Search results for 'freedom call'

News

ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Says UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES Are 'Welcome' To Take Part In 50th-Anniversary Tour

In a new interview with Metal Journal, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked why he and his bandmates decided to announce that they will embark on a 50th-anniversary tour in late 2025 when they still have plenty of touring to do this year in support of their latest album, "Humanoid". He said (as...

News

OPETH To Release New 'Concept' Album, 'The Last Will And Testament', In October

According to several online retailers, including Amazon U.K. and France's FNAC, Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will release their new "concept" album, "The Last Will And Testament", on October 11 via Reigning Phoenix Music. Last month, OPETH leader Mikael Åkerfeldt told Greece's metal TV s...

News

VIVIAN CAMPBELL Says There Will Be A New Studio Album From DEF LEPPARD

In a new interview with Joe Rock of Long Island's rock station 102.3 WBAB, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell spoke about the band's latest single, "Just Like 73". The official lyric video for the track, which features a guest guitar solo from Tom Morello, can be seen below. Regarding the inspira...

News

OPETH Bassist MARTÍN MENDÉZ Says Band's New Album Is 'Still In The Process' Of Being Recorded

In a new interview with DifferentStagesRadio focusing primarily on his WHITE STONES side project, OPETH bassist Martín Mendéz spoke briefly about the status of the progressive metallers' long-awaited new studio album. Asked if the follow-up to 2019's "In Cauda Venenum" is "done", Martín said: "It's...

Feature

MATTHEW GREYWOLF Talks POWERWOLF's 'Once-In-A-Lifetime' Ascension To Become One Of Europe's Top Metal Bands

By David E. Gehlke Leave it to Europe and Scandinavia to produce the bands to take over when metal's legendary core of IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and METALLICA call it a day. Germany's POWERWOLF and Sweden's SABATON are legitimate arena and festival headliners across the pond, solving what is now a r...

News

What Does VITO BRATTA Think About MIKE TRAMP Reimagining WHITE LION Classics Without Him? The Singer Responds

In a new interview with The Rock N' Roll & Coffee Show, ex-WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp was asked what his former bandmate, guitarist Vito Bratta, thinks about Mike releasing two albums of reimagined WHITE LION songs with a lineup that includes guitarist Marcus Nand. Tramp said (as transcribed b...

News

UNDEATH Announces New Album, 'More Insane'

Rochester, New York's UNDEATH will release its third album, "More Insane", on October 4 via Prosthetic Records. The music video for the LP's lead single, "Brandish The Blade", which was directed and edited by Errick Easterday, can be seen below. UNDEATH comments: "'More Insane' is the biggest, badde...

News

See Multi-Camera Video Of NICKO MCBRAIN Performing 'Alexander The Great' With TITANIUM TART

BLANDINI videos by Eric Hutcheson has uploaded multi-camera video of IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain's TITANIUM TART project performing the MAIDEN classic "Alexander The Great" on July 13 at The Barn in Sanford, Florida. Check it out below. In a recent interview with 98.7 The Gater's Franny, McBra...

News

DEF LEPPARD Shares Video Recap Of Chicago And Detroit Stops Of Summer 2024 Stadium Tour With JOURNEY

Legendary rockers DEF LEPPARD have shared a recap video of the fourth and fifth shows from the band's summer 2024 stadium tour with JOURNEY: Chicago, Illinois (July 15) and Detroit, Michigan (July 18). Check it out below. DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY kicked off their co-headlining North American tour on...

News

Was GOJIRA's Performance At 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony 'Satanic'? 'It's None Of That', Says JOSEPH DUPLANTIER

Joseph Duplantier of French metallers GOJIRA has defended his band against accusations that they were "perpetuating satanism" with their performance at Friday night's (July 26) Olympic Games opening ceremony. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Rev...

News

MIKE KROEGER On Early Hate For NICKELBACK: 'It Was The Training Ground For Cyber Bullying'

During an appearance on "The Downbeat Podcast", the podcast hosted by STRAY FROM THE PATH drummer Craig Reynolds, NICKELBACK bassist Mike Kroeger spoke about why his band faced a huge backlash in the 2000s despite becoming a quintessential part of the music industry. Kroeger said (as transcribed by...

News

NEIL FALLON Says CLUTCH Will 'Hopefully' Begin Recording New Album In March 2025

In a new interview with Neil Jones of TotalRock, CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to the "Sunrise On Slaughter Beach" album, which was released in September 2022. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, we've been...

News

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN On SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET: 'It Started Off As A Passion Project'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian spoke to RIFF Magazine about his new band SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET, in which he is joined by vocalist Taylor Barber (LEFT TO SUFFER),WINDS OF PLAGUE guitarist Michael Montoya (a.k.a. Morgoth Beatz, a producer and songwriter who has previously collaborated wit...

News

AREJAY HALE Hopes To Release Next HALESTORM Album In 2025

During an appearance on the latest episode of The VORTX Podcast with host Ethan Jackson, HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale was asked when fans can expect to hear new music from the band. Arejay responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm hoping next year… We always say the same thing. It's, lik...

News

MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On OPETH's Next Studio Album: 'We've Been Working On Stuff'

In a new interview with Greece's metal TV show "TV War", OPETH leader Mikael Åkerfeldt was asked if he is "allowed" to speak about the band's rumored follow-up to 2019's "In Cauda Venenum" album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm allowed, but I won't. What I can say is that we...