The Daily Texan recently conducted a short interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. The brief question-and-answer session follows: Daily Texan: What inspired the reunion of [the classic lineup of] ANTHRAX? Scott Ian: "It was just the right time. Charlie [Benante] and I had a discussion about it and we just agreed that another ...
Matthew Hoffman of Hardrock Haven recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Hardrock Haven: About your MEGADETH creations … I was looking through the album credits today and I didn’t see your name anywhere. What's up with that? Chris: "Well, here's what ...
WET ANIMAL, the Illinois-based quartet featuring TROUBLE members Rick Wartell (guitar) and Jeff "Oly" Olson (drums), have lined up the following dates in November: Nov. 01 – Chicago, IL @ Delilah's Nov. 04 – Barrington, IL @ Penny Road Pub Nov. 05 – Chicago, IL @ Nitecap WET ANIMAL recently uploaded audio samples from their ...
ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS — the project featuring Burton C. Bell (FEAR FACTORY) and John Bechdel (KILLING JOKE, FALSE ICONS) — have lined up the following dates in October: Oct. 14 - Toronto, ONT - Bovine Sex Club Oct. 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Z Lounge Oct. 16 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt Oct. ...
Canadian death metallers BENEATH THE MASSACRE have been forced to drop out of their previously announced Canadian tour with NEURAXIS due an accident with their van. The guys are reportedly safe, but the vehicle has sustained a lot of damage. NEURAXIS will proceed with the dates as scheduled. A spokesperson for BENEATH THE MASSACRE has ...
NICKELBACK's track "Side of a Bullet", which features a previously unheard guitar solo from late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, has been posted online at VH1.com. "Side of a Bullet", which was written by NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger as a tribute to his fallen friend, comes off NICKELBACK's upcoming album, "All ...
Canadian death metallers CRYPTOPSY have recruited Christian Donaldson from MYTHOSIS to fill in on second guitar during the band's current North American tour with SUFFOCATION, ABORTED and DESPISED ICON. The group expect to tour Europe in February and Australia in April. In other news, CRYPTOPSY filmed a video for the track "The Pestilence That Walketh ...
Swedish power metallers NOCTURNAL RITES will embark on a tour of Sweden in November/December. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 17 - Gävle, SWE – Club Monster Nov. 18 - Eskilstuna, SWE – ICE Nov. 19 - Motala, SWE – Motala Metal Festival Nov. 25 - Huskvarna, SWE – Folkets Park Nov. 26 - Falun, ...
German metal goddess Doro Pesch (ex-WARLOCK) has just released her "Classic Diamonds" collection in the U.S. in CD/DVD formats via Locomotive Music. The CD features nine revamped Doro classics newly recorded by Doro with the help of THE METAL CLASSIC NIGHT ORCHESTRA, including such favorites as "I Rule The Ruins", "Metal Tango", "All We Are", ...
On September 18, San Diego metallers AS I LAY DYING teamed up with director Lex Halaby (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, MUDVAYNE) to film a video for the track "Through Struggle". Shot at the Morell Meats Lot, an abandoned meatlocker near downtown Los Angeles, the clip features a unique and vividly dark concept drawing inspiration from a very ...
