A two-minute-long preview of the Roadrunner United concert DVD has been posted on RevolverMag.com. The double-DVD, which chronicles the Roadrunner Records supergroup rock fest that went down in New York on December 15 at the Nokia Theater, is scheduled for release on December 8.
The concert captured most of the songs from Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions, a 25th anniversary disc that featuring 56 musicians from 44 different bands and spanned the label's entire history. The preview clip depicts Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones, Machine Head's frontman Robb Flynn, Sepultura's guitarist Andreas Kisser and Slipknot bassist Paul Gray ripping through the track "The Dagger" onstage and talking about the cryptic cut after the show.
Would you pay money to see In This Moment singer Maria Brink imitating the blood shower scene from her favorite horror movie "Carrie"? Ever wonder what Japanese horror films Sigh frontman Mirai Kawashima recommends, or the most chilling Italian terror pics according to Lacuna Coil's Andrea Ferro? Then check out the Halloween issue of Revolver, now on newsstands. And trust us, you're not sick in the head if you think Brink looks even hotter covered in pig's blood. Now, if you have fantasies about torturing the neighbor's pets, that's another story. Read more...
Dude, we've just seen a flying pig. Yes, Guns N' Roses have released the title track of their upcoming album Chinese Democracy to radio. Click "more" to stream it now. Read more...
In mid-September, a topless photo of Winds of Plague keyboardist Kristen Randall caused a storm of controversy. The shot appeared on the Lamb of God message board and, within minutes, music sites (including ours) were lowering the bar and linking to the pic as though it were a legitimate piece of news. While everyone else was shouting, Randall remained silent... Until now. Take it away, Kristen.
"Winds of Plague keyboardist Kristen Randall bares more than just her soul..." Blah, blah, blah. What a load of crap. Who the hell makes this s--t up?
So, this whole boob picture thing has become ridiculous and I think people should drop it. Have y'all never seen a pair of t-ts before? I honestly think whoever posted it on the net is a piece of s--t, but it's out there and there's nothing I can do, so f--k it. My breasts are not enormous, but at least they're nice. So I'm over it, and everyone else should get over it. They're just boobs. Click "more" for more from Kristen. Read more...
Long before Rob Zombie was directing splattery Hollywood scare flicks and fronting his own schlock-horror metal band, he was performing with White Zombie, an industrial psych-metal group named after a 1932 Victor Halperin creature feature that started Bela Lugosi. In other words, Rob was a man who always knew what he want, it just took him a while to get there.
On November 25, fans can revisit Zombie's G(l)ory days with the four-CD, one DVD box set "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie," which just happens to be the U.S. title of the 1975 Jorge Grau movie "Non Si Deve Profanare il Sonno dei Morti."
The box spans White Zombie's entire career from 1985 to 1996 and includes all of the group's 64 studio recordings. The DVD features the band's nine music videos and 10 live performances and some hidden gems. Read more...
For their new video, "Honey and Sulfphur," Cradle of Filth entered a 22-mile long cave in Chislehurst, South London and surrounded themselves with acrobats, stilt-walkers and tons of lit torches. The track comes from the band's upcoming album, Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder, which comes out October 28. Click "more" to see a preview of the vid: Read more...
Wanna see where Metallica magnetically go when they're thinking about Death? Interested in checking out the decor of the place where they've come up with some of their most captivating and complex musical ideas since 1988's ...And Justice For All? You won't find any of drummer Lars Ulrich's Jean-Michael Basquiat paintings there or posters for the warts-and-all 2004 documentary "Some Kind of Monster." But many of the band's creature comforts are right here: frontman James Hetfield's Lazyboy (in which we sat), an electric chair (in which we didn't sit), a surreal painting of guitarist Kirk Hammett's idol Jimi Hendrix, the severed head of Lady Liberty from the ...And Justice For All tour, memorabilia the band has collected from fans over the decades and boatloads of recording equipment and instruments.
Click "more" to see exclusive photos we shot inside Metallica HQ, and tune in to MTV2 next week during our "Headbangers Ball" 20th Anniversary, in which we take over the network for a week of video premieres and special programming, including the "MTV Essential: Metallica" (premiering Monday at 11 p.m.), which takes a look at the evolution of the biggest band in metal from their beginnings to the present. The program features new interviews with the band talking about their top-charting album Death Magnetic, and footage from their performance at this year's Rock Am Ring festival. And don't miss our exclusive video interview podcast with Lars Ulrich, which will premiere right here October 24. Read more...
Visual Darkness dungeon keeper Mike Hrubovcak rocking with Vile
When denizen of the Underworld, Mike Hrubovcak, isn't fronting death metal bands Monstrosity or Vile, he's hunched over a Mac in his darkened cave creating ghastly heavy metal art to sicken the world. Recently, he's been spending a fair amount of time creating t-shirts, prints and posters of his designs to sell via his online store. But he's still found time to create some new illustrations for various groups. Click "more" to see the art work he's recently done for the new album by Rumpelstiltskin Grinder and to hear his thoughts on the images. Read more...
We encourage bands on tour overseas to forget about rockin' for little while and take in their surroundings. However, we don't advise said bands to leave their gear in the van while they're sightseeing. Maybe it would have been better to offer such words of wisdom last week -- before the dudes in Pelican had everything they owned stolen from a van in Italy.
The bandmembers found themselves with a half hour to spare before they had to head to their venue in Rome, so they parked the van and spent 20 glorious minutes walking around the Coliseum. When they returned, they discovered they had been robbed on a major street in broad daylight. (click "more" to read about the robbery, hear Pelican's plea for help and watch a couple of the group's cool videos. Read more...
Screening of Dimmu Borgir DVD "The Invaluable Darkness" in Los Angeles exclusive photos by Mike Miller
On Tuesday, September 30, Norwegian melodic black metal band Dimmu Borgir attended the Los Angeles screening of their new double-disc DVD, "The Invaluable Darkness," which comes out October 14. After the screening, "Metalocalypse" co-creator Brendon Small conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz before opening up the Q&A session to the fans. And photographer Mike Miller was there to shoot some exclusive photos for us. Click "more" to check 'em out, watch a preview of the DVD and see the new video for "The Chosen Legacy." Read more...
