Search results for 'agent steel'

News

SAXON And ARMORED SAINT To Team Up For U.S. Shows

British heavy metal legends SAXON and veteran Los Angeles metallers ARMORED SAINT will team up for a few select shows in U.S. next spring. Confirmed shows are May 8 in New York City at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, May 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts at the Palladium and May 30 in West Hollywood a...

News

STEEL PANTHER's SATCHEL: 'I Think That People Shouldn't Analyze Our Lyrics Too Closely'

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist Satchel (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: It seemed like there was a point in the '90s where '80s metal was considere...

News

GEORGE LYNCH Says DON DOKKEN's Greed Caused Breakup Of DOKKEN's Classic Lineup

Stuart Bull of Guitar Interactive magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, KXM). You can now watch the chat in four parts below. Speaking about the breakup of the classic DOKKEN lineup in 1989, Lynch said: "Here's the things that happens in a...

News

GRAND MAGUS: 'Steel Versus Steel' Video Released

"Steel Versus Steel", the new video from Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh album, "Triumph And Power", which registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe: Germany: #21 Austria: #36 Switzerland: #59 UK: #129 These are the...

News

KREATOR's MILLE PETROZZA: BABYMETAL 'Will Not Hurt' Any 'Real' Metal Bands

The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to weigh in on the Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL, which has been described by some as the most polarizing thing to hit heavy m...

News

THE CROWN: New Rehearsal Footage Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated Swedish death/thrash metallers THE CROWN rehearsing on November 15 at N3 in Trollhättan, Sweden can be seen below. THE CROWN's new studio album, "Death Is Not Dead", will be released on January 12, 2015. The CD's cover artwork was created by Björn Gosses of Killustration...

News

OZZY OSBOURNE/FIREWIND Guitarist GUS G. Reveals Favorite Tattoo

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, recently answered "five random questions" for Shockwave magazine. You can watch the question-and-answer session below. A special expanded edition of "I...

News

JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Says Appearing On 'The Simpsons' Was 'The Biggest Thrill' Of His Life

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that appearing on the animated TV program "The Simpsons" was "the biggest thrill" of his life and has commended the show's producers for indirectly apologizing to the band after the episode mistakenly referred to PRIEST as "death metal." The cartoon's January 5,...

Review

Sacred Warpath EP

"And now listen to my unmistakable demand upon this world: turn back on your sacred warpath and find the path of peace before it's too late. Our music will help you!" So decreed by Tom Angelripper of SODOM. While some may seek to dissect and even scrutinize this statement as farce, those who have be...

News

CARCASS: 'Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel' EP First-Week Sales Revealed

"Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel", a collection of previously unreleased and hard-to-find tracks from British extreme metal icons CARCASS, sold around 1,840 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at position No. 27 on the Billboard Hard Rock chart. All the songs on the EP were re...

News

JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL: 'We Knew' ROB HALFORD Was Gay Before He Publicly Acknowledged It

In a brand new interview with the Denver Westword, JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill spoke about Rob Halford's decision to reveal more than 15 years ago that the singer was homosexual. During a 1998 interview with MTV, Halford addressed the subject of his sexuality publicly for the first time, telling t...

News

PHILIP ANSELMO Is Co-Producing New AUTHOR & PUNISHER Album

AUTHOR & PUNISHER, the San Diego-based one-man doom outfit that uses machinery to create music, is in the studio recording its Housecore Records debut for an 2015 release. The as-yet-untitled CD is being tracked at Nodferatu's Lair in North Shore, Louisiana with Housecore founder Philip H. Ansel...

News

CARCASS Frontman JEFF WALKER: 'The Term 'Music Business,' To Me, Is An Oxymoron'

Neuweltmusic conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS on September 20 at The Academy in Dublin, Ireland. You can now watch the chat below. Asked to name his "least favorite part of the music business," Walker responded: "People who use the te...

News

SAINT VITUS Singer WINO Is 'Engaged In Treatment' For Dependency That Has Become Detrimental To His Health

Vocalist Scott "Wino" Weinrich of doom metal legends SAINT VITUS has apologized to his bandmates for his recent arrest in Norway for possession of illegal substances (said to be eleven grams of methamphetamine) and has vowed to seek out treatment for "a dependency that has become detrimental to [his...

News

GUS G.: Playing With OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Such A Mindblowing Experience'

BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcr...