Heavy Metal News
There’s nothing like being hit with difficult news, but Lamb of God received the one-two punch of first hearing that one of their fans had died at a show followed by the fact that Randy Blythe was being arrested by Czech police. The group was unaware that there was any issue when arriving in Prague this summer to play a show, so the combination of the news with Blythe’s arrest
Limp Bizkit‘s next stage of their career has had a few stops and starts, and things are ready to start up again next month. Singer Fred Durst revealed via Twitter that things are coming along with the wealth of material that may end up being one or potentially two records. Plus, there’s a new single and video for a track called ‘Pain’ that may be arriving soon. Limp Bizkit have
DragonForce, ‘Seasons’
Alice in Chains have a rich history with Heart, and two of the band’s members have agreed to speak about the Wilson sisters at the upcoming Hollywood Walk of Fame induction. Guitarist Jerry Cantrell and bassist Mike Inez (who also toured as part of Heart’s lineup and appeared on their 2003 ‘Alive in Seattle’ concert disc) will join actress Rita Wilson in sharing testimonials for the group during the Sept.
Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil provided a memory for a tribute band that they’ll likely never forget. The vocalist headed out after the band’s performance Thursday night (Sept. 13) to catch a show from Crued, a Motley Crue tribute band, and ended up joining them onstage. The band had been chosen for Neil’s official after-party following the Kiss-Crue date at Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre, and the singer hobbled (he broke his
The Smashing Pumpkins latest disc ‘Oceania’ made its debut this summer (June 19) and now the second single from the disc titled ‘Panopticon’ is primed and ready for radio airwaves. The song, quickly heralded as an ‘Oceania’ favorite by many critics, took a long time to develop, according to Billy Corgan. It started with a riff, but that’s where things got tricky. “It’s similar to ‘Quasar’ in that we had
As fans of Virginia grindcore outfit Pig Destroyer patiently wait out the Oct. 22 release of their new disc ‘Book Burner,’ the band is throwing out a bone in the form of a new lyric video for the tune ‘Burning Palm.’ The video kicks off mixing the weighty lyrics with symbolic images set to a musical montage of blistering Pig Destroyer riffs and grooves. ‘I held my hand steady /