Posted by El Prezidente on March 22, 2017
For over 30 years Testament have waved the flag for hard hitting thrash metal, and since their debut full length The Legacy,” Chuck Billy has fronted the band. Large in stature, he looks like somebody that might check your ID at a biker bar, yet his smile lets you know he’s also a gentle giant. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 24, 2017
There are countless books on one of the greatest thrash bands, Metallica. However, over 35 years later, frontman James Hetfield is getting an unauthorized biography. The biography titled So Let It Be Written is set to release on April 11 via Lesser Gods. Lesser Gods provided the following description: With James Hetfield at the helm, Metallica went […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 24, 2016
At this point, it is very naive to assume every metal musician is only willing to do metal music and won’t have any other sort of affinity for a different style. As we’ve seen with former Morbid Angel’s frontman David Vincent who’s been rocking the stages in Texas with his new country band, it’s not […]
Posted by Holly Fitzpatrick on February 8, 2016
You can expect a new Testament album later this year. In an interview with WMSC 90.3, frontman Chuck Billy dropped the title, Brotherhood of The Snake. He also included that they hope to have the first single (the title track), mixed and released free soon. He also talked about how his Catholic background influenced the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 9, 2015
Comedian, actor and former stoner Brian Posehn has a new film, Uncle Nick, coming out, but as many metal fans, he also has another album coming out. Unlike his first several albums, which contained several songs at the end (like “Metal by Numbers,” a name we stole for our column), he’s been talking about putting […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on July 24, 2015
Metal Allegiance, the supergroup formed by an immense list of metal musicians, have been busy getting ready to release their self-titled debut album on September 18th through Nuclear Blast Records, but if you were wondering “how are they going to coordinate that many musicians to play these songs live?” we have a treat for you. […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on July 16, 2015
Updates about the upcoming album by supergroup Metal Allegiance keep coming and the last webisode released features vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders and additional singing by Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe who we’ve seen in the studio with the rest of the band.The track also features bass performances by Mark Menghi and Rex Brown(ex-Pantera, etc.) and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 13, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/zjXEXx-mIdc[/youtube] There are almost too many musicians on the forthcoming Metal Allegiance album. That’s why listening to it in song-sized chunks might make the most sense. Today, we get our first chance to do that, with “Can’t Kill the Devil.” Given that Chuck Billy and Alex Skolnick anchor the song, it sounds not unlike a […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 16, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/dMgHSwqDDGk[/youtube] We knew last month that the all-star Metal Allegiance was expanding from a one-off jam on a boat or on land to a full-fledged album. Today, the album release date and track lineup has been released and wow, it’s a doozy. Dropping September 18 on Nuclear Blast, the scope of artists involved and the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 28, 2015
Yesterday, Testament vocalist Chuck Billy did a Reddit AMA. And while by the very definition of an AMA, participants were told to ask Billy anything, he tried to keep the focus not on his band, but on The Chief, his custom vaporizer from Lord Vaper. As a result, there were a few takeaways about Testament, […]
