SAMMY HAGAR: EDDIE VAN HALEN Doesn't Even Realize What A Great Bass Player He Had - Feb. 22, 2012
Peter Lindblad of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with CHICKENFOOT members Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar) and Michael Anthony (bass). An excerpt from the chat follows below.
Michael, talking about how your vocals and Sammy's work together, in VAN HALEN those harmonies were not pushed to the fore, as they are with CHICKENFOOT. Was that a conscious decision?
Former DIVINE HERESY And MUTINY WITHIN Members Join Forces In VEXT - Feb. 22, 2012
"In The End", the first song from VEXT, the new New Jersey/New York-based heavy rock band featuring singer Tommy Vext (DIVINE HERESY, SNOT), guitar virtuoso Angel Vivaldi, and the rythym section of the now-disbanded MUTINY WITHIN (Andrew Jacobs on bass and Bill Fore on drums), can be streamed below.
These four musicians came together in search of a different sound since they had all been previously involved with more extreme metal projects. How they came to know one another is a quite unconventional.
THE LAST VEGAS To Support GUNS 'N ROSES In Atlantic City - Feb. 22, 2012
Hot off the heels of a successful tour of Spain, THE LAST VEGAS returned home to Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday only to learn that they would be packing up and hitting the road again to travel to Atlantic City, New Jersey to open for GUNS 'N ROSES at the House Of Blues this Friday, February 24.
THE LAST VEGAS — who made history as the first band to win Guitar Center's On-Stage new music program when they were hand selected by MÖTLEY CRÜE at the world-famous Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles — was embraced with open arms by their legions of new fans in Spain and a portion of the video footage from that tour can be seen below. The band officially started debuting new songs live on "The Other Side Tour" in Spain and will do the same in Atlantic City.
SLAVES ON DOPE: First Look At 'Over The Influence' Packaging - Feb. 22, 2012
Reformed Montreal, Quebec, Canada rockers SLAVES ON DOPE will release their new album, "Over The Influence", on February 28 via THC: Music/Rocket Science Ventures. The CD, which was produced and mixed by Kevin Jardine, features a guest appearance by Jonathan Cabana, lead singer of Quebec deathcore band BLIND WITNESS, on the track "Dear Enemies".
ELUVEITIE's 'Helvetios' Cracks Swiss Top 5 - Feb. 22, 2012
"Helvetios", the new album from Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE, has entered the official chart in the band's home country at position No. 4.
"Helvetios" was released in Europe on February 10 via Nuclear Blast RecordsNew Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tommy T. Baron; CORONER/ex-KREATOR guitarist). According to the band, Vetterli "record[ed] drums, guitars and vocals and also produc[ed] and mix[ed] the record. Most folk instruments and also vocals [were] recorded by Anna Murphy and Marco Jencarelli at the Soundfarm studios in Lucerne."
TEXTURES: New Video Update Posted Online - Feb. 22, 2012
Dutch progressive technical metallers TEXTURES have released a two-minute "newsflash" video updating fans on what the band's been up to lately and what they'll be doing this spring and summer. Watch the clip below, featuring guitarist Bart Hennephof. Also available is TEXTURES drummer Stef Broks' "playthrough" video of the song "Laments Of An Icarus", from the band's 2008 album "Silhouettes".
