Photos: Facebook: Love and Death / eOne With Black Veil Brides making their way to Loudwire’s Cage Match Hall of Fame, it’s time for two new bands and their latest tracks to duke it out! Brian ‘Head’ Welch , who many of us may know as Korn’s former guitarist, has a new band Love and Death and they have recently released their debut album ‘Between Here & Lost.’ They enter the Cage Match with their latest track ‘I W8 4 U’ featuring For Today’s Mattie Montgomery. Love and Death have U.S. dates lined up for February and March, while Head is also slated to play some reunion shows with Korn this year. Swedish rockers Avatar take the Cage Match by storm with their new track ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’ off the band’s fourth studio album and first proper American release titled ‘Black Waltz.’ Avatar have tour dates with Sevendust and Lacuna Coil in February and solo dates set for March. For a full list of dates and cities where you can catch Avatar, go here . So will Love and Death stay alive with their track ‘I W8 4 U’ or will Avatar sniff their way to a win with ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’? Listen to both tracks and vote for your favorite in the poll below! (This Cage Match will run until Monday, Jan. 28, at 8AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!) Love and Death, ‘I W8 4 U’ Avatar, ‘Smells Like a Freakshow’ Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. Email Me When Cage Match Winners Are Announced Enter your email address below to receive the Loudwire newsletter, which will include notification of the daily winner of the Cage Match, as well as our top stories of the day. Email Rules of Cage Match: Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite song. If a song remains the reigning champ for five straight cage matches, it is retired to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame. With so many great songs out there, we have to give other bands a chance!
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Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala Announces Departure From Mars Volta
Warner According to a mass of tweets from vocalist Cedric Bixler Zavala, he has parted ways with the experimental rock band the Mars Volta , essentially leading to the conclusion that the band has broken up. Formed in 2001 after post-hardcore legends At the Drive-In dissipated, the Mars Volta quickly swept the world of music, but 12 years later, the band is apparently no more. The Mars Volta’s 2003 album, ‘De-Loused in the Comatorium,’ brought some of the most original and celebrated music ever to crack into the mainstream, receiving praise from both critics and hard-to-please fans. Cedric Bixler-Zavala chose to use his personal Twitter account to break the news of the group’s demise, seemingly blaming guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez’s decision to form another band called Bosnian Rainbows instead of touring extensively behind the Mars Volta’s latest album, ‘Noctourniquet.’ Below are the singer’s series of Tweets grouped together in paragraph form: Thank u 2 all VOLTA fans u deserved more especially after the way u rooted for us on this album. I tried my hardest to keep it going but Bosnian Rainbows was what we all got instead. I can’t sit here and pretend any more. I no longer am a member of Mars Volta. I honestly thank all of you for buying our records and coming to our shows. You guys were a blast to play in front of. We could never had done it without you. My dream was to get us to the point were Jon Theodore and Ikey Owens came back but sadly it’s over. Thank u a million times over for ever giving a f— about our band. For the record I tried my hardest to get a full scale North American tour going for ‘Noctourniquet’ but Omar did not want to. I guess a break from mars volta means starting another band and ignoring all the support the fans gave us. I tried my hardest guys. All I can do is move forward with my music and just be happy that mars volta ever happened at all. God Damn we had a blast. Thank u again. I just feel really guilty for not even really saying the truth because a hiatus is just an insult to the fans. To all our fans all over the world thank you for giving a f—. You all ruled! I don’t think ill ever hear a fist full of dollars the same. My record will see the light of day soon and I’m excited because it sounds nothing like my previous endeavors. And no I’m not joking about any of this, I owe it 2 u guys to all fans to be serious about this. Thank u to all past members who helped Volta along as well. We blasted through like a comet and left our mark! If u ever see me in person and want to know why I’ll tell u my story. Please just be happy that it happened at all remember all the opposition we were met with for just starting a new band back in 2001. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE VOLTA FANS WHO FLOODED WARNER BROS FACEBOOK PAGE AND GOT NOTHING IN RETURN! I was honored by this guys! ThankU. And for the record I’m still in love with ATDI. Proof was in MY performance. I would never get on stage if my heart was else where. I have cancelled shows before for knowing full well that my heart was not in it at that moment. Why? Because its an insult to the audience. 2 be clear I’m not angry I just wanted to be honest with the people who have allowed me to make a living playing music. What am I suppose to do be some progressive house wife that’s cool with watching their partner go f— other bands? We owe it 2 fans to tour. At the Drive-In performed a handful of shows in April 2012, their first performances after 11 years of silence. Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez called the mini reunion “more of a nostalgia thing,” but the demise of the Mars Volta could possibly open up some time for more At the Drive-In shows, but it may all just be wishful thinking given the apparent tension between Bixler-Zavala and Rodriguez-Lopez. Stay tuned for future news on Cedric Bixler-Zavala’s future works. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/at-the-drive-in-one-armed-scissor-top-21st-century-hard-rock-songs/” title=”At the Drive-In – Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs” align=”center”]
