Author: Music World

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