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SULLY ERNA Says GODSMACK Will Take 2013 Off

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Do you feel like the "Avalon" box set is the best gateway into and overview of your world? Sully: Yeah, I'm really happy...

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RECKONER Joined By Former SOURVEIN Bassist

RECKONER, the Virginia Beach, Virginia-based psychedelic, noise-encrusted, and rhythmic doom act which features members of FJORD and THE END OF THE UNIVERSE, has announced the addition of former SOURVEIN and THE MISANTHROPE PROJECT bassist Ahmasi O'Daniel to the group's ranks. Commented O'Daniel: "I...

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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Says It's 'A Great Feeling' To Be In A Band With His Sons

Metal Crypt recently conducted an interview with former EXODUS and current HATRIOT singer Steve "Zetro" Souza. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Crypt: HATRIOT was not formed to reinvent the wheel, but to make that old wheel roll in a smoother and more ear-catching way with a tw...

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KORN, SLAYER, STAIND, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Members Talk PANTERA

On December 8, it will be eight years since PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was tragically taken from us. However, ARTISTDirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino decided to ask a myriad of artists about PANTERA's impact on them. So many of them cite "Vulgar Display Of Power", celebrating i...

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HUNTRESS Frontwoman: 'My Goal Is To Sound Sexless'

Metal Blast conducted an interview with singer Jill Janus of the Los Angeles-based occult-themed traditional metallers HUNTRESS before their November 26 concert in Amsterdam, Holland as the support act for DRAGONFORCE. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Metal Blast: The occult and witchcraft ar...

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Video: MACHINE HEAD Guitarist Performs UFO Classic With MICHAEL SCHENKER

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel joined Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO) on stage on October 4 at The Rodeo Club in San Jose, California to perform the UFO classic "Doctor Doctor". "I just wanted my Schenker tribute guitar signed, [but] he invited me up [to] jam and then signed it while shredding...

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TED NUGENT Slams BOB COSTAS' Gun-Control Commentary

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent has slammed Bob Costas over the sportscaster's "Sunday Night Football" halftime commentary supporting gun control. Addressing this past weekend's murder-suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend, Costas quoted from an article by Fox...

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JASON BONHAM On Why LED ZEPPELIN Reunion Tour Never Materialized (Video)

Jason Bonham stopped by the studio at 98.7 The Gater in West Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday (November 28) to talk with Andy Preston about the new LED ZEPPELIN CD/DVD "Celebration Day", which is in stores now. Jason talked in depth about the 2007 show at the O2 Arena, the "Celebration Day" project,...

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SUICIDE SILENCE: Official Video Footage Of MITCH LUCKER Memorial Show Announcement

The surviving members of SUICIDE SILENCE will play a special show on December 21 at the Fox theater in Pomona, California as a tribute to their late singer, Mitch Lucker, who died November 1, after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach on Halloween night. All proceeds from th...

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ARSIS On Lineup Changes, Upcoming Album

HardRockRVA recently conducted an interview with Noah Martin (bass) and Jim Malone (guitar, vocals) of Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters ARSIS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. HardRockRVA: What have you two been up to in the last year or so? Drummer Mike Van Dyne left...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: Political Rants Have A Place At MEGADETH Concerts

During MEGADETH's November 24 performance at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the band's frontman, Dave Mustaine, took the opportunity to bash a writer for The Columbus Dispatch whose review of MEGADETH's Columbus concert four days earlier featured the headline "Megadeth: Thrash m...

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ASKING ALEXANDRIA, PIERCE THE VEIL Members Remember SUICIDE SILENCE's MITCH LUCKER

Chris Epting of AOL's Noisecreeep spoke to ASKING ALEXANDRIA's Danny Worsnop and PIERCE THE VEIL's Vic Fuentes this past Saturday, November 24 at the sixth annual California Metalfest at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California about SUICIDE SILENCE's late singer, Mitch Lucker, who died N...

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SUICIDE SILENCE To Play Special Show To Raise Funds For MITCH LUCKER's Daughter

The surviving members of SUICIDE SILENCE will play a special show on December 21 at the Fox theater in Pomona, California as a tribute to their late singer, Mitch Lucker, who died November 1, after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle crash in Huntington Beach on Halloween night. All proceeds from th...

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TAINTED NATION Reworks LAMBRETTA Hit For Forthcoming Debut Album

U.K.-based modern hard rockers TAINTED NATION have reworked the song "Bimbo", originally written by Max Martin (BACKSTREET BOYS, BRITNEY SPEARS, KELLY CLARKSON, PINK),Alexander Kronlund and Per Aldeheim for the Swedish pop-rock band LAMBRETTA. The new version of the track, now re-titled "Loser", wi...

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SHAI HULUD Releases New Album Teaser

Pompano Beach, Florida-based hardcore/metal band SHAI HULUD will release its new album, "Reach Beyond The Sun", on February 19, 2013 (one day earlier internationall) via Metal Blade Records. New music and pre-orders will be available on December 10, but for now, fans can sample a portion of a new tr...