Search results for 'jeff scott soto'

News

Did BLACK SABBATH Invent Heavy Metal? ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO Weighs In

During an appearance on the latest episode of "The Mistress Carrie Podcast", ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was asked if he would agree with the assertion that BLACK SABBATH singlehandedly and unintentionally invented heavy metal with the release of its 1970 self-titled debut album. He responded (as tr...

News

HALESTORM's LZZY HALE On Being Open With Her Fans: 'I've Never Really Wanted To Hide Behind Some Veil'

HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale joined Matt Pinfield for this week's episode of 95.5 KLOS's "New & Approved" show. Lzzy discussed the process of creating HALESTORM's recently released fifth album, "Back From The Dead", during the lockdown, including its difficulties. She told Matt how she wrote...

News

KAM LEE Admits It Was 'Bad Choice Of Wording' To Say CHUCK SCHULDINER 'Ripped Off POSSESSED'

Although DEATH is considered to be one of the most important and influential death metal acts of all time, the Florida-based band did not release its debut album, "Scream Bloody Gore", until 1987 — two years after the arrival of "Seven Churches" by California's POSSESSED, whose bassist/vocalist, Jef...

News

PARKWAY DRIVE Announces New Album 'Darker Still'

Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE have announced their seventh album, "Darker Still". The band's first full-length LP since 2018's "Reverence" will arrive on September 9 via Epitaph. PARKWAY DRIVE has also shared the masterfully cinematic video for "The Greatest Fear", which features the ba...

News

GEOFF TATE Is 'Feeling So Much Better Each Day' After Undergoing Heart Procedure

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate says that he is "feeling so much better each day" after recently undergoing an unspecified heart procedure. On Sunday (July 3),Tate took to his Facebook page to share a photo of him with Dr. Sami Kueri from the department of cardiovascular surgery at the Univers...

News

JEFF KEITH Explains Why TESLA Decided To Perform New Single 'Time To Rock' Live Before Song's Official Release

In a new interview with the "Metal From The Inside" podcast, TESLA vocalist Jeff Keith discussed the band's decision to debut its new single, "Time To Rock" during a live performance in early June — weeks before the song's official release. "We wanted to play it live for our hometown crowd," he expl...

News

Watch: GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage At BARCELONA ROCK FEST

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band's concert Saturday night (July 2) at the Barcelona Rock Fest at the Parc de Can Zam in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, just twenty minutes from the center of Barcelona, Spain. As he has done a number of other times over the cours...

News

NILE Parts Ways With Bassist/Vocalist BRAD PARRIS

South Carolina's Egyptian-themed death metal titans NILE have announced the departure of bassist/vocalist Brad Parris. On Friday (July 1), NILE released the following statement via social media: "It's time for us to share with our fans and the metal community that Brad Parris is leaving NILE th...

News

Watch: VENOM Performs At Italy's ROCK THE CASTLE Festival

Black metal pioneers VENOM performed at this year's Rock The Castle festival on Friday, June 24 in Villafranca di Verona, Italy. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. VENOM formed in 1979 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal...

News

MUSHROOMHEAD's STEVE 'SKINNY' FELTON Explains Band's Latest Lineup Changes

MUSHROOMHEAD mastermind and drummer/percussionist Steve "Skinny" Felton says that the band is 'stronger than ever" after undergoing its latest round of lineup changes. Vocalist Jason "J Mann" Popson and samplist Rick "St1tch" Thomas are both sitting out MUSHROOMHEAD's current tour, with VENTANA's Sc...

News

Watch: TOM KEIFER Performs CINDERELLA Classics In Houston, Texas

Fan-filmed video of Tom Keifer's June 25 performance at Backstage Live in Houston, Texas can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube channel Rocking H-Town Live). Keifer's story begins as the singer-songwriter, guitarist and front man of hard rock heavyweights CINDERELLA. His signature voice, guitar and...

News

DEMON HUNTER Shares New Song 'Silence The World' Featuring EVERGREY's TOM S. ENGLUND

DEMON HUNTER follows last month's "Freedom Is Dead" with a brand-new song, "Silence The World", featuring Tom S. Englund. Both tracks will appear on the band's 11th album, "Exile", due on September 9 via DEMON HUNTER's newly established label, Weapons MFG. "Mental health is all anyone wants to talk...

News

QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Says He Got Death Threats From 'Wackos' Who Objected To Him Fronting The Band

In a new interview with the "Metal From The Inside" podcast, current QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre spoke about the criticism he and his bandmates have faced in the decade since he stepped into the group as the replacement for original frontman Geoff Tate. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH...

News

Watch JEFF BECK And JOHNNY DEPP Perform In Copenhagen During Summer 2022 European Tour

Fan-filmed video of Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp performing on June 28 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark can be seen below. Beck and Depp will release a collaborative album, "18", on July 15. Beck found a kindred spirit in Depp when the two met in 2016. They bonded quickly over cars and guitars and...

News

Watch: GREAT WHITE Performs With New Singer ANDREW FREEMAN In Merrimack, New Hampshire

Fan-filmed video of GREAT WHITE's June 18 performance at Anheuser-Busch Brewery in Merrimack, New Hampshire can be seen below. Earlier in the month, LAST IN LINE singer Andrew Freeman, who recently joined GREAT WHITE as the replacement for Mitch Malloy, discussed his latest gig during an appearance...