Phil Demmel From MACHINE HEAD Hosts New Ask The Artist Video

MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel hosts a video series for Jackson Guitars where he asks other guitarists their opinions on a variety of issues.

In the latest installment, he quizzes a number of peers – including members of GOJIRA, TRIVIUM and ANTHRAX – about which non-metal guitarists they admire.

(via Bravewords)

TRIVIUM Frontman Performs Acoustic Cover Of OPETH’s ‘Harvest’

New video footage of TRIVIUM vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy performing a solo acoustic cover version of OPETH‘s “Harvest” can be seen above.

TRIVIUM‘s new album is being produced by DISTURBED/DEVICE frontman David Draiman at a studio in Austin, Texas.

TRIVIUM‘s latest CD, “In Waves“, sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart — the highest U.S. chart entry of the band’s career.

(via Blabbermouth)

JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Guest On WVOX’s Metal Mayhem This Friday

Brooklyn, New York born singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO will be Matt O’Shaughnessy‘s live special guest this Friday at 8:20pm eastern on WVOX‘s Metal Mayhem on WVOX.com Worldwide and 1460 AM in New York.

Soto, known for his work in TALISMAN, BRIAN MAY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY, TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and solo material will talk with Matt O’Shaughnessy about his W.E.T. band which also features Erik Martensson on guitars, bass and keyboards as well as Robert Sall on keyboards and guitars with Robban Back on drums and Magnus Henriksson on guitars.

(via Bravewords)

MEGADETH Working On ‘Dark’, ‘Heavy’ And ‘Fast’ New Album

Full Metal Jackie conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for Dean Guitars’ “Live From NAMM” webcast from this year’s NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 24-27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

MEGADETH‘s fourteenth studio album is being recorded with producer Johnny K (full name: John Karkazis), who has previously worked with DISTURBED, SEVENDUST, MACHINE HEAD and STAIND. The CD is being laid down at Mustaine’s Vic’s Garage studio in San Marcos, California.

Johnny K produced MEGADETH‘s last album, 2011’s “TH1RT3EN“, which was also recorded at Vic’s Garage.

(via Blabbermouth)

Eden’s Curse Begin Recording New Album

UK heavy metallers Eden’s Curse are currently in the studio working on their as-yet-untitled, fourth album, which is scheduled for worldwide release via AFM Records in late summer 2013.

Drummer Pete Newdeck entered the studio in mid January and has now completed recordings on all fourteen tracks at Higher Studios in Tewkesbury, while guitarist Thorsten Koehne began guitar recordings this weekend at COP Studio in Bielefeld, Germany.

(via Metal Storm)

CHTHONIC With Video Footage From The Studio

Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC have returned to Sweet Spot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden with producer Rickard Bengtsson (ARCH ENEMY, NEMESIS) to begin recording their seventh album for a June 2013 release.

CHTHONIC‘s sixth full-length effort, “Takasago Army“, was released in North America in September 2011 via Spinefarm Records.

Produced by Bengtsson, this 10-track outing completes a trilogy of CHTHONIC releases, telling a story that binds together the band’s “Seediq Bale” and “Mirror Of Retribution” albums, released in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

(via Blabbermouth)

ALMAH With ‘Living And Drifting’ Video To Debut This Week

“Living And Drifting“, the new video from ALMAH — the Brazilian metal band led by former ANGRA singer Eduardo “Edu” Falaschi — will make its online debut on January 31 at 10 p.m. Brazilian time (February 1 at 1 a.m. CET).

The clip was filmed in Sao Paulo and directed by producer, musician and composer Diogo Araújo from Under Control Filmes, who is well known in Brazil for his work with more mainstream artists.

The video is based on a certain concept and is expected to be the most significant visual production in the history of the band.

(via Blabbermouth)

DORO PESCH Interviewed On KASC THE BLAZE 1330 AM

KASC The Blaze 1330 AM recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player above.

Doro‘s latest album, “Raise Your Fist“, sold 585 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

The CD landed at position No. 65 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

(via Blabbermouth)