7/9: BENATAR/GIRALDO PODCAST, DENVER AREA APPEARANCE & RUSH THIS WEEKEND, TMS MARATHON, MORE
One of the reasons I decided to start a podcast exactly a year ago was to have a platform for artists I like and respect that are a bit outside the world of music I usually deal with on my radio and TV shows. Prior to That Metal Show I was a host on VH1 […]
STRYPER TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “FALLEN” IN OCTOBER, STREAMING NEW SONG “YAHWEH” ONLINE

Stryper will be releasing their new studio album, Fallen, on October 16th through Frontier records. The first song, Yahweh, which was co-written by Sevendust guitarist Clint Lowery, can be streamed below. Fallen track listing: 1. Yahweh 2. Fallen 3. Pride 4. Big Screen Lies 5. Heaven 6. Love You Like I Do 7. All Over […]
AC/DC DRUMMER PHIL RUDD SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS OF HOME DETENTION FOR THREATENING TO KILL AND DRUG CHARGES

Longtime AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been sentenced to eight months of home detention after pleading guilty to threatening to kill a former employee. Rudd was also charged with possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. The 61-year-old faced up to seven years in prison on the threatening to kill charge at Tauranga District Court on New […]
BASSIST BILLY SHEEHAN REMEMBERS ALMOST JOINING VAN HALEN, AND PROCLAIMS, “I BELIEVE I’M THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO’S PLAYED WITH EVERY MEMBER OF [THE BAND]”

If the only way you could join your favorite band was by costing one of its members their job, would you still want to do it? Bassist Billy Sheehan had to answer that question the hard way after getting an enticing invitation from Van Halen. Sheehan, whose early band Talas opened for Van Halen in […]
NEW STUDY SAYS HEAVY METAL FANS GROW UP TO BE BETTER ADJUSTED ADULTS

Metal fans reportedly grow up to be happier and better adjusted adults than many fans of other genres, a study has suggested. The research published by Taylor & Francis Online sought to test the validity of studies carried out in the 1980s which claimed fans of bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Black […]
JAKE E. LEE’S RED DRAGON CARTEL NAMES SHAWN CROSBY AT THEIR LATEST SINGER

Guitarist Jake E. Lee’s band Red Dragon Cartel have named former Jones Street singer Shawn Crosby as their latest vocalist. He is the band’s fifth singer in just four months. Darren James Smith appeared on the band’s 2014 self-titled debut album, but left in March over concerns regarding touring plans. His replacement Michael Beck lasted […]