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SONIC SYNDICATE: Second Video From Studio Sessions For New Album

Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE recently entered Ramtitam Studios in Stockholm to begin recording their sixth album, due later this year via Despotz Records & Music. The second in a series of video clips from the studio can be seen below. SONIC SYNDICATE announced its new record...

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Watch TARJA TURUNEN Perform With WITHIN TEMPTATION At France's HELLFEST

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen joined Dutch symphonic rockers WITHIN TEMPTATION on stage on June 18 at Hellfest in Clisson, France to perform the song "Paradise (What About Us?)". Fan-filmed video footage of her appearance can be seen below. The studio version of "Paradise (What About Us?)" —...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN On LEMMY's Death: 'It Was Just Shocking'

Shredload conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Frank Bello before the band's June 14 concert at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Ireland as the support act for SLAYER. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what it was like being on the road with MOTÖRHEAD as p...

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Drummer ARIN ILEJAY Was 'Shocked And Scared' After Being Fired By AVENGED SEVENFOLD

Drummer Arin Ilejay says that he was "totally shocked and scared" after being fired by AVENGED SEVENFOLD in 2014. Ilejay's exit from AVENGED SEVENFOLD after four years was announced last July even though he had been out of the band for a year. He has since been replaced by Brooks Wackerman, who had...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Hate It When Bands Start Replacing Their Members'

In a brand new interview with The Swerve Magazine, STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet was asked how it has been working with the same guys in the band for most of the group's three-decade-plus-long career. He responded: "Well, I mean, I'll be honest. I'm not going to lie to anybody. It's not easy. We .....

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STAIND Frontman AARON LEWIS To Release 'Sinner' Country Solo Album In September

Known for genuinely gritty lyrics and hard rock anthems, STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis is getting back to his country roots September 16 with his first album on Dot Records, titled "Sinner". Lewis comes out of the gate "with both fists flying" on the lead single "That Ain't Country" — available today...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Talks About Performing In China, Paying Tribute To Victims Of Paris Terror Attacks

Paul Anthony of Planet Rock conducted an interview with Bruce Dickinson ahead of IRON MAIDEN's headlining appearance at last weekend's Download festival in the U.K. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On performing in...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Lends Voice To New Animated Television Series 'Skylanders Academy'

METALLICA's James Hetfield will lend his voice to Activision Blizzard, Inc.'s "Skylanders Academy", the first production by Activision Blizzard Studios, its newly created television and film studio. The show will premiere in fall 2016 on Netflix, the world's leading internet television network. "Ove...

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Listen To METALLICA Frontman JAMES HETFIELD's Guest Appearance On New HEART Album 'Beautiful Broken'

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame members HEART return July 8 with "Beautiful Broken", their sixteenth album and their first on Concord Records. HEART has sold over 35 million records, and this anticipated album is their first in four years. "Beautiful Broken" finds Ann and Nancy Wilson exploring new songs...

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Video: VINNY APPICE, RUDY SARZO, CRAIG GOLDY, ANDREW FREEMAN Invite You To Concert With Temecula Valley Symphony

The City Of Temecula Community Services Department will present a one-of-a-kind concert event on Saturday, June 18. Set to take place on the steps of the Temecula Civic Center in Temecula, California, "Rock Legends In Concert With The Temecula Valley Symphony" will feature veteran rock musicians Vin...

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GENE SIMMONS Brings African Foster Child To U.S. For Surgery

In 2012, during the final season of Gene Simmons's reality TV show "Family Jewels", the KISS bassist/vocalist and his wife, Shannon Tweed, took a trip to Africa and visited some of the children he has sponsored through the ChildFund, a child development organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Earl...

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JAMES HETFIELD On Next METALLICA Album: 'We're Super Stoked About It'

James Hetfield has confirmed that METALLICA has completed the recording phase of its long-awaited tenth studio album for a late 2016 release. He told NBC Sports on June 6 before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins in San Jose, California (see video bel...

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MORBID ANGEL Frontman STEVE TUCKER's WARFATHER: 'The Grey Eminence' Album Artwork, Track Listing

Death metal horde WARFATHER, the project fronted by MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, will release its sophomore album, "The Grey Eminence", on September 16 via Greyhaze Records. The follow-up 2014's "Orchestrating The Apocalypse" was produced by former MORBID ANGEL guitarist Erik Rutan, m...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Guests On New HEART Album 'Beautiful Broken'; Preview Available

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame members HEART return July 8 with "Beautiful Broken", their sixteenth album and their first on Concord Records. HEART has sold over 35 million records, and this anticipated album is their first in four years. "Beautiful Broken" finds Ann and Nancy Wilson exploring new songs...

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METALLICA Begins Mixing New Album

METALLICA appears to have finally begun the mixing process for its long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The band's studio progress was revealed last week by Dan Nykolayko, a member of the METALLICA staff who interviewed frontman James H...