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Black Veil Brides + Bring Me the Horizon Join 2013 Vans Warped Tour Lineup

Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com / Simone Joyner, Getty Images The 2013 Vans Warped Tour just added some harder edge to their lineup with the announcement that both Black Veil Brides and Bring Me the Horizon have signed on for this summer’s bill. The two bands are definitely among the bigger acts playing the festival, with Black Veil Brides already seeing positive turnout for their ‘ Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones ‘ album and Bring Me the Horizon receiving quite the buzz for their upcoming ‘ Sempiternal ‘ disc. Vans Warped officials have been revealing acts for the summer run with weekly announcements, and Black Veil Brides and Bring Me the Horizon were announced this week along with August Burns Red , Never Shout Never and Psycho White. Black Veil Brides are expected to play the entire run, while it’s been revealed that Bring Me the Horizon will be on board for shows between June 19-Aug. 4. The latest group of bands joining the Vans Warped Tour will share the spotlight this summer with Hawthorne Heights, Chiodos, I See Stars , Like Moths to Flames, letlive. , The Black Dahlia Murder , Tonight Alive, blessthefall , Memphis May Fire and more. The Vans Warped Tour launches June 15 at Seattle’s White River Amphitheatre and runs through Aug. 4 at Houston’s Reliant Center Parking Lot. Tickets are available for all of the shows here . To see the full lineup of Vans Warped bands and which dates they are playing, click here . 2013 Vans Warped Tour Dates: 6/15 — Auburn, Wash. — White River Amphitheatre 6/16 — Portland, Ore. — Expo Center Parking Lot 6/19 — Chula Vista, Calif. — Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre 6/20-1 — Pomona, Calif. — Pomona Fairplex 6/22 — Mountain View, Calif. — Shoreline Amphitheatre 6/23 — Ventura, Calif. — Ventura County Fairground at Seaside Park 6/26 — Las Cruces, N.M. — NMSU Practice Field 6/27 — Mesa, Ariz. — Quail Run Park 6/28 — Las Vegas, Nev. — TBA 6/29 — Salt Lake City, Utah — Utah State Fairpark 6/30 — Denver, Colo. — Sports Authority Field at Mile High 7/3 — Noblesville, Ind. — Klipsch Music Center 7/5 — Toronto, Ontario — The Flats – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 7/6 — Darien Center, N.Y. — Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 7/7 — Holmdel, N.J. — PNC Bank Arts Center 7/9 — Virginia Beach, VA — Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 7/10 — Columbia, Md. — Merriweather Post Pavilion 7/11 — Mansfield, Mass. — Comcast Center 7/12 — Camden, N.J. — Susquehanna Bank Center 7/13 — Uniondale, N.Y. — Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7/14 — Hartford, Ct. — Comcast Theatre 7/16 — Scranton, Pa. — Toyota Pavilion 7/17 — Burgettstown, Pa. — First Niagara Pavilion 7/18 — Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio — Blossom Music Center 7/19 — Auburn Hills, Mich. — The Palace 7/20 — Tinley Park, Ill. — First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 7/21 — Shakopee, Minn. — Canterbury Park 7/23 — Kansas City, Kan. — Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre 7/24 — Maryland Heights. Mo. — Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7/25 — Atlanta, Ga. — Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood 7/26 — St. Petersburg, Fla. — Vinoy Park 7/27 — West Palm Beach, Fla. — Cruzan Amphitheatre 7/28 — Orlando, Fla. — TBA 7/29 — Charlotte, N.C. — Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 7/30 — Cincinnati, Ohio — Riverbend Music Center 7/31 — Milwaukee, Wis. — Marcus Amphitheatre 8/2 — Dallas, Texas — Gexa Energy Pavilion 8/3 — San Antonio, Texas — AT&T Center 8/4 — Houston, Texas — Reliant Center Parking Lot [button href=”http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-2013-must-see-rock-concerts/” title=”Next: Check Out Other 2013 Must-See Rock Concerts” align=”center”]

Adrenaline Mob Announce ‘Coverta’ Covers EP + 2013 North American Tour Dates

