Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2016 @ Hammersmith Apollo, London 13th June, 2016 Review and photography by Sabrina Selkis With hardly any time to recover fully from Download Festival in the Midlands of England, it is already time to go to the 14th annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards. Also…
Aussie Rockers Airbourne Hit Europe This Summer!
Aussie maniacs Airbourne are hitting Europe this summer prior to the release of their 4th studio Album “Breaking’ Outta Hell” with dates in July and August.
GLENN HUGHES – solo artist, Black Country Communion, ex -Deep Purple and more..
GLENN HUGHES INTERVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Glenn “The Voice Of Rock” Hughes is an English rock bassist and vocalist, best known for his work with Deep Purple, Tony Iommi, and funk rock pioneers Trapeze. Hughes also maintains a notable solo career, including 12 studio albums, and he’s been…
Tampere Metal Meeting 2016 – Tampere Finland
What would the summer be without metal festivals? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Finland is the real promised land of metal with festivals arranged all around Finland from the north to the south, from the east to the west. A new comer to the Finnish metal festival map is called Tampere Metal…
WITCHES MARK – Debut new single “Road Razor”
WITCHES MARK have uploaded their new song “Road Razor” to Soundcloud. Taken from the band’s forthcoming third album, “Road Razor” marks the first new studio material from WITCHES MARK since 2013’s“Witching Metal Ritual” full length. Guitarist and founding member Robert Williams elaborates “After we finished playing out in support of the…
Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake – “David Coverdale is Incredibly Supportive of all his Players!”
Interview and photos by Robert Cavuoto On June 1st Whitesnake embarked on a Greatest Hits Tour that will take them across much of the US before heading over to Europe for July and August. For the last 36+ years Whitesnake has remained a no-nonsense band and have one of the…
Wolf Hoffmann of Accept discusses his addiction to classical music on new CD – Headbangers Symphony
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has dedicated his life to heavy metal which is well documented in dozens of albums spanning four decades. But beyond heavy metal, many people might not know that he has an incessant craving for classical music! In 1997 he released his first classical…
Freddie Mercury: Messenger Of The Gods – The Singles
Freddie Mercury was a man of many talents and many different sides. The songs he wrote for and with Queen filled stadiums around the globe and have rightly gone down in history, but he also embarked on a solo career that took him from the clubs of Munich and New…
A Decade Of Dio: 1983-1993 Boxed Set Available for Pre-Orders Now
Ronnie James Dio’s sinister howl and wicked songcraft bewitched hard rock fans in the Seventies and Eighties during his memorable stints with Elf, Rainbow and Black Sabbath. In 1983, the singer formed his own band, launching a successful solo career that led to 10 studio albums and sales of more…
ANATA “The Infernal Depths of Hatred” vinyl reissue details revealed
KAOTOXIN is proud to announce the second release by KAOSKVLT, its new sub-label dedicated to old-school Metal gems: ANATA‘s 1998 debut full-length, “The Infernal Depths of Hatred”, which will be unleashed on October 21st worldwide, for the first time ever on vinyl! Released in 1998 through then recently launched French…
Los Angeles Rockers BUDDERSIDE to Release New Self-Titled Album via Motörhead Music/UDR
Doused in the (street) waters of Los Angeles, California, gritty hard rockers BUDDERSIDE are fronted by Patrick Stone, who was with the likes of Quiet Riot, Velvet Revolver and Adler’s Appetite before realizing the ultimate dream of his own band and singing his own songs to the world. Enter Michael…
Renowned Guitarist ERIC GALES Brings His Fiery Brand Of Blues Rock Deep Into The Heart Of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip!
Blues rock phenom Eric Gales set Hollywood’s Sunset Strip on fire last year with his six-string pyrotechnics at an explosive concert performance in the legendary Viper Room. Audiences were treated to a truly spectacular concert as Gales let loose on a string of Southern fried soulful blues favorites from his…
AIRBOURNE Are Breakin’ Outta Hell!
AIRBOURNE —unswerving, clenched-fist champions of the hard rock cause— have confirmed their new album title, Breakin’ Outta Hell, also the title of the first single/video, along with a headline tour of North America for September and October; the tour kicks off in San Diego on September 12 and concludes in…
Progressive Metal Band ONI Unleashes New Music Video for “Eternal Recurrence”
Solidifying their position as a band to watch in 2016, rising progressive metal band ONI saw their breakout moment earlier this year with the release of their blistering new track “Eternal Recurrence”. Showcasing the band’s ability to meld chaotic progressive time signatures with blazing solos and heavy grooves (with the…
KiLLeR DWaRfS 2nd Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament For ‘Rock Against Hunger’ In August
The 2nd annual Killer Dwarfs charity golf tournament “Rock Against Hunger” is happening FridayAugust 26th 2016. The event will be hosted again by none other than world renown Author and DJ Lüc Carl Last years tournament raised over $2000 for Feed The Need in Durham. The Tournament is “Best Ball”…