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GAMMA RAY's KAI HANSEN: 'XXX - Three Decades In Metal' Audio Samples

Kai Hansen, earMUSIC and Wacken Foundation are gearing up for the release of "XXX - Three Decades In Metal", the first solo album by Hansen, one of the most influential guitarists and singers to emerge from Germany during the first part of the '80s. Hansen first made his name with the ground-breakin...

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Watch LED ZEPPELIN's Animated Video For BBC Rendition Of 'What Is And What Should Never Be'

LED ZEPPELIN will release an expanded version of its 1997 "BBC Sessions" on September 16. The updated set, retitled "The Complete BBC Sessions", was produced by Jimmy Page and features eight previously unreleased tracks — including "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and the only recorded perfor...

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AC/DC Celebrates End Of 'Rock Or Bust' Tour With New York Steakhouse Party

According to the New York Daily News, AC/DC celebrated the end of its "Rock Or Bust" world tour with a party at a New York City steakhouse on Monday, September 12. The band and "roughly 100 guests" showed up at the Old Homestead Steakhouse for the celebration, which took place in advance of ...

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Listen To LED ZEPPELIN's Previously Unreleased 'Dazed And Confused' Performance

LED ZEPPELIN will release an expanded version of its 1997 "BBC Sessions" on September 16. The updated set, retitled "The Complete BBC Sessions", was produced by Jimmy Page and features eight previously unreleased tracks — including "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and the only recorded perfor...

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Video: Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Performs With CHOPHOUSE BAND In Napa, California

Fan-filmed video footage of former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and his CHOPHOUSE BAND (named after his four recording studio facilities around the U.S. and featuring a fluid roster of players) performing on September 10 at Silo's in Napa, California can be seen below. During an appearance on the...

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Video: LITA FORD Performs At Belgium's ALCATRAZ FESTIVAL

Fan-filmed video footage of Lita Ford's August 14 performance at the Alcatraz Festival in Kortrijk, Belgium can be seen below. Lita Ford released a new album, "Time Capsule", on April 15 via SPV/Steamhammer. The very special and unusual recording turns back the clock to a time when honest, down-to-e...

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Video: New Lineup Of BOBBY BLOTZER's RATT Performs In Akron

Fan-filmed video footage of Bobby Blotzer's RATT performing on September 4 at Goodyear Theater in Akron, Ohio can be seen below. Blotzer's RATT recently announced the addition of Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) and Stacey Blades (L.A. GUNS) on guitar and Brad Lang (Y&T) on b...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON: 'People Still Pay For Music, Only In Different Ways'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson has compared the oil market's worst slump in a generation to what happened to the music business fifteen years ago when it refused to adapt to the changes brought about by the Internet. The digital music revolution started with Napster — the file-sharing service dr...

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Watch AXL ROSE-Fronted AC/DC Perform In Columbus, Ohio

Fan-filmed video footage of AC/DC's September 4 performance at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio can be seen below. The rescheduled dates of AC/DC's North American tour — which are the band's first concerts here with GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose on lead vocals — kicked off on August 27 at the Gree...

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Audio Samples Of KORN Covering FAITH NO MORE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Covering SLIPKNOT

KORN, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, Devin Townsend, SABATON and KATATONIA are among the artists featured on "Decades Of Destruction", a compilation of covers which will be included with the 30th-anniversary issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine. Set to hit U.K. newsstands on September 13, "Decades Of Destructi...

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CARMINE And VINNY APPICE To Record Their Very First Studio Album Together

The Appice brothers, Carmine and Vinny, are two of rock's most legendary drummers. Individually, they have conquered the rock world for decades and now, for the first time, they are joining forces to record a studio album that will feature new songs as well as classic songs from their individual his...

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AC/DC: See All Equipment Used By ANGUS And STEVIE YOUNG On 'Rock Or Bust' Tour

Premier Guitar 's Chris Kies traveled south to hang with AC/DC techs Trace Foster and Greg Howard before the band's show at Atlanta's Phillips Arena. As you watch the video below, you'll slowly understand why both techs claim that this is both the easiest gig (because of the light load of equipment)...

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KORN Covers FAITH NO MORE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Covers SLIPKNOT On METAL HAMMER's 'Decades Of Destruction' CD

KORN, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, Devin Townsend, SABATON and KATATONIA are among the artists featured on "Decades Of Destruction", a compilation of covers which will be included with the 30th-anniversary issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine. Set to hit U.K. newsstands on September 13, "Decades Of Destructi...

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LED ZEPPELIN's JIMMY PAGE To Discuss 'The Complete BBC Sessions' On 'Later... With Jools Holland'

LED ZEPPELIN legend Jimmy Page will be interviewed on next week's edition of BBC's television show "Later... With Jools Holland". The guitarist will discuss the expanded version of ZEPPELIN's 1997 "BBC Sessions" set, which will be released on September 16. The updated set, retitled "The Complete BBC...

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UNLEASHED Frontman Predicts Death Of FACEBOOK: 'Five Years From Now, It'll Be Called Something Different'

An hour before UNLEASHED's headlining appearance at Kaltenbach Open Air festival in Spital am Semmering, Austria in August, Stormbringer took aside the band's frontman Johnny Hedlund to throw some words and phrases at him. You can watch the exchange below. Asked for his opinion of Facebook, Hedlund...