Search results for 'chris holmes'

News

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's SYNYSTER GATES: Why I Love Surfing

AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates recently spoke to U.K.'s NME about his his lifelong passion for surfing. Check out the clip below. AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "The Stage", came out less than two months ago. The group made the album available at midnight on October 27 with almost no...

News

DRESS THE DEAD Feat. Former THE HAUNTED Singer, Ex-FORBIDDEN Guitarist: '1969' Song Released

"1969", the first song from DRESS THE DEAD, the new band featuring former THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving alongside ex-FORBIDDEN guitarist Craig Locicero, can be streamed below. The track was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California and was produced by MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn...

News

PEARL JAM, JOURNEY, YES, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

PEARL JAM, JOURNEY, YES and ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA are among the 2017 inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Also being inducted at next April's ceremony will be folk legend Joan Baez and the late hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. CHIC's Nile Rodgers will be given the Award For Musical Excellence...

News

JERRY CANTRELL, SEBASTIAN BACH Perform With ROYAL MACHINES In Hollywood (Video)

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach are among the musicians who joined ROYAL MACHINES on stage Friday night (December 16) at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California to perform classic songs from THIN LIZZY, ALICE IN CHAINS, JANE'S ADDICTION and GUNS N' R...

News

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Drummer CHAD SMITH Holds Masterclass At ACM London

On Wednesday, December 7, the Academy Of Contemporary Music (ACM) was pleased to welcome long-standing patron of their Guildford campus Chad Smith through the doors of ACM London for the very first time. Using a rare day off from the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS U.K. tour, Chad came down to ACM London for...

News

Ex-AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Says He Has Been In Contact With BRIAN JOHNSON

Ex-AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd says that he has been in contact with the band's lead singer, Brian Johnson. Rudd was sentenced to eight months of home detention by a New Zealand court in 2015 after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill and drug possession. The charge of threatening to kill w...

News

RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY's New Solo Song 'Want Too Much' Available For Streaming

Frontiers Music Srl has set a January 27, 2017 release date for Stephen Pearcy's fourth solo album, "Smash". Pearcy, best known as the original vocalist and founding member of the platinum rock band RATT, has been working hard to complete his highly anticipated new album, while at the same time keep...

News

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Bassist Plays Down New Album's Lower Sales: 'It's All About The Endgame, Not Where It Begins'

Finland's Kaaos TV recently conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked if the surprise release of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "The Stage", was always planned or if it was something that was decided shortl...

News

PHIL RUDD Would 'Dearly Love' To Play With AC/DC Again

Ex-AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd hasn't ruled out a return to his former band, saying that he would "dearly love" to play with Angus Young again. Rudd was sentenced to eight months of home detention by a New Zealand court in 2015 after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill and drug possession....

News

KONKHRA Signs With HAMMERHEART RECORDS

Hammerheart Records has joined forces with Danish metal legends KONKHRA for catalogue reissues and a new album in 2017. Through the years, KONKHRA developed from a great old-school death metal band to a frontrunner of the more extreme death 'n' roll scene. Most people will remember KONKHRA for the 1...

News

METALLICA, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX, SLIPKNOT Among Winners At 'Revolver Music Awards' (Video)

The Epiphone Revolver Music Awards was held last night (Tuesday, December 13) at Webster Hall in New York City. The event was livestreamed by Twitch.TV and hosted by metal legend and MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine alongside SiriusXM's Jose Mangin. This year's show featured performances by MEGADETH,...

News

QUEENSRŸCHE Has 'A Bunch Of Different Ideas' For Upcoming Album

The Metal Authority conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton before the band's November 30 concert at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for QUEENSRŸCHE's follow-up to 2015's "Con...

News

BYZANTINE Completes Work On 'The Cicada Tree' Album

West Virginian groove metal outfit BYZANTINE has finished recording its sixth full-length album, and Metal Blade Records debut, "The Cicada Tree". Due in the spring, the disc was recorded at 7over8 Studios in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with producer and engineer Jay Hannon. BYZANTINE's Chris Ojeda...

News

LAST IN LINE To Record Second Album In 2017

Vivian Campbell has confirmed that there are plans for his band LAST IN LINE to record a second album to follow this year's "Heavy Crown". Cambell, along with drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain, was part of the original DIO lineup, which reunited in 2012 alongside singer Andrew Freeman to f...

News

SANCTUARY To Release 'Refuge Denied' Prequel 'Inception' In February

Century Media Records has set February 24, 2017 as the release date of "Inception", the official prequel to 1988's classic debut "Refuge Denied" from the legendary U.S. metal act SANCTUARY. "Inception" contains presumed lost 1986 studio recordings, which guitarist Lenny Rutledge discovered recently...