BIOHAZARD's Billy Graziadei will release a new album from his BILLYBIO project, "Leaders And Liars", in 2022 via AFM Records. The official music video for the LP's first single, "One Life To Live", can be seen below. The fast-paced clip, featuring a slew of up-and-coming talent, including Los Angeles tattoo artist Julia Azevedo, was directed ...
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BIOHAZARD's Billy Graziadei will release a new album from his BILLYBIO project, "Leaders And Liars", in 2022 via AFM Records. Earlier this week, a video was unwittingly leaked by sometime Graziadei collaborator Lindsay Martin on her Instagram. From there it spread quickly over various platforms. Graziadei says: "It blows my mind how fast things can ...
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During an appearance on the "Riffs Or Die" podcast hosted by HAVOK's David Sanchez, vocalist Freddy Cricien New York hardcore veterans MADBALL discussed his band's recent announcement that they will not perform in any venue that requires audience members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. At the time, MADBALL said that it will likely not make ...
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New York hardcore veterans MADBALL have said that they will not perform in any venue that require audience members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The band touched upon the hot-button issue while updating fans on the status of MADBALL's previously announced August 14 concert at Irving Plaza in New York. Earlier today, the group took ...
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Last year when everyone else was stuck at home, your Lords and Masters GWAR braved the pandemic to reunite with their lost Scumdog brethren for an evening of pure shock rock madness they dubbed "Scumdogs XXX Live". The show, which was billed as a "once-in-a-lifetime" pay-per-view event, was filmed in an empty crack house in ...
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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, SCORPIONS, DEFTONES, FAITH NO MORE, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and NINE INCH NAILS will headline next year's edition of Hellfest, set to take place over two weekends, June 17-19, 2022 and June 23-26, 2022, in Clisson, France. No less than 350 artists will perform on six stages, with additional appearances by such acts ...
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Human Scum, have you received your 5G chip implan-...we mean 'vaccine' yet? Now that you've gotten your shot in the arm, GWAR will give you a shot in the mouth (of spew) this fall as they return to the road in North America. The first part of the "Scumdogs 30th Anniversary Tour" will kick off ...
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According to Gothamist, this past weekend's hardcore concert at Tompkins Square Park in New York City is under investigation by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation for allegedly violating capacity limits instituted to stem the spread of COVID-19. The April 24 event, which was headlined by MADBALL, reportedly ...
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After 14 months in lockdown, hardcore shows have officially returned to Tompkins Square Park in New York City. MADBALL headlined a concert at the East Village outdoor venue on Saturday (April 24), with support from MURPHY'S LAW, BLOODCLOT (former CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph) and THE CAPTURERS. Donations were being accepted at the all-ages, daytime event, ...
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Hardcore supergroup BLOODCLOT, led by former CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph, has revealed a lyric video for the new single "Save The Robots". "Save The Robots" is the first BLOODCLOT track to feature new members, guitarist Tom Capone (QUICKSAND, BOLD), bassist Manny Carrero (STILL SUIT, GLASSJAW, BURN) and drummer Darren Morgenthaler (MADBALL, MAXIMUM PENALTY). After the ...
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Last fall, the announcement of the upcoming graphic novel inspired by ANTHRAX's landmark 1987 album dominated the news cycle across the music and pop culture landscape. The "Among The Living" graphic novel pulls together a who's who of names from around comics and music for a track-by-track storyline inspired by one of heavy metal's most ...
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Former and current members of STATIC-X, SOULFLY, MADBALL and D.R.I. have joind forces to record a "quarantine jam"-style cover of the SEPULTURA song "Manifest" from the Brazilian band's 1993 classic album "Chaos A.D." The lyrics were re-written to touch on 2020 issues of police brutality in the U.S., specifically the Breonna Taylor case from March ...
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New York City hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have released a live session of "Paper Tiger", the third video of the band's quarantine sessions. SICK OF IT ALL drummer Armand Majidi comments: "Going back to a much-overlooked 2003 album which has a type of cult appeal to a lot of our fans, we resurrect ...
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New York City hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have released a live session of "The Bland Within", the second video of the band's quarantine sessions. SICK OF IT ALL vocalist Lou Koller comments: "Here's the second video from our quarantine jams! Off of the excellent album with an ugly cover, here the track 'The ...
