Finland’s Voice.fi conducted an interview with former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider when U.D.O. played a headlining show at DOM in Helsinki on September 30, 2011. You can now watch the chat below. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. Rev-Raptor 02. Dominator 03. Thunderball 04. Leatherhead 05. Independence Day 06. Break The […]

Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with guitarist Phil Demmel of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD before the band’s February 9 concert in Atlanta, Georgia with SAUICIDE SILENCE and DARKEST HOUR. You can now watch the chat below. MACHINE HEAD‘s new album, “Unto The Locust”, sold more than 17,000 copies in the […]

Yanick Tremblay of Musik Universe conducted an interview with LOCK UP‘s Tomas Lindberg, Anton Resenneger and Dan Lilker on February 11 at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Lilker temporarily filled in for LOCK UP‘s regular bassist Shane Embury, who was unable to make the band’s current North American […]

Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA recently entered the studio to begin recording their ninth album, to be released later in the year. Read more here

Sal Abruscato — who played drums on three TYPE O NEGATIVE albums (“Slow, Deep & Hard”, “Origin Of The Feces”, “Bloody Kisses”), as well as four LIFE OF AGONY releases (“River Runs Red”, “Ugly”, “River Runs Again”, “Broken Valley”) — was interviewed by Maciej Szatko on February 11, 2012 when Sal‘s new band, A PALE […]

SOUNDGARDEN/ex-AUDOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell paid tribute to late pop superstar Whitney Houston by performing a very special vcover version of “I Will Always Love You” during his appearance last night (Thursday, February 16) at a benefit show in San Francisco to help raise funds for President Barack Obama‘s re-election campaign. During his set, Cornell also […]

Progressive atmospheric death metallers 7 HORNS 7 EYES will release their debut full-length album, “Throes Of Absolution”, in North America on April 24 via Century Media Records. The CD, which features a guest appearance by guitarist Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE), has been many months in the making. Read more here

Jorge Fretes of Spain’s GoetiaMetal.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Martin Van Drunen of Dutch doom death metal legends ASPHYX. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. ASPHYX‘s new studio album, “Deathhammer”, will be released on February 27 in Europe and February 28 in North America via Century Media […]

COAL CHAMBER, the reformed ’90s alt-metal band fronted by current DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara, will play its first reunion dates in late February and early March as part of Australia’s Soundwave Festival. A short video clip from the band’s current rehearsal sessions — filmed and uploaded by Fafara — can be seen below. When asked […]

“When The Walls Close In”, the new video from Sacramento, California’s WILL HAVEN, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s latest album, “Voir Dire”, which came out last October via Bieler Bros. Records. The follow-up to 2007’s “The Hierophant” marked the return of the band’s original vocalist Grady Avenell, who rejoined WILL […]