Elm City Music Adrenaline Mob are going the covers route before approaching their next official studio album. The band’s latest EP is titled ‘Coverta,’ featuring eight rocking cover songs. The timing works out well for the supergroup, as they’ve also announced their first North American tour dates of 2013. Adrenaline Mob are comprised of drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, ex-Avenged Sevenfold), frontman Russell Allen (Symphony X), guitarist Mike Orlando (TRED) and bassist John Moyer (Disturbed). ‘Coverta’ arrives on March 12, coinciding with the opening date of the tour which takes place at Toad’s Place in New Haven, Conn. The disc includes the band’s takes on such hard rock and metal standards as Dio ‘s ‘Stand Up and Shout,’ Rainbow ‘s ‘Kill the King’ and Black Sabbath ‘s ‘The Mob Rules.’ The group also covers Badlands’ ‘High Wire,’ the  Doors ‘ ‘Break on Through,’ Van Halen ‘s ‘Romeo Delight,’ Heart ‘s ‘Barracuda’ and Led Zeppelin ‘s ‘The Lemon Song.’ As for the tour, it is not known exactly how many of the covers will make the band’s set list, but it’s fair to assume you’ll hear at least a few sprinkled in among the songs from the band’s debut disc, ‘ Omerta .’ The trek runs through an April 7 finale in Richmond, Va., with support from Nothing More on the tour’s first leg. Adrenaline Mob returned to the studio in December, but it’s not known if anything other than the new cover songs were recorded during the session or when we might expect their next original release. Adrenaline Mob’s ‘Coverta’ Album Track Listing: 1. ‘High Wire’ (Badlands) 2. ‘Stand Up and Shout’ (Dio) 3. ‘Break on Through’ (The Doors) 4. ‘Romeo Delight’ (Van Halen) 5. ‘Barracuda’ (Heart) 6. ‘Kill the King’ (Rainbow) 7. ‘The Lemon Song’ (Led Zeppelin) 8. ‘The Mob Rules’ (Black Sabbath) Adrenaline Mob 2013 North American Tour Dates 3/12 — New Haven, Ct. — Toad’s Place 3/13 — New York, N.Y. — Marlin / Webster Hall 3/14 — Pittsburgh, Pa. — Altar Bar 3/15 — Allentown, Pa. — Crocodile Rock 3/16 — West Springfield, Va. — Empire 3/18 — Jacksonville, Fla. — Brewster’s Roc Bar 3/19 — Tampa, Fla. — Orpheum 3/20 — Orlando, Fla. — The Haven 3/22 — Houston, Texas — Scout Bar 3/23 — San Antonio, Texas — Backstage Live 3/24 — Dallas, Texas — Trees 3/26 — Albuquerque, N.M. — Launch Pad 3/27 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Joe’s Grotto 3/28 — San Diego, Calif. — Brick By Brick 3/29 — Las Vegas, Nev. — Cheyenne Saloon 3/30 — Los Angeles, Calif. — Roxy 4/1 — Colorado Springs, Colo. — Black Sheep 4/2 — Kansas City, Kan. — The Voodoo Lounge 4/4 — St Louis, Mo. — Fubar 4/5 — Nashville, Tenn. — Exit IN 4/6 — Atlanta, Ga. — Masquerade 4/7 — Richmond, Va. — Kingdom [button href=”http://loudwire.com/adrenaline-mob-premiere-indifferent-video/” title=”Next: Watch Adrenaline Mob’s ‘Indifferent’ Video” align=”center”]

Jason Newsted Talks to Full Metal Jackie

NewstedHeavyMetal.com Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show this past weekend. Newsted spoke about his new band, Newsted, and their new EP titled ‘Metal.’ He also explained how the sounds of the previous bands he has been in throughout the years influenced his new music and much more. Read Full Metal Jackie’s interview with Jason Newsted below: We’re here to talk about the new EP ‘Metal.’ Tell us as a player, what’ s most exhilarating about Newsted being a trio? It covers a lot of new territory for me so it’s a fresh start and I have to do a brand new start because I climbed the mountain with Metallica and I stepped off right there when we were up at the top and that’s we’re I get to come into this as far as the approach to everything. So the freshest part is new ground, being lead vocalist, singing my songs, my lyrics, in front of people, playing bass and guitar. I composed all the music on guitar, played all the rhythm guitars on the music and some bass but it’s all my stuff from the get go and then my guys came in and made it what it is now. It’s very personal this time, kind of different in that way. How is it to hear your music being played by other people; is it hard to not want to control it or do you allow these other players to inject their own creativity? I’ve been playing long enough with these guys, Jesus Mendez Jr. on drums, he’s from Fresno and Jessie Farnsworth was from Connecticut, now he’s from Fresno; he plays guitar and stuff actually he plays everything. We switch back and forth between guitar and bass. Jesus started working for Metallica at the end of the ‘90s as a local California road crew guy and then he was their drum tech. We started making music about 10 or 11 years ago and then he brought Jessie in about five years ago. We started melding our stuff together and getting to know each other for