Guitar Mania conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier of French progressive metallers GOJIRA on June 5 at the Rock In Vienna festival in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the writing and recording process for GOJIRA's new album, "Magma": Joseph: ", I wanna say, two years, to write all the songs. And we wrote more songs and dumped maybe two-thirds of all these songs and we kept just the core of what we thought was the best. "It's such a...
Finnish band STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS, which shot to fame in 2014 thanks to its bluegrass covers of metal classics, will release its second album, "Brothers In Farms", on September 9 via Spinefarm. The official video for the first single, STEVE 'N' SEAGULLS' hillbillified cover of IRON MAIDEN's "Aces High", can be seen below. "Sometimes, in order to make things happen, all you need is a bunch of crazy ideas, mash 'em together, and wait for the results," the band said about the video. "This is basically how we started with our first video from the...
According to E! News, Ozzy Osbourne's daughter Kelly has been sued by his former mistress for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and public disclosure of public facts. Kelly took to Twitter on May 23 to post an angry message directed at the celebrity hairstylist whose alleged affair with Ozzy is rumored to have led to her parents splitting after 33 years of marriage. The 31-year-old Kelly wrote: "Anyone looking for cheap chunky LOW-light and blow out and a blowjob call ..." along with listing a phone number that has...
THE RAVEN AGE, the U.K.-based band led by IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris's son George Harris, will release its debut album, "Darkness Will Rise", in December. The effort can be pre-ordered with an exclusive free track, "Trapped Within The Shadows", at this location. Comments THE RAVEN AGE: "Everything we have done in the last three years has built up to this announcement… We're incredibly proud and weve been overwhelmed by the reactions weve received on this tour and cant wait to deliver this album to our fans around the...
Death metal legends MORBID ANGEL have signed with UDR Music for all territories exclusively outside Japan. Featuring founding member and venerated guitar legend Trey Azagthoth, plus returning longtime member, bassist/vocalist Steve Tucker, MORBID ANGEL is delighted to be back working with people who know metal music and will ensure the band reaffirms their status as the world's greatest death metal band. "We are extremely excited to be in this partnership with UDR," says Steve Tucker. "We are looking forward to making a great album and...
