Monthly Archives: May 2017

Metal By Numbers 5/31: Linkin Park light up the charts

Posted by on May 31, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Linkin Park may be more pop than rock nowadays but not many psudo-metal-related bands can put out a number one record with nearly 100,000 copies sold, let alone six times in a row. […]

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Watch Royal Thunder perform an acoustic set in an office space for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’

Posted by on May 31, 2017

Royal Thunder performed a special acoustic set during a visit to NPR Studios being part of their Tiny Desk concert series. We interviewed these bluesy rockers a few months ago and Mlny Parsonz told us how challenging it is to turn their music into a stripped-down acoustic performance: “But it is really challenging and it […]

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Behemoth frontman Nergal’s Me And That Man project premieres NSFW video for “Magdalene”

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Behemoth frontman Nergal premiered another video for his Me And That Man project. “Magdalene” taken from their debut album Songs Of Love And Death, which was released in March via Cooking Vinyl can now be seen below. The provocative and slightly NSFW video was directed by Zev Deans and shot on location in Poland. Nergal […]

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Rings of Saturn, Betraying the Martyrs, and Lorna Shore rumored for 2017’s Summer Slaughter Tour

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Organizers for The Summer Slaughter Tour dropped another tease, hinting that Rings of Saturn, Betraying the Martyrs and Lorna Shore will be included in the upcoming lineup. This is the third clue they shared and it reads: “a natural selection of a man made disaster leaves another flesh coffin.” For those who are unfamiliar with […]

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Ministry debut new ‘AmeriKKKant’ song “Antifa” live at Blackest of the Black Fest

Posted by on May 30, 2017

It has been four years since Ministry released 2013’s From Beer to Eternity which was going to be their final album. However, an ample amount has changed since then especially from our government and political viewpoints. With that said, the group’s forthcoming album Amerikkkant is expected to arrive sometime this fall, and it includes guest […]

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Venom Inc. Announce North American tour with Goatwhore, Toxic Holocaust and The Convalescence

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Venom Inc., the new group that consists of original Venom members Jeff “Mantas” Dunn (guitar) and Anthony “Abaddon” Bray (drums) alongside ex-Venom bassist/vocalist Tony ‘Demolition Man’ Dolan has announced on what could be argued as their biggest North American headlining tour since they formed back in 2015. The Blood Stained Earth Tour with support from […]

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Paul O’Neill died from prescription drug overdose

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O’Neill tragically died just under two months ago at the age of 61. At that time, his cause of death was from “chronic illness.” Today (30), TMZ and The Associated Press received a copy of O’Neill’s autopsy report reading his passing was intoxication. O’Neill suffered from a handful of health ailments […]

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Surviving Audioslave members pay tribute to Chris Cornell with “Like a Stone” jam

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Last Friday (26), Chris Cornell was laid to rest as his bandmates, and several musicians were in attendance of the private ceremony in Los Angeles at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. While we are still in the dark waiting for the toxicology report to see if drugs did, in fact, have an impact on Cornell’s suicide, many artists […]

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Tool’s Maynard James Keenan defends right to act like a “whining, entitled snowflake” at Boston Calling Fest

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Memorial Day weekend sparked a few political comments including Danzig defending Donald Trump’s travel ban. On Sunday (28), Tool headlined the final night at the Boston Calling festival, and frontman Maynard James Keenan shared his thoughts on law enforcement saying: “As artists, we interpret and report, that’s our job. We are merchants of emotion. We […]

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Ozzy Osbourne, Prophets of Rage, and Rob Zombie to headline 2017’s Louder Than Life Fest

Posted by on May 30, 2017

Louder Than Life returns on September 30 – October 1 to the home of Bourbon and good times. The fourth annual festival will be at Champions Park in Louisville, KY including headliners Ozzy Osbourne, Prophets of Rage, Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, and Incubus. Tickets go on sale this Friday (2) at 12:00 PM […]

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