by Matt Brown | Jan 7, 2014 | Collaborations, Events, News
We’ve already talked about the 56th Grammy awards and how the metal nominations actually aren’t completely skewered this year. But what about performances? Well, normally there isn’t much in the way of metal performances at the Grammys, but it looks...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 3, 2014 | Collaborations, Events, News
[youtube]http://youtu.be/yINsMlqYamA[/youtube] One of the perks of having your own festival is that you can pretty much do whatever you want at it. That seems to be what Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet is doing with his inaugural “Kirk von Hammett’s Fear...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 18, 2013 | Collaborations, News
Earlier this year when we caught up with Brian Posehn, he told us that he would be working on an album for Megaforce Records along with Anthrax rhythm guitarist Scott Ian. In addition to covers of Riot’s “Swords and Tequila” and a-ha’s...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 13, 2013 | Collaborations, News
It can’t be said that Trivium frontman Matt Heafy doesn’t have a diverse metal palate. I mean, sure, David Draiman produced Vengeance Falls, which is the band’s most commercial album yet. But he’s also getting Ihsahn to produce his solo album,...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 25, 2013 | Collaborations, New Music
Five Finger Death Punch, just released their second album this year, The Wrong Side of Heaven And the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. 2. And while the first of the two albums had several guest vocalists, including Rob Halford, Maria Brink and Tech N9ne, Vol. 2...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 25, 2013 | Collaborations
If you were to mention that two musicians are collaborating on some experimental music using iPads, the first thing we’d ask is “ok, which two members of Dream Theater are we talking about here?” However, Randy Blythe and Alex Skolnick, touring...