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AEROSMITH Guitarist: 'We've Always Pretty Much Stuck To What We Do'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: It has been 10 years since you released "Just Push Play". When you went into record "Music From Another Dimension!", did you t...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Drummer's European Tour Recap

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM were forced to cancel several shows earlier this month — including those in Oslo, Norway and Malmö, Sweden — after the band's guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho was rushed to the hospital with extreme stomach pain. After spending a week and a half receiving treatment...

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GORY BLISTER: Multi-Camera Footage From Italy's ROCKCULT Festival

Multi-camera video footage of GORY BLISTER's June 3 performance at the RockCult festival in Bari, Italy can be seen below. GORY BLISTER's new album, "Earth-Sick", was released on April 23 via Bakerteam Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Graveyard Of Angels" contains ten brand-new technical and brutal...

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BLOOD FOR BLOOD Parts Ways With Singer; Band's Future Uncertain

Reactivated Boston-based hardcore/punk band BLOOD FOR BLOOD has released the following statement: "A month or so ago we were made aware of serious allegations against [BLOOD FOR BLOOD vocalist] Erick 'Buddha' Medina. Upon becoming aware of said allegations, we immediately cancelled our Boston and Ne...

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DIO: 'The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2' Coming Soon

A new DIO compilation album, "The Very Beast Of Dio Vol. 2", will be released later in the year. The 17-song set will include three bonus tracks, two of which are new and have never been made available on a full DIO CD before. The cover artwork for the set was created by Marc Sasso, ...

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SHINING Frontman Says He Is Bipolar, Schizophrenic With A Split Personality

Pete Woods of Ave Noctum recently conducted an interview with vocalist Niklas Kvarforth of Swedish extreme metallers SHINING. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On interviews: Niklas: "I am going to do special interviews in the future maybe for, like, Bizarre and stuff like that but I have d...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist: 'I Don't Want Guns In The Hands Of People Not Responsible Enough To Own One'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian believes that steps should be taken to expand gun control so that firearms don't end up "in the hands of people not responsible enough to own one." Last week's Colorado theater shooting left 12 dead and dozens more wounded, with the shooting suspect, James Holmes, alleged...

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TESTAMENT Frontman: 'We're Not Going To Take Huge Gaps Between Records Anymore'

The Raffo Review recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Raffo Review: What can we expect from the new album ["Dark Roots Of Earth"]? Chuck: I would say it's got a little bit of ever...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer DAN NELSON Welcomes Baby Boy

New York-based heavy metal singer Dan Nelson (BLACKGATES, TRED, ANTHRAX) is the proud father of a baby boy, Benjamin Nelson. Nelson recently settled a lawsuit he filed against ANTHRAX over the fallout from his departure from the veteran metal group. Details of the settlement were not made public. Ne...

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BLODARV: 'I Blaek Og Blod' Video Released

Danish black metallers BLODARV have released a music video for a track that is due to appear on their upcoming fourth full-length album. The clip for "I Blaek Og Blod", which translated means "In Ink and Blood", was filmed in Hammerknuden and among the evocative ruins of Hammershus on the island of...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Says Being A Solo Artist Is 'Easier' Than Being In A Band

Rob Hanson of Leader-Telegram recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Leader-Telegram: After a decade working with SKID ROW, what's it been like in the past decade writing all your own stuff? Bach: It's easier ... b...

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HALFORD Guitarist 'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK: More 'This Is War' EP Details Revealed

HALFORD guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak will release a digital-only EP, "This Is War", next month. The offering named after the second single from Mike's upcoming solo album, "The Metalworker", will also feature additional tracks from the full-length CD. "This Is War" will be released on Tuesday, A...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY: Drum-Cam Footage From St. Louis

Drum-cam footage of Jon "Charn" Rice of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY performing the song "Children Of Deceit" on July 16 in St. Louis, Missouri can be seen below (courtesy of Sick Drummer Magazine). As previously reported, JOB FOR A COWBOY is currently readying for their month-long Sum...

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GWAR Frontman To Write RPG Adventure

Dave Brockie (a.k.a. Oderus Urungus) of GWAR will write and illustrate (with the help of fellow Slave Pit artist Matt Maguire) the tabletop RPG adventure "Towers Two" as part of a crowdfunding campaign for the "Lamentations Of The Flame Princess" weird fantasy role-playing game. The adventure will t...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'Without JON LORD There Would Be No DEEP PURPLE'

Former DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (pictured below) has released the following statement regarding the passing of former PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord: "Jon was not only a great musician, he was my favorite dinner companion. "We are all deeply saddened. We knew he was sick but...