ROB HALFORD RESPONDS TO K. K. DOWNING’S STATEMENT
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has fired back at recent comments made by the band’s former guitarist KK Downing. Downing issued a statement earlier this week saying he wasshocked and stunned that he was not asked back into the fold after Glenn Tipton’s Parkinson’s battle came to light. Halford calls much of Downing’s Facebook post […]
ARMORED SAINT ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, FEATURING “SYMBOL OF SALVATION” PERFORMED IN ITS ENTIRETY; CD AND LP RE-ISSUE
This July/August, Armored Saint will embark on a North American tour, commemorating their classic Symbol Of Salvation album. On this special run, the band will perform Symbol Of Salvation in its entirety, with select shows to be recorded for a live DVD. Front-man John Bush comments, “Symbol Of Salvation, arguably Armored Saint’s most important record. […]
JUDAS PRIEST FORMER GUITARIST K.K. DOWNING POSTS THAT HE WAS “SHOCKED AND STUNNED” THAT HE WASN’T ASKED TO JOIN THE BAND AFTER TIPTON ANNOUNCEMENT
On February 10th, Judas Priest announced that guitarist Glenn Tipton would have to curtail his touring schedule, due to a ten year long battle with Parkinson’s disease. In light of this announcement, former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing (who left the band, himself, seven years ago) posted the following message at his official website: “The […]
METALLICA ANNOUNCE 2018/2019 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Metallica have announced details of a North American tour. The band have been playing shows across Europe, with their live commitments set to continue in Denmark at the end of March. After initially kicking off live dates in support of 10th album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct in North America in May 2017, they’ve now decided on […]
SLAYER LOOKS BACK ON 37 YEARS, EPISODE ONE POSTED HERE
On January 23rd, Slayer announced that it would wrap up its 37 years together with one last tour around the globe. Before the band begins that final sojourn on May 10th, Tom Araya, Kerry King, Gary Holt and Paul Bostaph sat down and talked about all things Slayer, watch episode one, below. Part one of […]
DOKKEN RELEASE OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR “RETURN TO THE EAST LIVE,” CD & DVD TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 20TH
In October 2016, the classic lineup of Dokkden-Don Dokken (vocals), George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums)-reunited to play the Loud Park festival in Japan. Fortunately for fans outside of Japan, cameras were there to capture the performance and now Frontiers Music Srl is set to issue Return To The East Live […]