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THE ANSWER To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Irish rockers THE ANSWER will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, December 18 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at...

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CRASHDIET Pulls Out Of Finnish Mini-Tour With HARDCORE SUPERSTAR

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET has cancelled its previously announced Finnish tour dates as the support act for HARDCORE SUPERSTAR in order to focus on completing the recording sessions for its next studio album. Commented CRASHDIET in a statement: "We're truly sorry [about] this, but the making o...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman: 'We're Not Gonna Make You Wait Three Or Four Years For A Record'

Matthew Lambert of Impact magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dez Fafara of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Impact: Your newest album is called "Pray for Villains". What does this mean to you and could you expand up...

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DEVILDRIVER: BBC Session Available For Streaming

Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER recently recorded three songs — "Pray For Villains", "Another Night In London" and "Back With A Vengeance" — at the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, England for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" session which aired last night (Monday, Nov...

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Catching Up With DEVILDRIVER

Sami of the U.K. branch of Roadrunner Records conducted an interview with bassist John Miller and drummer John Boecklin of Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER when the band played in London, England on October 16, 2009. Watch the chat below. DEVILDRIVER recently recorded several songs at the leg...

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ALICE COOPER's Son Featured On This Year's 'A Taste Of Christmas Pudding' CD

In 2005, the first edition of "To The Left Of Christmas" local music compilation CD was released. It was started by SoundVision Recording Studio owner and producer Michael Beck as a way to promote some of the valleys local music. "I noticed, while acting as local music director for a valley rock rad...

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SNOT Is Back... As TONS

TONS — the new band featuring the remaining members of the reformed legendary Santa Barbara metal/punk rock hybrid SNOT (Mike Doling on guitar, John "Tumor" Fahnestock on bass and Jamie Miller on drums) alongside new vocalist Brandon — has posted the first two tracks on its MySpace page. Check out t...

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DEVILDRIVER: BBC Session To Air On Monday

Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER recently recorded several songs at the legendary BBC Maida Vale Studios in London, England for an exclusive BBC Radio 1 "Rock Show" session which will air next Monday night (November 23) as part of Daniel Carter's program. Vocalist Dez Fafara will also...

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ALICE IN CHAINS: 'Your Decision' Video Teaser Available

"Your Decision", the new video from ALICE IN CHAINS, will make its debut on December 1 via iTunes. The clip was directed by Stephen Schuster, who previously worked with ALICE IN CHAINS on the "A Looking In View" video, and it features an appearance by "Project Runway" season three model Amanda Field...

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CRASHDIET: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Swedish glam-rock band CRASHDIET entered the studio on Friday, November 13 with RamPac, the production and songwriting team formed by Johan Ramström and Patrik Magnusson, to begin recording its third album for an early 2010 release. Video footage from the studio can be viewed below. CRASHDIET recent...

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DEVILDRIVER, SUFFOCATION: First Dates Announced

Santa Barbara, California's DEVILDRIVER will embark on a five-week North American headlining tour in January. Direct support on the dates will come from New York extreme metal legends SUFFOCATION. Commented SUFFOCATION in a statement: "SUFFOCATION is very excited to be touring with DEVILDRIVER. We k...

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MASTER Announces South American Tour

Legendary old-school death metallers MASTER will embark on a five-week South American tour. Dubbed the "Masters Of Hate Tour", the trek will commence on January 14, 2010, with the final destination ending at the Otacílio Rock Festival in Santa Catarina, Brazil on February 21. Joining MASTER as tour...

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DEATH ANGEL: New West Coast Dates Announced

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans DEATH ANGEL have scheduled the following West Coast dates in December: Dec. 17 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk Dec. 18 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's Dec. 19 - Santa Rosa, CA - The Last Day Saloon DEATH ANGEL's longtime drummer and original member Andrew Galeon l...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Interviewed On 'The Jim Rome Show'; Audio Available

ALICE IN CHAINS members Jerry Cantrell (guitar) and Mike Inez (bass) were interviewed on "The Jim Rome Show" on October 16. The chat is now available for streaming in three parts below. "Project Runway" season three model Amanda Fields is featured in the new video from ALICE IN CHAINS, "Your Decisio...

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HAIL! Checks In From Lebanon

The all-star band HAIL! — comprised of bassist David Ellefson (MEGADETH, F5),guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) and newly announced sticksman Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS) — will be the first metal band to ever play live...