Search results for 'darkest hour'

News

DEEP PURPLE's 'Whoosh!' Enters U.K. Chart At No. 4

DEEP PURPLE's latest album, "Whoosh!", has entered the official U.K. chart at position No. 4. According to Billboard, it is the legendary rockers' 11th Top 10 effort and the band's highest-charting album since 1980's chart-topper "Deepest Purple". DEEP PURPLE's previous album, 2017's "Infinite", pea...

News

Watch METALLICA's Entire Performance At Last 'Big Four' Concert In Bronx, New York

METALLICA has posted another video as part of its new concert series, "#MetallicaMondays", where the band is streaming a complete live show for fans on the group's YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. The latest concert to be shared was recorded on September 14, 2011 at Yankee Stadium in Bron...

News

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says His Detractors Aren't Creative Enough With Their Insults: 'Nepotism' And 'Fat' Jokes Are Getting Old

Wolfgang Van Halen has denounced his detractors for not being "creative" enough with their insults. Earlier today, the VAN HALEN bassist tweeted, "Just vacuumed my living room and couch cushions like I'm some kind of adult or something", to which a Twitter user responded: "Who cares, your just a nep...

Review

Cactides

At a time when the outside world seems more menacing and hostile than ever before, "Cactides" is an album you can crawl into and hibernate from the insanity. Led by relentlessly ingenious guitarist Sally Gates, this avant-metal trio make music that defies the usual laws of melodic physics, slamming...

News

SCORPIONS Aren't Interested In Playing Drive-In Concerts: 'It Doesn't Have Any Atmosphere'

In a recent interview with "Pollstar Live! Digital Session", guitarist Matthias Jabs ruled out the possibility of SCORPIONS playing drive-in concerts in the future. "The SCORPIONS aren't [interested in playing] those — how do you call it? The car, movie-theater type of shows," he said (see video bel...

News

JOE BONAMASSA Announces One-Night-Only Pay-Per-View Concert Event

Joe Bonamassa will perform a special livestreamed pay-per-view concert from the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on September 20. This concert will feature the songs from his new album, "Royal Tea", before the official release on October 23. Joe has never performed a full, unreleas...

News

MASTODON, LAMB OF GOD And WEEZER Featured On 'Bill & Ted Face The Music: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'

MASTODON and LAMB OF GOD are among the artists who appear on the soundtrack of the upcoming third installment of the famed "Bill & Ted" film franchise. Both the soundtrack and the film are due out on August 28. "Bill & Ted Face The Music" reunites Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in the title ro...

News

ADAM DUTKIEWICZ On New TIMES OF GRACE Album: 'It's Definitely One Of The Darkest Things I've Ever Written'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz spoke to the Metal Blade Live Series about the status of the new album from TIMES OF GRACE, his collaborative project with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach. He said (see video below): "I am really excited about that project, just because it's such a di...

News

MACHINE HEAD Debuts New Lyric Video For Seething Single 'Bulletproof'

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have unveiled a seething new lyric video today for their song "Bulletproof", taken from their recently released two-song digital single "Civil Unrest". "Bulletproof" is a clear, defiant statement from vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn and band who don't minc...

News

HAMMERFALL to Release 'Live! Against The World' Album In October

Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL will release a new live album, "Live! Against The World", on October 23 via Napalm Records. With an absolutely impressive, grand live production, huge arenas and overwhelming pyro shows, HAMMERFALL took over the world in 2019/2020 with its "World Dominion" tour. Now, the...

News

TOOL Could 'Knock Out' New EP While In Quarantine, Says DANNY CAREY: 'We Don't Have A Record Deal Anymore'

On Sunday (August 9),TOOL drummer Danny Carey spoke to SKINNY PUPPY founding member cEvin Key (a.k.a. Kevin Crompton) about how he and his bandmates have been spending their coronavirus downtime. He said (see video below): "TOOL hasn't been jamming. We've been just kind on hiatus. Nothing's really...

News

DEEP PURPLE Members Discuss Making Of 'Whoosh!' Album (Video)

A 10-minute video in which legendary rockers DEEP PURPLE discuss the making of their new album, "Whoosh!", can be seen below. "Whoosh!" was released on August 7 via earMUSIC. The LP was once again helmed by Canadian producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER),who also worked on the band's l...

News

HEATHEN: Lyric Video For 'Empire Of The Blind' Title Track

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans HEATHEN will release their fourth studio album, "Empire Of the Blind", on September 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The lyric video for the second single, the title track, can be seen below. HEATHEN comments: "We are very proud to announce the second single...

News

LIFE OF AGONY Guitarist: 'The Value Of Music Has To Return Or Else There'll Be No Music Business'

In a new interview with Guitar World, LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joseph Zampella, a.k.a. Joey Z. spoke about the fact that album sales are continuing to fall as the music business inches closer to an access-over-ownership model. "Music has lost a lot of mystery now with YouTube and the Internet," he sa...

News

OBITUARY Is Working On 'Monster' New Album While In Quarantine

Drummer Donald Tardy of Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY spoke to Australia's Riff Crew about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. He said (hear audio below): "I'm basically staying away from everybody — even the band. The ban...