As the back cover (in part) says, this is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motörhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, Fast Eddie Clarke and Philthy Phil “Animal” Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principle troublemakers, Martin Popoff, author of 62 books on heavy metal, celebrates, over the course…
Interview with Kam Lee of Massacre, Death, Mantas
Interview with Kam Lee of Massacre, Death, Mantas Photo By Steven Shea (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons March 10, 2017 Interview by: InfamousButcher Kam Lee is one of the Godfathers of Death Metal , right up there with Chuck Schuldiner. As a member of Mantas, Death, and Massacre,…
SABATON Distinguished With Gold And Platinum Awards
“The Last Tour”, with support from LEAVES’ EYES and BATTLE BEAST, begins April 20 Tickets and VIP Packs Available via WWW.SABATON.NET Swedish war machine, SABATON, is currently touring the world in support of their latest studio record titled The Last Stand (August 19th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast) and also holding…
Lita Ford + Rock Goddess @ O2 Islington Academy, London
Lita Ford + Rock Goddess @ O2 Islington Academy, London March 12, 2017 Review by Sabrina Selkis Photography by Inty Malcolm Please follow and like us:
Wacken Metal Battle Canada: Banger Films: “WELCOME TO WACKEN”; First Ever Virtual Reality Festival Documentary
Dear Metal Battle Bands (past & present), Great News to share! Banger Films (Sam Dunn, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey) are excited to announce WELCOME TO WACKEN, the first-ever music festival documentary in virtual reality has been selected for Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Those in the Toronto area can watch it for…
BODY COUNT Release New “Black Hoodie” Music Video; Bloodlust Out March 31st
Ice-T’s BODY COUNT just launched the new track, “Black Hoodie,” via this explosive music video directed by @TreachTribe, so click on the link below now to check it out. The aforementioned song is also now an instant-grat track downloadable immediately upon pre-ordering the amazing, new album, Bloodlust, now at itun.es/us/hJ7Ohb…
RIKKI ROCKETT BREAKS DOWN POISON’S FIRST ALBUM
Drummer Rikki Rockett discussed the making of Poison’s debut album, Look What the Cat Dragged In on this week’s episode of the Decibel Geek podcast. In an interview recorded on his tour bus during a Devil City Angels stop in Nashville, Rockett reflected on the early days of Poison as…
NIGHT RANGER’s New Album “Don’t Let Up” Out Now
“After making albums and touring for 35 years, NIGHT RANGER continues to deliver. Don’t Let Up is a fun album that you’ll definitely want to add to your NIGHT RANGER catalog when it hits March 24 because just like the band, this album ‘Don’t Let Up’!” -KNAC- “Don’t Let Up…
IRON MAIDEN Completing the collection – Vinyl reissues coming this summer
Completing the collection! No Prayer through to Final Frontier album reissues coming this summer – all on black vinyl! Parlophone Records will follow 2014’s reissue of the first eight IRON MAIDEN albums, which spanned the 1980s, with twelve brand new pressings of albums from the period 1990-2015 in heavyweight 180g…
Warrant Release New Track “Only Broken Heart”
Under their belt, Warrant has eight million records sold worldwide, two Top Ten Billboard albums, five Top 40 Billboard hits, five #1 MTV videos…the list goes on and on. Now, six years after the release of “Rockaholic,” the album that relaunched the band as a force to be reckoned with…
Children of Bodom + Forever Still + ONI @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
Children of Bodom + Forever Still + ONI @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London March 12, 2017 Review by Torbjørn ‘Toby’ Jørstad Please follow and like us:
ACHERONTAS – Interview with Acherontas V.Priest
Acherontas Interview with Acherontas Coven @ Gibus Live, Paris – Dimensional Nomads tour By Oliver M. Please follow and like us:
Hit the Lights: The Birth of Thrash By MARTIN POPOFF
In the logical follow-up to Popoff’s celebrated New Wave of British Heavy Metal trilogy (Smokin’ Valves, Wheels of Steel and This Means War), Martin now brings us Hit the Lights: The Birth of Thrash, attacking heavy metal’s next wave of faster, heavier, angrier sounds, with a geographical shift in the…
IAN HUNTER To Release “Dandy” On 7″ Vinyl For Record Store Day
This Record Store Day, which takes place on the 22nd April, Proper Records will be releasing a limited edition exclusive 7″ gold vinyl single of Dandy taken from the latest album Fingers Crossed. Dandy is Hunter’s fond tribute to David Bowie which reflects on a relationship cemented in 1972…
The Rolling Stones Proudly Present “Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America” – on DVD and Blu-ray May 26, 2017
On May 26, 2017, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America by The Rolling Stones — a documentary film by Paul Dugdale. Released on DVD and Blu-ray [MSRP $26.98 Blu-ray, $21.98 DVD], the film was given a strictly limited theatrical release around Europe in…