Legendary rockers DEEP PURPLE will release their new album, "Whoosh!", on August 7 via earMUSIC. The LP was once again helmed by Canadian producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER), who also worked on the band's last two studio albums, 2017's "Infinite" and 2013's "Now What?!" Together they created the most versatile album in ...
JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell and his wife Etty Farrell talked to METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich as part of Lollapalooza's Lolla2020, a free four-night broadcast event which took place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival, Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how he ...
Syfy has premiered "Metal Crush Monday", a month-long programming stunt featuring interviews conducted by Syfy Wire's Whitney Moore, with some of the biggest names in heavy metal. In the first episode, Moore speaks with The Berserker Blöthar and Pustulus Maximus of GWAR. Then later in the episode, Andy Biersack (a.k.a. Andy Black) of BLACK VEIL ...
"Saigon Metalhood", an hour-long documentary which follows three generations of Vietnamese metalheads through the origins of heavy metal in Vietnam to the current struggles of today's scene, is now available for streaming on Amazon and Vimeo. Grizzled Saigonese rock legend Trung Thanh Sago got his start as a teen shredding for U.S. soldiers in the ...
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's 2015 album, "Got Your Six", has been certified silver in the United Kingdom for equivalent sales of 60,000 units. The platinum, gold and silver certifications awarded by the British Phonographic Industry in recognition of sales milestones have included audio streaming data since June 2015, with 1,000 streams ...
ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell has paid tribute to James Hetfield on the METALLICA guitarist/vocalist's 57th birthday. Speaking to Metal Hammer magazine, Jerry said: "What makes James such a great frontman is his physical presence. Nobody else commands the same kind of respect and attention without it being self-seeking or egocentric. ...
Music trade publication Billboard has recognized SEETHER's founding member, frontman and lyricist Shaun Morgan on its latest hard rock charts, published August 1. Morgan claims the No. 1 spot on the Hard Rock Songwriters chart as well as the No. 2 spot on the Hard Rock Producers chart as two new ...
One of the progenitors of punk, THE CLASH will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment this fall. "Give 'Em Enough Rope" and "English Civil War" will be made available on October 9, 2020 as 500-piece puzzles. Zee Productions will release the album covers as jigsaws via its Rock Saws imprint. The iconic arts of some of ...
DOWN will perform live for the first time in four years as part of a virtual concert later this month. The news of the acclaimed supergroup's return to live activity was broken by DOWN's longtime manager, SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo, who guested on this past Sunday's (August 2) episode of "Tribute Wars", the ...
