Alternative Music

In a recent interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program “Wired In The Empire”, former ILL NIÑO and current LIONS AT THE GATE singer Cristian Machado was asked about his introduction to the music of METALLICA. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “My introduction to METALLICA was ‘Master Of Puppets’. I remember living in New York City. My Polish cousin, ironically — I’m a Latino, but I have a small part of my family that’s from Poland — he had visited our family from Poland. And apparently, I learned that day that in Europe, and especially in Eastern Europe, they’re on to underground metal way earlier than Americans are. Back then in the ’80s, Europeans and Eastern Europeans were on to the metal band...

MACHINE HEAD‘s Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern held the latest “Electric Happy Hour” on Friday, April 15 during which they played the band’s new single, “Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate”, live for the first time. You can now watch video of the performance below. “Choke On The Ashes Of Your Hate” will appear on MACHINE HEAD‘s tenth studio album, “Of Kingdom And Crown”, which will arrive on August 26 via Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings. The follow-up to 2018’s “Catharsis” includes the three songs that were featured on last year’s “Arrows In Words From The Sky” single: “Become The Firestorm”, “Rotten” and “Arrows In Words From The Sky”. Much of the new MA...

QUEEN guitarist Brian May has hinted that he will perform at a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace, to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The Platinum Party, which celebrates Britain’s longest-reigning monarch’s 70 years of service, will be held at the Palace on June 4 and will feature performances by everyone from “pop stars to rock royalty to opera singers,” according to the BBC. The event will include 3D projections across the face of Buckingham Palace and an in-person audience of 10,000. There will be a full live orchestra, while “stars from film, TV and the stage will also tell the story and celebrate some of the most significant cultural moments from the Queen’s reign”, a statement said. May, who previously performed a guitar solo...

In a new interview with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, SKID ROW guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo, whose band is currently supporting the SCORPIONS on the rescheduled dates of their “Sin City Nights” residency, weighed in on the legendary Germany hard rockers’ exclusion from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s criminal. It’s absolutely criminal. They have blazed the path for so many bands. And so many people probably don’t even realize it, but they have been such a huge influence on so much music that is contemporary today. Their songwriting, their hooks — they’re just undeniable. Their musicianship — always undeniable. And yes, it’s criminal that they&#...

In a recent interview with Finland’s Chaoszine, MESHUGGAH‘s Tomas Haake was asked if playing the drums in such a physically demanding style becomes more difficult as he gets older. The 50-year-old Swedish musician responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “You definitely feel it; there’s no doubt. I definitely am not the drummer I was when I was 30 and I’m not physically as capable as I was when I was 30 years old. But you can still… Now I had a year since I played drums [after recording the latest MESHUGGAH album], so, obviously, the first few times you rehearse, it’s, like, ‘Ahhh…’ A few songs into it, you’re, like, ‘My heart.’ You feel it. But it’s still surprising how fast you get back into it, and I’m ...