Better Noise recording artist Hyro The Hero has released the official music video for his new single "We Believe" featuring DISTURBED frontman David Draiman. Over a turbulent riff, Hyro decries "Internet activists" with a venomous flow before launching a caustic and catchy call-and-response with Draiman on the hook. Chillingly, it culminates on a scream of, ...
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DISTURBED has released a cover version of Sting's 1993 single "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You". The official music video for the track, directed by Matt Mahurin, can be seen below. Said the band about the new cover: "We have loved this song for a long time, and even though it was released ...
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DISTURBED will release a cover version of Sting's 1993 single "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" this Friday, September 11. A video for the track, directed by Matt Mahurin, will make its online debut this Thursday night at midnight EDT / 9:00 p.m. PDT. DISTURBED had great commercial success with its last cover, ...
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Iowa-based rock quartet SAUL will release its debut album, "Rise As Equals", on October 23 via Spinefarm Records. The band has shared the new song "King Of Misery", which was co-written by DISTURBED's David Draiman. Check it out below. "'King Of Misery' is a track that we hope all people can relate to at some ...
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DED has shared the brand new song "Parasite". It serves as another taste of what's to come on the band's upcoming sophomore effort, the details of which will be revealed soon. "This is a straight-up DED track," says frontman Joe Cotela. "I think this will be a live fan favorite in the future once concerts ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider spoke to PopMatters about his plan to direct a horror movie from a script he wrote, titled "My Enemy's Enemy". The film is based on a real-life crime spree that took place in his native Long Island, New York in 1982. "I had my movie that ...
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On Friday (August 14), DISTURBED singer David Draiman took part in a live interview with "Offstage With DWP", the new online content series from Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent promoters in the United States. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about DISTURBED's plans to return to the road post-pandemic, Draiman ...
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At a time when the outside world seems more menacing and hostile than ever before, "Cactides" is an album you can crawl into and hibernate from the insanity. Led by relentlessly ingenious guitarist Sally Gates, this avant-metal trio make music that defies the usual laws of melodic physics, slamming angular noise rock, free jazz and ...
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YouTube user Lars Von Retriever, who splices together excerpts from President Donald Trump's speeches to popular metal songs as part of a series he calls "Metal Trump", has uploaded his latest concoction, Metal Trump's take on the IRON MAIDEN classic "Run To The Hills". Check it out below. Lars Von Retriever's previously crafted Metal Trump ...
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Bret Michaels (POISON), Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) and Bruce Kulick (KISS) have been added to the David Z Foundation third annual fundraising campaign. They join a star-studded online lineup of musicians who will appear live on the David Z Foundation Facebook page on Tuesday, July 14 at 5 p.m. PST/ 8 p.m. ...
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BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale has blasted people who refuse to wear a mask in public spaces to protect others from possible infection. Rossdale addressed the hot-button issue as lawmakers push harder for their constituents to wear face masks to limit the spread of coronavirus. President Donald Trump has been loath to wear a mask, despite ...
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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE has defended taking federal funds to support its crew for any current and future postponed tours. According to documents from the Small Business Administration And Treasury Department, GUNS N' ROSES, PEARL JAM, GREEN DAY, DISTURBED and many other touring musicians took out loans as well. The financial support is part of the ...
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In a recent interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, DISTURBED singer David Draiman spoke about his decision to quit Twitter a few years ago. He said: "There's just no decency. It's a bunch of high school kids insulting each other, having a contest about who can come up with the most grandiose ...
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DISTURBED has confirmed the rescheduled 2021 dates for its "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour", co-produced by Frank Productions and Live Nation. The amphitheater tour, with very special guest STAIND and BAD WOLVES, will begin on July 7, 2021 at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre and all previously purchased tickets will be honored for their rescheduled dates. "The ...
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DISTURBED has commenced the songwriting process for its next studio album. Singer David Draiman, who resides in Hawaii with his wife and their son, discussed DISTURBED's plans for the follow-up to 2018's "Evolution" album during a brand new interview with Download Festival TV presenter Kylie Olsson. Asked how he has been spending his coronavirus downtime, ...
