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Video: ARMORED SAINT Performs At Benefit Concert For Former SOUND BARRIER Drummer

Fan-filmed video footage of ARMORED SAINT's August 16 performance at Paladino's in Reseda, California at a benefit show for drummer Dave Brown (ex-SOUND BARRIER, MASI, TOTAL ECLIPSE),who is battling cancer, can be seen below. Also scheduled to appear on the bill were DC4 (featuring Jeff Duncan of A...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Talks Songwriting, Influences

Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Looking back at the early days of thrash metal, at what point did you realize that there was a movement going o...

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TONY IOMMI On His Cancer Battle: 'My Attitude Has Changed Toward Everything'

Jim Harrington of the San Jose Mercury News recently conducted an interview with the legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On BLACK SABBATH's comeback album, "13", reaching No. 1 album on the U.S. chart earlier this year: Iommi: "We are very pleased...

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PUSCIFER: 'What Is…' Feature-Length DVD And Accompanying Soundtrack Due In November

PUSCIFER answers the enduring question of what exactly Puscifer is with a new DVD release titled "What Is…", which is due on November 26 via Puscifer Entertainment. The two-hour sketch comedy show-meets-concert film builds upon and punctuates the multimedia format of the band's live performances wit...

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TROUBLE: New Bassist Announced

Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE have announced the addition of bassist Rob Hultz to the group's ranks. Hultz is no stranger to the heavy metal, hard rock, and doom metal genres as his lengthy music resume boasts. While still in high school, he joined an East Coast hardcore band called SOCIAL DECA...

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KORN Reborn: METAL HAMMER's 'What We Do' Interview Series Part One

U.K.'s Metal Hammer has posted the first episode of "What We Do", the magazine's exclusive interview series with KORN during which Brian "Head" Welch, James "Munky" Shaffer and Jonathan Davis discuss Head's return to the band. Check it out below. KORN's 11th studio album, "The Paradigm Shift", is du...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Entire 'Hail To The King' Album Available For Streaming

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's new album, "Hail To The King", is available for streaming in its entirety via iTunes. Says AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows: "We have been waiting to show you all our brand new album, 'Hail To The King', for far too long. It took us nine months of writing, recording and prepar...

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MAX CAVALERA To Guest On New MAN MUST DIE Album

Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY) will contribute guest vocals to one song on the forthcoming album from Scottish extreme metal maniacs MAN MUST DIE, tentatively due in late October via Lifeforce Records. The band states: "Super-stoked doesn't even begin to explain it!" A photo...

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SAMMY HAGAR Talks About Creation Of 'Friends' Album (Video)

A five-minute clip in which legendary rocker Sammy Hagar talks about the creation of his first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Friends", can be seen below. Hagar enlisted three legendary musicians — Toby Keith, Mickey Hart and Taj Mahal — to round out the final three tracks on "Samm...

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Late WARRANT Singer's Ex-Wife BOBBIE BROWN Talks To Ontario's FM96 (Audio)

FM96, London, Ontario, Canada's Best Rock radio station, last week conducted an interview with actress, model, and glam rock icon Bobbie Brown. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Bobbie Brown's autobiographical tell-all "Dirty Rocker Boys: Love, And Lust On The Sunset...

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SKINDRED: 'Ninja' Single Available For Streaming

"Ninja", the brand new single from the Welsh "ragga metal" act SKINDRED, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, "Kill The Power", which will be available for preorder from August 27. "Kill The Power" was recorded at The Chairworks studio i...

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DREAM THEATER's PETRUCCI, LABRIE Talk To BLOODSTOCK RADIO About New Album (Video)

Michelle Livings of Bloodstock Radio recently conducted an interview with vocalist James LaBrie and guitarist John Petrucci of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER. You can now watch the chat below. DREAM THEATER will release its new, self-titled album — the band's 12th studio release overall, and...

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SKINDRED: 'Ninja' Single Teaser

The cover artwork for "Ninja", the brand new single from the Welsh "ragga metal" act SKINDRED, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's forthcoming album, "Kill The Power", which will be available for preorder from August 27. "Kill The Power" was recorded at The Chairworks studio in Leeds, U...

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VINNY APPICE On LAST IN LINE: 'We Wanna Do A Lot More Gigs'

On August 10, GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with legendary drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO) about LAST IN LINE — the band featuring Appice alongside fellow founding DIO members Vivian Campbell, Jimmy Bain and Claude Schnell, plus singer Andrew Freeman, who has pre...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: Singing 'Is Not My Strong Point'

Lewis and Floorwax of Denver, Colorado's classic rock radio station 103.5 The Fox recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine (guitar, vocals) and David Ellefson (bass). You can now listen to the chat below. Asked how he first decided to become the lead singer in MEGADETH, Mustaine...