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In a new interview with Italy’s Poisoned Rock, CELTIC FROST mainman Tom Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom Warrior) reflected on the band’s much-maligned 1988 album “Cold Lake”, an effort he entirely regrets making because of its glam-rock tendencies. “‘Cold Lake’ is just a complete failure,” he said (see video below). “When we formed CELTIC FROST, we wanted to be very experimental, we wanted to be very courageous, we didn’t wanna be afraid of taking a chance. On the other hand, that doesn’t guarantee to you that you always do something good. And I think ‘Cold Lake’ is a monumental failure. We tried a different thing, we tried to do something melodic, but I think in the context of the late 1980s, bands really lost their...

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to Decibel Geek about the progress of the recording sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2016’s “Dystopia” album. He said (see video below): “Basic tracks are done. Overdubs now are continuing. I’m sure 2021 will see some new MEGADETH music of some form — hopefully the whole album, because touring will open up and we can drop a record and the tour dates that we have rescheduled will all go forward as planned. That’s what we’re hoping. That’s about all I can say on it — just ’cause it’s not done yet, so it’s hard to talk about something that’s still in motion.” Last month, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine told “The Five Count” radio show that the band’s ne...

In a recent interview with Australia’s Triple M radio station, AC/DC guitarist Angus Young spoke about the inspiration for the title of the band’s latest album, “Power Up”. He said (hear audio below): “I went through everything — like titles in songs. In the song ‘Realize’, there’s the line, ‘I’ve got the power to mesmerize.’ The word ‘power,’ it goes back to the name AC/DC. We always looked at ourselves as that of power, electric power. So I just wanted another, if you could say, okay, what could you call AC/DC, and you say they’re power. And I just thought something positive: power up. When we get on a stage, we plug in the guitars and everything powers up when we’re out there.” Angus‘s ...

In a new interview with “Talk Is Jericho”, DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci and singer James LaBrie reflected on the losses this year of two of greatest and most influential rock musicians of all time: Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist for the rock band RUSH; and Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso who propelled his band VAN HALEN into one of hard rock’s biggest groups. Petrucci said (hear audio below): “It was hard. For us, with Neil, we were on tour. We were actually in Europe. “For me, RUSH is my favorite band. Growing up, RUSH was my favorite band; that was it,” he continued. “And Neil, not only obviously as a drummer, what he’s contributed to the drum world, but as a lyricist to me, he was a huge, huge, tremendous influence — probab...