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OCTOBER TIDE Feat. Former KATATONIA Members: Sixth Album Due In Early 2019

OCTOBER TIDE, the long-running Swedish doom five-piece featuring former KATATONIA members Fredrik and Mattias Norrman, will enter the studio at the end of November to begin recording its sixth album. The follow-up to 2016's "Winged Waltz" will be mixed and mastered by Karl Daniel Liden (BLOODBATH, K...

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ALICE COOPER, GENE SIMMONS, ROB ZOMBIE, COREY TAYLOR Pay Tribute To STAN LEE

According to The Pulse Of Radio, rock artists responded on Monday (November 12) to the death of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who passed away that morning at the age of 95 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Lee was born as Stanley Lieber in Manhattan on December 28, 1...

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DAVE GROHL Cooks Barbecue For Southern California Firefighters

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl visited the firefighters at Fire Station 68 in Calabasas, California on Monday night (November 12),where he cooked barbecue for the crew. The station's Instagram page stated: "It was awesome to get a visit tonight from Dave Grohl of...

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DEEP PURPLE's ROGER GLOVER Says Bands Like RIVAL SONS And GRETA VAN FLEET Would Have Been 'Huge' In 1970s

In a brand new interview with Mexico's MB Live, DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover spoke about the state of today's rock music scene. He said (see video below): "First of all, there's two kinds of music — there's pop music and there's rock music. And they obviously have something to do with each other...

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CANDLEBOX Announces 2019 Tour Dates; Entire Debut Album To Be Performed At Select Shows

It was the album that launched such iconic '90s power anthems as "Far Behind", "You" and "Cover Me", and turned CANDLEBOX into a four-time-platinum-selling band in mere months. Now, just over 25 years later, CANDLEBOX is honoring what it meant to its legion of fans by performing their debut, self-ti...

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Watch Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Teach Young Fan How To Play

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss made an appearance at this year's "DW Day" on November 10 at Bentley's Drum Shop in Fresno, California. During the event, he took a few minutes to give a very young fan — dressed in a KISS t-shirt and sporting "Catman" makeup — some pointers and techniques to help h...

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KLAUS MEINE's Illness Forces SCORPIONS Sydney Concert Cancelation

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were forced to cancel their concert in Sydney, Australia Saturday night — just two days after calling off their Melbourne show with DEF LEPPARD. SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine issued the following statement: "Dear Australian fans, believe me, I have tried everythi...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Guitarist WOODY WEATHERMAN: 'We've Never Jumped On Any Bandwagons'

Prior to CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's performance in Cardiff, Wales on November 3, guitarist Woody Weatherman spoke with Metal Underground. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On their latest album, "No Cross No Crown": Woody: "We had a...

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CLUTCH's NEIL FALLON: 'The Most Important Thing Above All Else Is The Show'

Prior to the group's October 25 performance in Worcester, Massachusetts, CLUTCH front man Neil Fallon spoke with Shawn SixX of "The Liquid Conversations". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the band's worst experience at a fest...

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Backstage With DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN (Video)

DEF LEPPARD wrapped up an extensive summer and fall tour with JOURNEY and is now finishing up the year with stops in Japan, Australia and the U.K. At one of the band's sold-out stateside stops, the Jackson team caught up with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen to get another look at his extensive liv...

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Sweden's MISERY LOVES CO. Covers GARBAGE's 'Only Happy When It Rains'

Who does not remember GARBAGE's "Only Happy When It Rains"? The song was one of the big hits of the '90s and the video was shown on MTV around the clock. Now the Swedish industrial pioneers MISERY LOVES CO. have released the song in a pitch-black version that will be as loved by the metal audience a...

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FEVER 333 To Release 'Strength In Numb333rs' Album In January

FEVER 333 will release its new album, "Strength In Numb333rs", on January 18, 2019 via Roadrunner/333 Wreckords Crew. The album is led by the incendiary new single "Burn It", which is streaming today at all DSPs and is joined by an official music video, directed by FEVER 333 vocalist Jason Aalon Bu...

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GOTTHARD: Video For 'What I Wouldn't Give' From 'Defrosted 2' Album

Released in 1997, "Defrosted" was the very first live album released by the Swiss hard rock band GOTTHARD. To this day, it is seen as a cult milestone in the group's career that helped establish GOTTHARD as the most successful band from Switzerland. For more than 25 years, GOTTHARD has thrived in t...

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RUSH's ALEX LIFESON Is Collaborating With MARCO MINNEMANN On New Project

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson is working on a new project with Marco Minnemann. THE ARISTOCRATS drummer, who has also been associated with DREAM THEATER, Steven Wilson and Joe Satriani, revealed the news on Facebook along with an illustration of the pair by Tom Colbie. Minnemann says: "Working on a ne...

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RAMMSTEIN Guitarist's EMIGRATE Project: Making Of '1234' Video

EMIGRATE, the side project of RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe, will release its third album, "A Million Degrees", on November 30 via Spinefarm Records. Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video for the disc's first single, "1234", can be seen below. If there's a description that,...