Day Comes And Goes 04. Snowblind 05. Age Of Reason 06. Black Sabbath 07. Behind ...
LINKIN PARK Brings Guests On Album For First Time
Aside from their 2004 EP "Collision Course", on which they collaborated with rapper Jay-Z, LINKIN PARK has never worked on studio recordings with other artists. According to The Pulse Of Radio, that's about to change on their new album, "The Hunting Party", which features guest appearances from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Tom Morello, HELMET's Page ...