Almost twenty years ago to the day, celebrated thrash metal act Sodom released one of the most significant albums of its career: ‘M-16’, an offering that continues to be a challenge both musically and in terms of its content still touches upon a very sensitive issue in the history of…
Interview with Shotgun Facelift
Shotgun Facelift Interview with Matt Person (guitar) Interview by Svetlana Likhacheva Social Media: www.eclipserecords.com/band/shotgun-facelift/ SHOTGUN FACELIFT was formed in Grand Forks, North Dakota (2012). The band plays an infectious blend of melodic power groove spawned by the New Wave of American Heavy Metal of the early 2000s. The band’s second…
JIZZY PEARL discusses his upcoming “Hell California” album, current work with Quiet Riot, and his past work with the original Love/Hate band, L.A. Guns, Ratt, Steven Adler, and more.
INTERVIEW BY MARKO SYRJALA American singer Jizzy Pearl is best known for the band Love / Hate. The band released their critically acclaimed debut “Blackout in the Red Room” in 1990 through Columbia Records. The album was awarded “Best Record of the Year” by Kerrang! and Metal Hammer magazines. “Wasted…
JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Hospitalized For ‘Major Medical Heart Condition Issues’; Remainder Of U.S. Tour Postponed
JUDAS PRIEST have postponed the remainder of their U.S. tour due to “major medical heart condition issues” suffered by guitarist Richie Faulkner. Produced by Live Nation, the rescheduled “50 Heavy Metal Years” trek kicked off on September 8 in Reading, Pennsylvania and was slated to run through October before concluding…
INTO ETERNITY Gearing Up To Re-Record “A 15 Year-Old Classic From Our Catalogue” And New Material
Vocalist Stu Block – who left Into Eternity in 2011 to join Iced Earth, and was replaced by Amanda Kiernan – recently announced his return to Into Eternity after performing live with the band at the Loud As Hell festival in Drumheller, Alberta on July 31st. The band has checked…
Australian Progressive Death Metal Masters Be’lakor Unveil Massive New Single “Foothold” + Video
Pre-Order “Coherence” here: smarturl.it/Belakor-Coherence After flooring fans new and old with the release of “Hidden Window”, the legends of progressive death metal BE’LAKOR are back with their staggering second single “Foothold”, taken from their long-awaited new album Coherence, out October 29 via Napalm Records! The deep, powerful vocals of George…
SAMAEL – “Passage” and “Ceremony of Opposite” (reissue)
Breaking Genre Borders… “Passage” and “Ceremony Of Opposites” are two groundbreaking albums by the Swiss black metallers of SAMAEL, which were hardly available recently. Of course, this state of affairs had to be changed urgently in order to make these milestones accessible to a broad mass again. Both albums, as…
Symphonic Power Metal band PHOENIX RISING Drop New Music Video ‘El Temor de un Hombre Sabio’
Today we proudly bring you the new video for “El Temor de un Hombre Sabio”, taken from our latest album “Acta Est Fabula”. This time around we’ve luckily managed to squat up with many beloved musicians/friends from all around the Spanish Metal scene and we could not be more grateful.…
BLOODSTOCK 2022 ADDS 12, INCLUDING 2 SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE HEADLINERS
After the biggest and most successful BLOODSTOCK to date this year, a certified triumph in the face of adversity, BLOODSTOCK’s 2022 event is off to a flying start with all VIP, discounted early bird tickets and campervan passes sold out in record time! Standard tickets are in the ticket store now…
The Ocean to release “Phanerozoic Live” on November 26th
Berlin-based progressive metal act The Ocean present an unusual live album. One that is a testimony of strange times: their Phanerozoic concept album performed live in its entirety at a time when no shows were happening anywhere in the World. Check out the live version of “Devonian: Nascent” at: youtu.be/fb2gjDGulsM.…
BILLY IDOL ANNOUNCES THE ROADSIDE TOUR 2022 WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THE GO-GO’S
27th September 2021: The world’s favourite rebel Billy Idol is back and heading out on The Roadside Tour 2022 with some new music, a stack of timeless classics and his long-time lead guitarist and collaborator Steve Stevens. For his first appearances in the UK since 2018, Billy will play 6…
Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French Recounts Band’s 50-Year History with New Memoir, “Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock ‘N’ Roll”
Jay Jay French, founder, guitarist and manager of the world-famous heavy metal institution Twisted Sister, has delivered a “Bizoir” – part memoir (and essential reading for any metal fan) and part business primer – in Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock ‘N’ Roll, an unexpected, whirlwind, hilarious, transformative…
AN EVENING WITH BRUCE DICKINSON – FEATURING Q&A; TWO DECEMBER 2021 DATES ADDED TO SPOKEN WORD UK TOUR
Photo credit: John McMurtrie LIVE NATION today announces two new additional dates on Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s first ever UK spoken word 2021 tour An Evening With Bruce Dickinson: Dec 9th – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Dec 10th – Usher Hall, Edinburgh Tickets go on sale Wednesday 29th September at…
THE UNITY announce new live album out November 12, 2021
New Single and Video out in October (Photo credit: Bianca Grassner) Sometimes the seemingly most surprising idea can also be the most obvious: German-Italian melodic metal act The Unity, consisting of Gamma Ray members Henjo Richter (guitar), Michael Ehré (drums) and bandmates Gianbattista Manenti (vocals), Stef (guitar), Jogi Sweers (bass)…
Interview with Emissary Of Suffering
Emissary of Suffering Interview with Nils Groth (Drums & Vocals) and Mattias Rasmusson (Guitars) Interview by Lee Carter Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hey, thank you for giving us the opportunity to talk about our band. My name is…