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Marielle Tengström of the gambling and metal show "Metal Casino Live" recently conducted an interview with TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his current non-musical projects, Dee said: "I just finished my first fictional novel, which going out to publishers now, so I hope I'm gonna get ...
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Former DIO, BLACK SABBATH and HEAVEN & HELL drummer Vinny Appice has confirmed to Professor Of Rock that legendary singer Ronnie James Dio "never warmed up" before hitting the stage. Appice recalled (see video below): "[Ronnie would be] backstage. Right before the show, I'd go to his dressing room and we'd hang out. There'd be ...
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DISTURBED's previously announced "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour" has been postponed until summer 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour" with STAIND and BAD WOLVES was scheduled to kick off on July 15 in Maryland Heights, Missouri, hitting amphitheaters before wrapping up on September 12 in ...
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With the world being run by lunatics, there's never been a better time to be stridently blasphemous. ACxDC may have a name that may make you think of both AC/DC and ANAL CUNT, but there is something uniquely swivel-eyed and forceful about this band's religion-baiting cacophony. For a start, the band's full name is ANTICHRIST ...
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Fast-rising rockers DED have released a high-octane music video for their latest radio single, "A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby)". The clip was directed by renowned director Marc Klasfeld, who has previously worked with SLIPKNOT, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, FOO FIGHTERS and HIGHLY SUSPECT, among others. Displaying DED's bold and dynamic songcraft, "A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby)" was ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has a long history of supporting veteran and first responder organizations and continues to do so during this difficult time. The donation of over $150,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation consists of a portion of the ticket sales from the band's 2019 U.S. fall arena tour, as well as proceeds from ...
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As a way to continue to perform live for its fans during the current quarantine conditions, SAINT ASONIA has announced a "virtual tour" where the band will perform on the the different social media platforms of rock radio stations around the country. The band will add a local flavor to each performance. "It's been really ...
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Last fall, DISTURBED shared a poll on U.S. music industry publication Billboard's web site that asked who should sing the anthem before the 2020 Super Bowl and encouraged the band's fans to write vocalist David Draiman's name into the poll. Asked in a new interview with "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal ...
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Russell Crowe has praised David Draiman's performance on DISTURBED's cover of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence" as "perhaps the greatest rock vocal ever." The Oscar-winning actor, best known for playing Gen. Maximus Decimus Meridius in "Gladiator" and Sgt. Wendell "Bud" White in "LA Confidential", made the comment on Twitter while sharing a new ...
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PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin, who spent at least several years of his life embroiled in legal troubles, canceled or disrupted shows and arrests for disorderly or drunken behavior, says that METALLICA's James Hetfield "will be just fine" in his road to recovery. Scantlin made his comments in a new interview with Anne Erickson ...
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According to Billboard, DISTURBED's "Down With The Sickness" and AT THE DRIVE-IN's "Quarantined" are among the songs which have seen a surge in sales and streams due to the fact that lyrics tie in to the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the globe. "Down With The Sickness" experienced a 31% ...
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Heavy punk/metal band AMERICAN TERROR, featuring members of SKID ROW, SUGAR RAY, PHUNK JUNKEEZ and GRAYSON MANOR, has just released "Judgement", the first single from its debut album. The track is available to stream and purchase on all major digital platforms right now and the official lyric video can be viewed below. AMERICAN TERROR's full-length ...
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DED has released a new micro EP, "Mannequin Eyes", via Suretone Records. The effort features the roaring and explosive lead radio single "A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby)" and anthemic new song "Eyes Sewn Shut". "Mannequin Eyes" displays DED's bold and dynamic songcraft and offers an early taste of the band's forthcoming sophomore studio album, due out ...
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DISTURBED has released the official music video for "Hold On To Memories (Live)", a live version of the band's latest single off "Evolution", which is currently Top 15 at Active Rock Radio. Tomorrow, DISTURBED will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its debut album "The Sickness". To commemorate the two-decade mark, the band will release a ...
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DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has confirmed that the band won't perform its 2000 debut album "The Sickness" in its entirety on "The Sickness 20th Anniversary Tour". "No, we won't do the entire album, but we're going to do a ton of 'Sickness' material, deeper cuts, stuff people haven't heard us play off the record for ...
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