A day off on tour is something to be savored, just ask the artists that recently wrapped up the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. While the tour rolled into New England for their Aug. 3 date in Mansfield, Mass., many bands on the tour made the most of the day off before taking in the sights and sounds of Boston. Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor took in
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August 13th, 2012 Metalkult We’ve got more exclusive photos and live coverage of the 2012 Mayhem Festival. For the final date of the massive metal fest in Hartford, Conn., each band gave a little extra for the conclusion of the tour. Despite the psychotic weather at the event, which ranged from blistering heat to buckets full of rain, the rabid Mayhem fans braved the bizarre conditions to watch their favorite acts play live. As
Posted in News Tags: bizarre, buckets-full, conclusion, fans-braved, from-blistering, little-extra, massive, psychotic, rabid, the-bizarre, the-psychotic, tour, watch-their, weather-at-the No Comments »GWAR To Debut New Scumdog During Upcoming ‘GWAR-B-Q’
August 13th, 2012 Metalkult GWAR are back at full strength! Singer Oderus Urungus has revealed the band has found a replacement for late guitarist Cory Smoot (Flattus Maximus), and will announce the new member of the band in just a few days. At the time of Smoot’s tragic death in 2011, Oderus Urungus revealed that there would never be another Flattus Maximus in the group. The singer has now revealed that there will be
Posted in News Tags: a-few-days, band, flattus, flattus-maximus, full-strength, group, has-revealed, new-member, time No Comments »Stone Sour, ‘Gone Sovereign’ / ‘Absolute Zero’ – Song Review
August 13th, 2012 Metalkult Stone Sour may have taken a little bit of a break between records, but they’re definitely making up for it with a double dose of new songs. ‘Gone Sovereign‘ and ‘Absolute Zero’ are interconnected tracks that show exactly how hard-hitting their upcoming album ‘The House of Gold and Bones Part I’ can be. The first part of the journey is ‘Gone Sovereign,’ a track that is completely off to the
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August 13th, 2012 Metalkult Limp Bizkit have done plenty of touring in recent years, but it’s been noticeable that the group haven’t played very much in the United States. Singer Fred Durst tells Kerrang! that a good reason for that was the band realizing that American audiences had moved on. He told Kerrang! (via The PRP), “We don’t play back home. We’ve boycotted America for many years now. I don’t know, I just don’t
Posted in News Tags: America, audiences-had, band, band-realizing, been-noticeable, good-reason-, group, group-haven, kerrang, moved-on-, played-very, united-states, years-now No Comments »Heavy MTL Festival: System of a Down, Slipknot + More Deliver Metal to the Masses in Montreal
August 13th, 2012 Metalkult We at Loudwire are still working off all of the crepes and poutine we enjoyed while covering the Heavy MTL Festival in beautiful Montreal, Canada. With an incredible lineup of acts hitting Canada in both Montreal and Toronto (Heavy T.O.), the European-style mega-metal fest was adopted perfectly for the North American crowd. Day One of Heavy MTL boasted an eclectic metalhead’s dream, providing the crowd with a unique balance between
Posted in News Tags: and-poutine, covering-the, crepes, enjoyed-while, european, european-style, mega-metal-fest, North, unique-balance, working-off, working-off-all No Comments »Testament Guitarist Eric Peterson Says Album Success May Factor Into Band’s Future
August 13th, 2012 Metalkult Testament has seen their highs and lows over their career, and they’re thankful that the current lineup is doing well again. Guitarist and primary songwriter Eric Peterson spoke about the band’s current status and how their new record, ‘Dark Roots of Earth,’ figures into their future. Speaking with Sweden’s Radio Fireball (via Blabbermouth), Peterson explained, “There’s definitely some politics in the band now. I think if the record does good
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