by Mark Zapata | Jan 31, 2022 | News, Video
Danish hard rockers Volbeat have announced their drummer Jon Larsen has tested positive for COVID-19. After only three shows into their U.S. tour, the band was forced to cancel their January 28th show in Boise, ID, leaving Co-headliners Ghost and openers Twin...
by Metal Insider | Oct 27, 2015 | Metal on Metal, News, Updates
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante is going to sit out Anthrax’s current European Tour with Slayer. Filling the throne, once again, will be Jon Dette, who knows a thing or two about playing with Anthrax. Dette initially temporarily replaced Benante in 2013 during...
by Metal Insider | Dec 23, 2013 | Top 10
Tis the time when everyone starts celebrating the best of the past year’s albums with a flood of “Best Of Lists”. But while 2013 was filled with great music, it also had plenty of shocking moments. While some brought joy and others brought dismay, these moments left a...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 24, 2013 | Updates
Last week, part of Guitar World Magazine’s feature interview with the late Jeff Hanneman’s widow Kathryn was released, in which she admitted that she struggled to get him to attend therapy or rehab. Now more from Guitar World’s interviews with Hanneman’s bandmates...
by Zach Shaw | May 31, 2013 | Drama Bloody Drama
Yesterday, Kerry King and Tom Araya announced that drummer Paul Bostaph would be rejoining Slayer on a full time basis. It shot down any fan’s hope that Dave Lombardo would return to Slayer (especially after the passing of Jeff Hanneman). And apparently, the online...