SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) has told Kerrang! magazine that he has "never" gone into an album and touring cycle feeling as refreshed and ready as he is right now. "Not even the first time," he said. "It's always been a mess. I'm not gonna say it's not gonna be a ...
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EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee has confirmed to the 93.3 WMMR Rocks! radio station that the band will soon begin work on the follow-up to 2011's self-titled effort. "We all really wanna do it," she said (hear audio below). "And it's not one of those things where it's, like, 'Someday, maybe we'll do something again.' Everybody's ...
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SLIPKNOT has uploaded a new YouTube video featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the band's latest song, "All Out Life". The track, which was released in October, will appear on SLIPKNOT's upcoming follow-up to 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter" album, due next year via Roadrunner. SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor told "Zane Lowe's World ...
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A new song from GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose may have surfaced in the TV show "New Looney Tunes", which airs on the Boomerang streaming service. The episode, which premiered on December 24, features Axl as a character. In the clip called "Armageddon Outta Here, Part Two", Rose asks Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and ...
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Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY were joined by JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist Dave Navarro and Chris Connelly for an acoustic performance of their early song "(Every Day Is) Halloween" at their two Los Angeles shows at the Fonda Theatre on Thursday, December 20 and Friday, December 21. Although MINISTRY leader Al Jourgensen claimed at Thursday's concert that ...
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The official music video for "SOS", the title track of the ninth studio album from the Swedish skate-punk band MILLENCOLIN, can be seen below. The clip was directed and edited by guitarist Erik Ohlsson at Eckhouse Design. Due on February 15, 2019 via Epitaph, the follow-up to 2015's "True Brew" was recorded at the group's ...
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Lita Ford says a full reunion of iconic seventies rockers THE RUNAWAYS will probably never happen. Speaking on Daily Mail at the Las Vegas F.A.M.E Awards last month, Ford outlined in great detail her relationships with former bandmates Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Jackie Fox and Sandy West and the previous attempts to get ...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and PARKWAY DRIVE have announced a massive co-headline tour, dubbed "Collapse The World". The trek will take place in spring 2019, kicking off on April 18 in San Francisco and running through May 16 in Milwaukee. AFTER THE BURIAL will appear in the lineup as a support act. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will ...
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Epicenter festival — a new three-day destination music experience from premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents — brings a massive music lineup to its 2019 debut, with over 65 music artists performing on four stages, led by FOO FIGHTERS, TOOL and KORN. The inaugural festival takes place in the heart of the ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "All Out Life", the new video from SLIPKNOT, can be seen below. The clip, which was directed by the band's own M. Shawn Crahan, amassed 3.4 million views in the first 24 hours after the video was released. Views on the video are currently approaching the 16-million mark. According ...
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Epicenter festival — a new three-day destination music experience from premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents — will debut in the heart of the Mid-Atlantic region, at the newly created Rockingham Festival Grounds in Richmond County, North Carolina on Friday, May 10, Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12, 2019. Epicenter replaces ...
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"Stay Tuned" is the passion project of Austrian multi-instrumentalist Bernhard Welz. Not unlike other musicians, Welz often gathers his musical friends around to play and sing along to the songs he wrote, produced and arranged. The difference between him and others is however, that his friends include some of the greatest rock and roll legends ...
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Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY will enter the studio in early 2019 to begin recording the follow-up to this year's "AmeriKKKant" album. Al Jourgensen told Consequence Of Sound in a new interview: "This [fall] tour pretty much closes out our touring on 'AmeriKKKant', and then we immediately, as of the first of the year, ...
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SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan has shared some insights about the concept behind the band's upcoming album in a new interview with Billboard. He stated that the concept of the record "breaks down to… good vs. evil, or in this sense, evil vs. good. It's about being a human being and experiencing ...
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Swedish skate-punk band MILLENCOLIN will release its ninth studio album, "SOS", on February 15, 2019 via Epitaph. The follow-up to 2015's "True Brew" was recorded at the group's own Soundlab Studios in Örebro, Sweden and was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios. It was produced by vocalist/bassist Nikola Sarcevic and guitarist Mathias Färm, ...
