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CARCASS To Support AMON AMARTH On European Tour

Reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS will support AMON AMARTH on their upcoming European tour. Commented CARCASS bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker: "We are extremely happy and flattered to have been invited by the mighty AMON AMARTH on their forthcoming raids upon the fatherland and it's bor...

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Singer DAVE EVANS: Why I Left AC/DC

On May 29, Chad Doing, host of the "Flight 750" radio show on Sports 750 The Game, conducted an interview with original AC/DC vocalist Dave Evans. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. On how AC/DC got started: Evans: "I'd been in a band earlier called VELVET UNDERGROUND ...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Guitarist Talks To 'Inside The Circle Pit' About Hand Injury

Erik Aratari of the "Inside The Circle Pit" radio show conducted an interview with guitarist and co-founder Ben Weinman of the New Jersey-based "mathcore" act THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN at this past weekend's Orion Music + More festival in Detroit, Michigan. You can now listen to the chat using the S...

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Ex-FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM Interviewed On 'Flight 750' (Audio)

On May 31, Chad Doing, host of the "Flight 750" radio show on Sports 750 The Game, conducted an interview with former FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm. You can now listen to the chat in three parts below. On what it was like when FOREIGNER first started to hit it big in the music ...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Philadelphia Fan-Filmed Video Footage

Renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy, known for his tours of duty with BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE and WHITESNAKE, is filling in for Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO, RHINO BUCKET) in the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE from June 2 to June 29. Fan-filmed vide...

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MEGADETH Mainman Interviewed On 'Hangar 19' (Audio)

Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. MEGADETH's new album, "Super Collider", sold 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at pos...

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LAMB OF GOD Bassist: 'We Have Begun Discussing What The New Record Is Going To Be'

Bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD was interviewed on the June 7-9 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to

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KAMELOT: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Japanese Tour

Behind-the-scenes footage from KAMELOT's May 2013 tour of Japan can be seen below. KAMELOT's new album, "Silverthorn", sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 79 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "Poetry For The Poisoned", opened...

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Audio: GEOFF TATE Talks To 'Progtopia' About 'Frequency' Album, QUEENSRŸCHE Split

Host Mark Ashby of the "Progtopia" podcast recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. Tate talked his "Frequency Unknown", the new album from his version of QUEENSRŸCHE; the touring band he's assembled; the legal issues he's embroiled in with his former bandmates; why he's n...

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DARKANE: Snippet Of New Song Available For Streaming

Swedish thrashers DARKANE have posted a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their new album, "The Sinister Supremacy", which features a portion of the new track "In The Absence Of Pain". Check it out below. "The Sinister Supremacy" wil be released on the following dates: * June 28 in Europe thro...

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SLAYER '33 1/3: Reign in Blood' Author Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Book Club' (Audio)

D.X. Ferris, author of "33 1/3: Reign in Blood", the first English-language book about SLAYER, was interviewed on the latest episode of the "Heavy Metal Book Club". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. In the book, Ferris takes a documentary approach to the record and its imp...

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JON OLIVA Discusses Solo Album In New Audio Interview

Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with JON OLIVA'S PAIN and SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. It took a while: more than 30 years after founding the legendary SAVATAGE, Jon Oliva presents his first-ever sol...

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ERIC SINGER: 'Be Glad That There's Some Version Of KISS And That We're Out There Touring'

Samuli Vaananen of Finland's Radio Nova conducted an interview with KISS drummer Eric Singer when the band played in Helsinki on June 3. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Asked about all the talk of KISS possibly continuing one day without any of the original members, Singer said: ....

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AMON AMARTH: New Video Interview With JOHAN HEGG

On June 1, Floris van Bommel conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH at the Fortarock XL festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. You can now watch the chat below. AMON AMARTH's ninth studio offering, "Deceiver Of The Gods" discussi...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Guitarist's Broken Hand Forces European Show Cancelations

New Jersey-based "mathcore" act THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has canceled its summer European festival and club appearances due to an injury sustained by guitarist and co-founder Ben Weinman on his right hand and wrist. He will spend June recovering. "I'm heartbroken that we will miss these shows becau...