about five years and then last September or so after I put it all together pretty much on my iPad and gave them the music. They brought back their stuff and they have paid enough dues and they make their own records – Jessie Farnsworth has his own albums where he fronts his own back, he’s a way better singer than me, a way better guitar player than me already so they have their own ground that they cover and they stand on their own. When they come in to do their thing it’s like, “Man, can you please make it better because I certainly can’t play as good as you play.” So, it’s like they’ve paid as much dues as anybody else but they haven’t gotten the recognition that they deserve, yet – but it’s coming. Obviously, a four year period of physical rehabilitation following surgery on both shoulders limits your ability to play an instrument. Not being able to play how did that in turn change the way you listened and appreciated music? Wow, that’s great insight – just like anytime you lose something in life that is so valuable you appreciate that much more, I think that’s an obvious thing but when you taste it for real it really becomes magnified. I was always able to rig up a thing like a very thin Parker guitar or something in between my sling to keep my chops up a little bit but I could no where even get close to being the monster or do what I really wanted to dig in on any instrument for that matter. I took my loudness to canvas and I started painting – I had left shoulder, right shoulder back and fourth for about a four year period. Each time you do something as serious as that – time for it to rehabilitate and be good enough to let the other one go and take over becomes a crazy little cycle I got into. Fortunately, we caught it three times back and fourth like that but it’s a really tricky thing, it takes a long time to get it back especially when it’s used so much and I really overuse those parts of myself in the years. I’m getting it back about 95 percent now and feeling strong again but the painting is what came from it. I also became as good with each hand, all the paintings are done with both hands now and the instruments are a little better because I can use both hands the same so I’m trying to make some pretty wicked lemonade out of it. Everything for a reason, man, somehow it was all mapped out and everything that’s happened, everything that has transpired, I put all those paintings together – between 800 and 1100 pieces between 2005 and 2010 when I did my first art show in San Francisco, three different studios across the country. I took the loud expression of my music and put it on a canvas and just changed the medium but now I’m back to what I know best because I’m able again and the timing of things, it’s magnificent really. I’d like to talk about the timing of the 12 years of Metallica, being away – it was 12 years ago this week that we had a meeting that they announced it to people that we were going to do what we were going to do and that I was going to step out. Now that the dust has settled and we look back, they have a great band that’s once again dominating the universe, I have a cool band that I’m really happy about that makes me feel like I’m 19 again. I’m really pretty jacked up about the purity of it and the word for this week is Rawesomness – the rawesomness of the Newsted ‘Metal’ EP and the music itself. James [Hetfield] is healthy and clear-eyed and stronger than he’s ever been and I’m healthy again too and all that came from that decision so whether it stung a little bit – yes it did in the beginning, it was traumatic but now that’s all that happened, looking back it’s a beautiful thing. Fantastic things have transpired. Just talking a little bit about Metallica, which is more than a band, it’s an institution. What’s the most valuable thing that taught you how you now approach writing, performing and distributing music? Wow, Metallica taught me so much and the first and most important thing is the work ethic, road dog thing – never wanting to be the weak link, always keeping yourself strong for the performance, everything revolves around the show, that always comes first. The professionalism that I got from those guys and from their whole camp because it goes all the way around, the same people have worked for Metallica for decades and there’s a reason for that. If they didn’t work for them for that long it