EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEWS GEEZER BUTLER AT NAMM, WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

Our very own Eddie Trunk of interviewed Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler for Hartke at Winter NAMM 2013. View the interview below. As previously reported, Black Sabbath are currently recording their new album with drummer Brad Wilk from Rage Against The Machine. Butler said that the band’s reunion album is the most professional studio project […]

ADRENALINE MOB ANNOUNCE “COVERTA EP” AND US TOUR DATES

In support of their album Omertà and debut single, Come Undone, Adrenaline Mob will be commencing a U.S. tour on March 12th. Additionally on that day, the band will be releasing Coverta, an eight-track EP featuring cover versions of some of the band’s favorite songs. Long time fans of Mike Portnoy are aware of the multiple […]

ROB ZOMBIE TO RELEASE “VENOMOUS RAT REGENERATION VENDOR” ON APRIL 23RD

The eagerly awaited new Rob Zombie album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor will be released on April 23rd and is the first release on his new label, Zodiac Swan, through T-Boy Records/UMe. Zombie’s fifth solo album includes the first single, Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Super Town, along with such tracks as Ging Gang […]

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN’S MEMOIR TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 21ST

Guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen is scheduled release his autobiography, Relentless: The Memoir, on May 21st through Wiley. According to Amazon, where is the book is available for pre-order, it is described as: “Yngwie Malmsteen’s revolutionary guitar style—combining elements of classical music with the speed and volume of heavy metal—made him a staple of the 80s […]

QUIET RIOT’S FRANKIE BANALI DISCUSSES KEEPING THE BAND’S LEGACY ALIVE

Chris Epting of Noisecreep reports: It’s hard to believe but March, 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of Quiet Riot’s Metal Health. On the strength of the now legendary anthems Cum on Feel the Noize (a cover of the 1973 Slade hit) and Bang Your Head (Metal Health), it became the first-ever American heavy metal debut […]

METALLICA TO HEADLINE THE 5th ANNUAL GOLDEN GODS AWARDS

The fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards presented by Epiphone will take place Thursday, May 2nd, at Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. For the first time ever, the event will be broadcast live on national television through AXS TV and broadcast in the US and key international markets through Xbox LIVE and Facebook. Tickets […]