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MARK TORNILLO Says Next ACCEPT Album Will Have ‘Even More Of A Classic Feel’ Than Last Two Did

Interviews March 11, 2014 Leave a comment

On March 10, journalist Mitch Lafon conducted an interview with ACCEPT and TT QUICK singer Mark Tornillo. You can now watch the chat below. On the progress of the recording sessions for the new ACCEPT album: “I literally finished singing the vocal tracks a week ago Sunday.” On whether fans of the first two ACCEPT albums with Tornillo on vocals — 2010′s “Blood Of The Nations” and 2012′s “Stalingrad” — will be happy with the musical direction of the new ACCEPT album: “Yeah, I would…

GOATWHORE Completes Work On New Album

Albums March 11, 2014 Leave a comment

New Orleans, Louisiana’s sons of American no-frills-black-metal-meets-death-’n’-roll GOATWHORE have completed work on their sixth full-length album, due later in the year via Metal Blade Records. The CD was once again recorded at Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer with Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, CANNIBAL CORPSE, MORBID ANGEL) and was mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (SEPULTURA, SUFFOCATION, UNEARTH) in New Windsor, New York. Says Rutan: “I could not be more proud of all our efforts. “This is my fourth…

SKID ROW To Perform At ’500 Songs For Kids’

News March 11, 2014 Leave a comment

SKID ROW will play a song on opening night of 500 Songs For Kids on April 10 at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta, Georgia. All proceeds will go to the Songs For Kids Foundation, which brings musicians year round to children’s hospitals across the United States. Songs For Kids Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that was founded in 2007 with the mission to enrich the lives of children suffering from illness or hardship. They work year round to bring music to children’s hospitals and special…

MICK MARS: New MÖTLEY CRÜE Single Release To Coincide With Launch Of ‘The Final Tour’

Rock News March 10, 2014 Leave a comment

MÖTLEY CRÜE held a press conference on January 28 at Hotel Roosevelt in Los Angeles where they announced that the band will launch its “Final Tour” later this year, with the group planning to play 72 shows in North America in 2014 and more overseas in 2015. Making it official, the four members of the band had their lawyer draw up a formal “cessation of touring” agreement that goes into effect at the end of 2015 and prohibits the members of the group from going…

LZZY HALE, LITA FORD, DORO PESCH, MARIA BRINK Featured In ‘Not Just Tits In A Corset’ Book

Books, News March 10, 2014 Leave a comment

Music journalist and band manager Jill Hughes Kirtland has published a book entitled “Not Just Tits In A Corset: Celebrating Women In Metal” featuring a foreword by German metal queen Doro Pesch. Told in their own voices — through a series of intimate interviews and photographs of prominent and influential women in the metal industry — “Not Just Tits In A Corset” details the unique history, challenges and triumphs women have encountered throughout their careers in metal music, while also celebrating the compelling global community…

SLASH Announces Judges For First-Ever ‘Slashathon’

Rock News March 10, 2014 Leave a comment

As the music world prepares to descend upon music week in Austin, Texas during SXSW 2014, the Grammy-winning, iconic guitarist and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame artist Slash has announced the Slashathon. Powered by Geeklist, Slashathon is the first-ever artist-focused hackathon whereby developers create applications and technology within a 12-hour period. The music-oriented Slashathon will offer developers a unique challenge to create solutions for musicians to engage their communities in new ways for an album release. Slashathon will take place Wednesday, March 12 at…

AMON AMARTH’s JOHAN HEGG: ‘It’s Always Been A Team Effort For Our Band’

Interviews March 9, 2014 Leave a comment

Anthony Toto of Pop-Break.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Pop-Break.com: On “Deceiver Of The Gods”, the sound is heavily focused on melody with guitar leads and musical passages reminiscent of bands like IRON MAIDEN. You guys weren’t afraid to wear your influences on your sleeve this time around. Johan Hegg: We always were influenced by a lot of bands before us but they were just never put…

GEOFF TATE Is ‘Sorry’ QUEENSRŸCHE Fans Were Subjected To ‘Totally Distasteful’ War Of Words Via Court Documents

Rock News March 9, 2014 Leave a comment

Singer Geoff Tate — who was fired from the Seattle progressive rock band QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — has apologized to the group’s fans for the “totally distasteful” war of words that played out in the press and court documents following the split, saying that there will be a “bright side” once a settlement has been reached over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name. During an appearance on last night’s (Friday, March 7) edition of “Eddie Trunk Rocks” (formerly “Friday…