Heavy Metal News
Last week Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker clued fans in that he had broken his elbow by posting some pretty gory photos of the injury. Now in the days following, it seems the singer is back in the hospital after reportedly developing an infection related to the broken elbow. While no official statement has been released regarding Lucker’s current health, a series of messages and photos posted by the vocalist
It was a rock and rap collision last night (Sept. 2) in the City of Brotherly Love when Pearl Jam were joined onstage by rapper (and festival creator/curator) Jay-Z for his 2004 smash hit ’99 Problems.’ Pearl Jam were headlining the final night of the first-ever Made in America Festival, held in Philadelphia, when this meeting of musical minds took place. Fan-filmed footage of the rapper tearing through his song
Back in mid-March Orgy cancelled the last five dates of their ‘Bad Blood Tour 2012? tour run in order to head into the studio and work on new music. Now fans can get their first taste of what’s to come with a stream of the band’s new song ‘Grime of the Century.’ The current lineup of Orgy consists of founding member Jay Gordon on vocals with newcomers Carlton Bost on
Metal heads continue to rally for Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe as he faces a possible legal trial in the future stemming from an arrest in the Czech Republic on June 28. Death metal outfit Cannabis Corpse headlined a benefit show for the vocalist on Friday (Aug. 31), helping to raise money for Blythe’s increasing legal fees. The Randy Blythe Support Show went down at the Canal Club in Lamb
Green Day were scheduled to play a show in Bologna, Italy tonight (September 2) but were forced to cancel after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was hospitalized. Although Armstrong’s cause of illness was not disclosed, drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt posted the video below delivering a personal message to fans. The forty second clip kicks off with Mike Dirnt talking to the camera with a message to the fans
The Darkness recently returned with their new disc ‘Hot Cakes’ on Aug. 21, ending a six year drought of new music from the Brit rockers. In a new interview, guitarist Dan Hawkins talks about playing in a band with his brother Justin and owning a custom Les Paul that was made for the legendary Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame. Dan Hawkins is definitely the more demure of the two
A few weeks ago it was reported that Sebastian Bach has been considering writing an autobiography chronicling his colorful life, but Bach feels that the press took what he said and ran with it, and not necessarily in the right direction. The rocker took to his Facebook page to issue an off-the cuff-statement to clarify what he said and get some things off his chest. Read what he had to