TRAFFIC co-founder Dave Mason has died at the age of 79. The legendary musician’s passing was confirmed in an official statement posted on his social media. The statement reads: «It is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Dave Mason. «On Sunday, April 19, after coo…
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY will embark on the second leg of the «American Crusade» in August. Notably, the band’s frontman Zakk Wylde, bassist John «JD» DeServio and drummer Jeff Fabb will once again be doing double duty on the trek, as support on the tour will come from their BLACK SABBATH tribute project…
In a new interview with Chile’s Radio Futuro, CANDLEBOX frontman Kevin Martin explained why he decided to back out of his plans to retire from touring, despite the fact that he and his bandmates announced their «farewell» tour, «The Long Goodbye», and released what was being billed as their «final»…
ALWAYS JOVI, the new BON JOVI tribute band led by TRIXTER guitarist/singer, producer and songwriter Steve Brown, made its live debut this past Saturday, April 18 at BMI Event Center in Versailles, Ohio. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of the YznzRZN channel on YouTube). I…
In a new interview with Thomas Michiels of Studio Brussel, FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl spoke about the band’s new drummer Ilan Rubin, who joined the FOO FIGHTERS last year as the replacement for Josh Freese. Grohl said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): «Well, it’s funny. So [Ilan] was with…
The hardcore maniacs in TERROR are back with an album that continues along their tried-and-true trajectory. They are arguably one of the most consistently solid hardcore bands ever. One always knows what to expect as far as the band’s beat-down, tough guy aspect. But what makes TERROR special is tha…
Fan-filmed video of MALEVOLENT CREATION’s entire April 18 concert at the Brass Mug in Tampa, Florida can be seen below (courtesy of glock23c channel on YouTube). Featured songs: 01:50 Eve Of The Apocalypse 05:29 Premature Burial 09:50 Dominated Resurgency 14:21 Coronation Of Our Domain 20:20 Multipl…
In a new interview with The Garza Podcast, hosted by SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Chris Garza, drummer Jay Weinberg was asked if he had any regrets regarding his tenure with SLIPKNOT, particularly as it relates to the way he was fired from the band nearly two and a half years ago. The split happened ju…
In a new interview with Radio Sara of the Philadelphia radio station WMMR, guitarist Mark Morton of Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD was asked if it was his idea to change the band logo on the cover of LAMB OF GOD’s latest album, «Into Oblivion», for the first time in 27 years. He responded…
In a new interview with The Growl Podcast, vocalist Kyle Thomas of New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER once again spoke about his band’s supposed influence on PANTERA’s decision to move from a power metal act to a more aggressive form of thrash. Addressing the fact that EXHORDER played…