*UPDATED* BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES

Supergroup Black Star Riders have added eight additional headlining shows throughout the Midwest and East Coast on their first run of the U.S. this spring in support of their debut album, All Hell Breaks Loose. Launching in San Antonio, Texas on May 1st and winding their way to Birmingham, Alabama on June 15th, BSR will […]
TOM KEIFER ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF A NEW CINDERELLA ALBUM: “IF THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG, WE WOULD GO FOR IT”

Greg Prato of Brave Words spoke with Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer. Excerpts from the Q&A appear below. BraveWords: What do you have planned for 2014? Tom Keifer: We are just starting to ramp up for some touring, behind The Way Life Goes, the solo record. Just did our first show of the year last weekend […]
ORIGINAL BLACK SABBATH DRUMMER BILL WARD DISCUSSES HIS VISUAL ART PROJECT AND BLACK SABBATH

Metal Chris of DC Heavy Metal spoke with original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward about his Fine Arts project, Absence of Corners and Black Sabbath. Highlights from the interview appear below. DC Heavy Metal: Did you use your own drum kit for this? Bill Ward: Oh yes sir, yes I did. Yeah in fact I […]
CINDERELLA “STRIP” DOWN FOR NEW LIVE RELEASE COMING IN MAY

Cinderella’s Stripped will be released on May 16th through Collectors Dream Records. Recorded live over the course of two nights — October 2nd-3rd, 1998 — at the Key Club in Hollywood, California during the band’s Unfinshed Business tour, it is comprised of 14 hard-rockin’ and blues-based tracks; included as a bonus are two songs recorded […]
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY LANDS FIRST NUMBER ONE ON THE TOP ROCK ALBUMS CHART

Black Label Society has landed its first Number one on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart, as Catacombs of the Black Vatican sits at the top spot with 26,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The Number one charting bests the band’s previous Number two top peak set by Order of the Black in 2010. On the […]
TESLA’S “SIMPLICITY” TO BE RELEASED IN EUROPE ON JUNE 6TH

Tesla’s brand new studio album entitled, Simplicity, will be released on June 6th in Europe. The Sacramento Rockers are back with 14 new songs offering a ride of energy that doesn’t come easy for a band of rookies much less a band whose been doing this for over 20 years. Simplicity is Tesla’s seventh all […]