Maryland rockers CLUTCH entered Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer and engineer Vance Powell (THE WHITE STRIPES, RED FANG) on January 3 to begin recording their new album. Guitarist Tim Sult recently told The Advocate that he was excited about finally working on the follow-up to 2015's "Psychic Warfare" . "They're my favorite ...
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DEATH ANGEL Singer: How METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Ended Up Producing Our First Demo
DEATH ANGEL singer Mark Osegueda recently spoke to RadioactiveMike Z about how his band ended up getting METALLICA's Kirk Hammett to produce its first demo, 1985's "Kill As One". He recalled (hear audio below): "[Kirk] took us under his wing when we were very, very young, prior to being signed. We would give him tapes ...
CHASTAIN Singer LEATHER LEONE To Release 'II' Album In April
LEATHER, the solo band of CHASTAIN singer Leather Leone, will release its new album, "II", on March 21 in Japan via Rubicon Music and on April 13 in the U.S. through Divebomb Records and in Europe through High Roller Records. The vinyl version of the album will be made available on June 29 via High ...
Hear New PESTILENCE Song 'Hypnotic Terror'
"Hypnotic Terror", a brand new song from reactivated Dutch death metal veterans PESTILENCE, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track was recorded during the sessions for the new PESTILENCE LP, "Hadeon", which is slated for a March release via Hammerheart, but this exclusive new single track will not appear on the album. ...
THE HEARD Feat. Ex-CRUCIFIED BARBARA, DEATHSTARS Members: Lyric Video For First Single 'White Lightning'
THE HEARD, the new Swedish rock band featuring former CRUCIFIED BARBARA guitarist Klara "Force" Rönnqvist Fors, bassist Ida "Evileye" Stenbacka and drummer Nikki Wicked (a.k.a. Jannicke Lindström) alongside DEATHSTARS bassist Jonas "Skinny Disco" Kangur (on lead guitar) and burlesque performer, model and singer Pepper Potemkin, has released the official lyric video for its first single, ...
SLASH's Son Says His Dad Is Excited To Play With GUNS N' ROSES Again
According to The Pulse Of Radio, Slash's 15-year-old son London Hudson said in an interview with the "Appetite For Distortion" podcast that his father seemed genuinely thrilled to be playing with GUNS N' ROSES again after two decades away from the group. London explained: "He seems really excited to play, that he's able to do ...
JUDAS PRIEST Teases 'Lightning Strike' Video
A teaser for the "Lightning Strike" video from JUDAS PRIEST is available below. The full clip will be released tomorrow (Friday, January 5). "Lightning Strike" is taken from JUDAS PRIEST's new album, "Firepower", which will be released in March. The British heavy metal legends spent much of 2017 in the studio recording the follow-up to ...
METALLICA Was 2017's Top Rock Artist, According to NIELSEN MUSIC
According to Nielsen Music's 2017 Year-End Music Report, METALLICA's "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" was America's second-best-selling rock album of the year. The disc's sales of 585,000 were eclipsed only by "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)", which featured the likes of CHEAP TRICK, FLEETWOOD MAC and ...
Watch RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram Perform In Bucharest
"Dio Returns: The World Tour" — featuring Ronnie James Dio reuniting via hologram with his DIO bandmates — played its seventh show on December 17 at Arenele Romane in Bucharest, Romania. The Ronnie hologram performed throughout the show, treating fans to an alternating setlist that featured songs such as "Rainbow In The Dark", "King Of ...