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Latvian heavy metal band SKYFORGER has released a brand new video for the song "Nothing Is Forgotten", from the band's 2015 album "Old Prussia", to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Latvia's declaration of independence. Kristīne Neikena, who directed the video, says that main idea is there to remind that when it comes to Latvian history, ...
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GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee and ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach have slammed President Donald Trump over his tweets about the California wildfires, which have forced tens of thousands of people to quickly evacuate their homes, including several high-profile celebrities. In his tweet early Saturday, Trump blamed the "costly" ...
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SLIPKNOT has set a new personal record on YouTube with the video for its latest song, "All Out Life". The clip, which was directed by the band's own M. Shawn Crahan, amassed 3.4 million views in the first 24 hours after the video was released. It debuts on the U.S. Top Music Videos chart at ...
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Industrial-metal legends MINISTRY will continue to promote their critically acclaimed album "AmeriKKKant" with a full U.S. tour later this November, supported by synth-wave sensations CARPENTER BRUT. In anticipation of the trek, the band has released a visualizer for the track "We're Tired Of It". Released this past March, "AmeriKKKa" was produced by MINISTRY leader Al ...
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SONS OF APOLLO vocalist Jeff Scott Soto spoke with Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at the fourth annual "Bowl For Ronnie" celebrity bowling party on October 25 in Studio City, California. The full interview can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how fronting SONS ...
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SINSAENUM drummer Joey Jordison (ex-SLIPKNOT) was recently interviewed by Austria's Stormbringer. The full interview can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how he thinks SINSAENUM has changed since the release of the group's first album: Joey: "The band is always evolving, and the songwriting is always evolving. ...
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The official music video for the song "It Burns" from the Danish/Swedish group NORDIC UNION — which features PRETTY MAIDS vocalist Ronnie Atkins and guitarist/songwriter/producer Erik Martensson (ECLIPSE, W.E.T., AMMUNITION) — can be seen below. The track is taken from NORDIC UNION's sophomore album, "Second Coming", which will be released on November 9 via Frontiers ...
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SLIPKNOT has released the official music video for a new song called "All Out Life". The track, which was premiered earlier today on "Zane Lowe's World Record" on Beats 1 on Apple Music, will appear on the band's upcoming follow-up to 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter" album, due next year via Roadrunner. The clip, which ...
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DISTURBED recently performed an acoustic version of its "A Reason To Fight" single for Radio.com. You can watch video footage of the rendition below. "A Reason To Fight" is second single from DISTURBED's latest album, "Evolution", which was released on October 19. "The message behind 'A Reason To Fight' is a personal one," ...
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According to Billboard, DISTURBED's "Evolution" earned 71,000 equivalent album units in the week ending October 25 to land at position No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. Of that sum, 65,000 were in traditional album sales. "Evolution" is DISTURBED's sixth top 10 effort, and it follows the band's previous studio release, 2015's "Immortalized", ...
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SLIPKNOT will embark a month-long tour of Europe next summer. The band will perform at a number of festivals across the continent, including Download, Rock Am Ring, Graspop Metal Meeting and Resurrection. Speaking to Kerrang! about headlining Download alongside TOOL and DEF LEPPARD, SLIPKNOT's Shawn "Clown" Crahan stated: "If someone chooses to come ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of HALESTORM's official music video for the song "Do Not Disturb" can be seen below. The clip was directed by Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober), who has previously worked with METALLICA, ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON, DISTURBED and GREEN DAY, among others. "Do Not Disturb" is taken from HALESTORM's latest album, "Vicious", ...
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"Stand Your Ground", a new song from Swedish death metal veterans UNLEASHED, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's 13th full-length album, "The Hunt For White Christ", which will be released on October 26 via Napalm Records. When it comes to Swedish death metal, the traditional Stockholm way and death metal ...
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DISTURBED played a special intimate show on October 10 at the 1,000-capacity Vic Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. The concert, which was presented by SiriusXM, saw the live premiere of the first two singles from DISTURBED's upcoming "Evolution" album, "Are You Ready" and "A Reason To Fight", as well as powerful renditions of a dozen or ...
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SLIPKNOT will perform at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand for the first time ever on August 10, 2019. Tickets for the concert go on sale November 2 at 10 a.m. via IowaStateFair.org, costing $43, $53 or $60 before fees and fair admission. An opening act is yet to be announced. The Iowa State ...
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