May 31, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Blue Dawn • 0 Comments
Blue Dawn – ‘Blue Dawn’ 2011 LP, Black Widow Records One listen is all that it will take for you to realize that ‘Shattered Illusions‘ is a raging hotbed of raucous energy. The haunting melodies that are the brainshake of lead singer, Monica Santos who comes makes her presence known come chorus time. Her shocking […]
May 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin Experience • 0 Comments
JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE — a unique trifecta of an amazing rock concert featuring the unforgettable blues-rock of LED ZEPPELIN, an over-the-top video and light show as well as the personal history that Jason Bonham shares in commemoration of his father with the legendary rock ‘n’ roll band — has been forced to postpone […]
May 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Avenged Sevenfold • 0 Comments
AVENGED SEVENFOLD has landed at position No. 1 on this week’s Billboard.com “Hot Tours” rankings with more than $3.6 million in box office grosses reported from the “Welcome To The Family Tour”, which featured opening acts THREE DAYS GRACE, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and SEVENDUST on select dates. AVENGED SEVENFOLD was also one of the […]
May 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: System of a Down • 0 Comments
Fan-filmed video footage of SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s May 24, 2011 concert at Forum in Inglewood, California can be viewed below. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Prison Song 02. B.Y.O.B. 03. Know 04. Needles 05. Deer Dance 06. Attack 07. Radio/Video 08. Hypnotize 09. Question! 10. Suggestions 11. Psycho 12. Chop Suey! 13. […]
May 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY • 0 Comments
Gary Graff of Billboard.com recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On BLACK LABEL SOCIETY’s new album, “The Song Remains Not the Same”, an acoustic-oriented, unplugged style set that features new renditions of songs from 2010’s “Order of the Black” as […]
May 27, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: By The Hands Of The Devil, Satan's Host • 0 Comments
Satan’s Host – ‘By The Hands Of The Devil’ 2011 LP Looking for all intents and purposes like an Impaled Nazarene album cover, at least to my trained Metal Underground eyes, comes Satan’s Host a-stridin’ with it’s newest infernal collection. Satan’s Host now should take front and center as there is a void that needs […]
May 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: American Idol, Judas Priest • 0 Comments
As first predicted here earlier today, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST performed during tonight’s (Wednesday, May 25) season 10 “American Idol” finale. They hit the stage with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was eliminated from “American Idol” earlier in the month but who made a return appearance during tonight’s […]
May 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: DISTURBED • 0 Comments
Mario Trevizo of Cosmos Gaming and Fans4Bands conducted an interview with DISTURBED bassist John Moyer at this past weekend’s Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Moyer said in a new interview with Cincinnati’s City Beat that he doesn’t think marriage will change the writing style of […]
May 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Judas Priest • 0 Comments
All five members of JUDAS PRIEST — Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Scott Travis, and the band’s latest addition, 31-year-old guitarist Richie Faulkner (LAUREN HARRIS, DIRTY DEEDS) — took part in a press conference yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, May 24) at the Renaissance Hotel at Highland and Hollywood in Los Angeles to answer questions about […]
SEVEN WITCHES: ‘Fields Of Fire’ Video Released
May 31, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: SEVEN WITCHES • 0 Comments
“Fields Of Fire”, the new video from SEVEN WITCHES, can be viewed below. The track comes off the band’s new album, “Call Upon The Wicked”, which is scheduled for release on June 3 via Massacre Records. Many years have passed since the last SEVEN WITCHES album saw the light of day and guitarist/mainman Jack Frost […]
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