A four-minute video podcast in which SAXON guitarists Doug Scarratt and Paul Quinn teach you how to play the band's new song "Hammer Of The Gods" can be seen below. Packing an armory of steel-coated riffs and songwriting swagger, British hard rock legends SAXON will release their 19th studio album titled "Call To Arms" via ...
June 2011 - Blabbermouth Archive
SCAR SYMMETRY: 'The Unseen Empire' First-Week Sales Revealed
"The Unseen Empire", the new album from Swedish progressive melodic death metallers SCAR SYMMETRY, sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 11 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as ...
ROSE TATTOO Manager Dies Of Suspected Heart Attack
According to Undercover, ROSE TATTOO's manager Greg Clarke died in Sydney from a suspected heart attack. He had only just turned 50 in April. Greg has been tour manager and front-of-house engineer for ROSE TATTOO since January 2006. ROSE TATTOO guitarist Mick Cocks died in December 2009 from a short battle with liver ...
HELLISH CROSSFIRE Signs With NOISEART RECORDS
NoiseArt Records and Rock The Nation have announced the signing of German thrashers HELLISH CROSSFIRE. Commented the band: "HELLISH CROSSFIRE has finally decided join forces with Austrian label Noiseart Records and booking company Rock The Nation. At the moment the band is working on new songs for an upcoming third album in the rehearsal dungeon. ...
AMON AMARTH To Tour Europe With AS I LAY DYING
Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH will embark on six-week headlining tour of Europe in the fall. The tour kicks off October 12 in Stuttgart, Germany and ends 45 days later on November 26 in Prague, Czech Republic. Direct support on the tour will come from Metal Blade labelmates AS I LAY DYING. The dates are ...
OZZY OSBOURNE: 'I'm Very Blessed'
To mark 30 years since the release of some of Ozzy Osbourne's most famous solo material, 1980's "Blizzard Of Ozz" and 1981's "Diary Of A Madman", BBC's Tim Muffett was invited into Ozzy's home to find out more about the man and the music. Check out the report at this location. Osbourne's classic ...
METALLICA Is Most Influential Rock Band Of Last 30 Years
METALLICA has been voted the most influential rock group of the last 30 years by the readers of the British magazine Kerrang! METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich said: "it gives me a very warm and fuzzy feeling that Kerrang! magazine have voted METALLICA as the band that most changed their lives. "I remember the first issue ...
New GOJIRA EP To Feature Guest Appearances By LAMB OF GOD, IN FLAMES, SOULFLY Members
Guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of French extreme/progressive metallers GOJIRA recently spoke to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about the band's forthcoming four-song EP, the proceeds from which will benefit Sea Shepherd, an anti-whaling organization. The new issue of Metal Hammer, which hits the shelves today, comes packaged with a "Razor" CD that contains the new ...
IRON MAIDEN's 'A Matter Of Life And Death' Is Greatest Album Of Past Decade
The readers of Sweden Rock Magazine, the country's biggest-selling music magazine, have voted for the 50 greatest albums released in the past 10 years for the publication's 10-year-anniversary issue. The results show that Sweden is truly IRON MAIDEN country. Not only was "A Matter Of Life And Death" named the greatest album of the last ...
ALICE COOPER On Growing Up (Video)
Jian Ghomeshi of CBC's cultural affairs show "Q" recently conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. A six-minute clip of the conversation can be seen below. Due next year, Cooper's long-awaited new album, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare", features the original "Nightmare" tandem of Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner, with Vince Gill guesting on a ...