Monster conducted an interview with Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, DIVINE HERESY, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 24-27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how it's been playing with ...
Joe Charupakorn of Premier Guitar recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Premier Guitar: What prompted the decision to play all of the instruments on "Spellbound"? Yngwie: There was no reason why it happened this way. It just happened. I got ...
The second part of STONE SOUR's "House Of Gold & Bones" double album is expected to be released in early April via Roadrunner Records. The effort will also be made available as a four-issue comic book. Like the story, the "House Of Gold & Bones" album package comes in two parts. When the two pieces ...
Blast Head Records has announced the signing of ADE for the spring release of the ancient Roman death metal band's sophomore album, "Spartacus". The follow-up to 2009's "Prooemivm Sangvine" features a guest appearance by extreme metal drummer George Kollias (NILE). True masters of music, ADE, formed in 2007, with the purpose of blending death metal ...
Billy Graziadei of BIOHAZARD will join the Southern California hardcore band STRIFE on stage tomorrow night (Friday, February 1) at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. Graziadei makes a guest appearance on STRIFE's new album, "Witness A Rebirth", which was released on November 6, 2012 via 6131 Records. Some bands leave such an impression ...
Mumbai, India-based death/thrash outfit DEVOID will launch its sophomore release this February. The band has gone all-out DIY with "The Invasion", right from producing the EP to sales. The release is a concept EP which chronicles an alien invasion on to Earth, with each song as an episode. Arun Iyer, DEVOID vocalist and rhythm guitarist, ...
ALTER BRIDGE recently commenced the songwriting process for the band's next album, tentatively due later in the year. A few photos from the sessions can be found at AlterBridge.com. ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti will hit the road with his solo band in Europe and the U.S. starting in February, while singer Myles ...
The music of Greek guitarist Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis) and his band FIREWIND can be described as melodic, soaring and punishing — in short, metal masterpieces. But just as Gus is shaping the bleeding edge of metal, he is deeply passionate about its roots, as evidenced by his scoring the coveted gig as ...
An eight-minute trailer for "Iconoclasm", the sophomore album from Swedish death metallers SYN:DROM, can be found below. Due on February 15 via ViciSolum Productions, the CD was recorded in part at Nevo Studios in Sundsvall, Sweden and was mixed by Roger Bergsten (guitar) and Daniel Mikaelsson (drums). The artwork was created by Pär Olofsson and ...
