Fan-filmed video footage of THE SIRENS, the collaboration between vocalists Kari Rueslåtten (THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL), Anneke van Giersbergen (THE GATHERING) and Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull (LEAVES' EYES, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY), performing on June 6 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg can be seen below. The seeds for THE SIRENS were planted when ...
Fan-filmed video footage of VENOM's June 6 performance at the FortaRock festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands can be seen below. VENOM's latest album, "From The Very Depths", was released on January 27 via Spinefarm. The effort was made available via CD and download. Asked how the decision came about to start working on ...
Reunited Swedish sleaze rockers BACKYARD BABIES played their first comeback show on June 5 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg. Fan-filmed video footage of their appearance can be seen below. BACKYARD BABIES have released a new single, "Th1rt3en Or Nothing", via Gain Music Entertainment, which is distributed and partly owned by Sony Music. A ...
Video footage of the reunited original lineup of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER — guitarist John Ricci, drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler and bassist Allan Johnson — performing on June 6 at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg can be seen below. Speaking to the "Talking Metal" podcast last year, Ricci stated about how he mended fences ...
Fan-filmed video footage of EXODUS's June 6 performance at the FortaRock festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands can be seen below. Guitarist Gary Holt was unable to join his EXODUS bandmates for the FortaRock appearance due to his commitments with SLAYER. Replacing him at the event was HEATHEN's Kragen Lum. EXODUS and TESTAMENT recently ...
Guitarist Tommy Thayer, who joined KISS in February 2003, stepping into the boots the band's original axeman, Ace Frehley, had been occupying for the KISS reunion that lasted from 1996 to 2002, has refused to criticize his predecessor, insisting in a new interview that he wishes "all the best to everybody." Last year, Frehley spoke ...
On June 6, METALLICA's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett played the American national anthem on to kick off the X Games in Austin, Texas. Check out video footage of the performance below. As previously reported, METALLICA has joined forces with ESPN and Circuit Of The Americas to assist the victims of the recent floods in ...
According to The Guardian, 33 people were injured after lightning struck the Rock Am Ring festival in western Germany. At 1:00 am. Saturday morning, approximately an hour after MARILYN MANSON's set, lightning struck the event in the town of Mendig, injuring eight people from the festival's production teams. Large lightning-proof tents tents were ...
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson stopped by for a question-and-answer session at the Mesa Community College's Summer Band Camp last Wednesday, June 3 in Mesa, Arizona. He discussed his musical education, how it influenced his career, and he offered some advice for younger musicians wanting to pursue music as a career path. Speaking to ...
Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with KAMELOT guitarist and mastermind Thomas Youngblood. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: Let's discuss the new KAMELOT album, "Haven". Thomas: We started with the songwriting pretty similar to the previous record, "Silverhorn". We had our own ideas that we were ...
