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DORO, TESTAMENT, AFTER FOREVER, SYMPHONY X Members Take Part In 'Christmas Metal Symphony'

A number of high-quality photos of the "Christmas Metal Symphony" show, which was held last night (Sunday, December 28) at 013, Tilburg, Holland, can be found at Metal-Experience.com. Fan-filmed video footage from the gig is available below. The concert included appearances by such renowned hard roc...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER, ROBIN MCAULEY, WARREN DEMARTINI, FRANK HANNON Confirmed For 'Guitar Gods'

Michael Schenker (ex-UFO, SCORPIONS),Wayne Findlay (MSG),Robin MacAuley (ex-MSG, SURVIVOR),Brian Tichy (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, FOREIGNER, VELVET REVOLVER, BILLY IDOL),Robbie Crane (RATT),Warren DeMartini (RATT) and Frank Hannon (TESLA) will take part in the "Guitar Gods" event on Saturday, January 1...

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SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TANKARD To Perform At 'Chris Witchhunter Tribute Concert'

SODOM, DESTRUCTION, TANKARD and ASSASSIN are among the bands that will take part in the "Chris Witchhunter Tribute Concert" on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany. The event, which will honor late SODOM drummer Chris Dudek (a.k.a. Witchhunter),will feature performances...

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MEGADETH Mainman Comments On Former Co-Manager's Passing

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has commented on the passing of the band's former co-manager Bud Prager (pictured below). The president of E.S.P. Management, Inc., Prager co-managed MEGADETH from 1995 to 2001, helping the group to its first major commercial radio success and co-writing a number of so...

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Former MEGADETH Co-Manager Dies Of Esophageal Cancer

Bud Prager, president of E.S.P. Management, Inc. — who co-managed MEGADETH from 1995 to 2001, helping them to their first major commercial radio success and co-writing a number of songs — lost his year-plus long battle with esophageal cancer at his home in Montauk, N.Y. on December 22. Born in New Y...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT To Release Acoustic EP

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal will release an acoustic EP titled "Barefoot" on December 23. Bumblefoot's first collection of acoustic recordings, "Barefoot" sees the guitarist re-interpreting his own songs in a stripped-down bare form. It features versions of songs from various Bumbl...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT In Berlin: Performance Clips Available

Fan-filmed video forage of GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal performing the GN'R songs "Better" and "Don't Cry" on his new Gibson Dark Fire guitar during his December 15, 2008 appearance at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in Berlin, Germany can be viewed below. The guitarist recently inked a...

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METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Video Director Speaks

U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine spoke to Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober) who created the new METALLICA video, "All Nightmare Long". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Hammer: What was the band's first reaction? Roboshob: Very positive: emails from James [Hetfield] and Kirk [Hammett] were p...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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Former ACCEPT Bassist PETER BALTES: New Demo Track Posted Online

Former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes has uploaded a new solo instrumental track titled "Heavy Mental" on his MySpace page. Several older instrumental tracks are also available. Peter Baltes is available for session work either as a bassist or as a collaborator/producer through eSession.com. He says, "...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Interviewed In Paris; Video Available

GunsNRoses.us conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal on December 11, 2008 in Paris, France. Watch the chat in four parts below. Thal took part in several European in-store appearances this past week. The guitarist recently inked a deal with DEEP/BCD Music Group. Hi...

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SUFFOCATION: Video Interview With FRANK MULLEN Available

Vocalist Frank Mullen of the legendary New York extreme metal outfit SUFFOCATION was interviewed by Metal's Darkside in September during the band's Exhumed To Consume tour with CARCASS. Watch the chat at this location (Quicktime required). SUFFOCATION recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Hits 50

The Pulse of Radio reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turns 50 on Thursday (December 11),and probably no one is more surprised than Sixx himself that he made it. The California native was a major drug abuser during much of the band's first decade, and was once even declared dead for two minute...

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Former ATTACKER Singer, SYMPHONY X Bassist Release DEEP PURPLE Cover

Hard rock/heavy metal vocalist Bob Mitchell (ex-ATTACKER) has announced plans to release an album of remakes of classic-rock tracks from such artists as THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE and KROKUS, just to name a few. Joining Mitchell in the project is Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) along with guitarist Frank Oquendo...

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New CRYSTAL VIPER Album To Feature Members Of GRAVE DIGGER, STORMWARRIOR, X-WILD

The brand new studio album from the the Polish female-fronted heavy metal squad CRYSTAL VIPER, titled "Metal Nation", will be released on February 1 through Karthago Records (CD version) and High Roller Records (limited vinyl version). The CD was recorded at the brand new MP Studio in Poland with en...