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GEOFF TATE: I Didn't Want Anyone Destroying The QUEENSRŸCHE Name

Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Tate's second solo album, "Kings & Thieves", sold 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD arrived...

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DIO DISCIPLES Interviewed On 'Iron City Rocks' Podcast (Audio)

The latest installment of the "Iron City Rocks" podcast (web site) features an interview with DIO DISCIPLES — the project featuring former DIO members Simon Wright (drums),Craig Goldy (guitar) and Scott Warren (keyboards). The podcast is now available for streaming using the audio player below. "Ir...

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INFERNAL TENEBRA Signs With MASSACRE RECORDS

Massacre Records has announced the signing of the Croatia-based thrash metal act INFERNAL TENEBRA. Brutally honest, creative and constantly evolving, INFERNAL TENEBRA withstood the test of time in the metal underground, originating with pure black metal in 1999, adding a death metal foundation in th...

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EUROPE Frontman Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Vocalist Joey Tempest of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Tempest interview begins around the 22-minute mark.) EUROPE's ninth studio album, "Bag Of Bones", was re...

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PAUL DI'ANNO To Fan: 'If You Like BRUCE DICKINSON, Go Home And Listen To His Records'

Paul Di'Anno verbally attacked a fan who attended the former IRON MAIDEN vocalist's November 3 performance at Liverpool in Donetsk, Ukraine after the man kept calling out the name of the band's current lead singer — and Di'Anno's replacement — Bruce Dickinson. In the video clip below, the fan in que...

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MELDRUM: Long-Awaited 'Lifer' Album To Be Released Next Week

"Lifer", the long-awaited third album from MELDRUM, the multinational hard rock/metal band formed by late ex-PHANTOM BLUE guitarist Michelle Meldrum, will be released on November 20 via Reversed Records. The CD was produced by Rob Shallcross (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, GWAR, ZIMMERS HOLE, WEST OF HELL) an...

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HERETIC Begins Work On New Material

Classic southern California power/speed metalists HERETIC have issued the following update: "We started writing songs for our follow-up to 'A Time Of Crisis'. The sound will be in the traditional HERETIC style. We're not going to try to reinvent the wheel. Songtitles so far are 'Demonize' and 'Quick...

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U.D.O.: First 'Anniversary Edition' Reissues Detailed

AFM Records will re-release all U.D.O. albums as "Anniversary Edition" with bonus material (more details below). The first reissues — "Solid", "No Limits", "Holy" and "Man And Machine" — will be made available on December 7, with more to follow in 2013. "Solid" track listing: 01. Independence Day 02...

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STONE SOUR: 'Absolute Zero' Video Released

"Absolute Zero", the new video from STONE SOUR, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "House of Gold & Bones - Part 1", which sold 31,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. "'Absolute Zero' ...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY Talks About Upcoming Australian Tour With MÖTLEY CRÜE, THIN LIZZY (Audio)

Australia's long-running rock station Triple M spoke to KISS frontman Paul Stanley about the band's upcoming Australian tour with very special guests MÖTLEY CRÜE. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Presented by McManus Entertainment, the summer's biggest, baddest rock tour...

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STRATOVARIUS Keyboardist Interviewed On WBWC's 'The Metal Command' (Audio)

STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson was interviewed on the November 2 edition of the "The Metal Command" radio show, which airs on 88.3 WBWC in Cleveland, Ohio. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. STRATOVARIUS's new DVD, "Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere", re...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Vinyl Collection: 1970-1978' Box Set Due In December

Universal Music has set a December 12 U.K. release date for BLACK SABBATH's "The Vinyl Collection: 1970-1978", a limited-edition box set celebrating the iconic albums featuring the full original BLACK SABBATH lineup. Details: * 9×12" LP: full reproductions of the original album releases, remastered...

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VAN HALEN: Rescheduled Japanese Tour Dates Announced

According to Pollstar.com, VAN HALEN's rescheduled shows in Japan will now take place in June 2013 — June 21 at the Tokyo Dome; and June 24 and 26 at Osaka's City Central Gymnasium. Tickets purchased for the original dates will be honored. VAN HALEN had originally planned to play Japan in late Novem...

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THE 69 EYES: More 'Borderline' Video Details Revealed

Finnish gothic metallers THE 69 EYES recently filmed a video for the song "Borderline" in New Orleans, Louisiana with Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, SONIC SYNDICATE and KAMELOT, among others. Commented THE 69 EYES singer...

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PORTNOY, SHEEHAN, MACALPINE, SHERINIAN: Tokyo Show To Be Recorded For CD, DVD Release

The new supergroup featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) will have its No...