Black Veil Brides vs. Bullet for My Valentine – Cage Match
Photos: Lava Records, Universal Republic / Facebook: Bullet For My Valentine Black Veil Brides continue to march forward as they beat out Asking Alexandria in a tough battle, but will be able to enter the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame with their fifth and final victory? Bullet for My Valentine heat things up with their new single ‘Riot’ off of their forthcoming album ‘Temper Temper,’ due out Feb. 12. The band will be hitting the road in February for the Soundwave Festival but they have also recently announced a dates for the HardDrive Live Tour, in the United States, where they will be trekking with Halestorm and Young Guns. For a full list of dates and cities, go here . So will Bullet For My Valentine start a ‘Riot’ for a massive win or will Black Veil Brides be the ultimate champions ‘In the End’ and make their way into Loudwire’s Cage Match Hall of Fame for a second time? Check out both tracks and vote for your favorite in the poll below! (This Cage Match will run until Friday, Jan. 25, at 8AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!) Black Veil Brides, ‘In the End’ Bullet For My Valentine, ‘Riot’ Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. Email Me When Cage Match Winners Are Announced Enter your email address below to receive the Loudwire newsletter, which will include notification of the daily winner of the Cage Match, as well as our top stories of the day. Email Rules of Cage Match: Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite song. If a song remains the reigning champ for five straight cage matches, it is retired to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame. With so many great songs out there, we have to give other bands a chance!
Black Veil Brides vs. Asking Alexandria – Cage Match
Photos: Lava Records, Universal Republic / Facebook: Asking Alexandria Black Veil Brides continue their reign as they beat out Coheed and Cambria in a tough Cage Match battle over the weekend. Can their BVB Army rise once again for another win against today’s competitors? UK metalcore favorites Asking Alexandria enter the Cage Match with their latest track ‘Run Free’ off of their as-yet-untitled upcoming third album due out sometime in 2013. Asking Alexandria are currently on an international tour. For a full list of dates and countries, go here . So will Black Veil Brides win another Cage Match with ‘In the End’ or will Asking Alexandria ‘Run Free’ with a victory? Check out both tracks and vote for your favorite in the poll below! (This Cage Match will run until Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 8AM ET. Fans can vote once per hour! So come back and vote often to make sure your favorite song wins!) Black Veil Brides, ‘In the End’ Asking Alexandria, ‘Run Free’ Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll. Email Me When Cage Match Winners Are Announced Enter your email address below to receive the Loudwire newsletter, which will include notification of the daily winner of the Cage Match, as well as our top stories of the day. Email Rules of Cage Match: Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite song. If a song remains the reigning champ for five straight cage matches, it is retired to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame. With so many great songs out there, we have to give other bands a chance!
Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players Rock the Sundance Film Festival
Jason Merritt, Getty Images Dave Grohl ‘s ‘Sound City’ documentary has enjoyed its first film festival screening and the singer topped it off with a concert that Sundance Film Festival goers will be buzzing about for years to come. Rolling Stone reports that Grohl’s heavily hyped Sound City Players show clocked in at over three hours, with 17 musicians taking turns on the stage enjoying their time with the Park City, Utah crowd. Grohl broke down the evening into mini-sets, with his Foo Fighters bandmates serving as the de facto house band for a majority of the night. Grohl also had a chance to pay homage to some of his collaborators, discussing the first time he heard Fear’s Lee Ving and knowing that he wanted to be a musician or talking about jamming to Cheap Trick ‘s ‘Surrender’ as a drunk sixteen-year-old. The evening also featured extended sets with Rick Springfield, Stevie Nicks and John Fogerty , while Slipknot ‘s Corey Taylor joined Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen for some of the guitarist’s tracks. In addition, Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic , Queens of the Stone Age ‘s Alain Johannes and Masters of Reality’s Chris Goss shuffled in and out during the proceedings. Speaking at the film’s premiere about the ‘Sound City’ documentary, Grohl told the audience, “I consider this to be the most important thing I’ve ever done, artistically, of all the albums I’ve made, of all the bands I’ve had the pleasure of being in. I really feel like the ‘Sound City’ movie, its intention is to inspire the next generation of kids to fall in love with music as much as I did.” As to whether or not directing is an experience he would like to repeat, the musician coyly responded, “I started the Foo Fighters as a hobby, and that was 20 years ago.” [button href=”http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-sound-city-players-perform-after-los-angeles-film-premiere/” title=”Next: Dave Grohl to Bring Sound City Players to Los Angeles Premiere” align=”center”]