Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Late last year, All That Remains singer Phil Labonte raised a few eyebrows when using the word “f–got” while talking about a song competition between his band and Black Veil Brides. At the time, he was referencing a photo split that featured himself and the glammed out singer of Black Veil Brides , Andy Biersack. The vocalist later clarified his comments and with some distance now between the remarks, he’s commented further on the outrage over his usage of the term. In a recent issue of Revolver (excerpted by ThePrp.com ), Labonte says, “I don’t worry what people think about me. I’ll call everyone in my band a f–got and some people who read that get really butt-hurt. I just don’t know why. What happened to ‘Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me’? I don’t advocate hurting someone’s feelings because of their sexual orientation, but at the same time, if it really offends you when someone says ‘f–got,’ you need to man up. It’s just a word.” At the time of the incident and pending backlash, Labonte criticized the metal media for latching onto one aspect and not telling the whole story, like his vocal support of gay rights. He adds in the new interview, “Passing laws against gay marriage is the most ridiculous thing that straight people do. That’s offensive to me, because they’re just people, and it certainly isn’t my right to go ahead and tell people how they can live or cannot live.” For all the hubbub over that incident last year, All That Remains have also done a lot of good. Just last month the band continued their support of the military by visiting a Marine Corps base around the Thanksgiving holiday. The group recently issued the video for ‘ Stand Up ‘ from their newly released ‘ A War You Cannot Win ‘ album. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/all-that-remains-phil-labonte-talks-military-religion-a-war-you-cannot-win/” title=”Next: Phil Labonte Discusses the Military + Religion” align=”center”]
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All That Remains’ Phil Labonte Says Homophobic Slur Is ‘Just a Word’
December 8th, 2012 
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No Comments »Asking Alexandria Record ’80s-Inspired Covers for Digital EP
December 2nd, 2012 Metalkult Frazer Harrison, Getty Images Asking Alexandria recently stated that their next album might be more radio-friendly , but before that arrives there’s a free compilation en route that definitely features music familiar to radio listeners. The group has recorded a digital EP titled ‘Under the Influence’ that will be available for free to Revolver Magazine subscribers. The set includes four cover songs, including the band’s take on such classics as Journey ‘s ‘Separate Ways,’ Motley Crue ‘s ‘Kickstart My Heart,’ Whitesnake ‘s ‘Here I Go Again,’ and Def Leppard ‘s ‘Hysteria.’ In addition, the band will tack on their latest single, ‘Run Free,’ for fans to enjoy as well. To get the free EP, simply subscribe to Revolver online here if you’re not already a subscriber. In between wrapping up their summer Mayhem Tour stint and headlining the late 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour , Asking Alexandria found time to work out some new material for their next disc. Guitarist Ben Bruce said of their new music, “[The new album is] a lot more mature. [We may have] a lot of radio singles — what we’re calling radio singles, songs we’re going to push towards radio and try to accelerate our career and get to the next level and hopefully bring our old fans across with us.” But for fans who raised a few eyebrows over those comments, the guitarist assures, “[The rest of it will be] our usual balls-to-the-wall kind of stuff. We spent a long time honing in on our song structures and writing techniques and things like that, but there are still heavy songs on the record. We’re not just going to throw that away and kick our original fan base in the teeth by getting rid of all that. There will still be a lot of riffing and screaming. But we feel like we did find a happy medium between being heavy and then being light enough to be on radio, but still keeping the balls in the songs.” [button href=”http://loudwire.com/asking-alexandria-danny-worsnop-thanks-fans-support-during-sober-summer-touring/” title=”Next: Asking Alexandria’s Danny Worsnop Thanks Fans For Sober Summer” align=”center”]
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November 25th, 2012 Metalkult Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com As a member of Slipknot and Stone Sour , you would expect Corey Taylor ‘s interests to lie on the hard rock and metal side, but the vocalist says he also has other musical interests as well, which might take him in the direction of recording a dance album someday. In a question and answer session with Revolver (excerpted by NME ), Taylor reveals that he’s looking to do “something funny and sarcastic,” and would be interested in a dance record. He explains, “I’m not talking ’70s dance and not that tired f—ing dubstep bulls—. I want to make it something that’s got that old school feel to it, but with a modern twinge. Just get ridiculous with it. I’ve already got a name for myself — the Boogie Knight, and I want to call the first album ‘The Boogie Knight Rises.’” Taylor also raised a few eyebrows by showing his respect rather than disdain for a fan-made mashup video that featured Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’ with Justin Bieber ‘s ‘Baby.’ The vocalist says, “I know Justin wasn’t responsible for it, but I just thought it was so cool. Everybody thought I’d be pissed about it, but I was blown away. Like, who the f— thought this would be a good idea? But I give him respect. He’s a very talented kid and he goes above and beyond for his fans.” Taylor reveals he was recently in Baltimore while Bieber was in Washington, D.C. and he reached out to the pop star to come out to his reading for an acoustic version of the mashup, but Bieber was visiting a children’s hospital at the time and the scheduling didn’t work. After his comments about Bieber went public, Taylor did notice a bit of backlash. He explained in a Facebook posting , “It’s entertaining reading the comments about me and the Biebs. I think everyone needs to calm down — it’ll never happen. Haha. HoGaBcontinues.” [button href=”http://loudwire.com/corey-taylor-says-slipknot-are-on-hiatus/” title=”Next: Corey Taylor Says Slipknot are ‘on Hiatus'” align=”center”]
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