Last week saw the announcement of Sons of Apollo, the new band featuring former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force). Their debut album, "Psychotic Symphony," is due for release... Continue Reading →
True avant-garde Norwegians Enslaved have announced the release of their epic new studio album for October 13th, 2017. This 14th full-length masterpiece sets the musical mind-twisters free from genre boundaries and offers a unprecedented mix of prog, extreme metal and shoegaze on 8 tracks with a play time of more than an hour. Elegantly titled... Continue Reading →
Seether has premiered its new music video for "Betray and Degrade," from its seventh full-length album, "Poison the Parish." This is the second music video the band has released from its latest album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp8lDW2LUM0 "Poison the Parish" (Canine Riot/Fantasy), which hit on May 12, 2017, debuted at number one on Billboard's Hard Rock albums chart, number... Continue Reading →
A couple weeks prior to the launch of The Dead Daisies' first North American headlining tour, Live Metal's Greg Maki caught up with bassist Marco Mendoza. In part one of our interview, Mendoza discussed the band's busy summer, the upcoming tour and more. In part two, after more on the tour, the talk turns a... Continue Reading →
I Prevail has announced dates for its fall headline tour "Rage on the Stage." Featuring metalcore scene favorites We Came as Romans, The Word Alive and Escape the Fate providing support for the trek, the North American tour will kick off on Sept. 20 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and conclude Dec. 2 in Des Moines, Iowa. Tickets can... Continue Reading →
Watch the professionally shot full set of Megadeth's performance at the 2017 Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. The festival was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts four days. It is currently considered the biggest heavy-metal festival in... Continue Reading →
It took The Dead Daisies a few years and a lot of lineup changes to find their identity, and now that they have, the world is taking notice. The band founded in 2012 by Australian guitarist David Lowy has been around the globe multiple times, building its fan base by playing some of the biggest... Continue Reading →
Gojira has announced details of a U.S. headline tour, with special guests Torche and Code Orange, which is set to get underway Oct. 2 at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio. Artist presale tickets for the new headline dates will be available at 2 p.m. local time Tuesday, Aug. 8, followed by a Spotify presale... Continue Reading →
Alice Cooper and earMUSIC are celebrating the chart success of "Paranormal." The album was produced by longtime Cooper collaborator Bob Ezrin for earMUSIC, the rock label part of the Edel AG group, which markets and distributes the album worldwide through its international network. "Paranormal" features guests such as Larry Mullen (U2, who plays on nine of the... Continue Reading →
