“We wanted to do something grander than the typical four-piece CONVERGE music,” says CONVERGE vocalist Jacob Bannon in reference to the inspiration that eventually bloomed into “Bloodmoon: I”, the new collaborative album created by the legendary hardcore band alongside dark songstress Chelsea Wolfe, her bandmate/writing partner Ben Chisholm, and CAVE IN vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky. “Bloodmoon:...
Author: Scott Penfold (Scott Penfold)
Post
Post
Watch METALLICA’s Set For ‘Global Citizen Live’, A Worldwide Concert To Fight Global Poverty
During METALLICA’s September 24 show at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, the band played the songs “For Whom The Bell Tolls” and “No Leaf Clover” as their contribution to the Global Citizen livestream, a worldwide charity event which was broadcast over 24 hours around the world on Apple Music, the Apple TV...
Post
Turns Out DAVE GROHL Almost Joined GWAR
FOO FIGHTERS mainman Dave Grohl recently revealed to Rolling Stone that he was in serious contention to join GWAR as their drummer back when he was a teenager living in the suburbs of Washington D.C. “GWAR were looking for a drummer,” says Grohl. “And I talked to their guitar player Dewey about it. And he’s,...
Post
JESSE LEACH Says KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Won’t Work On New Album For Another Year At Least
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach recently took part in an online question-and-answer session with fans via the band’s official YouTube channel. Addressing KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s plans for the immediate future, Jesse said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’re gonna tour as much as we can to make up lost time. We put out ‘Atonement’, and album we’re...
Post
JINJER, EYEHATEGOD, HATEBREED And More Added To Bloodstock 2022 Lineup
JINJER, EYEHATEGOD, HATEBREED and SLEEP TOKEN, among others, have been added to the ever growing lineup for Bloodstock 2022. JINJER are now set to play the Ronnie James Dio main stage on August 13, with HATEBREED headlining the Sophie Lancaster stage on that same evening. SLEEP TOKEN will headline the Sophie Lancaster stage on August...
Post
Comedian Hilariously Warns MGK Not To Mess With SLIPKNOT Fans
Comedian Josh Pray has uploaded a video warning Machine Gun Kelly not to mess with SLIPKNOT or it’s fans. The hilarious video, titled “MGK Doesn’t Want Problems With Slipknot or That Genre… Trust Me,” can be seen just below this article. “I just wanna tell you and your fans — and fans, don’t encourage him...
Post
DAVID LEE ROTH Announces 2021-2022 Las Vegas Residency
VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth will make his mighty return to Las Vegas with a new string of shows taking place at Mandalay Bay’s House Of Blues – the first taking place on New Year’s Eve. Performance dates (Doors 8 p.m., showtime 9 p.m.; ages 18+): New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2021 January...
Post
METALLICA Share Pro-Shot Video Of ‘Harvester Of Sorrow’ From Intimate Chicago Show
METALLICA have released pro-shot video of their “Harvester Of Sorrow” performance from the band’s September 20 gig at Metro in Chicago. You can check it out below. Metro announced the gig at 1:30 p.m. that same day, and within an hour, the show was completely sold out. Tickets sold for just $19.83, a reference to...
Post
JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER Hospitalized For ‘Major Medical Heart Condition Issues’; Tour Postponed
JUDAS PRIEST have had to postpone the remainder of their U.S. tour due to guitarist Richie Faulkner suffering from “major medical heart condition issues”. The current “50 Heavy Metal Years” tour kicked off on September 8 in Reading, Pennsylvania and was set to run through October before wrapping up on November 5 in Hamilton, Ontario....
Post
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Announce New Christmas EP, Release “O Holy Night” Cover
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL will be releasing a new Christmas EP titled “EODM Presents: A Boots Electric Christmas” on November 19th through UMe. The release has the band performing a number of traditional holiday songs. The track listing is as follows: 01 – “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” 02 – “Put A Little Love In...