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Musik Universe conducted an interview with frontwoman Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA prior to the band’s September 1 show with LACUNA COIL at Metropolis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On EPICA‘s future plans: Simone: “We have another North American tour, we have a European tour next year we are planning. We are planning another tour and some festivals, then it’s time for us to write a new record again. Then the cycle has come to an end. But, we might say, ‘Let’s not put a … Continue reading

Fan-filmed video footage of GREAT WHITE‘s October 18 performance at Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo, Norway can be seen below. GREAT WHITE is touring in support of its latest album, “Full Circle”, which was released on June 2. The effort sees the band re-teaming with its original producer, Michael Wagener. It’s an honorable nod to their first EP, “Out Of The Night” (Aegean Records, 1983) and debut self-titled full-length record (EMI, 1984). Wagener, is, of course, the legendary producer behind ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH, METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE and a slew of other rock gods. “Full Circle” was recorded in January and … Continue reading

Former SLAUGHTER (and current Blue Man Group) drummer Blas Elias will join the West Coast touring lineup of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA this winter. He’ll perform alongside TSO staples Johnny Lee Middleton (SAVATAGE), Jeff Scott Soto (SONS OF APOLLO, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN) and Al Pitrelli (MEGADETH, ALICE COOPER). Elias‘s first performance with TSO will take place on November 16 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Elias performed on SLAUGHTER‘s first five albums, including the group’s double-platinum 1990 debut, “Stick It To Ya”, and their gold-certified 1992 follow-up, “The Wild Life”. The Las Vegas-based drummer also appeared in the 2001 film … Continue reading

Cat Unrapped of the “Collision” radio show on Australia’s Voice FM recently conducted an interview with UGLY KID JOE frontman Whitfield Crane. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the post-reunion status of UGLY KID JOE: Whitfield: “It’s pretty cool. We put the band back together and we released music in 2012. We weren’t sure what would happen, like, would anyone still remember the band? Would people still go to the shows? We were a little scared, but very excited to go do it. Then we found out that people still … Continue reading

Kat Mykals from the Evansville, Indiana radio station 103 GBF recently interviewed AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ. The full chat can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group’s latest release, “The Stage”, being an “evolving album”: Johnny: “Well, it was just the idea of basically releasing the [bonus] songs after the album release — just continually have more content being put on it wherever it’s being streamed, and everything like that. We always had this idea when we went in to writing and recording the record that we were going to keep things moving … Continue reading

According to The Spokesman-Review, DECAPITATED singer Rafal Piotrowski and bassist Hubert Wiecek made their first court appearance in Spokane County on Friday for allegedly raping a woman on their tour bus nearly two months ago. The 31-year-old Piotrowski was charged with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree rape while the 30-year-old Wiecek was charged with first-degree kidnapping and third-degree rape. Their bandmates, 35-year-old guitarist Waclaw Kieltyka and 27-year-old drummer Michal Lysejko, were in court one week earlier, with the former charged with first-degree kidnapping and second-degree rape and the latter charged with first-degree kidnapping and third-degree rape. All four musicians had their … Continue reading

American hard rock/metal vocalist David Reece, formerly of ACCEPT and BONFIRE, spoke to Metal Forces about the progress of his third solo studio album, to be titled “Mavericks”. He said: “I originally contacted Mike Tramp [ex-WHITE LION vocalist] as we’ve known each other for awhile and I’ve done some shows with him. A friend here named Ale Lifonti put me in touch and Tramp referred me to his label Target. While chatting with Target, they expressed interest but under the condition I at least consider writing with Martin Frank [SHOTGUN REVOLUTION guitarist]. So, I e-mailed him and we talked it … Continue reading

Fan-filmed video footage of SATYRICON‘s September 26 performance at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. SATYRICON is touring in support of its latest album, “Deep Calleth Upon Deep”, which was released on September 22 via Napalm Records. The disc was recorded in Oslo, Norway and Vancouver, Canada, during early 2017 and mixed together with revered studio guru Mike Fraser (who previously worked on SATYRICON‘s 2006 album, “Now, Diabolical”). The “Deep Calleth Upon Deep” front cover is an obscure drawing from 1898 by perhaps the greatest Norwegian artist of all time, Edvard Munch. SATYRICON drummer Kjetil-Vidar “Frost” Haraldstad … Continue reading

Metal Wani‘s editor in chief Owais “Vitek” Nabi and Matthew Powers recently conducted an interview with TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On keeping the “mystery” factor before TRIVIUM releases a new album: Matt: “We love to do things as a reaction to both the way we’ve done things in the past and the way everyone else does things. Like, if you look at, we made ‘The Crusade’ because it was a reaction to ‘Ascendancy’, which was a reaction to all of these bands playing similar kinds … Continue reading