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New York City hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have released a live session of "Alone", the first video of the band's quarantine sessions. SICK OF IT ALL said in a statement: "Quarantine gave us a reason (and an excuse) to dust off some of our favorite songs that haven't been featured in our live ...
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SICK OF IT ALL frontman Lou Koller spoke to Italy's Poisoned Rock webzine about the band's recording and touring plans for the coming months. He said (see video below): "The only thing concrete we have is we did a lot of what we call 'test' videos where we recorded songs together ...
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Scott Roberts says that he left BIOHAZARD because he "wasn't happy" anymore. Roberts, who played guitar on BIOHAZARD's 2005 album "Means To An End", rejoined the band in June 2011 as the replacement for bassist and co-vocalist Evan Seinfeld. Scott fronted BIOHAZARD for nearly four years before exiting the group in February 2016. Roberts addressed ...
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What to do when you can't really be in front of your fans, but still miss them? Invite them to be a part of your video! Watch SICK OF IT ALL's "Bull's Anthem" closely, as you might catch some familiar faces within the hundreds of global fans jamming the song together with the New York ...
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It has been 20 long years since we have heard a new full-length album from New York's seminal hardcore outfit CRO-MAGS. They released a pair of EPs—"Don't Give In" and "From The Grave"—last year via Victory Records, but amid the current period of global chaos and turmoil, the legendary band that was born from the ...
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Caninus Collars has announced its new line of branded dog collars featuring designs from legendary metal bands MÖTLEY CRÜE, MOTÖRHEAD and SLAYER. The latest designs add to their growing collection of branded pet accessories, which already include JUDAS PRIEST, MISFITS and SICK OF IT ALL. CANINUS originally began in 2001 as the first ever dog-fronted ...
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Judging by some of the full-bore plaudits it has received already, a lot of people are pinning their hopes on the new CODE ORANGE album, seemingly viewing it as some kind of epoch-shattering, great leap forward for heavy music in general. In terms of hardcore/metal crossovers, it's pretty undeniable that "Underneath" stands firmly at the ...
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New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have postponed their previously announced tour of Mexico and South America. The 10-date trek was scheduled to kick off on March 10 at Circo Volador in Mexico City and include additional shows in Costa Rica, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Brazil. SICK OF IT ALL broke the ...
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Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania's WISDOM IN CHAINS has released a music video for its version of the TWISTED SISTER classic "Burn In Hell". The clip was filmed in the band's practice space and was originally livestreamed on social media. As viewers from around the globe chimed in with comments (some complimentary, some taking the piss) including Hoya ...
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New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT have announced a co-headlining tour with SICK OF IT ALL. The 19-date trek will begin on April 23 in Boston and will make stops in Toronto, Chicago and Houston before concluding in Syracuse, New York on May 15. AGNOSTIC FRONT's Roger Miret comments: "Really excited to kick off this ...
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This past October, Metal Express Radio's Mick Burgess conducted an interview with MADBALL singer Freddy Cricien in Newcastle, England. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about the 2017 departure of longtime MADBALL guitarist Brian "Mitts" Daniels, Freddy said: "I love Mitts; I mean, Mitts is family. And it ...
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New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have completed work on their new album "Get Loud!" for a fall release via Nuclear Blast. Vocalist Roger Miret announced the project's competion in a Facebook post on Wednesday. He wrote: "It's a wrap! Signed, sealed and delivered!!! Our new record GET LOUD! Is done and will be released ...
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Germany's Moshpit Passion recently conducted an interview with guitarist Vinnie Stigma of legendary New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the 35th anniversary tour of AGNOSTIC FRONT's influential "Victim In Pain" debut: Vinnie: "I call it 'the greatest mistake ...
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New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL have released the official music video for the song "Self Important Shithead". The track is taken from the band's twelfth studio album, "Wake The Sleeping Dragon!", which came out last November via Century Media. The follow-up to 2014's "The Last Act Of Defiance" was produced by Jerry ...
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Legendary New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT will celebrate the 35th anniversary or their iconic debut full-length studio album, "Victim In Pain", on a North American tour in late summer and early fall. The 17-date trek will kick off in St. Louis on September 18 and will feature PRONG as direct support. Singer Roger Miret ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe took a fall during the band's concert last night (Friday, May 24) in Camden, New Jersey. The incident happened during the last song of LAMB OF GOD's set at the BB&T Pavilion, where the group was performing as the support act for SLAYER. Blythe addressed the mishap earlier today, ...
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