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TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French took part in a question-and-answer session at this month’s Spooky Empire convention in Orlando, Florida. You can now watch the discussion below. Speaking about bands which have continued performing well past their prime, French said: “[JUDAS] PRIEST is 65 years, 70 years old, SAXON‘s 80 fucking years old. THE ROLLING STONES are 90 years old. Watching Keith [Richards] and [Ronnie Wood] trying to play guitar is like being driven in a tour bus by José Feliciano and Ray Charles without GPS — it’s a terrifying fucking experience. If THE STONES were smart, they’d hire … Continue reading

Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN are working on material for the follow-up to 2016’s “Moonbathers” album. “We’re writing,” keyboardist Martijn Westerholt told Heavy New York before a recent concert on the band’s North American tour as the support act for KAMELOT (see video below). “Right now, we’re not, because we’re touring the U.S. and Canada, of course. But when we’re back [from the road], we will continue writing. It’s a little bit quiet on purpose, because we wanna focus on writing. And the plan is to release [the new album] next year, so let’s hope it works out.” Last year, Westerholt … Continue reading

Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST have commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2017’s “Bringer Of Pain” album. “We started in the beginning of this year, doing the demos,” singer Noora Louhimo told Antihero Magazine during a recent interview (see video below). “And when we get back [from the road], we continue doing the new album. So it’s gonna be out next year.” Asked what fans can expect to hear on the next BATTLE BEAST disc, Noora said: “I don’t wanna say anything too much revealing, but a hundred percent heavy metal. [Laughs]” BATTLE BEAST‘s fourth album, “Bringer Of Pain”, … Continue reading

Swedish melodic metallers AMARANTHE recently entered Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, EPICA, DELAIN) to begin recording their fifth album, due later in the year. The follow-up to 2016’s “Maximalism” will mark the band’s first release with DYNAZTY‘s Nils Molin, who officially joined AMARANTHE in July 2017 as the replacement for Jake E. A short video clip of Molin laying down vocals for the new AMARANTHE disc can be seen below. Having previously used Chris Adam Hedman Sörbye from the band SMASH INTO PIECES as a stand-in for Jake on some of the shows in 2016 … Continue reading

Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song “One” on April 11 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland and a cover of the DIAMOND HEAD classic “Am I Evil?” on April 9 at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany can be seen below. METALLICA has played 16 shows in Europe since early February and has another eight dates booked between now and mid-May. METALLICA recently announced the details of the 2018-2019 North American leg of of its “WorldWired” tour in support of the band’s latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”. The 34-date trek kicks off September 2 in Madison, Wisconsin and runs through … Continue reading

Marilyn Manson made a special guest appearance at Coachella Saturday night, April 21. The shock-rocker joined Yoshiki of Japanese superstars X JAPAN during their second set of the festival for a performance of EURYTHMICS‘ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, a song which Manson covered back in 1994 on his “Smells Like Children” album. In an interview with L.A. Weekly, Yoshiki said of Manson, “He’s been an amazing friend of mine. So we talked about him showing up at Coachella and he said, ‘I’d be happy to.’ He’s just a very sweet person and he kindly tries to support X … Continue reading

Swedish metallers ENTOMBED A.D. recently entered the studio to begin recording their third album for a tentative late 2018 release. A short clip from the studio can be seen below. ENTOMBED A.D.‘s second album, “Dead Dawn”, was released in February 2016 via Century Media. Last fall, vocalist Lars-Göran “LG” Petrov spoke to Finland’s Rauta about ENTOMBED‘s decision to release change its name to ENTOMBED A.D. in order to avoid a legal battle with ENTOMBED guitarist Alex Hellid who didn’t want his former bandmates to use the ENTOMBED moniker. “[ENTOMBED and ENTOMBED A.D. are] the same thing — just some minor … Continue reading

PANTERA has released a new teaser for the band’s long-awaited fourth home video as “a special ‘4’ 20 surprise” on Friday, April 20. Check it out below. PANTERA‘s last home video, titled “3: Watch It Go”, was released in 1997 on VHS format through Elektra Records. The set featured over two hours of music videos, concert footage and various backstage clips. “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott‘s longtime girlfriend Rita Haney told the “Talk Toomey” podcast in a 2017 interview that the release of PANTERA‘s fourth home video will depend on the success of the “Dimevision Vol. 2: Roll With It Or Get … Continue reading

Swedish metallers SOILWORK recently entered Nordic Sound Lab studios in Skara, Sweden with producer Thomas “Plec” Johansson to begin recording their eleventh album. The follow-up to 2015’s “The Ride Majestic” is tentatively due in the fall via Nuclear Blast Records. “The Ride Majestic” was SOILWORK‘s last album to feature longtime drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who left the band in July 2016 to join MEGADETH. He was replaced in SOILWORK by Bastian Thusgaard of THE ARCANE ORDER. A short video of Thusgaard laying down tracks for the new SOILWORK album can be seen below. Thusgaard comments: “I’m so proud of my achievements … Continue reading

