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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Says USA Has 'Weakest Gun Laws In The Developed World'

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick says that no American citizen is safe as long as the USA has "the weakest gun laws in the developed world." Skolnick made his comments in response to a tweet from a fan who was concerned about the musician's well-being following news reports that three people were k...

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Here Is A Photo Of GENE SIMMONS Wearing A Skull Prosthetic

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has shared a photo of him wearing a skull prosthetic for a movie he co-produced in 2017 called "Armed Response", with Wesley Snipes starring. According to USA Today, the thriller cast the "Passenger 57" and "Demolition Man" star as the leader of a team of special-f...

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LED ZEPPELIN's JOHN PAUL JONES Launches SONS OF CHIPOTLE Project

SONS OF CHIPOTLE, the new musical project featuring LED ZEPPELIN bass legend John Paul Jones, will play two shows in Tokyo, Japan in early September. SONS OF CHIPOTLE covers an uncommonly vast area of the musical map, and both John Paul Jones and Anssi Karttunen are thrilled to be making their Japan...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist On Upcoming Album: 'I Think This Could Be Our Best Record So Far'

Prior to FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's July 18 performance at this year's Rock USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, guitarist Zoltan Bathory spoke to the Rock 94.7 radio station about the band's upcoming eighth studio album. Asked to elaborate on his previous comment that the the follow-up to 2018's "And...

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First-Ever Heavy Metal Knitting Championship Held In Finland (Video)

Video footage from the first-ever heavy metal knitting championship, which was held this past Thursday, July 11 in Joensuu, Finland, can be seen below. 12 groups took part in the event, with finalists coming from Denmark, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Russia, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S. The winner of th...

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SEBASTIAN BACH On His Continued Estrangement From SKID ROW: 'It Hurts That We're Not Together'

In conjunction with a recent Metal Hammer retrospective on SKID ROW's 1989 self-titled debut, former vocalist Sebastian Bach spoke at length about the album with writer Clay Marshall. Select "outtakes" from the interview appear below (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On Rhino's recent 30th anniv...

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DRAGONFORCE Announces North American And European Tour Dates

International extreme power metal superstars DRAGONFORCE have announced new live dates in the United States, Canada and Europe, starting in the fall of 2019 and continuing through early 2020. After a festival run this summer, DRAGONFORCE will kick off its tour on October 1 in support of its biggest...

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MARILYN MANSON On His Upcoming Album: It's Like 'A Study Of The Chamber Of Horrors In My Head'

Marilyn Manson spoke to Revolver magazine about about how he came to collaborate with country rocker Shooter Jennings on his new studio album, tentatively due before the end of the year. "Me and Shooter first met to do a song for 'Sons Of Anarchy', before I ended up being on [the show]," Manson said...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Blasts NIKE As A 'Racist Company' After Shoemaker Pulls 'Betsy Ross' Flag Shoe Design

Tim "Ripper" Owens has blasted Nike as a "one-sided racist company." The former JUDAS PRIEST singer made his comments in an apparent response to reports that Nike pulled a patriotic sneaker featuring the so-called "Betsy Ross" flag from shelves at the behest of Colin Kaepernick, who reportedly infor...

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Watch KISS's 'I Was Made For Lovin' You' Played By More Than 270 Musicians

Russian group called ROCKNMOB, which has staged mass flash mobs in Russia covering songs by METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, GREEN DAY, BON JOVI, THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS and others, has put together a group of more than 270 musicians in Moscow to play KISS's "I Was Made For Lovin' You". The clip, which was fi...

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STATIC-X: Scranton Show Canceled Due To 'Misunderstanding' Over Venue's Stage Size

STATIC-X's June 30 concert at Levels in Scranton, Pennsylvania has been canceled. The show was part of the band's North American trek, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of STATIC-X's platinum-certified "Wisconsin Death Trip" album and pays homage to the group's late frontman Wayne Static. STATI...

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Watch KROKUS Perform At Switzerland's ROCK THE RING Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of KROKUS's June 21 performance at the Rock The Ring festival in Hinwil, Switzerland can be seen below. As previously reported, KROKUS will extend its last-ever tour to include dates in USA, Canada and Mexico. Back in September 2018, the Swiss hard rock legends announced tha...

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Maniacal IRON MAIDEN Fan To Use Band's U.S. Tour To Operate DIY Breast Cancer Fundraiser

Emily is an Australian expat currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. While most of her life has revolved around music, it was after seeing IRON MAIDEN — her favorite band — on their 2018 "Legacy Of The Beast" tour that the fires of obsession were stoked within. "The show was so bloody spectacular I...

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Video: Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman DAVID VINCENT Covers BLACK SABBATH Classic With VLTIMAS

VLTIMAS, the extreme metal formation featuring David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL),Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Monier (CRYPTOPSY),played a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Black Sabbath" during its June 21 concert at the Underworld in London, England. Fan-filmed...

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ALICE COOPER Denies He Has 'Death Pact' With Wife: 'We Have A LIFE Pact'

Alice Cooper has clarified that he and wife Sheryl Goddard don't actually have a death pact. The legendary rocker made headlines over the weekend after an article in British tabloid The Mirror quoted him as saying he and his wife plan "to go together" when one of them dies, because there's "no way o...