KING’S X GUITARIST TY TABOR SAYS THE BAND’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM IS “THE BEST THING WE’VE DONE SINCE WE WERE YOUNG”
Greg Prato for Guitar World spoke with King’s X guitarist Ty Tabor, excerpts from the interview appear below. Guitar World: How does Shades compare to your previous solo albums? Ty Tabor: It’s pretty different from Alien Beans [Tabor’s 2018 release]. It’s a collection of songs that I think fit together, but when I hear it, it’s kind of a surprise to […]
BRUCE DICKINSON DISCUSSES IRON MAIDEN’S NEW ALBUM AND STATES HE IS ALSO WORKING ON A NEW SOLO RECORDING
Greg Prato of Heavy Consequence spoke with Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, excerpts from the article appear below. When asked what keeps Maiden at the top of their metal game after so many years? He said, “We are a lot better players now — in many ways — than we were 20 years ago, certainly […]
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “UNIVERSAL” ON MAY 27TH
There are few rock guitarists on this planet who have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as Michael Schenker. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas and instinctive feel for hooks and melodies, Michael Schenker is a living legend who, despite his longstanding and distinguished history, still impresses with his […]
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY ANNOUNCE SPRING TOUR DATES WITH NITA STRAUSS AND JARED JAMES NICHOLS
Black Label Society will embark on a U.S. headlining tour in the spring, starting on April 30th in San Diego, California and ending on May 21th in Inwood, West Virginia. Supporting acts will be Alice Cooper’s guitarist Nita Strauss and blues-rock guitarist, and singer, Jared James Nichols. Strauss said in a statement, “We will be hitting the road at […]
GHOST RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR NEW SONG “TWENTIES”
As previously reported, Ghost will release their fifth album, Impera, on March 11th through Loma Vista/Concord. The band has a released a lyric video for their latest single, Twenties, which can be streamed below. With its messianic promises of reigns of pennies and piles of moolah set to an appropriately manic musical backdrop, the unrelenting and propulsive Twenties stands […]
DRUMMER SCOTT ROCKENFIELD SLAMS BOTH ORIGINAL QUEENRŸCHE FRONTMAN, GEOFF TATE, AND CURRENT SINGER, TODD LA TORRE, IN SEPARATE ONLINE POSTS
Founding Queensrÿche drummer Scott Rockenfield – who has been on hiatus since 2017 – took to social media to share his thoughts on both current Queensrÿche singer Todd La Torre, and the band’s former vocalist, Geoff Tate. He took to his personal facebook page to write his post, which was directed at Todd La Torre, and states, […]