On Friday, April 20, legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi hosted a charity lunch to raise funds for the cancer unit where the band’s late keyboardist Geoff Nicholls was treated. Tony was on hand at Birmingham, England’s Opus Restaurant to entertain guests with stories from his life and career with BLACK SABBATH, touring the world with one of the biggest bands of all time. Asked if BLACK SABBATH will ever play again after completing its “The End” tour last year, Iommi said (see video below): “It’s highly unlikely, but we may. You can never say never, because we’ve done it… … Continue reading

Maryland rockers CLUTCH have set “Book Of Bad Decisions” as the title of their new album, tentatively due in September. The disc was recently completed at Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer and engineer Vance Powell (THE WHITE STRIPES, RED FANG). Speaking to Brittney Patton of 103.7 The Eagle Rocks! at this weekend’s Las Rageous festival in Las Vegas, CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon stated about the lyrical themes covered on “Book Of Bad Decisions” (see video below): “This record has a lot of… maybe not a lot, but instances where I looked back into events of my own … Continue reading

La Grosse Télé conducted an interview with guitarist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) prior to BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s March 8 concert at The Bataclan in Paris, France. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BLACK LABEL SOCIETY‘s new “Grimmest Hits” studio album: Zakk: “We recorded it at the Black Vatican, my home studio. I was on the road doing ZAKK SABBATH and then we were getting ready to go do the new album. I said, ‘How much time do I have to write when I get home?’ They said, ‘You … Continue reading

A fundraising campaign has been launched for former MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Brett Hoffman, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. The GoFundMe page, which was started by Brett‘s “very close friend/family member” Tina Kuntz Mielcarek, is asking for donations to cover his “medical expenses and treatments.” Brett performed on the first three MALEVOLENT CREATION releases until he left the band after 1993’s “Stillborn” album. Five years later, he returned and performed on “The Fine Art Of Murder” and “Envenomed” before leaving again and being replaced by Kyle Symons. He rejoined MALEVOLENT again in 2006 and appeared on the … Continue reading

Joe Lynn Turner “has every intention of returning to the stage” once he has recovered fully from a heart attack he suffered more than a week ago. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE frontman’s hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press service of the Ministry of Health of Belarus as saying that the singer’s condition was “stable” after he was treated at a Minsk facility for “myocardial infarction,” commonly known as a heart attack. Joe‘s Finnish booking agent, Thomas Ståhl of Stahl Entertainment, later confirmed that the singer was “postponing all … Continue reading

Blasphemy do things ultra raw and ultra nasty and ultra heavy; we get that, and we’re totally on board, as we’re certainly no strangers to Fallen Angel of Doom or Blood Upon the Altar. For the battalion leaders of war metal, the ultra extreme makes perfect sense, so a ripping recording in a subterranean setting seems almost mandatory. But team Decibel was extra surprised to get word on the recent digital release (LP/CD/tape forthcoming) of Victory (Son of the Damned) which had the following description: The aforementioned rehearsal session took place in the basement of then-bassist Bestial Saviour of the Undead Legions, and … Continue reading

Tired of all that talk of Sleep and their stoned, doomed counterparts? We’ve got you covered with something that’s quite the opposite: a brand new song from Portuguese grind/death maniacs Axia. They’re releasing a record called Pulverizer on April 27, and they live up to the name, as evidenced by new song “Fading Into Nothing.” Axia strike with palpable feelings of rage, going straight for the throat before pumping the breaks and veering into a crawling mosh part. The quartet’s ability to pummel and, well, pulverize comes as no surprise when you learn that members of Axia also play in The Ominous Circle, Holocausto, … Continue reading

JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner were recently interviewed by British journalist and broadcaster Alan Ovington. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how PRIEST came to title its new album “Firepower”: Rob: “Whenever we make a record, it’s important to try and get some kind of suggestion of the content of the whole experience. In this case, when we were looking through the titles that we had, we felt that this word — ‘firepower’ — was going to be the best representation of the ‘Firepower’ experience.” On … Continue reading

Following a tease on socials earlier this week, BAD WOLVES have revealed “Hear Me Now” featuring Diamante, out now on Spotify. The surprise duet sees BAD WOLVES frontman Tommy Vext and Diamante join forces in a powerful display of intertwined vocals on the soaring ballad. “It is undeniable what Diamante brought to the song as a final touch,” explains Vext of the collaboration. “In retrospect, it always felt like ‘Hear Me Now’ was a duet. In the process of recording together, I think we all fell in love with Diamante a little bit. And we think you will too.” The … Continue reading