Search results for 'metal hammer awards'

News

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Will Probably Release New Studio Album In 2025

In a new interview with The Metal Podcast, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory was asked if he and his bandmates are working on the follow-up to their 2022 album "AfterLife". He responded: "We always have music in the vault. We're always working on something. Probably next year, we will...

Feature

MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Brings Climate Change Fight To Metal Scene With SAVAGE LANDS

By David E. Gehlke Environmental topics in metal are nothing new — ANNIHILATOR has "Stonewall", OBITUARY made a rare topical salvo with "Don't Care" and GOJIRA has been writing about saving the whales and the oceans for years. Penning metal songs about the challenges the earth faces against relentle...

Feature

PESTILENCE's PATRICK MAMELI Brushes Off Talk That He's A 'Dictator' And Shares How HATE ETERNAL 'Saved' His Life

By David E. Gehlke PESTILENCE founding and lone consistent member Patrick Mameli is aware that appreciation for his band hasn't come easy. After the influential (and excellent) one-two punch of 1989's "Consuming Impulse" and 1991's "Testimony Of The Ancients", PESTILENCE ventured off into space with...

News

MARTY FRIEDMAN To Release 'Dreaming Japanese' Autobiography In December

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release his autobiography, "Dreaming Japanese", on December 3 via Permuted Press. The 61-year-old musician, who has lived in Japan since 2003, announced the completion of the book in a social media post on Monday (May 13). He wrote: "After an exhaustive...

News

SLASH On Upcoming 'S.E.R.P.E.N.T.' Festival Tour: 'The Spirit Will Be There'

This summer, Slash will bring his brand-new "S.E.R.P.E.N.T." festival to cities across the U.S. throughout 2024. S.E.R.P.E.N.T. is an anagram and stands for Solidarity, Engagement, Restore, Peace, Equality N' Tolerance. The festival is a celebration of the blues, featuring an all-star line-up that w...

News

KERRY KING On Upcoming SLAYER Reunion Shows: 'I Thought This Might Be The Right Time To Test The Water'

Kerry King says that "it will be great to play for the fans again" as part of SLAYER's upcoming festival shows. Five years after SLAYER played the last concert of what was being billed as the band's farewell tour and just weeks after the SLAYER guitarist unveiled the details of his solo project, Ker...

News

WOLF HOFFMANN Responds To PETER BALTES's Comment That ACCEPT Albums 'Started To Sound The Same'

In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked about former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes's recent comment that ACCEPT's albums "started to sound the same towards the end" of his tenure with the band. I didn't like it anymore and felt like we were al...

News

RACHEL BOLAN Says 'Fans Are Losing Their Minds' Over SKID ROW's Upcoming Shows With LZZY HALE

Rachel Bolan says that "fans are losing their minds" over the fact that HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale will play a handful of concerts with SKID ROW in late May and early June. The 40-year-old singer, who has fronted her band HALESTORM for more than two and a half decades, will handle the vocal duties for SK...

News

METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD To Guest On APOCALYPTICA's Cover Of 'One'

Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA will release their cover of METALLICA's "One" on Friday, May 17. The track, which features guest appearances by METALLICA frontman James Hetfield and bassist Robert Trujillo, is taken from APOCALYPTICA's upcoming album, "Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2". Due on...

News

KERRY KING: 'I Lost 10 Pounds Not Even Trying'

In a new interview with Riff X's "Metal XS", SLAYER guitarist Kerry King, who relocated to New York City less than three years ago, spoke about how he is preparing for his upcoming tour with his solo band after not playing any shows since 2019. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):  "It's fu...

Review

From Hell I Rise

SLAYER called it a day five years ago. Kerry King made it clear that he wasn't hanging up his axe permanently, though, and his long-awaited solo release, "From Hell I Rise", is finally here. The thirteen songs on hand shouldn't surprise anyone. He was clear about the fact that his new music was goin...

News

JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'You've Gotta Let Young People Find Their Own Way In Life'

Back in the mid-1980s, the PMRC (Parents' Music Resource Center) published a list called "The Filthy Fifteen" which consisted of the top fifteen songs they wanted banned due to objectionable lyrics suggesting violence, sex, drugs, alcohol or the occult. They petitioned for lyrics to be printed on th...

News

RAMMSTEIN Launches Spring/Summer 2024 European Stadium Tour In Prague

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN launched their spring/summer 2024 European stadium tour with a two-night stand on May 11-12 at Letiště Praha Letňany in Prague, Czech Republic. Fan-filmed video of the second concert can be seen below (courtesy of the jederlacht YouTube channel). RAMMSTEIN'...

Feature

ALCEST's NEIGE Debates Why Heavy Music Needs To Sound 'Dark': 'The Ultimate Provocation Is To Make Metal Sound Uplifting'

By David E. Gehlke ALCEST's rise from relative mid-2000s obscurity to becoming arguably the second most popular French metal band behind GOJIRA has been one of plain old sticktoitiveness. Behind founder, primary songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Neige (real name: Stéphane Paut),ALCEST has skirted...

News

UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of ACCEPT's 'Balls To The Wall' On 2025 European Tour

German heavy metal act U.D.O. has just completed a European tour in support of its latest album, "Touchdown" (released in August 2023),which saw the band perform at a number of sold-out venues. The group is now preparing for this year's festival season as well as the North American leg of its ongoi...