Brutal Death band Benighted have released their first single entitled “Brutus” from upcoming album “Obscene Repressed” due out April 10th via Season Of Mist records. The band had the following comments regarding the single: “Here we go, my friends, we are proud to unleash our first new track, ‘Brutus!’ It’s a song written in French about the pure hate from the album’s main character Michael, and his story against his father and the disgusting things he does to his mother… Enjoy and spread it like a plague!!!” Also of note is the inclusion of a cover of Slipknot’s “Get This” on select versions of…
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Progressive metal legend/former king of the all-mighty skullet Devin Townsend, has once again begun playing songs from his days as a Strapping Young Lad. The songs in question were played as part of his sets on the The 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Fan favorites such as Love? and Aftermath were played as well as debuting the live version of deep cut Almost Again. Songs from the disbanded Devin Townsend Project were also played. The following musicians were recruited to play the material Guitars – Wes Hauch (ex-The Faceless/Black Crown Initiate) Bass – Kyle Konkiel (Bad Wolves) Drums – Dirk…
A trailer for the new Ozzy Osbourne documentary “Biography: The Nine Lives Of Ozzy Osbourne” has been released as part of A&E’s ongoing ‘Biography’ series. Ozzy’s wife Sharon, served as executive producer of the doc. It is expected to premiere in March at the music festival turned multimedia event South By South West (or SXSW for short) festival in Austin Texas. The below clip shows the impact Ozzy has had on several fellow musicians and producers including Rob Zombie, Post Malone, Rick Rubin, and Marilyn Manson. Manson is set to open for Ozzy on his upcoming tour, the dates can…
This year’s ‘Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’ inductees have been made official and they include: Depeche Mode The Doobie Brothers Whitney Houston Nine Inch Nails The Notorious B.I.G. T. Rex Other acts on the ballot, but were not inducted were: Judas Priest Motörhead Soundgarden Thin Lizzy Pat Benatar Dave Matthews Band Kraftwerk MC5 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Todd Rundgren It can be noted that the final choices that were set to be inducted are at odds with the fan-voted ballot which took place over the past few months. The final tally of the campaign can be found below: 01. Dave…
DragonForce have announced that Alicia Vigil (Vigil Of War) will be handling bass and back up vocal duties on their upcoming touring. She’s taking over for Frédéric Leclercq who left the band last year and has since joined Kreator. Vigil offered the following comment regarding her new role: “So beyond stoked that DragonForce chose me to be a part of this! I can’t wait to travel the world and play these new cities with them and be a part of their legacy.” You can catch DragonForce on the following dates: With Frozen Crown & Athanasia: 02/03 Antwerpen, BEL – Zappa 02/04 Utrecht, NET – Tivoli 02/05…
Avenged Sevenfold has released a previously unreleased track called “Set Me Free”. You can stream it below. The track was originally recorded during the sessions for the gold-certified 2013 album, “Hail To The King”. It’s available now as a bonus track from the version of the band’s 2008 live release “Live In The LBC & Diamonds In The Rough”, which will be available on February 7th. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KMpIMi55VSs
From Autumn To Ashes have announced their first live show in several years. They will be performing at the newly revived ‘Furnace Fest’. The latest bands that were announced along with them were ERRA, Mineral, and Unweed Sailer. The event will take place September 18-20th at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL. The bands already confirmed are: ’68 August Burns Red Beloved Better Off Boysetsfire Cave In Codeseven Converge Evergreen Terrace Few Left Standing Further Seems Forever Glasseater Haste Hopesfall Hot Water Music Knocked Loose Life In Your Way Living Sacrifice Luxury Misery Signals Norma Jean SeeYouSpaceCowboy Shai Hulud The Beautiful…
Demo versions of Stone Sour tracks are still seeing the light of day. This time it’s an early demo called “Ending/Beginning”. The song would later be reworked and released as “The Bitter End” on “Audio Secrecy” which released in 2010. The band’s guitarist Josh Rand commented on the track: “The song ‘Ending/Beginning‘ has an interesting story. The original idea was recorded during the 2000 Project X sessions, but I wasn’t really happy with how it turned out. I felt it was missing something so we shelved it. Then in 2008 I rediscovered the track as I was backing up my…
Azusa have announced that they will release their new album “Loop Of Yesterdays” on April 10th through Solid State Records in the U.S. and Indie Recordings in Europe. The first single from the album is called “Memories Of An Old Emotion”, which you can hear below. Azusa features members of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Extol and Sea + Air. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t5o-75NT4rI
We Came As Romans have dropped a music video for a track called “From The First Note”. You can see it below. The track is one of two songs that the band has released since the accidental overdose of their vocalist Kyle Pavone in 2018. Joshua Moore, the band’s guitarist had the following comment regarding the track: “‘FTFN‘ is a song that celebrates the time that we got to spend with Kyle and acknowledges how truly remarkable of a brother and bandmate he was. Lyrically, I was able to reference ‘To Plant a Seed‘ and ‘Tracing Back Roots‘, -which were both written…
