Dave Mustaine says that MEGADETH's "Risk" was the result of him "capitulating" to Marty Friedman's "desires to be more of an alternative band." Issued in 1999, "Risk" received a mixed response from critics and alienated hardcore MEGADETH fans due to its departure from the band's heavy thrash metal roots to a more commercial, pop rock ...
December 2018 - Blabbermouth Archive
SOEN Feat. Ex-OPETH Drummer MARTIN LOPEZ: 'Martyrs' Video
"Martyrs", the new video from SOEN, the progressive heavy rock group featuring world-renowned drummer Martin Lopez (formerly of AMON AMARTH and OPETH), can be seen below. The track is taken from SOEN's fourth album, "Lotus", which will be released on February 1, 2019 via Silver Lining Music. Driven by the contrast of different moods, and ...
KREATOR: London Concert To Be Professionally Filmed
KREATOR's December 16 concert at the Roundhouse in London, England will be professionally filmed. According to the band, there is "something very special in the works" for the footage, which will presumably be released at a later date. The London show will close out the German thrash metal group's European co-headlining tour with DIMMU BORGIR. ...
KING DIAMOND To Release 'Songs For The Dead Live' DVD/Blu-Ray In January
On January 25, KING DIAMOND will release a new DVD/Blu-ray, "Songs For The Dead Live", via Metal Blade Records. There is only one King Diamond, and for more than thirty years the great Dane has been dropping classic albums and putting on shows fans remember for the rest of their lives. Perhaps the only downside ...
Watch SLAYER Perform With Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL In Stockholm
Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his second show with SLAYER Wednesday night (December 5) at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announced on Sunday that he would miss ...
OZZY OSBOURNE On OZZFEST: 'I Wanna Bring In The New Year With A Big Bang'
A short video of Ozzy Osbourne discussing the upcoming Ozzfest New Year's Eve celebration can be seen below. Ozzfest has expanded its headlining bill of some of the greatest names in rock to include a second (outdoor) stage. Concert-goers will now have 10 hours of entertainment before they ring in the New Year. Set for ...
VLTIMAS Feat. Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman DAVID VINCENT, Ex-MAYHEM Guitarist, CRYPTOPSY Drummer: Debut Album Details
VLTIMAS, the three-piece extreme metal formation consisting of David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL), Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Monier (CRYPTOPSY), will release its debut album, "Something Wicked Marches In", on March 29, 2019 via Season Of Mist. The first single from the disc, "Praevalidus", can be streamed below. Eriksen comments on the track: ...
GENE SIMMONS's Mother Dies
Flóra "Florence" Klein, the mother of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, has died at the age of 93. Florence's passing was confirmed by Simmons's wife, Shannon Tweed Simmons, who wrote on her Facebook page: "Rest in peace my dear Flora. The best grandma and mother in law I could ask for. You were loved and you ...
KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY To Release 'Backstage Pass' Book In April; Cover Unveiled
KISS frontman Paul Stanley will release his second book, "Backstage Pass", on April 30, 2019 via HarperOne, HarperCollins's San Francisco-based unit that specializes in publishing books in religion, spirituality, and personal growth. Stanley told Philadelphia's WTXF that the follow-up to his 2014 autobiography, "Face The Music: A Life Exposed", "is almost, in a sense, a ...