GUNS N' ROSES: INTERVIEW WITH GUITARIST RON "BUMBLEFOOT" THAL
Who or what is a Bumblefoot, you ask? At first glance, your trusty dictionary will describe it as "Ulcerative Pododermatitis: an infection found on the feet of birds of prey and rodents." Well class, throw those textbooks out the window because the Bumblefoot we will be discussing today is much more complex than that. Bumblefoot is none other than Ron Thal, an accomplished guitarist, solo artist, writer, producer, engineer, hot sauce connoisseur and guitarist for a little band called Guns N' Roses. With a resume like this, one might wonder, "Is there anything this man can't do?" Jason Price and Steve Johnson of Live-Metal.Net struck out on a mission to meet up with this man of mystery, find out what makes him tick and observe him in his natural habitat—New Jersey.
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: INTERVIEW WITH GUITARIST DARRELL ROBERTS
With a hit single (“The Bleeding”) tearing up the airwaves, successful runs on the 2007 Family Values Tour, an arena tour with KORN, their own headlining shows, the opening slot on DISTURBED’s spring tour and a spot on the first-ever Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival this summer, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is one of the hottest bands in metal. Their phenomenal debut album, The Way of the Fist, will be unleashed in an expanded edition, featuring the new single “Never Enough,” on May 13. When the band came to the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, Pa., on April 22 for a headlining show, with support from NONPOINT, guitarist Darrell Roberts sat down with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki.
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SEETHER RISES ABOVE THE REST
In an age in which the music industry is in turmoil, SEETHER, since bursting onto the scene with in 2002, has defied the trend by releasing hit single after hit single and hit album after hit album. From their latest release, 2007’s Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, the heartwrenching “Rise Above This” has followed “Fake It” to major airplay on rock radio. The band, originally from South Africa, is on the road this spring with FLYLEAF. One day into the tour, bassist Dale Stewart called in to chat with Live-Metal.net.
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NEW BATCH OF CD REVIEWS
New reviews are coming your way every week on Live-Metal.net. See what new metal albums we give thumbs up and thumbs down.
DARK FORTRESS - 'Eidolon' - 6.5/10
ENGEL - 'Absolute Design' - 6/10
SIRHAN SIRHAN - 'Blood' - 8/10
ZIMMERS HOLE - 'When You Were Shouting At the Devil ... We Were In League With Satan'- 7/10
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH:
LIVE PIX, CONCERT REPORT
Live-Metal.net has been behind FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH since day one and we're not stopping now. Their popularity is on the rise, thanks to their hit, "The Bleeding" and the sky seems to be the limit for this band. Our latest coverage comes from their stop in Lancaster, PA on April 22, where we bring you a concert report and live pix from the show. "Meet the monsters" if you haven't yet.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH LIVE PIX
CONCERT REPORT
SEVENDUST: LIVE PIX, CONCERT REPORT
Live-Metal.net continues with nonstop coverage of SEVENDUST! We have live pix online from their recent show with SALIVA at the Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown, Pa., as well as a concert report with set lists included. Read on below.
SEVENDUST LIVE PIX
CONCERT REPORT
CD REVIEWS POSTED
Check out our recent reviews now online, including the outrageous new album, Bondage Goat Zombie, from Austria's blackened death metallers, BELPHEGOR.
16 SECOND STARE - 'Red Carpet Material'
BELPHEGOR - 'Bondage Goat Zombie'
WINDS OF PLAGUE - 'Decimate the Weak'
Other recent reviews:
ANEW REVOLUTION - 'Rise'
Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA - 'The Scarecrow'
CHILDREN OF BODOM - 'Blooddrunk'
IN FLAMES - 'A Sense of Purpose'
PAGAN FIRE - Various Artists (Viking/folk metal)
P.O.D - When Angels and Serpents Dance
PRIMORDIAL - 'To the Nameless Dead'
SALT THE WOUND - Carnal Repercussions'
SYMPHORCE - 'Become Death'
TANTRIC - 'The End Begins'
VAYDEN - 'Children of Our Mistakes'
INTERVIEW: LAJON OF SEVENDUST
Is there a harder working band than SEVENDUST? Including the CD/DVD combo Retrospective 2, their latest disc, Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow, is their third release in the last 13 months. Reveling in the freedom and creativity coming from the formation of their own record label, they have followed the ambitious, aggressive Alpha (2007) with an album that ranges from pummeling (“Inside”) to soft and soothing (“The Past,” featuring Chris Daughtry) to experimental (“Hope,” featuring ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti). This latest chapter covers all facets of the band, building on everything that has come before. Vocalist Lajon Witherspoon called in to talk with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki about the new album, the spring tour with SALIVA and more.
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INTERVIEW: MIKEY DOLING OF INVITRO
Guitarist for SNOT, SOULFLY and now INVITRO; producer; Gridiron Records co-founder. Mikey Doling has built an impressive resume during his decade and a half in the music business. Talk to him or watch INVITRO on stage and it’s easy to see the secret to his staying power (aside from his obvious musical talent). It’s all about having fun for him and his bandmates, whose debut album, When I Was a Planet, is wonderfully wacky as it hops from genre to genre, rocking all the way. INVITRO's touring schedule has included a stint opening for Doling’s old friends SEVENDUST, a slot on the 2007 edition of the Family Values tour and they just finished a spring run with DEVILDRIVER and NAPALM DEATH. A few days after the tour rolled through Jaxx in Springfield, Va., Doling checked in with Live-Metal.net’s Greg Maki.
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