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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's 'Letters From The Labyrinth' Cracks U.S. Top 10

"Letters From The Labyrinth", the new album from TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, the collaboration between longtime SAVATAGE singer/songwriter Jon Oliva and producer Paul O'Neill, entered The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 7 with first-week sales of just over 45,000 units. The Billboard 200 chart ran...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Talks About Subliminal-Message Suicide Trial, Being Included In PMRC's 'Filthy Fifteen'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke to Hellbound.ca about the 25th anniversary of the the band's subliminal-message trial in Reno, Nevada as well as the 30th anniversary of the PRIEST track "Eat Me Alive" being included in Parents' Music Resource Center's (PMRC) "Filthy Fifteen" list of objectiona...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Returns To Alamo 33 Years After Urination Arrest; Video, Photos

Ozzy Osbourne returned to San Antonio, Texas on Thursday (November 5) to apologize for urinating on the Alamo Cenotaph in 1982. The BLACK SABBATH singer visited the historical monument with his son Jack as part of their new show for the History channel. According to Kens5.com, Osbourne was greeted a...

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Video: ALICE COOPER Drummer GLEN SOBEL Performs At Cascio Interstate Music's DrummerFest

Video footage of ALICE COOPER drummer Glen Sobel's October 24 performance at the 2015 Cascio Interstate Music's 15th annual DrummerFest in New Berlin, Wisconsin can be seen below. Sobel was on a short break from his current tour with Alice as special guest on MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Final Tour". Also per...

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Listen To LZZY HALE's Guest Appearance On TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's 'Forget About The Blame'

Billboard.com has premiered a reprise version of "Forget About The Blame" from TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's upcoming "Letters From The Labyrinth" album, featuring a guest appearance by HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale. Check it out below. Regarding how the collaboration came about, Lzzy tells Billboard.com: "In...

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LITA FORD Had A 'Love-Hate Relationship' With SHARON OSBOURNE

Lita Ford says that Sharon Osbourne was "a godsend" for her when Ozzy's Osbourne's wife managed the former RUNAWAYS guitarist's career, explaining that Sharon was "another female in the rock world" that she could relate to. Lita hired Sharon to manage her in 1985, three years before the release of F...

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SPOTIFY Pulls VICTORY RECORDS Catalog Over Royalty Dispute

Independent record label Victory Records has had its catalog of music pulled from streaming music service Spotify as a result of what Victory claims is "Spotify not properly paying publishing revenues due to Victory Records' artists in blatant violation of U.S. copyright laws." According to Victory,...

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LYNAM To Release 'Bombshell' EP; New Song 'Send You Back' Streaming

LYNAM, the rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, will release a new EP titled "Bombshell" on October 30 via New Ocean Media. The five-song effort was produced by LYNAM's Jacob Bunton and Lonny Paul and mixed by Jason Elgin (COLLECTIVE SOUL, MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, TERRIBLE THINGS). The new s...

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GENE SIMMONS On Illegal Music Downloading: 'When You Stop Charging For Things, It Becomes Worthless'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again defended his controversial "rock is dead" comment, blaming the technology and fans for the current state of affairs. Simmons told Esquire magazine in September 2014— in an interview conducted by his son Nick — that "rock did not die of old age. It wa...

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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA To Release 'Letters From The Labyrinth' Album In November

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, the collaboration between longtime SAVATAGE singer/songwriter Jon Oliva and producer Paul O'Neill, has become one of the most successful stories in rock 'n' roll history. Defying the odds with each project, they continue to search for new and original ideas to bring to real...

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ROB HALFORD Looks Back On PMRC: 'We Got Attacked For Something That Was Completely Out Of Order'

In a recent interview with Canada's C103 radio station, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked what it felt like to have the band's track "Eat Me Alive" included in Parents' Music Resource Center's (PMRC) "Filthy Fifteen" list of objectionable songs three decades ago. He responded: "It was kind o...

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Watch CHRIS CORNELL Cover PRINCE's 'Nothing Compares 2 U'

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell stopped by SiriusXM to perform a stripped-down cover of Prince's classic ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U". Watch the clip below. Cornell's fourth solo studio set, "Higher Truth", was released on Friday (September 18). His first album on his own since 2009's controversia...

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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS: 'We’ve Always Done What We Wanted To Do Right From The First Album'

Patrick Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Goldmine: Why did the band return to the recording studio in Paris [for "The Book Of Souls"]? Were you trying to recapture the same vibe as "Brave New Wo...

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SLAYER: New Song 'You Against You' Available For Streaming

Scion, whose partnership with iconic thrash metal outfit SLAYER birthed the now legendary SLAYER-inspired tC sports coupe, have joined forces to offer fans a free download of the band's new song "You Against You". The track, which is taken from SLAYER's forthcoming eleventh album, "Repentless", is a...

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SLAYER Partners With SCION AV To Offer New Song 'You Against You'

Scion, whose partnership with iconic thrash metal outfit SLAYER birthed the now legendary SLAYER-inspired tC sports coupe, have joined forces to offer fans a free download of the band's new song "You Against You". The track, which is taken from SLAYER's forthcoming eleventh album, "Repentless", will...