Jon Wiederhorn

Author of 'Louder Than Hell,' 'Raising Hell' and four artist memoirs.

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Jan. 7, 2021

John Petrucci: ”The guitar melody takes the place of the vocals. If it was all soloing and noodling, it would get really boring”

In early 2020, when Dream Theater were touring Europe to celebrate both their latest album, Distance Over Time, and the 20th anniversary of 2000’s Scenes from a Memory, John Petrucci had no immediate plans to finish writing his second solo album,…

Dec. 22, 2020

guitarworld

John Petrucci details Terminal Velocity track by track: "These songs had to have a message. And the best way to do that is through melody"

From the galactic-sounding guitar effects and insistent, propulsive riffing and ear-nagging hooks of the title track to the majestic journey of the album-closer Temple of Cicadia – which weaves spindly six-string passages between arhythmically…

Nov. 12, 2020

guitarworld

Kvelertak: “We weren’t supposed to be a metal band when we started”

From the time they formed in Stavanger, Norway, in 2007, Kvelertak have widely been regarded as a proggy black-and-roll band. But while the band’s three guitarists all enjoy heavy music, they didn’t start out as metalheads. Primary songwriter Bjarte…

Nov. 8, 2020

Loudwire

40 Years Ago: Motorhead Burst Into Metal Mainstream With ‘Ace of Spades’

After being kicked out of space rock band Hawkwind following an arrest in Canada for possession of cocaine (the charges were later dropped since he actually had methamphetamine), Lemmy Kilmister formed Motörhead, named after a song he wrote for his…

Sep. 22, 2020

Bandcamp Daily

Six of the Best and Strangest Nuclear Blast Titles on Bandcamp

Becoming a tastemaker for mainstream and experimental metal wasn’t even a ghost of an idea for German metalhead Markus Staiger in 1987 when he launched the indie label Nuclear Blast. He named the venture after his favorite band, Santa Cruz hardcore…

Aug. 22, 2020

Metal Hammer Magazine

Metallica’s Ride The Lightning: the album that broke the boundaries of thrash

Friday, January 13, 1984 was a bad day for Metallica. The crown princes of thrash metal had pulled into Boston, Massachusetts, where they were due to play a show at local sweatbox The Channel the following night. They had just returned from a…

Jul. 14, 2020

Billboard

Robby Krieger Explores Jazz for His Upcoming Solo Project, But With 'a Little Zappa, a Little Doors'

ROCK The album — the guitarist's first in a decade — will arrive Aug. 14. One of Neil Young’s best-known lyrics — “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” — can be applied to numerous casualties of ’60s rock n’ roll. Yet despite the turmoil he has…

Jul. 10, 2020

Metal Hammer Magazine

The Story Behind The Song: Tool’s Prison Sex

“When we got signed [by Zoo Records in 1992], the most important thing for us was to have creative control,” Tool guitarist and art director Adam Jones emphasised in a 2008 interview with Revolver. “We went, ‘OK, if we take less money can we have…

Jun. 30, 2020

guitarworld

Alcest's Neige: "I went with my aggressive feelings and wrote these songs very quickly - they were true to my emotions"

When they released their second full-length offering, 2010’s Écailles de lune, French experimentalists Alcest were widely considered pioneers of blackgaze. The seemingly unlikely style blended the roaring riffs and torrential tremolo guitars of black…

Jun. 24, 2020

guitarworld

Kirk Hammett: "I love that Greeny has its own fanbase that’s completely independent of me"

Forget BB King's Lucille, Eric Clapton’s Blackie and Brownie, Keith Richards’ Micawber. Nevermind Willie Nelson’s Trigger, Prince’s Cloud, Jimmy Page’s Dragon and Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat. For Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the…

Jun. 17, 2020

guitarworld

Code Orange: "We've taken guitar headstocks to the forehead, and broken fingers and toes onstage"

They’re not the kind of band that finishes a song and then delivers a rehearsed speech to the crowd. They don’t dwell on chart numbers or write music for the times. And they’re not easy to categorize. Yet Code Orange are one of the most exciting and…

Jun. 13, 2020

Metal Hammer Magazine

Fire up the hot tub. Ice-T just invited us over to his house

Walk into Ice-T’s house and you are immediately greeted by a breathtaking oil painting of his wife Coco, lying naked with her back arched, tendrils of red fabric strategically placed. Across the narrow entranceway, there’s a portrait of the couple’s…

May. 5, 2020

Billboard

Glenn Danzig Gives the King a Dark Revamp on 'Danzig Sings Elvis'

ROCK The "evil Elvis" reverently covers tracks like "Always on My Mind" and "Love Me." Even casual Glenn Danzig fans know he loves Elvis Presley. His titular group, formed in 1987, his ’80s death rock/punk band Samhain, and even his renowned…

Apr. 9, 2020

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Louder Than Hell : The Definitive Oral History of Metal(Paperback) - 2014 Edition

Product details Paperback Publisher: It Books (2014) Language: English ASIN: B00XWRVDTK Shipping Information: View shipping rates and policies Customer Reviews: 4.4 out of 5 stars133 customer ratings Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If…

Apr. 2, 2020

Loudwire

Six Years Ago: GWAR Mastermind Dave Brockie Passes Away

For intergalactic warriors and metal fans alike, March 23, 2014 was a sad day. Two years ago, shock metal pioneer Dave Brockie, the founder, frontman and creative force behind GWAR, was found dead by a roommate. Brockie was 50. Richmond police…

Apr. 2, 2020

Loudwire

37 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica

In the middle of the afternoon on April 1, 1983, Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett was sitting on the toilet when the phone rang. He picked it up and it was the band’s manager Mark Whitaker. After exchanging pleasantries, Whitaker cut to the chase and…

Apr. 2, 2020

Loudwire

38 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne Arrested for Urinating on Alamo Cenotaph

Ozzy Osbourne didn’t wake up Feb. 19, 1982, and decide he was going to cause trouble that afternoon by pissing on a treasured national monument in San Antonio, Texas. He was simply going about his business, partying like a rock star, and after a few…

Mar. 27, 2020

Billboard

Def Leppard Reflects on the 'Early Years' and Why Those Iron Maiden Comparisons Were 'Tiresome'

ROCK A new five-disc box set includes remasters of 'On Through the Night' and 'High 'n' Dry.' Best known for ’80s hard-rock fist-raisers such as “Rock of Ages” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” as well as pioneering hair metal ballads including “Hysteria”…

Mar. 26, 2020

Loudwire

34 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses Sign to Geffen Records

When Guns N’ Roses signed to Geffen Records on March 26, 1986, for an estimated $250,000, no one could imagine that less than three years later the band would be one of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll. Many speculated that Geffen would never even…

Mar. 25, 2020

Loudwire

16 Years Ago: Ozzy Osbourne’s House Nearly Burned Down in Fire-Related Mishap

No one can deny that Ozzy Osbourne has repeatedly played with fire throughout his career with Black Sabbath and as a solo artist. But fanning the flames of controversy played no role in the fire that spread through his seven-acre Buckinghamshire…