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GOJIRA Frontman: 'We Wanted To Go For Something More Crushing, Direct And Simple'

Sonic Dice conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA at the Norwich stop of the band's recent U.K. tour. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow below. Sonic Dice: How did you go about writing the "The Way Of All Flesh"? Joseph: My...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Interviewed On X106.3 WAMX; Audio Available

Erik of the X106.3 WAMX radio station in Huntington, West Virginia recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. The 11-and-a-half-minute chat is available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADE...

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RAVEN Frontman Discusses New Album

Pat Prince of Powerline A.D. recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline A.D.: In your opinion, what makes this new album, "Walk Through Fire", different from the o...

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ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman Talks About Upcoming Re-Recordings Of Early Material

Queens Of Steel recently conducted an interview with vocalist Angela Gossow of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Queens Of Steel: You're currently recording your next album, what can you explain us about it? How is it going the recording pr...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED To Perform Free Acoustic Show In Augusta Today

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, will perform a FREE, all-ages acoustic set today (Wednesday, April 22) at Rock Bottom Music in Augusta, Georgia on the corner of Broad at 8th Street. The event will begin at 5:00 p.m. Duff will be autographing a Fender Duff McK...

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AUGUST BURNS RED To Release 'Constellations' In July

Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Christian metalcore quintet AUGUST BURNS RED will release its third full-length album, "Constellations", on July 14 via Solid State Records. After a month in the studio with lauded producer Jason Suecof (SEVENDUST, ALL THAT REMAINS, GOD FORBID, TRIVIUM),ABR emerged in...

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AC/DC Fans In Regina Looking To Point The Finger

Brendan Wagner of News Talk 980 reports that some rock fans are still fuming over the sale of tickets for AC/DC's August 24, 2009 concert at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A quick sellout this past weekend combined with online logjams and greedy ticket scalpers left many people out...

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HEAVEN & HELL's GEEZER BUTLER Discusses 'The Devil You Know'

Justin Donnelly conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Geezer Butler (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH) on Friday, April 17. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the writing and recording process for HEAVEN & HELL's debut album, "The Devil You Know": "All togeth...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: 'Sick' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Sick", the new full-length album from VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, sold around 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 43 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) char...

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GAMA BOMB Interviewed In Milan; Video Available

Quick-witted Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB were interviewed by LongLiveRock on March 4, 2009 when they played the Rolling Stone club in Milan, Italy with OVERKILL and EXODUS. Watch the chat below. GAMA BOMB's debut album, "Citizen Brain", was released in June 2008 via Earache Records. A behind-the-scene...

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How MACHINE HEAD Nearly Fell Apart

U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine published a five-page cover story on MACHINE HEAD in the April 4, 2009 issue, exploring the conflict between the band's vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn and bassist Adam Duce that was revealed in Robb's recent online posting on the group's official web site. Read the text of Ia...

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EXODUS Guitarist Says Illegal Music Downloading Is Killing The Industry

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt is quick to acknowledge that the music industry is a changing place and the ground that the band is standing on these days is shaky, with the Internet's facilitation of illegal downloading sapping the album's potential for moneymaking. And while METALLICA takes much of the...

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BURIED INSIDE Announces First U.S. Dates In Support Of 'Spoils Of Failure'

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's BURIED INSIDE has announced a handful of shows in New York state for early May, the band's first Stateside run since the release of their brand new album, "Spoils Of Failure". BURIED INSIDE will be teamed up with A LIFE ONCE LOST and ROSETTA for this quick trek that will al...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED: Seattle Footage Posted Online

Video footage of VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, performing the song "Wasted Heart" on April 9, 2009 at the Crocodile in Seattle, Washington can be viewed below. DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED took part in an interview and live performance on the nationally syndicated...

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VENOM Drummer Quits

Drummer Antony "Antton" Lant has announced his departure from the pioneering British black metal band VENOM. "I have left for various reasons and would like to concentrate on my own band called DEF-CON-ONE," Antton — who is the brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant — tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET....