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GEOFF TATE Has Already Finished Recording Second OPERATION: MINDCRIME Album
SonicAbuse.com recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SonicAbuse.com: You're doing a conceptual trilogy [with your new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME], I believe, of which "The Key" is the first part. It sounds like it's...August 21, 2015
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Video Premiere: COHEED AND CAMBRIA's 'You Got Spirit, Kid'
COHEED AND CAMBRIA's video for the song "You Got Spirit, Kid" can be seen below. The clip, an homage to '80s teen movies, was directed by DJay Brawner (REFUSED, GROUPLOVE) and follows the band as they take down a group of school bullies through a series of pranks. "Our video for 'You Got Spirit, Kid...August 20, 2015
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GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME: 'Burn' Video Released
OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, will release its debut album, "The Key", on September 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official video for the song "Burn" can be seen below. The clip is one of two OPERATION: MINDCRIME videos which were produced and direc...August 19, 2015
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GORGUTS's Next Album Will Consist Of A Single Song
Canadian technical death metallers GORGUTS are putting the finishing touches on the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2013's "Colored Sands", tentatively due in early 2016. Speaking to Metal Injection at this month's Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, GORGUTS guitarist/vocalist Luc...August 18, 2015
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AEROSMITH's STEVEN TYLER To Perform At Addiction Awareness Rally
Facing Addiction, a new, national organization that will serve as a voice for the over 85 million Americans impacted by addiction, has announced the "Unite To Face Addiction" rally, a free event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 4. At the rally, Facing Addiction, along with...August 18, 2015
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GENTLEMANS PISTOLS Feat. CARCASS's BILL STEER: 'The Searcher' Song Available For Streaming
Leeds, U.K.-based rockers GENTLEMANS PISTOLS, who feature in their ranks CARCASS guitarist Bill Steer, will release their third album, "Hustler's Row", on October 16 via Nuclear Blast. The song "The Searcher", taken from "Hustler's Row", can be streamed below. Says GENTLEMANS PISTOLS vocalist and gu...August 18, 2015
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AXS TV Gives LED ZEPPELIN A 'Whole Lotta Love' With Labor Day Television Event
AXS TV celebrates the 47th anniversary of LED ZEPPELIN's first live show this Labor Day, September 7, with "Whole Lotta Love", a nine-hour television event dedicated to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers. Jason Bonham, musician and son of LED ZEPPELIN's late drummer John Bonham, will host as AXS TV ai...August 18, 2015
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The Essential Rob Halford
For JUDAS PRIEST fans, it's referred to (and in some cases, mocked) as "the Ripper years." However, it was more than just that seven year stretch from 1996 to 2003 when Tim "Ripper" Owens realized the dream a lifetime (and its correlating nightmares) by stepping into the boots of heavy metal royalty...August 17, 2015
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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE: Why I Decided To Call My New Band OPERATION: MINDCRIME
Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to SeattleSoundLive about his decision to name his new band after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concept album from 1988, "Operation: Mindcrime". He said: "Well, I chose that name for two reasons. The first and foremost reason is that I needed a name that will be recog...August 16, 2015
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VINNIE PAUL Recalls Meeting EDDIE VAN HALEN For First Time
On August 2, former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott took part in a question-and-answer session at the DFW Acura Performance Showroom in Dallas, Texas. You can now watch video footage of the chat below. Speaking about the bands that inspired him to become a drummer,...August 16, 2015
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Video: More Than 150 Drummers Play Along To AC/DC, MEGADETH Classics In Brazil
On August 9 at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, approximately 156 drummers, among them women, children, seniors and people of all ages, brought their own drum kits to play along to AC/DC and MEGADETH songs as part of Bateras 100% Brasil, a project conceived by drummer Dino Verdade, owner of the...August 16, 2015
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LAMB OF GOD's JOHN CAMPBELL: 'It Made Perfect Sense' For CHRIS ADLER To Play With MEGADETH
Levi Seth Buckley of Sticks For Stones recently conducted an interview with bassist John Campbell of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether he was worried about how the track "Overlord" from LAMB OF GOD's new album, "VII: Sturm Und Drang...August 15, 2015
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VINNY APPICE Reveals The Best And Worst Things About Being A Drummer
Legendary heavy metal drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL) took part in a press conference on May 29 in São Paulo during his recent workshop tour of Brazil. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. Asked to name the best and the worst things about being a drum...August 14, 2015
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BLIND IDIOT GOD To Tour Europe
Brooklyn, New York-based trio BLIND IDIOT GOD has signed on with Dutch booking agency Paperclip. Festival appearances and tour dates all over Europe are being planned for late 2015 through 2016. BLIND IDIOT GOD co-founder Andy Hawkins says: "Paperclip booked BLIND IDIOT GOD's first tours in Europe s...August 14, 2015
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PRAYING MANTIS: New Song 'Tokyo' Available For Streaming
Frontiers Music Srl will release the tenth studio album from British rockers PRAYING MANTIS, titled "Legacy", on August 21. The "Legacy" song "Tokyo" can be streamed below. The early reactions to the new songs have been outstanding and there is a real buzz beginning to emerge that this could arguabl...August 13, 2015
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