Q & A with Tom Maxwell of Hellyeah
Hardcore rockers Hellyeah released their sophomore CD, Stampede last month to rave reviews and a top 10 showing on the Billboard 200. This month they are out on the road with some select headlining club dates, before they start the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. Hellyeah was conceived almost a decade ago, and formed about 5 years ago when Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell connected with Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray with the idea of putting together a new supergroup of sorts. Mudvayne guitarist Greg Tribbett signed on then they set their sights on former Pantera/ ...
Avenged Sevenfold ~ Nightmare: Track By Track
By: Maven Renā Avenged Sevenfold ~ Nightmare (Warner Bros) Released: July 27th, 2010 Last week, Avenged Sevenfold released their fifth studio album entitled Nightmare. This is the first album released since the death of drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. Sullivan passed away in December 2009, while the band was in the process of working on this project. After their loss and some soul searching the band has fought back and moved forward and released, in my opinion, their best CD to date. Shall we begin? I must admit this is not an album you can listen to one time and accurately critique it in any ...
Q&A with Carly Smithson of We Are The Fallen
Good news for Kara DioGuardi--getting the boot from American Idol can be a blessing. Just ask former contestant Carly Smithson. She could not be happier that things turned out the way they did. Since being the sixth place finalist on Season 7 of the highly popular series, Smithson has gone on to find what she truly wanted, a real band that felt like a family. In 2009, Smithson teamed up with founding Evanescence members Ben Moody, John LeCompt and Rocky Gray. Along with bassist Marty O'Brien the quintet formed We Are The Fallen. This spring the band unveiled their first album, Tear ...
Dave Meniketti Talks Facelifter and 35 Years of Y&T
We all have bands we love, that we view as overlooked and undervalued by the masses. When we were young we clung to them like selfish secrets, but as we got older we grew frustrated that no one else ever seemed to catch on. There are a lot of bands that fit that bill for me, but at the top of the list one band stands proud, but alone. That is Y&T. Four friends, Dave Meniketti (vocals, lead guitar), Phil Kennemore (bass), Joey Alves (rhythm guitar), and Leonard Haze (drums) came together to form one of the ballsiest rock bands I've ...
New Medicine Interview: Rock Sensibility, Metal Attitude
by Rustyn Rose Nothing speaks louder or with more impact for a band or artist than critical praise from fellow musicians. Last week when Halestorm, Adelitas Way and Since October rolled through town, I spent a few moments with members of each band, and one question kept recurring from the those I spoke with--have you heard/checked out New Medicine yet? I'd heard the name before, but not the music. Listening to Ben Graham (Since October), Keith Wallen (Adelitas Way) and all of Halestorm laud New Medicine, I had high expectations. When they took the stage I was immediately impressed with their intensity and ...
In This Moment Q & A with Maria, Jeff and Blake
The third time is indeed a charm, at least for California/New York based, In This Moment. Their debut album, Beautiful Tragedy was a thunderous and edgy volley, that opened eyes--and ears throughout the metal community. Their follow up, The Dream was no less explosive, but the direction had a more polished flow, and showed fans a different perspective of the quintet's arsenal. With this month's release of A Star Crossed-Wasteland, the band has found a near perfect blend between their first two offerings, while managing to take another leap forward musically. In separate interviews with vocalist Maria Brink, and another with ...
Q & A with Carlos Cavazo: Ratt’s Riotous Axe-slinger
by Rustyn Rose Ratt's seminal hair band classic "Round and Round" is a particularly fitting metaphor for the entire 80's L.A. rock scene, as well as the band. Now more than a quarter century from the start of the Hollywood Strip's humble, hair-metal birth, many of those same musicians and bands are making a resurgence, sans all the Aquanet and eyeliner. Through attrition and tragedy the bonds formed those many years ago between the rockers in arms, have brought many of them together in new and exciting collaborations. At the heart of the Los Angeles rock scene two bands in particular were ...
Five Finger Death Punch Rain Blood, Sweat & Bullets on Mayhem
Five Finger Death Punch has built a following around their highly aggressive and brutal sound. They proudly carry the metal flag into battle, but do so without forsaking the art of the song. While many "metal" bands go out of their way these days to be as angry and unmelodic as possible, 5FPD has managed to stay true to the rebellious, raise your fist and bang your head defiance of generations of rockers, yet still make their music relatable to the masses. Of course their ability do so often leads to shouts of ...
Interview with Fieldy of Korn and Stillwell, Mayhem Festival
by Rustyn Rose On July 14th, Metalholic was on hand at the 4th day of the 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Boise, Idaho. Among the day's great happenings, we got a chance to sit down Korn guitarist, Fiedly who talked about the new CD, the Live Encounter, and his new side project, Stillwell. ◆ ◆ ◆ A Concert for KORN III - REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE Landmark Performance Inside a Crop Circle Broadcast and Online ...
Kingdom Of Sorrow ~ Behind The Blackest Tears
by Rustyn Rose Kingdom Of Sorrow ~ Behind The Blackest Tears (Relapse Records) Released: June 8, 2010 After vocalist Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed, Icepick) teamed up with New Orleans sludge God, guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down) to form Kingdom of Sorrow in 2005, they dropped one of 2008's hallowed metal albums on us. Their self-titled monster left fans jonesing for more, but we'd have to wait two long years for their follow up, Behind The Blackest Tears. Their sophomore record hit streets on June 8th, but to paraphrase the old Palmolive commercials, "I've been soaking in it." This is not a record you rip and ...
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