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ANATHEMA: New Video Interview Posted Online

Greek webzine Rockpages.gr recently conducted an interview with U.K.'s ANATHEMA. You can now watch the chat below. The text version of the interview is available at this location. ANATHEMA released its eighth studio album, "We're Here Because We're Here", in May via Kscope Records. "'We're Here Beca...

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GUS G.: I'm A Bigger BLACK SABBATH Fan Than OZZY OSBOURNE Fan

Guitar Player magazine recently conducted an interview with FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar Player: How big an influence was Ozzy's music on you? Gus: Very big. I'm a huge BLACK SABBATH fan. I'm a bigger SABBATH fan than Ozzy fan, to be...

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VOIVOD Confirmed For 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise

Canadian metal innovators VOIVOD have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will appear at the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGENT STEEL...

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EXODUS, RAZOR Members Interviewed On 'The Governor's Ball' (Audio)

Vocalist Rob Dukes of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS and guitarist Dave Carlo of Canadian metal veterans RAZOR were interviewed for the latest episode of "The Governor's Ball". You can now stream the program in two parts below. EXODUS' "Downfall" video was helmed by SchneppZone director Jon...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Drummer Interviewed By U.K.'s DEAD PRESS! (Audio)

Dead Press! conducted an interview with drummer Jon "Charn" Rice of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY on November 6, 2010 at Academy 2 in Manchester, England during the band's U.K. tour with WHITECHAPEL, ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY and TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED. You can now listen to the chat in...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND Signs Worldwide Deal With EONE MUSIC

Texas natives FAIR TO MIDLAND have signed a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band's new album will be produced by Joe Barresi (TOOL, QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE, COHEED AND CAMBRIA) and is is scheduled for a spring 2011 release. "I've been looking forward to working with these guys for quite sometime....

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KAMELOT Guitarist Is Hoping Time Off Will Be Enough For Singer To Recover From Burnout

A brand new interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT conducted by Metalpaths can be found at this location. It can also be streamed using the audio player below. KAMELOT was forced to cancel its previously announced North American tour after the band...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Shuts Down Fan Club, Cites FACEBOOK's Success As Reason

ICED EARTH founder Jon Schaffer today closed his band's fan club, the Minions of the Wicked, citing the success of Facebook as the reason. "When we launched Minions of the Wicked," Schaffer said, "the real power and usefulness of social-network sites like Facebook was unknown to us. Everyone knew ab...

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SYMPHONY X, MANOWAR, ROYAL HUNT Members Join Forces In AIR FORCE

AIR FORCE, the brand new band formed by guitarist Ango Tasso (MIKE VESCERA PROJECT),has made its four-song EP available for free download. The group's current lineup is completed by metal veterans Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ULI JON ROTH, ROYAL HUNT, RING OF FIRE, SEVEN THE HARDWAY) on vocals, Mi...

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ICED EARTH: Live Tracks From Forthcoming DVD Available For Free

U.S. power metallers ICED EARTH have just made available two free blistering live tracks from their forthcoming DVD, "Festivals Of The Wicked", to be released in early 2011. Click here to find out how to obtain them (free sign-up required). "Festivals Of The Wicked" features full-length concerts fro...

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KAMELOT: Video Interview With OLIVER PALOTAI

KAMELOT keyboardist Oliver Palotai and backing singer Elize Ryd (also of the Swedish band AMARANTHE) were interviewed by Romania's Metalhead webzine in August 2010. You can now watch the chat below. "Poetry For The Poisoned", the ninth studio album from KAMELOT, sold around 6,100 copies in the Unite...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Discusses SONS OF LIBERTY Project On 'Deadline Live' (Audio)

ICED EARTH/SONS OF LIBERTY mastermind Jon Schaffer was recently interviewed on "Deadline Live" with host Jack Blood. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. With several years of research and comprehensive information gathering, Jack "has a serious understanding of how the globa...

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SUFFOCATION: New Video Interview With FRANK MULLEN

"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with vocalist Frank Mullen of New York death metal veterans SUFFOCATION when the band played in Denver, Colorado on October 27, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. Relapse Records released SUFFOCATION's only official live record, "The Close Of A Chap...

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48 Hours With OZZY OSBOURNE

Two weeks before the launch of the first leg of his North American arena tour November 12 in Victoria, B.C, Ozzy Osbourne jumped aboard the "crazy plane" for a Halloween weekend that was, well, classic Ozzy. It all started Friday (October 29) in San Diego at the TedMed convention, where the recently...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Performs 'Crazy Train' At STEWART, COLBERT's Star-Studded Rally (Video)

Ozzy Osbourne performed his classic song "Crazy Train" at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Saturday (October 30) during Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear" as part of a duel with Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf Islam, singing "Peace T...