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JEFF BECK Announces Fall 2022 U.S. Tour

Jeff Beck will tour the U.S. this fall in support of the newly released, highly anticipated musical collaboration with Johnny Depp, "18". The tour will kick off on September 23 in Del Valle, Texas, where Beck will share the bill for the first six shows with longtime musical friends ZZ TOP. Beck will...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Team Up With Country-Rock Artist BRANTLEY GILBERT For Fall 2022 U.S. Arena Tour

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and Brantley Gilbert will join forces this fall for a massive U.S. arena tour with support from newcomer Corey Marks. Produced by Live Nation, the trek will kick off in Grand Rapids on November 9 and lay waste to 20 more cities before wrapping up in Las Vegas on December 17....

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JAMES DURBIN Just Wants To 'Bang His Head' In Post-QUIET RIOT Career

By David E. Gehlke James Durbin likely wasn't done any favors upon joining QUIET RIOT in 2017 when drummer Frankie Banali's wife uttered the "He is also 28 and HOT. Am I right, ladies?" line that got plenty of mileage in the BLABBERMOUTH.NET comments section. Known as the "metal guy" from his run d...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's HANSI KÜRSCH Talks 'The God Machine': 'We Said It Was Time For An Intense Album'

By David E. Gehlke German power metal veterans BLIND GUARDIAN have a defined songwriting core of vocalist/lyricist Hansi Kürsch and guitarist/composer André Olbrich. The two are responsible for some of the finest epic metal numbers of the last 30-plus years and also for some of its most orchestrated...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'KISS Will Continue In Ways That Even I Haven't Thought Of'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again said that he doesn't know exactly when and where the final concert of the band's "End Of The Road" tour will take place. KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 but was forced to put it on hold in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "End Of Th...

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ARCH ENEMY Releases Music Video For 'The Watcher'

ARCH ENEMY has released the official music video for the song "The Watcher". The clip was created by Jens De Vos of Panda Productions and was filmed at the Wacken Open Air festival on August 6. "The Watcher" is taken from ARCH ENEMY's 11th studio album, "Deceivers", which arrived on August 12 via Ce...

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CHARLIE BENANTE Says PANTERA Will Only Play 'Select' Shows, Tells Naysayers 'Don't Come'

Charlie Benante says that his participation in the upcoming PANTERA tour will not affect any of ANTHRAX's touring and recording activities. It was announced last month that PANTERA's surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) will unite with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, B...

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NIKKI SIXX Fires Back At ANDY MCCOY: 'He's Just Trying To Sell A Book, An Album Or Club Tour'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has fired back at Andy McCoy, saying HANOI ROCKS guitarist is "just trying to sell a book, a album or club tour". In recent weeks, McCoy had given several interviews in which he slammed Sixx over his account of his heroin overdose, as published in CRÜE's best-selling b...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Explains Decision To Move To Florida

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that Florida's lack of state income tax and the state's quality of schools were factors in his family's recent decision to relocate to Miami. The 49-year-old singer, who has been married to Lena Draiman since 2011 and with whom he shares an eight-year-old son, a...

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Openly Christian STRYPER Frontman MICHAEL SWEET: 'We're Definitely Living In The End Times'

In a new interview with "The Chuck Shute Podcast", Michael Sweet of openly Christian hard rockers STRYPER discussed the inspiration for the title and artwork for the band's upcoming studio album, "The Final Battle", which is due in October via Frontiers Music Srl. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERM...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's CHRIS KAEL Says His Stand-Up Comedy Debut Was 'A Lot Of Fun'

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist and longtime Las Vegas resident Chris Kael made his stand-up comedy debut on July 21 as part of "Punchlines & Backlines" at the world-famous Count's Vamp'd, which is owned by History channel's "Counting Cars" host Danny Count Koker and his wife Korie Koker. "Punch...

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Ex-DEATH Vocalist KAM LEE Says VENOM, SLAYER And POSSESSED Are 'The Blueprint Of Death Metal'

Although DEATH is considered to be one of the most important and influential death metal acts of all time, the Florida-based band did not release its debut album, "Scream Bloody Gore", until 1987 — two years after the arrival of "Seven Churches" by California's POSSESSED, whose bassist/vocalist, Jef...

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New SKID ROW Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL On Joining His Favorite Band Months After Leukemia Diagnosis: 'It's Like A Movie Script'

New SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall went from auditioning for the competition show "Swedish Idol" back in 2009 by singing a cover of SKID ROW's "18 And Life" to now fronting the band. Erik, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in March 2021, reflected on his journey in a new interview w...

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Watch: SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER And His 24-Year-Old Son YOHAN Perform Cover Of METALLICA's 'The Call Of Ktulu'

Video of KISSER CLAN, the project featuring SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser and his 24-year-old son Yohan Kisser, performing a cover of the METALLICA classic "The Call Of Ktulu" on August 7 at eFestival in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube channel EuViajandoComVc). As previ...

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JOHN CORABI Says ANDY MCCOY Tried To Hit Him With A Cane After Mistaking Him For VINCE NEIL

John Corabi says that HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy almost hit him with his cane because of his association with MÖTLEY CRÜE. McCoy has repeatedly expressed his displeasure about MÖTLEY CRÜE over their account of HANOI drummer Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley's death and CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx's heroin...