The late Joey Jordison’s SINSAENUM bandmates have paid tribute to the recently deceased ex-SLIPKNOT drummer. Joey Jordison passed away “peacefully in his sleep” on July 26 of an unspecified cause. He was 46 years old. Earlier today (Thursday, August 5), the remaining members of SINSAENUM issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and brother Joey Jordison. He was of course one of the most influential drummers in the genre, completely rewriting the game of metal drumming, and it was truly an honor to share even just a small part of that with him....
FEAR FACTORY’s DINO CAZARES To Join SOULFLY As Guitarist On U.S. Tour
FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares will be playing guitar for SOULFLY on their upcoming U.S. tour. The 33-date run kicks off on August 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and wraps up in Tempe, Arizona on September 25. The final date will be a family celebration as it will include performances by INCITE, GO AHEAD AND DIE and HEALING MAGIC. Joining the band for select dates are NIVIANE and SUICIDE PUPPETS. Cavalera comments: “I’m very excited to be sharing the stage with Dino. He is a true OG riff master, It’s going to sound heavier than SOULFLY has ever sounded before!...
WATAIN Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST; Announce New Album For 2022
Nuclear Blast Records has announced the signing of the Swedish black metal collective WATAIN. The band has now entered Necromorbus Studios, located inside of a church north of their hometown Uppsala, to record a new album and follow-up to the ferocious 2018 opus “Trident Wolf Eclipse”. The new full-length is scheduled for a release in the spring of 2022. WATAIN states: “Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great reverence and infernal hunger alike that we now stand before the next chapter of WATAIN. Armed with the faith, force and fire accumulated during the ‘Trident Wolf Eclipse’ era, we are now...
GENE SIMMONS’ Original Art Pieces To Be Displayed At Las Vegas Gallery
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has joined forces with Nicholas Leone of Animazing Gallery at Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas for the debut of Gene Simmons ArtWorks October 14 through 16. The gallery showing will include a broad variety of artwork by Simmons — from sketches and drawings to small and large format paintings. “Moving to the United States from Israel as a young boy, I didn’t speak English,” said Simmons. “I fell in love with comics and American television, and they not only helped me learn the language, but inspired creativity and a passion for...
HAVOK Bassist BRANDON BRUCE Quits Band
HAVOK bassist Brandon Bruce has quit his position with the Colorado thrash metal act after less than two years in the band. A statement from Bruce reads as follows: “As of a couple weeks ago I have officially left Havok. This is something I thought a lot about and is what I believe is the best decision for myself and the band. I wish them all the best both professionally and personally in the future. I would like to thank everyone that enjoyed what I was able to do with them musically.” After Nick Schendzielos (bass) left HAVOK in 2019, the...
DEE SNIDER On GENE SIMMONS Saying ‘Rock Is Dead’: “I Wish He Would Just Shut The Hell Up”
Remember when a few years ago, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons told Esquire magazine that “rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, was going to be expressed and now it won’t because it’s that much harder to earn a living playing and writing songs. No one will pay you to do it”? Well so does TWISTED SISTER vocalist Dee Snider. Snider, who is currently promoting his new solo album, “Leave A Scar”, spoke about rock’s supposed diminishing status during a recent interview with Consequence Of Sound. Addressing Gene’s “rock is dead” comment, Dee said: “He...
THE ROLLING STONES Drummer CHARLIE WATTS To Sit Out For Band’s U.S. Tour
THE ROLLING STONES drummer Charlie Watts will not be joining his bandmates on their fall USA tour. The 80-year-old Watts was planning to take part in the “No Filter” tour, which is set to commence on September 26 in St. Louis, however now it seems his “great friend” Steve Jordan will be sitting behind the drum kit. “Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful,” a spokesperson the group said in a statement, “but I gather his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation. With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it’s very...
TESTAMENT’s CHUCK BILLY On ‘The Bay Strikes Back’ Tour: “If You’re Not Vaccinated, Wear A Mask”
TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy has gone over some of the changes that will be made to the meet-and-greet sessions on the band’s upcoming ‘The Bay Strikes Back’ tour, due to ongoing covid-19 restrictions. The TESTAMENT frontman was actually one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, and discussed the band’s plan to keep everyone safe in a video message he shared on Instagram yesterday (Wednesday, August 4). He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’re getting ready to get back on tour [in the U.S.], October [and] November, with ‘The Bay Strikes Back’, with TESTAMENT, EXODUS [and] DEATH...
MAYHEM Premiere The Music Video For “Black Glass Communion”
MAYHEM have released a video for the song “Black Glass Communion” from their latest EP, “Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando“. MAYHEM had the help of Zev Deans (GHOST, BEHEMOTH) with the visuals for the clip for which he stated: “When approaching a metal music video, some might roll their eyes and think to themselves ‘how many times do I have to watch a satanic ritual sacrifice before I see something new?’ “But for any true Satanist, ritual is an essential part of life that you must repeat again and again with the same sincerity and enthusiasm that you brought to your...
CANCER BATS, COMEBACK KID And A WILHELM SCREAM Announce Ontario Mini-Tour
Toronto metallers CANCER BATS along with COMEBACK KID are set to co-headline a mini tour of Ontario, Canada in March of next year. Joining CANCER BATS and COMEBACK KID on the trek will be A WILHELM SCREAM in the support role. Tour dates can be found below, with tickets going on sale this Friday, August 6 at 10:00am local time. CANCER BATS with COMEBACK KID and A WILHELM SCREAM tour dates: 03/17 London, ON – Rum Runners 03/18 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre 03/19 Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey 03/20 Kingston, ON – The Mansion