6/12: THOUGHTS ON NEW SABBATH ALBUM
Sitting here listening to the full new Black Sabbath album for the first time start to finish. I like much of what I hear but think this will take some time as many of the songs are long and in much of the same tempo. “Loner” seems to be the one track at 4 minutes […]
AEROSMITH’S TYLER AND PERRY DISCUSS WRITING “WALK THIS WAY” AND “DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY”

Billy Heller of the New York Post reports: Filmmaker Mel Brooks is hardly known as a lyricist. But Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are more than happy to give him props for an assist on one of their best-known songs. As the rockers get ready for their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame […]
FAN FILMED FOOTAGE OF METALLICA’S ORION FESTIVAL “KILL ‘EM ALL”SET POSTED ONLINE

Metallica stunned fans at the first day of their Orion Music + More Festival by appearing on the second-smallest stage to perform debut album Kill ‘Em All in full. Watch fan filmed footage of the entire show below. The official schedule had listed a band called Dehaan to play at 4.30pm on the first day […]
BLACK SABBATH RELEASE VIDEO FOR “GOD IS DEAD?”

Black Sabbath have released an official video for the song God Is Dead? from their new album 13 which will be released on June 11th. View the video below. 13 marks the first Black Sabbath studio album to feature Ozzy Osbourne on vocals in 35 years. Black Sabbath North American Tour Dates: Jul 25th Houston, […]
GUITARIST VIVIAN CAMPBELL DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, SAYS HE’S FEELING “RATHER SPIFFY, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”

Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell says a “cough that wouldn’t quit” has turned out to be cancer. The guitarist had a surgical biopsy on March 11th following several months of coughing that revealed he has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, he said through a spokesperson on Monday, reports Marc Schneider of Billboard. Doctors prescribed six months of chemotherapy […]
6/9: TMS RECAP, LIVE RADIO SHOW TOMORROW, MORE
Thanks all for the great response to the second episode of the new season of That Metal Show. Corey Taylor always brings it and was great to have him back, this time with Josh Ramd. So glad to see so many people discovering the amazing talents of Richie Kotzen here in the US. I’ve been […]