Search results for 'ken mode'

News

ABORTED Announces New Lineup, Completes Work On New EP

Death metal butchers ABORTED have announced their new lineup, featuring Sven De Caluwé (also of SYSTEM DIVIDE) on vocals, Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK) on drums, Eran Segal (ex-THEY SWARM/WHORECORE) and Ken Sorceron (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS) on guitar and Cole Martinez (SYSTEM DIVIDE) on bass. This band has be...

News

JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING: New Video Blog Available

A new guitar-related video blog from JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing filmed a few weeks ago in Finland has been posted on his official YouTube channel. Check out K.K. introducing a classic instrument from the past below. JUDAS PRIEST's August 17, 2009 performance at the Hard Rock Live at the Sem...

News

MEGADETH's DROVER, BRODERICK To Take Part In Online Chat

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick will participate in an online chat on Friday, December 4 at the MegaFanClub at 6:00 p.m. CST. This is a fan-club-members-only chat. You must be a member of the MegaFanClub to participate. Click here to join. Drover recently falsely denied t...

News

DAN SWANÖ Issues Update On Current Projects

Swedish multi-instrumentalist/producer Dan Swanö (NIGHTINGALE, EDGE OF SANITY, BLOODBATH) has issued the following update: So what have I been up to lately? Apart from mixing and mastering for my beloved clients, I have taken up songwriting again!! Most of the ideas are tagged for the upcoming NIGHT...

News

ZAKK WYLDE: 'Drinking Beer And Playing Guitar, That's How I Became The Man I Am Today'

Christopher Toh of TodayOnline.com's Poparazzi has posted the second part of his interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE),conducted before and after the guitarist's solo performance and question-and-answer session on Tuesday (December 1) at Singapore's Changi Prison Complex. A...

News

ZAKK WYLDE: 'The Doctor Said That If I Continued Drinking, I Would Bleed Internally'

Christopher Toh of TodayOnline.com's Poparazzi conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) prior to the guitarist's solo performance and question-and-answer session yesterday (Tuesday, December 1) at Singapore's Changi Prison Complex. An excerpt from the chat follows...

News

CHEMIKILL, ATTAXE, FOOSE Added To AUBURN RECORDS' 25th Anniversary Concert

CHEMIKILL, ATTAXE, FOOSE (featuring SPUDMONSTERS frontman Don Foose) and SOULLESS have been added to the Auburn Records 25th Anniversary Concert, set to take place December 12, 2009 at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. Also scheduled to perform are DESTRUCTOR, BREAKER, SHOK PARIS, MANIMALS,...

News

MEGADETH's SHAWN DROVER: Second 'Endgame' Tour Blog Entry Available

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has posted the second of four tour blogs on the Sick Drummer Magazine web site from the band's current "Endgame" U.S. tour. The blogs will talk about life on the road for Shawn and the kinds of things he deals with. The second post covers week two of the ...

News

LIFE OF AGONY Performs Entire 'River Runs Red' Album In Sayreville

LIFE OF AGONY performed its acclaimed debut album, "River Runs Red", in its entirety this past Saturday (November 28) at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey in celebration of the band's 20-year anniversary. Video footage of the performance can be viewed below (courtesy of Tgod Television...

News

TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK: What Is A Virtuoso?

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has posted the following message on his official blog: "Last week's post has sparked some considerable debate [on BLABBERMOUTH.NET]. Mixed in among the many 'Beavis & Butthead'-like rants have been a few very well-thought-out opinions both in agreement and disag...

News

VOLBEAT Frontman 'Doing Fine' Following On-Stage Collapse

Singer/guitarist Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT is "doing fine" following his on-stage collapse last night (Sunday, November 29) during the band's performance at 013 in Tilburg, the Netherlands. In a statement posted on the group's official web site, Poulsen writes, "I'm on...

News

MANTIC RITUAL: First Footage Of New Frontman Posted Online

Video footage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based old-school metallers MANTIC RITUAL performing the song "Souls" with their new vocalist/guitarist Dave Watson on October 31, 2009 at the Smiling Moose in the band's hometown can be viewed below. The clip was shot by Jon Orner and Todd Kappelt. States MA...

News

Ex-MEGADETH Bassist ELLEFSON Discusses NORTHERN LIGHT ORCHESTRA Project

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current F5/HAIL! bassist David Ellefson. During this chat, Ellefson discussed his involvement in the new Christmas project NORTHERN LIGHT ORCHESTRA, among other topics. The interview is now available for streaming using the audi...

News

BRUCE KULICK's 'BK3' To Receive European Release Via FRONTIERS RECORDS

Former KISS/current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will release his new solo album, "BK3", in Europe on January 29 via Frontiers Records. The CD will be made available in North America on February 16 through Twenty 4 Records/Rocket Science Ventures. If you ever play Six Degrees of Bruce...

News

MACHINE HEAD Announces Irish, Additional U.K. Dates

Due to overwhelming demand, the following five dates have been added to MACHINE HEAD's "The Black Procession" tour, also featuring HATEBREED, BLEEDING THROUGH and ALL SHALL PERISH: Feb. 17 - U.K., Newport - Newport Centre Feb. 22 - U.K., Leeds - Leeds Academy Feb. 25 - U.K., Newcastle - Newcastle Ac...