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BLOODBATH Featuring NICK HOLMES: 'Grand Morbid Funeral' Title Track Available For Streaming

Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH, which features in its ranks KATATONIA's Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström, as well as OPETH's Martin Axenrot, has recruited PARADISE LOST's Nick Holmes as its new lead singer. Holmes will make his BLOODBATH debut on the band's new album, "Grand Morbid Funeral"...
October 31, 2014
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BLACK SABBATH Guitarist TONY IOMMI Composes New Music For 'CSI' TV Series

Legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has issued the following update: "People have been asking what exactly I'm doing at the moment. Well, I'm getting back in the studio, having tried to make myself rest after the tours. I'm writing, mostly just putting ideas down rather than complete songs....
October 29, 2014
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD To Begin Writing New Album By Next Summer

AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows says that the band "should" begin working on material for a new studio by next summer for a tentative 2016 release. AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "Hail To The King", was certified gold in July by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for shipmen...
October 26, 2014
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OZZY OSBOURNE Says BLACK SABBATH Will 'Disband' After Next Studio Album, Tour

Ozzy Osbourne says that BLACK SABBATH will "disband" after completing the next album and touring cycle, leaving him to focus entirely on his solo career. The singer released a solo retrospective called "Memoirs Of A Madman" earlier this month. The collection features 17 of Ozzy's greatest hit single...
October 24, 2014
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FAITH NO MORE: Photos From The Studio

FAITH NO MORE, who reunited in 2009 for a series of sold-out performances and international festivals, is currently recording their first full-length album since 1997's "Album Of The Year". Several photos from the studio can be seen below. A limited-edition (5000 copies) seven-inch single of the son...
October 23, 2014
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OZZY OSBOURNE Hopes BILL WARD Can 'Get His Stuff Together' Before Next BLACK SABBATH Album, Tour

In a brand new interview with Esquire.com, Ozzy Osbourne confirmed that BLACK SABBATH will record a new studio album in 2015 and head out on one final tour. He said: "I'm not one of these guys to do my solo stuff one night and BLACK SABBATH the next. I can't do that, you ...
October 23, 2014
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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO: 'We're A Dangerous Band'

In a brand new interview with The Weeklings, FOZZY singer Chris Jericho spoke about the band's evolution from a covers act to playing some of the biggest music festivals on the planet. "I always compare FOZZY to PANTERA," Jericho said. "What I mean by that is that if you look at PANTERA, their ...
October 23, 2014
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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Says He 'Never Talked' To BILL KELLIHER, BJÖRN GELOTTE About Possible Collaboration

OPETH vocalist/guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt has shot down rumors of a possible side project with MASTODON guitarist/vocalist Bill Kelliher and IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte, explaining that he has "never talked" to the other two guys about it. Kelliher recently said that he was hopeful that the co...
October 22, 2014
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ALLEN / LANDE: 'Down From The Mountain' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Down From The Mountain" from Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Russell Allen's (SYMPHONY X, ADRENALINE MOB) fourth ALLEN / LANDE collaborative album, "The Great Divide", can be seen below. The CD was released on October 17 in Europe and will be made...
October 20, 2014
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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD Pays Tribute To METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: He 'Is an Exceptional Drummer'

On this weekend's edition of his radio show "Rock 50", legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward paid tribute to METALLICA's Lars Ulrich. He said: "Lars is an exceptional drummer. He's spiritually sound. I really like that. "A lot of the paths that Lars has passed through I've travelled myself. And...
October 19, 2014
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EXODUS Singer Says 'Big Four' Of Thrash Metal Is Really 'The Big One And The Other Three'

In a brand new interview with the Argentinian radio station Rock & Pop 95.9 FM, vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS was asked why his band rarely gets mentioned alongside the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER...
October 18, 2014
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BLACK SABBATH's Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS Praises OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Charisma'

BLACK SABBATH's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos, who also plays in Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, pays tribute to rock's Prince Of Darkness in a new video teaser for "Memoirs Of A Madman", the singer's solo career retrospective that was released on October 7. Says Clufetos in the clip, which can be se...
October 17, 2014
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CARCASS' JEFF WALKER: 'We Seem To Have Somehow Attracted A New Generation Of Younger' Fans

Daniel P. Carter of Scuzz TV conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker and guitarist Bill Steer of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingd...
October 16, 2014
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MORBID ANGEL, Ex-DIVINE HERESY Members Join Forces In WESTFIELD MASSACRE

Former DIVINE HERESY members Tommy Vext and Tim Yeung have reunited in WESTFIELD MASSACRE, a brand new band also featuring guitarists Bill Hudson and Rick Di Marco. Former IN THIS MOMENT and SCAR THE MARTYR bassist Kyle Konkiel helped out during the pre-production process for WESTFIELD MASSACRE's de...
October 14, 2014
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CARCASS: 'The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills' Music Video Released

"The Granulating Dark Satanic Mills", the new video from British extreme metal icons CARCASS, can be seen below. CARCASS will issue a collection of previously unreleased and hard-to-find tracks this November. Titled "Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel", all the songs on the EP were recorded during t...
October 13, 2014