EDDIE AND ALEX VAN HALEN SIGN PUBLISHING DEAL WITH THE ATLAS MUSIC GROUP
The Atlas Music Group has signed Eddie and Alex Van Halen to a worldwide publishing administration deal. The publishing deal is for Van Halen‘s entire music catalog, excluding the band’s last album, entitled A Different Kind of Truth. Atlas Music Group CEO, Rich Stumpf, spoke to Billboard about its new deal with Van Halen. “This […]
JUDAS PRIEST BANDMEMBERS DISCUSS THE FORTHCOMING “DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH” 30TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE
As previously reported, Judas Priest will be releasing a remastered expanded version of 1984’s Defenders of the Faith on March 10th. Watch a clip of singer Rob Halford, bassist Ian Hill and guitarist Glenn Tipton discussing the album and the song Love Bites below. To read all about this upcoming release, please click here. In […]
IRON MAIDEN FRONTMAN BRUCE DICKINSON RECEIVES CANCER TREATMENT
Iron Maiden have released the following statement via their official website: “Just before Christmas, Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson visited his doctor for a routine check-up. This led to tests and biopsies which revealed a small cancerous tumour at the back of his tongue. A seven week course of chemotherapy and radiology treatment was completed yesterday. […]
RAVEN TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN APRIL, REMEMBERING BON SCOTT TODAY
Raven will release its new album, ExtermiNation, in Scandinavia on April 22nd, in Germany on April 24th, in the rest of Europe on April 27th and in North America on April 28th through SPV/Steamhammer. It will be made available as a digipak version (including one bonus track), 2LP gatefold green vinyl version and as a […]
THE METAL GOD, ROB HALFORD, SAYS THAT “SAD WINGS OF DESTINY” IS HIS FAVORITE JUDAS PRIEST RECORD
Alex Distefano of the OC Weekly spoke with the Metal God, Rob Halford of Judas Priest. The brief interview appears in its entirety below. OC Weekly: Of the 17 full albums you’ve done with Judas Priest, what is your favorite and why? Rob Halford: I get asked that quite a bit and I have to […]
SLAYER TO UNLEASH BRAND NEW SONG FOR RECORD STORE DAY
When The Stillness Comes, the first new track from Slayer in nearly a year, will be available as part of Record Store Day on April 18th, it is announced today by Slayer and Nuclear Blast. The song, accompanied by a live recording of Black Magic, from the band’s 1983 album Show No Mercy and recorded […]