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Primus recently split with drummer Tim Alexander. Primus said Alexander quit the band abruptly and with little context, while Alexander said he provided the band plenty of reason and needed to focus on himself. Either way, Primus is hitting the road with Puscifer and A Perfect Circle in 2025 and they don’t have a drummer. […]
W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless really made his political feelings known during the band’s November 16 show at the Hammerstein Ballroom At Manhattan Center in New York, NY. Lawless made a lenghty speech prior to the show closer “Blind In Texas” about his opinions on free speech and president elect Donald Trump, before dropping four Trump […]
There’s something eerie about returning to Korn‘s 1999 album, Issues. In one sense, the album represents the apex of an era and the beginning of its end, both in terms of heavy music, and in popular culture in general — as both reside downstream from the general historical environment of the time. Listening to it […]
Bullet For My Valentine is set to have a huge 2025. Not only will the band embark on a world tour celebrating their 2005 album The Poison alongside Trivium, they’ve also got a new album in the works! Bullet For My Valentine is once again working with producer Carl Bown (Bring Me the Horizon, Sleep […]
Sepultura shockingly announced the end of the band on December 8, 2023. Fortunately that entails a years-long world tour, but still – a thrash institution like Sepultura ending is pretty major news. So why did Sepultura decide to call it quits after 40-plus years? According to guitarist Andreas Kisser in an interview with Loud TV, […]
KVELERTAK Splits With Guitarist, Says Current Tour Will Be The “Last Chance” To See Them For A While
Kvelertak has sadly split with longtime guitarist Bjarte Lund Rolland, who played for the band between 2007 and present day. Furthermore, Kvelertak says their upcoming shows up to and including the one in Germany on February 28, 2025 will be their last ones “to experience Kvelertak live for the foreseeable future.” Hopefully Kvelertak isn’t going […]
it all started when Faith No More and Mr. Bungle canceled their September and October 2021 tour dates as vocalist Mike Patton dealt with ongoing mental health issues. Those cancellations bled into 2022, with Faith No More cancelling the whole year’s worth of dates. Mr. Bungle would eventually get back on its feet, but Faith […]
Update: As I Lay Dying has issued a brief statement noting that Shaped By Fire has disappeared due to the end of a licensing agreement, and that they’ll let fans know what’s going on with the band soon. “Sorry for the temporary inconvenience of Shaped By Fire not being available on streaming services,” wrote As […]
Pretty Hate Machine is a bridge between two worlds — between the gothic post-punk discotheque of the 1980s and the gritty, chaotic most pit of the 1990s. One side still has the danceable beats that would have been familiar in the era of new wave, liberty-spiked hair, and safety-pin nose piercings. The other has the […]