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BABYMETAL Announces One-Off New York City Show; Exclusive BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Code Available

Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL will play a special one-off show in New York City on November 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom (located at 311 West 34th Street). Tickets go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com, charge by phone 800.745.3000 and select Ticketmaster outlets. T...

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METALLICA Earns Spot In 'Guinness World Records' 2015 Edition

METALLICA is included in the "Guinness World Records 2015" edition, which features groundbreaking achievements across film, television and music. METALLICA made history when they became the first and only band to perform a concert on all seven of Earth's continents after entertaining 120 scientists...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM's Concern For Adopted Bear

Rock legend and animal activist Matt Sorum is keeping tabs on a moon bear he's named Phoenix (pictured below) who has been treated by vets at a former Chinese bile farm. Phoenix has been rescued by animal welfare charity Animals Asia as part of the world's biggest bear rescue as they transform a one...

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CHTHONIC Interviewed By Austria's Stormbringer.at At BRUTAL ASSAULT Festival (Video)

On August 6, Eva Oswald and Björn Franck of Stormbringer.at conducted an interview with Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC at this year's edition of the Brutal Assault festival in the Czech Republic. You can now watch the chat below. Having appeared twice before at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese me...

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PIERCE THE VEIL Recording New Album

California-based progressive post-hardcore band PIERCE THE VEIL has been sequestered at Dan Korneff's Sonic Deris Recording Studio in New York writing and recording a brand new album for a January 2015 release via Fearless. As yet untitled, the follow-up to 2012's "Collide With The Sky" is once agai...

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Video: CHTHONIC Performs With Classical Oriental Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Having appeared twice before at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC performed for the third time at this year's edition of the music festival — and for the very first time, it played on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal...

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UNISONIC: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Exceptional' Video Shoot

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Exceptional", the new video from UNISONIC — the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (both of...

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SLIPKNOT To Film Video For New Single 'The Devil In I'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor was interviewed on last night's edition of BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show" with Daniel P. Carter. A few excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the reactions to the new SLIPKNOT song "The Negative One": Corey: "People don't know what to expe...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Guests On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. In a recent interview with About.com Heavy Metal,...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER 'Couldn't Be Happier' With Response To 'Redeemer Of Souls'

Chad Bowar of About.com Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: What has the reality of being in JUDAS PRIEST been like compared to what your initial thoughts and expectations wer...

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NIGHTRAGE Signs With DESPOTZ

Greek/Swedish melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE have signed a record/publishing deal with Swedish music company Despotz. The band's sixth studio album will surface in February 2015, with a new video/single to be unleashed this fall. "Today we are proud to announce that we have signed an album deal w...

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Drummer CHRIS SLADE: Why I Left AC/DC

During a recent interview with Music Radar, former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade spoke about his departure from the band before the recording sessions for 1995's "Ballbreaker". "I'd been doing demos [for what was to become 'Ballbreaker'] with the guys in London for two months," Slade explained. "Mal [AC...

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CHTHONIC To Perform With Classical Oriental Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR

Having performed twice at Wacken Open Air in Germany, Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC will have its third performance at the music festival — and for the very first time, it will perform on the main stage Blackstage on August 1. The works of CHTHONIC stand out in the ring of metal bands around the wor...

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HAVOK Signs With CENTURY MEDIA

Century Media Records has announced the signing of Denver, Colorado's HAVOK. The young thrash metal quartet has worked nonstop, releasing three albums and touring the world the past five years, and is poised to take its music and career to another level. "We're so excited to sign with Century Media!...

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UNISONIC: 'Exceptional' Video Released

"Exceptional", the new video from UNISONIC — the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (both of Germany's PINK CREAM 69) — can be seen below....