SLAYER GUITARIST KERRY KING SAYS THE BAND DID “EVERYTHING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO” TO TRY AND SAVE JEFF HANNEMAN
Slayer guitarist Kerry King says the band did all they could to save Jeff Hanneman from alcoholism. He died in 2013, aged 49, following a two-year illness caused in part by his drinking, which was cited in his official cause of death. His health problems had increased after he contracted necrotising fasciitis in his arm […]
LYNCH MOB STREAM THE SONG “WAR” FROM THEIR UPCOMING RELEASE “REBEL” OUT IN AUGUST
As previously reported, Lynch Mob will be releasing their eighth studio album, Rebel, on August 21st through Frontiers Music SRL. The band is currently streaming another song from the forth coming release entitled, War. Listen to it below. To learn more about Rebel, watch an EPK about the album, and to listen to Automatic Fix, […]
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 […]