Nati P Taviel de Andrade of Spain’s Goetia Media conducted an interview with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna prior to his September 21 solo show at SO36 in Berlin, Germany. You can watch the entire interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why his family is such a source of inspiration: Sully: “My dad started me in music. He’s the reason why I began playing when I was very young, three years old. He is a trumpet player and he had bands that would rehearse in the basement and I grew up watching him play and that’s how … Continue reading

Ornella Carlone of Germany’s Comebackstage conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti prior to the band’s October 12 show at Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. You can watch the entire interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band’s highlights from the last twelve months: Mark: “Probably the biggest highlight was playing Royal Albert Hall [on October 2-3] with the symphony [52-piece Parallax Orchestra] just about a week ago. That was an intense couple of shows. We filmed that, so that will be out maybe springtime next year.” On recording the show at Royal Albert Hall: … Continue reading

By now, we hope you heard the news about Decibel Metal & Beer Fest 2018, but if you didn’t, here’s the scoop: Carcass, At the Gates, Mayhem and Repulsion– with support provided by an all-star lineup of bands- will descend upon the Fillmore Philadelphia for a weekend of headbanging and beer drinking with 20 of the most metal breweries the world of craft beer has to offer. You can (and should!) buy your tickets here, but if you’re number savvy, we have a contest for you: tally up the combined number of cover appearances, Hall of Fame inductions and flexi discs each band performing at Decibel Metal and Beer Fest has … Continue reading

Mark Jansen of the Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA was interviewed by ArmyOfOneTV prior to the September 29 finale of the group’s “The Ultimate Principle” tour at New York City’s PlayStation Theater. The full chat (recorded by Ignacio Orellana of ProMusicVideo.com) can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the origins of the group’s musical style: Mark: “When I was in AFTER FOREVER, we developed kind of the style that we’re also playing with EPICA. I always liked film music and classical music, and also metal, so I thought, ‘This would be a great combination. At … Continue reading

Alright everyone, hear me out on this. I know that a new Trivium album isn’t a very high priority for many Decibel readers in 2017. The year has been incredible for all stripes of extreme, underground metal music, especially death metal. So it might seem a little off-message for me to try and pull you out of the cave and into the light of the well-produced, highly polished and accessible sound of Matt Heafy and company. However, let’s not forget that many early issues of Decibel had cover stories that focused on metalcore and the new wave of American heavy … Continue reading

Metal Nexus conducted an interview with LACUNA COIL vocalist Andrea Ferro prior to the band’s performance at the Louder Than Life festival, which was held September 30 – October 1 at Champions Park in Louisville, Kentucky. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the current state of heavy metal: Andrea: “I think metal today is wider than it has ever been. You can call metal a lot of different things… This festival, you can tell that there’s so many different kinds of bands, that they totally belong in one way or … Continue reading

A group of women have formed the Solidarity Not Silence campaign, having being hit with a defamation case after speaking out against ‘a well known musician’ and his ‘treatment of women’. Women who reported abuse from ‘well known musician’ faced with defamation case Women who reported abuse from ‘well known musician’ faced with defamation case Team Rock Continue reading

The late ’80s were a heady time for the burgeoning extreme metal scene, although not every band that released a great record received its just compensation. Such was the case for Pittsburgh’s doom-death pioneers, Dream Death. Following in the lumbering and massive footsteps of bands like Trouble, Pentagram and Celtic Frost, Dream Death appeared right on time with their 1987 debut, Journey into Mystery. Often mislabeled as simply thrash, or plain old doom, Journey into Mystery existed in both of those realms—and more—all at once. Boasting a sound that consisted of mid-paced crossover grooves, punk-tinged anthemic choruses and doomed-out breakdowns, … Continue reading

Tonight Alive will release their upcoming album Underworld in January – watch video for new track Temple. Tonight Alive return with new album and single Tonight Alive return with new album and single Team Rock Continue reading

Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, DEAD CROSS) scores the Stephen King-sourced thriller “1922”, which is available now via Netflix. An expanded score will be released via Ipecac Recordings in 2018. The “1922” offering follows up Patton‘s critically acclaimed score to “The Place Beyond The Pines”, a musical outing that Pitchfork said served as “the glue uniting the film’s three disparate sections and many different tones” and Movie Music UK said Patton offered an “intelligent way of arranging his collages of sounds into fascinating musical effects.” “1922” is based on Stephen King‘s 131-page storytelling of a man’s confession of his wife’s … Continue reading