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GARY HOLT Says SLAYER's 'Repentless' Is 'Brutally Crushing' With 'Some Pleasant Surprises'
Kristyn Clark of Pop Culture Madness conducted an interview with SLAYER and EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt at a recent stop on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On pulling double duty with SLAYER and EXOD...August 2, 2015
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TRIVIUM: 'Silence In The Snow' Album Details Revealed
Florida metallers TRIVIUM will release their new album, "Silence In The Snow", on October 2 via Roadrunner. The follow-up to 2013's "Vengeance Falls" was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette (SLASH, ALTER BRIDGE, THE AMITY AFFLICTION) and was mixed by Josh Wilbur (GOJIRA, LAMB OF GOD). The album is...July 31, 2015
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SAVATAGE Reunites For WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Performance; Video Available
Last night, at the Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) music festival in northern Germany, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO) and SAVATAGE wowed 80,000-plus attendees with a never-before-attempted music festival performance. Following a 40-minute SAVATAGE set and a 40-minute TSO set, TSO and SAVATAGE band members,...July 31, 2015
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CREMATORY Lands Two New Guitarists
After 17 years with German gothic metallers CREMATORY, guitarist Matze decided to leave the band in early 2015 to concentrate on his private life and to explore new musical horizons. He has since been replaced by two musicians: Tosse Basler, who has been in the music business for over 30 years and h...July 31, 2015
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SLAYER's KERRY KING: MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder 'Committed Business Suicide' With 'Gray, Bald And Fat' Comment
SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that he didn't take it personally when Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman criticized the metal scene for the lower-than-usual attendance at this year's edition of the travelling event. The tour is smaller this year, with fewer bands overall...July 30, 2015
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MARTY FRIEDMAN: 'The Best Thing About BABYMETAL Is The Fact That It's Very Polarizing'
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman Metalholic.com that he is a huge supporter of BABYMETAL, the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal. Takayoshi Ohmura, the guitarist in Friedman's own solo band, is als...July 30, 2015
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SATAN: New Song 'The Devil's Infantry' Available For Streaming
British heavy metal veterans SATAN will release their new studio album, "Atom By Atom", in October via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2013's "Life Sentence" was recorded at Newcastle's First Avenue Studios and was once again mixed and mastered by Dario Mollo in Italy. The cover artwork, which...July 28, 2015
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KERRY KING On Low Attendances For MAYHEM FESTIVAL: People Are 'Passing On The Party 'Cause The Bill's So Sh***y'
Unrated Magazine conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King at the July 12 stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Tinley Park, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what it was like writing SLA...July 28, 2015
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Singer Talks Next Studio Album, Surviving The Music Business For 30 Years (Video)
From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with vocalist Eric "A.K." Knutson of Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the music business has changed since the 1980s when FLOTSAM AND JETSAM...July 28, 2015
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GREAT WHITE Drummer AUDIE DESBROW To Marry Longtime Girlfriend Tomorrow
GREAT WHITE drummer Audie Desbrow will marry Dr. Darlene Conforti in a private ceremony on Tuesday, July 28. The longtime couple will continue to call Los Angeles home. "We wanted to share our wonderful news with the fans," Desbrow said. "It's been an amazing summer touring and this is just the pinn...July 27, 2015
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FATES WARNING: Deluxe Reissue Of 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray' To Be Made Available In October
A three-CD/DVD deluxe reissue of the critically acclaimed 1997 album "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray" from progressive metal legends FATES WARNING will be made available on October 2 via Metal Blade. "A Pleasant Shade Of Gray" is a single song that is divided into twelve tracks. The album is notable for i...July 27, 2015
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ROYAL HUNT: New Song 'Until The Day' Available For Streaming
Frontiers Music Srl will release the brand new studio album from ROYAL HUNT titled "Devil's Dozen" on August 21 in Europe and North America. The song "Until The Day", taken from "Devil's Dozen", can be streamed below. With keyboardist and songwriter André Andersen still at the helm, ROYAL HUNT have...July 27, 2015
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SLAYER's KERRY KING Slammed By JUNGLE ROT Frontman Over MAYHEM FESTIVAL Comments
Vocalist Dave Matrise of Wisconsin death metallers JUNGLE ROT has slammed Kerry King over the SLAYER guitarist's controversial comments about the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, saying that Kerry "could've waited until he was done after the tour to open his mouth." In a recent interview with...July 26, 2015
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Video: BATTLE BEAST Talks To ACCESS: ROCK At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
Anna Dave Bertram of Sweden's Access: Rock conducted an interview with Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST at this year's Sweden Rock Festival, which was held June 3-6 in Sölvesborg. You can now watch the chat below. BATTLE BEAST in February parted ways with lead guitarist and main songwriter Anton Kaban...July 26, 2015
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GLENN DANZIG On 'Skeletons' Covers EP: 'If I'm Going To Cover A Song, I'm Going To Give It A New Life'
Glenn Danzig recently spoke to LasVegasMagazine.com about his long-awaited covers record, "Skeletons", which will be released in Europe this fall via Evilive Music/AFM Records. The CD, which was recorded with PRONG guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor and former TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly, will...July 25, 2015
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