HALESTORM has entered the Dark Horse Recording studios just outside Nashville to begin recording its fourth album for an early 2018 release. Helming the sessions is Nick Raskulinecz, an acclaimed producer who has previously worked with RUSH, KORN, ALICE IN CHAINS and DEFTONES, in addition to having produced HALESTORM's third covers EP, "ReAniMate 3.0: The ...
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Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR) was honored with the "Icon" award at Rock To Recovery's second annual awareness event and benefit on Saturday, September 16 at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California. The Rock To Recovery "Icon" award is given each year to a public figure, known far and wide, that uses his or ...
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"Unforgotten", the new JP Brasca-directed video from CORE 10, the band featuring original KORN drummer David Silveria, can be seen below. The song was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Ulrich Wild, who has previously worked with WHITE ZOMBIE, PANTERA, DEFTONES and STATIC-X. Silveria is joined in CORE 10 by Sean Lenhoff and Duncan Nisbet on vocals, ...
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One of the most acclaimed albums in the history of the "deathcore" genre is, without question, SUICIDE SILENCE's debut offering, "The Cleansing". Originally released on September 18, 2007, the LP debuted at No. 94 on the Billboard 200 chart and positioned the band as the leaders of this new movement. SUICIDE SILENCE will officially commemorate ...
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Capital Chaos TV has uploaded video footage of DEAD CROSS's entire August 29 performance at Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California. Check it out below. DEAD CROSS is the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE). The self-titled debut album from DEAD ...
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"Fome", the new video from the Latin American metal group DE LA TIERRA, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's second studio album, "II", which came out last November via Sony Music Latin. DE LA TIERRA is comprised of some of Latin America's most talented metal musicians, including Brazilian guitarist Andreas ...
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KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has defended BABYMETAL against online criticism, saying that the Japanese pop metal act is "entertaining as hell." Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal. BABYMETAL's members — Suzuka Nakamoto (a.k.a. Su-Metal, ...
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CORE 10, the band featuring original KORN drummer David Silveria, will release its new single, "Unforgotten", on September 15. The song was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Ulrich Wild, who has previously worked with WHITE ZOMBIE, PANTERA, DEFTONES and STATIC-X. A teaser for the accompanying video, which was directed by JP Brasca, can be seen below. ...
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Antihero Magazine's Matt Mills conducted an interview with frontman Jeff Becerra of legendary extreme metal innovators POSSESSED after the band's performance at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 11-13 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can listen to the full interview below. A few excerpts follow ...
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DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE), played snippets of cover versions of SLAYER classics "South Of Heaven" and "Raining Blood" during its concerts in Las Vegas, Nevaada (August 11) and Houston, Texas (August 15), respectively. Check out video footage below. ...
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Justin Pearson and Michael Crain of DEAD CROSS were temporarily placed in police custody while in Houston on August 15. The band, who just released their eponymous debut album via Ipecac Recordings and is on tour in support of the disc, had its gear searched and was restrained during the inspection. The musicians have been ...
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10 YEARS returns with the new studio album "(How To Live) As Ghosts", and welcomes back band members Brian Vodinh (guitar, drums) and Matt Wantland (guitar). The band's eighth studio album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (ALICE IN CHAINS, FOO FIGHTERS, DEFTONES, KORN, MASTODON) and will be released on October 27 via ...
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KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer says that it has been "really hard" for him and his bandmates to deal with the recent passing of Chester Bennington. The LINKIN PARK singer died on July 20 after committing suicide at the age of 41. He had been open with the press and public about his struggles with ...
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FAITH NO MORE's Mike Patton made his live debut as the singer of DEAD CROSS last night (Thursday, August 10) at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. The self-titled debut album from DEAD CROSS, which is rounded out by drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS), ...
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KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch joined BABYMETAL on stage — his face painted in the same white-and-black makeup as the Japanese act's backing band — on June 25 at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho. Official video footage from KORN, as well as a couple of fan-filmed clips, of the collaboration can be seen ...
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Corey Taylor has slammed people who have have implied Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell were "cowards" for taking their own lives, saying that such criticism is "simplifying a very real issue." The LINKIN PARK singer was found dead late last month at his home in Southern California. A Los Angeles County coroner confirmed that the ...
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VIMIC, the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, is in the process of signing a new record deal for the release of its long-awaited debut album. "Open Your Omen" was originally supposed to arrive last year via Jordison's longtime label, Roadrunner, but VIMIC has since parted ways with the record company and has ...
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Rock To Recovery, a transformative program for those in treatment and recovery, has announced its second annual awareness event and benefit on Saturday, September 16 at 6 p.m., at the famous Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California. Rock to Recovery 2 - Benefit Concert will honor the work of Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR) and ...
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Rolling Stone has premiered "Korn And The Prodigy Son", a 15-minute documentary about METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo's twelve-year-old son, Tye Trujillo, a member of NorCal group THE HELMETS, filling in on bass for KORN's recent South American tour after that group's regular bassist, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, was unable to make the shows due ...
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HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger spoke to Kaytie of the Razor 94.7 radio station about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2015's "Into The Wild Life" album. "We're writing," Joe said. "I think the record's written, and we actually probably have a bunch of it recorded, but… ...
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Brian "Head" Welch has apologized for implying Chester Bennington was a "coward" just hours after the LINKIN PARK frontman's death. Bennington was found dead on July 20 at his home in Southern California. A Los Angeles County coroner confirmed that the cause of death was "suicide by hanging." In a Facebook message posted shortly after ...
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The self-titled debut album from DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE), can be streamed in its entirety below (courtesy of Noisey). Due on August 4 via Ipecac Recordings, the effort was helmed by producer Ross Robinson, who has ...
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At this point, IN THIS MOMENT is unstoppable. The band may yet have HALESTORM and LACUNA COIL to contend with if supremacy over this branch of hard rock is its goal. Yet the band's newest offering, "Ritual", for all its witty pop and electronic shakes behind a perpetual theme of repent and deliverance (you be ...
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STONE SOUR bassist Johny Chow proposed to his longtime girlfriend Christi Allen during the band's July 25 concert at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the support act for KORN. She, of course, said yes, and the video of this happy moment can now be seen below. STONE SOUR's bassist since 2012, Chow has ...
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A Music Blog, Yea? conducted an interview with HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale at the Alternative Press Music Awards on July 17 at KeyBank State Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the evolution of her songwriting, Lzzy said: "I think that the hardest thing that I've had to learn ...
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"Obedience School", the new Dennis Bersales-directed video from DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS) and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE), can be seen below. The song is taken from DEAD CROSS's self-titled debut album, which will be released on August 4 via Ipecac Recordings. The effort ...
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Stephen Wayne of iRockRadio.com conducted an interview with KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch before the band's July 23 concert at Xfinity Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the powerful production of KORN's latest album, 2016's "The Serenity Of Suffering", and the band's plans for a follow-up ...
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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced details of its U.S. headline tour. Kicking off September 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the coast-to-coast trek will see the band traversing the U.S. through October in support of its new album, "Graveyard Shift", which landed at No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums chart earlier this year. For the ...
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California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the release of their debut album, "The Cleansing", by performing the LP in its entirety on a U.S. tour later in the year. The news of the special trek was revealed by SUICIDE SILENCE drummer Alex Lopez during an interview he gave to ArmyOfOneTV ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC, the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, perfoming on July 21 at Concrete Street Amphitheater in Corpus Christi, Texas as the support act for IN THIS MOMENT can be seen below. VIMIC in February postponed its previously announced European tour so that the group could finish work on ...
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