Heavy Metal News
On today’s Daily Reload, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich reveals that the band’s next album will likely be released in early 2014; Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong will be featured as a mentor in the next season of ‘The Voice’; Bret Michaels hopes to make a film about his life; and Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe is being held in Pankrac Prison, which has a long and tragic history. Also,
Although the news broke yesterday that Metallica were to set to begin work in earnest on a new album in September, drummer Lars Ulrich doesn’t want fans to get too anxious about the upcoming release. The Metallica percussionist is “realistically” expecting the band’s 10th album to hit stores in early 2014. Metallica have been incredibly busy as of late, putting together the massive, two-day Orion Music + More Festival, which
In today’s Daily Reload, Lamb of God are forced to cancel their North American summer tour with Dethklok and Gojira due to Randy Blythe’s incarceration; Tool drummer Danny Carey gives an update on upcoming album; and we give you the opening round of Loudwire’s Extreme Metal Olympics! Also, Metallica will start to focus on their new record in September; Down offer stream of new song ‘Witchtripper’; Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington
Four years since Metallica released ‘Death Magnetic,’ the band have announced that they will begin to ‘concentrate on new music’ for their next album beginning in September. Metallica will once again team with legendary producer Rick Rubin to craft the band’s 10th album. During a conference call to discuss the band’s headlining appearance at the Outside Lands festival, drummer Lars Ulrich began sung the praises of frontman James Hetfield and
Ever wonder what Metallica‘s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ would sound like completely stripped down and played on electric harps by a set of blonde twins? We sure have! And after years of patiently waiting, a lovely duo have created a divine re-imagining of the classic Metallica track. Twin sisters Camille and Kennerly, who are also known as the ‘Harp Twins,’ have created an interesting and diverse catalogue of harp covers, including
Nearly 45 years after Deep Purple was assembled, some of rock and metal’s most celebrated acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Label Society have paid tribute to the legendary act in the upcoming compilation ‘Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head.’ ‘Machine Head’ is one rock music’s most celebrated albums, containing immortal tracks such as ‘Smoke on the Water,’ ‘Highway Star’ and ‘Space Truckin.’ The compilation will feature eclectic
The good thing about running your own festival is that you have a little more organizational control over how things are handled. Just ask Metallica, who have made the decision to let out a little bit more of their Orion Music + More festival performance available over the Internet. The band’s self-bootlegged footage of their performance of the classic track ‘Blackened’ has been released for fans to check out, which