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 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 […]
May 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: American Idol, STEVEN TYLER, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS • 0 Comments
Robert and Dean DeLeo of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS joined AEROSMITH frontman and “American Idol” judge Steven Tyler on stage during tonight’s (Wednesday, May 25) season 10 “Idol” finale to perform the AEROSMITH classic “Dream On”. You can watch video footage of their appearance below. Despite Tyler’s recent insistence that AEROSMITH would play the “American Idol” […]
May 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Mastodon • 0 Comments
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON are currently in the studio recording the follow-up to their acclaimed concept album “Crack The Skye”, one of the most critically lauded records of the past decade. The band is tracking the new CD at Doppler Studios in Atlanta with producer Mike Elizondo. Drum tracks were previously completed in Los Angeles […]
May 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Destruction • 0 Comments
On May 22, Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer of German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat below. “Day Of Reckoning”, the new album from DESTRUCTION, sold around 800 copies in the United States in […]
May 23, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: MACHINAE SUPREMACY • 0 Comments
Bernhard of Austria’s Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist Andreas Gerdin and bassist Johan Hedlund of MACHINAE SUPREMACY, the five-piece from Luleå, Sweden whose particular take on metal reflects the influence of video games on contemporary culture, before the band’s April 29, 2011 concert in Vienna, Austria with CHILDREN OF BODOM. You can […]
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Tops This Week’s ‘Hot Tours’ List
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 […]
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