Search results for 'god forbid'

News

DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Says FREDDIE MERCURY Was 'The Greatest Frontman That The World Has Ever Seen'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman recently spoke to U.K.'s Planet Rock about his singing technique, saying that he has always "tried to approach how I do what I do the same way that I feel that the great vocalists of all time would have approached it, whether it's [Rob] Halford or [Ronnie James] Dio....

News

DAVID ELLEFSON On Failed Reunion Of MEGADETH's 'Rust In Peace' Lineup: 'We Gave It Everything We Had To Try To Make It Work'

David Ellefson says that he and Dave Mustaine tried "everything" to make a reunion of MEGADETH's "Rust In Peace" lineup work. The opportunity for MEGADETH's most celebrated lineup to regroup arose following the departures of guitarist Chris Broderick and drummer Shawn Drover in 2014. Drummer Nick Me...

News

TAU CROSS Feat. VOIVOD, AMEBIX Members: 'Messengers Of Deception' Album Due In August

TAU CROSS, the multinational punk/heavy metal collective featuring AMEBIX bassist/frontman Rob "The Baron" Miller, VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, and members of cult crust outfits MISERY and WAR//PLAGUE, will release its third full-length, titled "Messengers Of Deception", on August 9 via Re...

Review

Tropical Sun

From Ozzy Osbourne's iconic cry, "Oh no, please god, help me!" onwards, heavy metal has always been primarily concerned with confronting horrors, both real and imagined. The genre's close, almost symbiotic relationship with horror literature and film hardly needs restating here, but there is a world...

News

BAD RELIGION Guitarist: 'It Seems A Lot Of People Listen With Their Eyes Rather Than Their Ears'

"Mike James Rock Show" conducted an interview with guitarist Brian Baker of acclaimed Los Angeles punk rock band BAD RELIGION prior to the band's performance at this year's Slam Dunk festival at Hatfield Park in Hatfield, England. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcrib...

News

Watch Pro-Shot Video Of TRIVIUM's Entire Performance At 'DreamHack' Convention

Professionally filmed video footage of TRIVIUM's entire June 1 performance at the DreamHack convention in Dallas, Texas can be seen below. TRIVIUM's latest album, "The Sin And The Sentence", was released in October 2017 via Roadrunner. The disc was recorded with producer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, GO...

News

SEBASTIAN BACH Issues Open Invitation To SKID ROW's Original Members To Join Him On Upcoming Tour

Sebastian Bach will celebrate the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's acclaimed, self-titled breakout debut album with a U.S. tour where he will perform the record in its entirety plus other songs from his celebrated catalog. The tour will kick off in Nashville, Tennessee on August 30 and will end in Pin...

News

Watch STRYPER Perform Cover Of FIREHOUSE's 'All She Wrote' In New Orleans

Fan-filmed video footage of STRYPER performing a cover version of the FIREHOUSE classic "All She Wrote" on June 5 at House Of Blues in New Orleans, Lousiana can be seen below. STRYPER's current lineup includes former FIREHOUSE bassist Perry Richardson. He joined the band in October 2017 as the repla...

News

Watch RUSH's GEDDY LEE Answer Questions At 'Big Beautiful Book Of Bass' Signing In Montreal

Geddy Lee took part in a question-and-answer session with Daniel Richler at a signing for the RUSH bassist/vocalist's "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass" Tuesday night (June 4) at the Rialto Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Check out a video of the discussion below (courtesy of The Metal Vo...

News

MUNICIPAL WASTE And NAPALM DEATH Announce U.S. Co-Headlining Tour; SICK OF IT ALL To Support

Richmond, Virginia's MUNICIPAL WASTE will team up with U.K. grindcore band NAPALM DEATH for a co-headlining U.S. tour. The 17-date trek will kick off in Dallas on October 3 and visit New York, Chicago and Denver before ending on October 23 in Los Angeles. Opening the night are New York hardcore lege...

News

SLAYER Joined By BEHEMOTH's NERGAL For 'Evil Has No Boundaries' Performance In Poland (Video)

BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski joined SLAYER on stage during the latter band's concert earlier today (Tuesday, June 4) at Arena Gliwice in Gliwice, Poland to sing the SLAYER classic "Evil Has No Boundaries". Video footage of the performance can be seen below. Nergal previously performed the...

News

Y&T Manager Says Rising Touring Costs Have Forced Band To Offer 'Sound Check Experience' At Select Shows

Iconic Bay Area rockers Y&T, whose frontman, Dave Meniketti, has previously said he was completely opposed to fans paying for meet-and-greets, are offering a so-called "Sound Check Experience" at some of their upcoming shows. Meniketti's wife Jill, who manages Y&T, took to her Facebook page earlier...

News

ROY MAYORGA On Playing With HELLYEAH After VINNIE PAUL's Death: 'It's Bittersweet'

STONE SOUR and HELLYEAH drummer Roy Mayorga was recently interviewed by Meltdown of Detroit's 101 WRIF radio station. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follows. On how he landed the HELLYEAH gig: "Basically, [STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray] had a co...

News

SONS OF APOLLO To Release 'Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony' In August

SONS OF APOLLO — the progressive metal supergroup featuring former DREAM THEATER bandmates Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, as well as guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, THE WINERY DOGS) and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (W.E.T., TALISMAN) — will release...

News

OVERKILL Frontman: 'We're Not Just Getting Lucky. We're Working Harder At What We Do Well'

Metal Mayhem ROC conducted an interview with frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash veterans OVERKILL prior to the band's May 9 concert at Anthology in Rochester, New York. You can listen to the entire chat via the Spreaker widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMO...