With Opeth recently wrapping up their North American co-headlining tour with Mastodon and their last release ‘Heritage’ about to turn a year old in September, vocalist and guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt said that he has started writing for a new disc, although he admits that the writing process is only in the beginning stages. PitCam.TV spoke to Akerfeldt at the 2012 Wacken Open Air festival held in Germany on Aug. 2-4.
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Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt Talks Writing New Material and Past Lineup Changes
August 12th, 2012 
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No Comments »Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Not Interested in Being the Elder Statesman of Rock
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult While Metallica may be one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era, drummer Lars Ulrich would rather hang out and get to know the newer bands coming up around them rather than shower them with unsolicited advice. In a new interview with The Owl Ulrich admits that while in the past the band may have gone out of their way not to mingle with the other bands
Posted in News Tags: hang-out-and, know-the-newer, modern, new-interview, newer, newer-bands, other, past-the-band, successful-rock, the-modern, with-the-other No Comments »Steel Panther Bring the Metal to Montreal – Exclusive Photos
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult Steel Panther brought their debauchery, X-rated humor and hair-metal mastery to Montreal, Canada, on Friday night (Aug. 10), which was the eve of the city’s Heavy MTL festival. From singer Michael Starr and guitarist Satchel trading stories of bizarre backstage sexual exploits to bassist Lexxi Foxx taking time out throughout the set to make sure his hair was just perfect, the show provided nonstop entertainment to the sold-out crowd. The
Posted in News Tags: and-guitarist, brought, brought-their, debauchery, hair, make-sure, michael, michael-starr, montreal, sexual-exploits, show, sold, steel panther, taking-time, the-sold-out No Comments »Australian Synchronized Swim Team Performs to an AC/DC Medley at the Olympics
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult The Australian synchronized swim team injected the London 2012 Olympics with some good old fashioned rock when they performed to a medley of AC/DC songs that included ‘Thunderstruck’ and ‘Back in Black.’ While rock music may seem like an unlikely choice for synchronized swimmers, the Aussie team was pretty confident with their choice. “We wanted something classically Australian and with a very strong beat,’ team member Eloise Amberger told Metro.co.uk.
Posted in News Tags: australian, black, choice, eloise, eloise-amberger, injected-the, london, metro-co-uk-, rock-music, swim-team, team-member, unlikely-choice, very-strong, with-their No Comments »Gojira Bring Out the ‘Sauvage’ in New York Fans
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult French metal outfit Gojira rocked New York City Thursday night (Aug. 9) at an intimate show at Santos Party House proving to be one of the best shows to invade both the venue and NYC this year. Even though the band went on a little over thirty minutes later than they were supposed to, impatient fans quickly turned to screaming, fist-pumping, head-banging savages (or sauvages) within the crowd. Gojira kicked
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August 12th, 2012 Metalkult Fans heading out to see Sebastian Bach on tour this summer will find one thing missing – guitarist Nick Sterling. The young guitarist who was a creative contributor on Bach’s latest solo disc ‘Kicking & Screaming’ seems to have left the building. In a new interview, Bach explains how things went downhill fast with his guitar player and the events that led up to his exit. On Aug. 3, Sterling
Posted in News Tags: events, heading-out, latest-solo, new-interview, screaming, sebastian-bach, sterling-, thing-missing, young-guitarist No Comments »Amy Lee of Evanescence Weighs In On Touring With Halestorm, Becoming an Underground Act + Her Writing Process
August 12th, 2012 Metalkult Evanescence rose to mainstream success early in their career, but with their release of their latest self-titled disc, founding member Amy Lee considers her band more of an underground success. As the band kicks off the Carnival of Madness tour, Lee sat down with Fuse to talk about touring with Halestorm, her writing process and why she thinks Evanescence never fit in. When asked where her band fits in, Lee
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