Rob Scallon and a horse Source Rob Scallon is just an ordinary guy that plays the guitar really great and makes youTube videos, who decided to cover Slayer songs with unusual instruments. Last week the artist posted a video of him covering Slayer’s War Ensemble with an ukulele. This time he went even further covering Slayer’s well known Raining Blood using a banjo. gotta give the people what they want, and apparently that’s metal covers on…
Vinnie Paul shoots down the Pantera reunion once again
We got all excited when a few days ago Phil Anselmo started talking about a potential Pantera reunion. Zakk Wylde seemed to dig the idea too, so there was only once piece of the puzzle missing: Vinnie Paul. But that piece of the puzzle doesn’t want to hear anything of a Pantera reunion. The reunion hopes were ignited after Phil recently told Fanpass that “there is a great percentage of me that says, ‘This generation…
Former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo working on Music for Disney Cartoon
fWhat happened to Dave Lombardo kind of sucks – being kicked out of the band you helped create and made famous is never fun; who am I kidding – it sucks! But it’s good that Dave is keeping his head high and working on new music… with Disney. Yesterday, he tweeted this: I’ve been working on the music to a cartoon pilot for Disney and never thought It could be this much fun….Stay Tooned!!! —…
Arch Enemy release new video: You Will Know My Name
Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name Source The well known melodic death metal band, Arch Enemy decided to release a new video for one of the songs from their upcoming album, War Eternal, which is set to be released on June 9 in Europe, and June 10 in US via Century Media. This single is the third one to be released with the band’s newest singer Alissa White-Gluz, which was…
Judas Priest stream new song from their album
It’s been a good couple of months for metal fans – as Alexandra was telling you in March, they finished recording their new album, a follow up to 2008’s Nostradamus. After a week-long countdown to the official new album announcement, now we have a new song from their forthcoming new album, “Redeemer of Souls,” which will be released in North America on July 15. “We are revved up and ready to unleash the Priest one…
Machine Head stream new song: Killers & Kings
Robb Flynn Source Machine Head decided to stream a demo from their upcoming album, Killers & Kings. As they promised earlier this year, the band also released a new 10-inch vinyl single that not only that contains this demo song but also includes a cover song, Our Darkest Days Bleeding, from Ignite. Speaking about the new band’s material, in an interview for Metal Hammer, the band’s frontman, Robb Flynn said that: It sounds…
Arch Enemy reveal new album details + tour dates
Source Arch Enemy – War Eternal Arch Enemy already started mixing their upcoming album, War Eternal, with Jens Bogren which also collaborated with bands like Opeth, Kreator and Paradise Lost. They didn’t announced an official date for the album’s release, but it seems that it is going to be released in early June this year. For this new album, the band worked with two very good and talented sound engineers, Daniel Erlandsson…
Opeth, Phil Anselmo, Black Label Society and many more added to Download Festival 2014
The organizers of Download Festival 2014 mean business – they’ve just announced a lot more participants, confirming artists such as Opeth, Phil Anselmo and the Illegals, Black Label Society, Bowling For Soup, Flogging Molly, Bad Religion, the BossHoss, Skid Row, Tesla, Bury Tomorrow, Danger Danger, Powerman 5000, Huntress, the Graveltones and Anti-Mortem. The headliners had been previously announced: Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith. Rob Zombie, Fall Out Boy and Alter Bridge were announced as…
Periphery Post 3 Minutes of New “Album”
The guys from Bethesda, Maryland are in the studio, working hard on their new experimental album, “Clear.” You can listen to a small preview below. “Clear” is a different kind of concept album, with only six tracks; each member individually wrote a track, and the sixth one combines them all in a dramatic fashion. I’ve always loved Periphery for how good they are, and their unique, future metal sound, so I’m really looking forward to…
Slipknot enter studio, working on very heavy album
It’s a good time to be a metal fan: guitarist Jim Root of Slipknot and Stone Sour recently posted a photo to confirm the band’s studio entrance; previously, vocalist Corey Taylor said they will be starting work on a ‘very heavy album’. Featuring a heavily tattooed arm holding a Fender guitar by a mixing board, the photo on Instagram sends out a pretty clear message that new stuff is on the way; the comment is…