Imperial Triumphant guitarist Zachary Ilya Ezrin is our guest this week. We discuss the band’s latest album, Alphaville, his thoughts on NFTs in music, embracing all the changes that come into the industry, making the band’s new live album available only on vinyl, the band’s relationship with New York City, and completing their first headlining
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Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil made his return to live music this past Wednesday (November 24) at the annual ‘DrinksGiving” event in Las Vegas, his first show since falling from the stage and “breaking a few ribs” during his performance on October 15. Unfortunately the time off has not done Neil any good, as fan-filmed
The wizardly metal devotees at Two Minutes to Late Night are back with their latest cover, a version of Metallica’s “Blackened” — except the fast parts are slow and the slow parts are fast — with a star-studded cast of musicians. The lineup on this track consists of: Troy Sanders (Mastodon): vocalsDoc Coyle (Bad Wolves, ex-God Forbid): guitar Nate
Over the course of the past two years, Godsmack singer Sully Erna has been flagged by Facebook for spreading disinformation about Bernie Sanders, endorsed conspiracy theories about COVID-19, and asserted that the virus “not a global killer” despite the fact that it has, indeed, killed more than five million people worldwide. Regardless of his willingness
Revolver has become the second major metal media outlet to unveil their list of 2021’s best metal albums, after Decibel. You can check out Revolver‘s list below, or go here to read their explanations for each selection. 25. Frozen Soul – Crypt of Ice [embedded content] 24. Slaughter To Prevail – Kostolom [embedded content] 23. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – The Romance of Affliction
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: The heavy metal ‘n’ roll dark madcap visionaries collectively known as Avatar— vocalist Johannes Eckerström (vocals), guitarists Jonas Jarlsby and Tim Öhrström, bassist Henrik Sandelin, and drummer John Alfredsson — have shared another new song. Today, the band has dropped “Construction of Souls.” Listen below. It’s Avatar’s version of a holiday song! “This song will be to Christmas songs what Die Hard is to
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi has released “Scent of the Dark,” which is described as “A fusion of new Iommi music, video and unique fragrance blended by Xerjoff’s Sergio Momo with major input from Tony.” You can check out the song below. There doesn’t seem to be a buy link for the fragrance as of yet.
Gared O’Donnell, singer for influential early ’00s post-hardcore band Planes Mistaken For Stars, has died. He was just 44 years old. The band announced the news of O’Donnell’s passing through their official Instagram account late last night, November 24, revealing he died yesterday while surrounded by his family. He had been fighting oesophageal cancer since
Imagine if, every morning when you sit upon the throne for your morning crap, you could rest your tuchus on Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich’s lap as you drop your load? Well, now you can, with the ability to load and re-load all you like: one enterprising man has made a custom Lars Ulrich toilet, with
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men — Aaron Pauley (bass + vocals ), Valentino Arteaga (drums), Alan Ashby (guitar), and Phil Manansala (guitar) — will release their seventh album Echo on December 3 via SharpTone Records. Today, the quartet shared the title track to the new album. Listen to the song and watch the visualizer below. “‘Echo’
Nominations for this year’s Grammys were announced yesterday. And in all the excitement over the nominees for Best Metal Performance and Best Rock Performance, we failed to notice that Marilyn Manson also scored TWO NOMINATIONS: one in the Album of the Year category, for his contributions to Kanye West’s recent release, Donda, and one in
Ghost have announced plans to tour Europe and the UK in 2022. Support will come from Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple. Dates are below (via The PRP). Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 26 at 09:00am CET. Ghost recently released a new song, “Hunter’s Moon,” as part of the soundtrack for
Spencer Elden, the 30-year-old man who was the four-month-old baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind, has amended his lawsuit against the band, claiming, amongst other things, that he was also photographed as a mini version of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The suit, first filed in August, claims that neither Elden nor his legal guardians
Megadeth’s highly-anticipated new album, The Sick, the Dying, and the Dead, will finally be released in the spring of 2022. This according to Megamastermind Dave Mustaine himself, who tells American Songwriter magazine that the record’s title refers not to the pandemic or his recent battle with cancer, but, rather, to the 14th century bubonic plague
Death Angel riff master Rob Cavestany is our guest this week! We discuss the Grammy nomination of their last record, Humanicide, performing acoustic songs on the band’s latest live album, The Bastard Tracks, and what it was like revisiting deep cuts for it, fan backlash for having to reschedule the Bay Strike Backs tour with
Rage Against the Machine have posted a statement condemning the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, the white teenager who murdered two men at a protest for racial justice last summer in Kenosha, WI. Accompanying an infamous photo of Rittenhouse crying in the court room during his testimony, the notoriously liberal band, speaking through their own social
Mire, the new project featuring former As I Lay Dying guitarist Nick Hipa, have released their third single, “A New Found Rain,” along with a music video. The band also features guitarist Ryan Glisan and vocalist Benton McKibbern alongside Hipa. Thy Art is Murder drummer Jesse Beahler (ex-Black Crown Initiate) also plays on this track. Two previous singles, “Refined”
The kids of The O’Keefe Music Foundation, which has become known over the years for its endearing videos of young music students covering hard rock and metal tunes — including Sepultura, Rammstein, Danzig, Clutch, Tool, Korn, and plenty of others — are back with a rousing rendition of the Slipknot anthem “Wait and Bleed,” from their eponymous 1999 debut. The video
Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his wife, Ayesha, have moved to New York City, Mrs. King recently revealed on social media: “I suppose it’s time to tell you all that the King and I have moved to NYC (back home for me, excited to be near my family again ). I figured I’d beat some
On February 4th, Cannibal Corpse vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher will release a solo album, titled Corpsegrinder. The 10-song effort is co-produced by Nick Bellmore (Dee Snider/Kingdom of Sorrow) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed). The album features a guest appearance from Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) on the track “Acid Vat” and will be released through Jasta’s new label, Perseverance