Metallica Recording New Album 'Right Now' Says Hetfield

'David [Bowie] is one of the best artists I've ever worked with," said Gidding. "But every time I see him now, before I even speak to him, he goes, I'm not touring and I say, I'm not asking."

Sweet tells The Metal Voice: "I'm a huge Van Halen fan - about as big as they come. You know when you feel a band is just going through the motions and just not giving it their best? That's what I felt with that album.

Mackay developed sepsis - an infection that can lead to organ failure - following surgery last month and he was in a critical condition at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California.

The package captures the band's Christmas Eve concert at the famed London venue - the Hammersmith Odeon (now known as the Eventim Apollo) - a month after the release of their fourth album, "A Night At The Opera."

After playing five shows at Hammersmith earlier in the month, Queen returned for the finale of a 26-date fall UK tour that was broadcast live on BBC2-TV and BBC Radio 1.

"This concert was very special because it was the first time we ever played a whole show completely live on TV � the Christmas Show," says guitarist Brian May. "The quality, after great rescue work and transfer into the digital domain, is amazing. And the energy we had comes across very forcefully."

The Texas musician was set to appear at Pleasure Island Seafood & Blues Festival on Sunday when he took ill. He worked with longtime musical partner Bnois King for almost 30 years and he is survived by his wife Phyllis.

Edward Chmelewski, president of Kubek's label Blind Pig Records, says: "Joe was truly one of the good guys, a humble, kind person and an immensely gifted musician. It's a great loss for all of us. We feel privileged to have known him and documented his music."

"I bumped into an old friend I hadn't seen in about 16 years," Grohl told the audience. Kweller came leaping onstage to add a potent harmony to "Big Me," off the band's very first album.

It was then revealed that Greenwood was camping out at the majestic Mehrangarh Fort in the Rajasthan desert. With the blessings of the Maharajah, Greenwood had been living and recording with a collective of traditional Indian folk musicians as part of a new album in collaboration with Ben Tzur and long-time Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich.

The Wintour is Coming tour kicks off on February 25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and will include stops in New Orleans, Memphis, New York and the band's hometown of Chicago.

The group recorded the project in Austin, TX with producer Machine at his Machine Shop studio, as well as some additional production at their home base in Maryland.

Produced by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Sanctuary), "Condition Human" marks vocalist Todd La Torre's second album with the group following their 2013 self-titled release and a split with original singer Geoff Tate.

Charlie Simpson, Alex Westaway, Dan Haigh and Omar Abidi previously issued streams of opening track Sharp Tongue and Animal. Simpson said of their return: "We were so blown away with the response to our 10-year anniversary shows earlier this year, that we wanted to get into the studio and work on the new material we'd stockpiled during our hiatus.

And while he loves nothing more than showing off his chops on stage, he knew he had to respect the legacy of Pero - who died earlier this year - as he had with The Rev.

Portnoy tells Noize In The Attic: "I know how to be a professional and know how to do what is called for, depending on the gig I'm doing. I play in six different bands and I wear very different hats in all of them. I know when I'm supposed to be a leader, be a collaborator or be a hired gun, like I am with Twisted.

"I had a similar scenario when I filled in with Avenged Sevenfold, coming in with a drummer that had passed away and honouring and respecting what laid before me. As sad as it is to say, this is actually my second time filling in for a deceased drummer and I kind of know how to handle the situation.

And the singer, who adopted a dog from the facility while the band were recording fifth album That's The Spirit, wants fans to contact the local mayor to urge him to change his mind about the decision.

Sykes says: "The shelter is amazing and they do so much for Santorini's dog population. They even go as far as rehoming dogs to Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the UK. However, the shelter is under attack again."

The 295-page volume features interviews with the main players in the genre, including producer Steve Albini, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Slint's David Pajo.

Chuter says: "I've loved post-rock since my early teens, yet it's always troubled me that none of the existing accounts of post-rock history make any sense whatsoever.

"The internet liberally declares Slint and Talk Talk as the originators of the genre, while quietly glossing over the fact that, sonically, these bands couldn't be further apart.

"I'm so happy and proud to finally be able to present to you the first song from our insane mountain concert at Trolltunga in Norway," Shining frontman J�rgen Munkeby tells Metal Hammer about the video. "Not only was it the absolute craziest day of my life, and an experience that will be ingrained in my viking bones until I die.

Frontman Troy Sanders says: "Since day one, nobody has embraced Mastodon better than the UK. Thank you for inviting us to our first festival headlining slot at Bloodstock 2016. We will not disappoint."

The Norwegian outfit were forced to withdraw from this month's event as one of the band was facing a "serious family problem." They were replaced by The Enid, but have vowed to put the disappointment of missing out behind them in 2016.

He says: "With any kind of rock or metal, English is the most natural sounding thing. For us, it came automatically because any kind of music we listen to was sung in English. I couldn't imagine doing any of this in Finnish. That would be very strange - and not in a good way."

Our single "Cast Out" was written in response to a very traumatic event that happened in the spring of 2009. Our bassist/keyboardist Brian Cohen and I were living in Atlanta at the time, producing and touring with various major label acts. We woke up one day and decided we were going to move to Los Angeles to continue pursuing our production career and possibly find a singer for a band. We decided to leave that very week and went out the night before our departure to celebrate. I went out with a friend of mine and Brian went out with a friend of his separately. Later that night I received a call from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta saying Brian had been beaten nearly to death and was in the trauma unit. I rushed to the hospital and arrived to find my best friend completely unrecognizable. I ended up taking photos of him that night, as well as photos of the scene of the crime. He had been beaten in and out of consciousness multiple times and as a result had a major fracture in his face, as well as 3 breaks in his foot. It took him a major surgery and a full month to heal enough so that we could make the trek out to California.

The five guys who beat him that night were caught thanks to a taxi driver seeing the whole incident and getting the license plate number of the getaway car. From there, it took six years to finally make it to court.

In November 2014 we flew to Atlanta for the trial. Due to complications in the trial and facts that were skewed, all five defendants ended up walking away scot-free. Our first response was to get angry and want revenge. We felt that justice had not been served, as it seemed that 3 of the 5 guys felt zero remorse for what they had done. I called our lead singer David back in California and relayed to him the outcome of the trial. He was as upset as we were and ended up taking a really powerful track we had recently recorded and wrote the lyrics to "Cast Out". By the time we made the flight back to L.A. the next day, the song was finished.

One of the main lines in the song that truly sums up the meaning of it for us is "If I had my way I'd break your face, but instead everyday you're gonna hear my name." It was basically our way of saying we were going to take the high road and focus on being successful rather than retaliating against the perpetrators. We wanted to promote the fact that you can take a negative experience and use it as fuel for something positive. Six years after this absolutely horrific event, we have an extremely powerful song with an equally powerful message to share with the world. Without this event happening, "Cast Out" would have never been written and we might not even be here talking with you today.