Greek metal webzine Metal Hunter conducted an interview with with Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals) of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE on April 28, 2009 in Athens, Greece. Watch the chat in two parts below. PESTILENCE was forced to cancel its appearance at last weekend's Maryland Deathfest due to the band's detainment ...
Fan-filmed video footage of OBSCURA performing the songs "Anticosmic Overload" and "Choir of Spirits" on May 29, 2009 at the Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be viewed below (courtesy of Natasja Kooiman). "Cosmogenesis", the second full-length album from OBSCURA, sold around 900 copies in the United States in its first week of release, ...
Fan-filmed video footage of HEAVEN & HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar), Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — performing the songs "The Mob Rules" and "I" on May 30, 2009 at B1 Maximum in Moscow, Russia can be viewed below. HEAVEN & HELL will ...
Extreme metallers BRUJERIA — whose current touring lineup includes CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker (a.k.a. El Cynico) on bass, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH drummer Adrian Erdlandsson (a.k.a. El Podrido), and NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury (a.k.a. Hongo) on guitar — have scheduled the following dates: Jun. 02 - Underworld - Camden, UK Jun. 03 - Sala Heineken ...
The reunited German band GUANO APES played the second show of its comeback tour last night (Saturday, May 30) at Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. Video footage of the performance can be viewed below. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. You Can't Stop Me 02. Money & Milk 03. Quietly 04. Do It Again ...
Guitarist Anders Nyström of Sweden's KATATONIA has issued the following update: "We've been very busy lately writing and completing the material for our eighth studio album and we're proud to announce that KATATONIA will enter the studio this summer, starting in a studio in the south of Sweden with drums courtesy of Daniel [Liljekvist] on ...
According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, construction and permitting delays have pushed back the opening date of Seattle's Hard Rock Café into the fall. The new restaurant's rock 'n' roll collection will include items from Seattle musicians like JIMI HENDRIX, PEARL JAM, ALICE IN CHAINS, HEART and, of course, NIRVANA. Check out artist renditions ...
Paul Byrne of Herald.ie recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Herald.ie: For the reissues of 1983's "Pyromania" and 1992's "Adrenalize" was it a walk in the park, or did you tread carefully? Joe Elliott: It's not a case of treading ...
Mary Weiland, the estranged wife of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland, will publish her memoir, "Fall to Pieces", on October 27, 2009 via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. A description of the book reads as follows: "A visceral, rollercoaster ride inside bipolar disorder, rock 'n' roll, celebrity culture, and the competitive ...
