Search results for 'place vendome'

News

JEFF GUTT On His First Rehearsal With STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: 'It Was A Little Awkward'

New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Jeff Gutt has admitted that his first rehearsal with the band two years ago was "a little awkward." "It felt like I needed their permission, in a way, to take ownership of the songs — I couldn't just walk in and do it; it would have felt wrong to me," he told Cameron B...

News

PAUL STANLEY On His Vocal Issues: If You Want To Hear Me Sound Like I Did On 'Kiss Alive!', Then Put On 'Kiss Alive!'

KISS frontman Paul Stanley spoke to the "Rolling Stone Music Now" podcast about the band's recent announcement that it will embark on its "farewell" tour, dubbed "One Last Kiss: End Of The Road World Tour", in 2019. As most fans remember, back in 2000 and 2001, KISS already performed a "Farewell Tou...

News

AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Looks Back On 'The Stage' Surprise Release: 'We Could Have Done Things Differently'

Earlier this week, Jave Patterson of the "Two Doods Reviews" podcast conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he feels AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "The...

News

SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Talks Corruption In Brazilian Politics

SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera spoke to United Rock Nations about the inspiration for his new song "Evil Empowered", taken from the band's upcoming 11th album, "Ritual". "It's about the corruption of leaders and about every leader that gets elected, pretty much, with the exception of very few, gets th...

News

SLASH On LEMMY: 'The Planet Is A Lesser Place Without Him'

Slash has paid tribute to Lemmy, saying "the planet is a lesser place without him." The GUNS N' ROSES guitarist told Revolver: "Lemmy was such a fucking awesome individual. We were good friends since we met in 1987, which is when GUNS first went to London. MOTÖRHEAD was doing a record. We went down...

News

DAVE LOMBARDO: 'If JEFF HANNEMAN Was Still Here And Still In SLAYER, He Wouldn't Want To Retire'

Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has penned a moving tribute to the band's late guitarist Jeff Hanneman. Hanneman died in May 2013 from alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver. He is credited for writing many of SLAYER's classic songs, including "Angel Of Death" and "South Of Heaven". Lombardo, wh...

News

CHTHONIC Releases Video For Acoustic Version Of 'Millennia's Faith Undone'

Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have released a music video for a delicate acoustic version of "Millennia's Faith Undone", taken from their latest album "Battlefields Of Asura". CHTHONIC usually leaves the audience a ferocious impression; however, the release of the acoustic album "Timeless Sentence"...

News

This Year's LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival Has Been Canceled

This year's Louder Than Life festival, which was scheduled to take place September 28-30 at Champions Park in Lousville, Kentucky, has been canceled. According to the Courier Journal, a combination of heavy rain and around 25,000 fans during during Saturday's Bourbon & Beyond festival turned areas o...

News

BATTLE BEAST's Next Album Will Have 'The Same Spirit' As 'Bringer Of Pain'

BATTLE BEAST singer Noora Louhimo spoke to Metal Casino about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's fifth album, tentatively due in early 2019. "We are actually on the process already, doing a new album," she said (see video below). "This is nothing new for us — we al...

News

JAMES KOTTAK On His Split With SCORPIONS: 'It Didn't Feel Like Being Fired'

James Kottak says that he is "cruising along," two years after his split with the SCORPIONS. In September 2016, the drummer was dismissed from the legendary German hard rock band during his well-publicized battle with alcoholism and was replaced by former MOTÖRHEAD member Mikkey Dee. During an appea...

News

METALLICA: Pro-Shot Video Of 'Blackened' Performance From Winnipeg

Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Blackened" on September 13 at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada can be seen below. According to CBC News, METALLICA's concert in Winnipeg set an attendance record, with more than 17,000 fans watching the band perform at...

News

ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Says People Don't 'Make The Same Connection With Albums' That They Used To

Stefan from Australia's "The Moshpit Backstage" podcast recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On doing spoken-word shows: Scott: "I pretty much get to stand in a room and ju...

News

NERGAL On BEHEMOTH's Anti-Religious Imagery: 'It's My Art And My Temple, And If You Don't Want It, Stay Away'

Finland's Kaaos TV recently conducted an interview with frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish black/death overlords BEHEMOTH about their forthcoming "I Loved You At Your Darkest" studio album. You can watch the entire chat in two parts below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...

News

HELLOWEEN Bassist: 'You Can Only Do The Best Thing If You're In Love With What You're Doing'

Sam Saltman of Heavy Metal Television conducted an interview with bassist Markus Grosskopf of German power metal legends HELLOWEEN prior to the band's September 7 concert at House Of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of their "Pumpkins United" tour. The trek features returning vocalist Michael Kisk...

News

Watch KORN Rehearse For 'Follow The Leader' 20th-Anniversary Shows

Video footage of the members of KORN rehearsing for their three very special shows in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the band's "Follow The Leader" album can be seen below. While it was initially assumed that the band would perform the LP from front to back at those shows, only "most" of th...