wouldn’t be Metallica being around for that long and it’s a cycle. Everybody has to do their job as good as the next guy from the light guy to the carpenter guy to the guitar player to the drum tech – everybody is that same team and they’ve known each other forever and ever and that’s what makes it what it is. Having the same people, it doesn’t take a lot of people – if you have good people in the positions that know what they’re doing and assume their role and do what they do and not try to do the other guy’s thing or anything like that. That’s the main thing right there are work ethic and once you find the people that you gel with keep them close and you can build something. When everybody has a stake in it, everybody’s willing to put a lot more forth to make it happen so all of those things business wise, presenting music to people, always going big – I don’t know if I did but Metallica always did. The distribution of music these days is so considerably different and I’m learning every minute now as I’ve opened myself up to social media. I haven’t really been neck deep into it and really involved since the middle of a Voivod record since 2007, 2008 and the last release I did with them was 2009 so I haven’t really been in a place to think about all the social media stuff Michel [Langevin] ‘Away’ from Voivod always handled that stuff. I find myself almost 10 weeks into it now, I’m learning that there is a small percentage of the old avenues that still exist – that I knew and grew up on and that Metallica taught me and there is a whole slew, twice that, that has new avenues and I’m learning as we go here in this new place. I’m getting neck deep in it with this thing, it’s old school music in a new place. Because of the 30 years we worked and going around with Metallica, Voivod, Ozzy and all of these things, I’ve built a certain reputation and following with all those bands, as part of those bands to get people to respond to what I’m doing now because this is what they’ve wanted from me. Somehow the timing is just right but I can only do what I can do, it’s old-school metal because that’s what I am. All of the experiences that I’ve had with all the musicians and all the times and different styles has brought me here – it’s like a certain culmination, a certain regurgitation of all that stuff and being influenced by all those people. The distribution thing, now I’m learning as I go. I think I have something to work with, people seem to be responding to it really well – positively actually overwhelmingly right now because I can hear everybody. You used to have to go on foot to say something to them and talk to them and say “Hi” before I got that response and we went to those places and that’s the only way I could know how they felt about the music – I went to 40 or 50 countries with Metallica. Now you just go online and it’s not even a matter of going up to someone and saying, “What did you think?” Right, even though I enjoy all of that stuff and I will continue to do that kind of connection with fans,this thing is my new re-connection with fans in a way that I could never do before. I’m in one place and I’m able to get across to everybody, what’s happening and they respond to it. It’s so eye opening, it gives me hope that if you do it right. As long as you let people know you’re going to be where you’re going to be to jam or your music is going to be in a certain place for them to share – they’re going to go for it because of all the hard work that we’ve done. So that distribution thing, I’m trying to let the kids help me because we got to No. 1 a debut with this thing on the iTunes Metal Charts with a four man crew out of my garage. So that in itself, the fans, the people, they’re the ones that really spread this around and I see how powerful that is now, it’s a whole different thing. I’d like to talk about that more actually, what I’ve learned about that, the technology thing. I’m feeling like the music is the calling card, the music is the head of the spear and it has to get everybody’s attention and once you have that calling card in their hand, in their ear, in their pocket, in their earbuds, then they’re going to come to the show, then they’re going to want to start sharing. If you make them feel a part of it then they’re going to come and share it, that’s what Metallica always did forever and still does, perpetually – making everyone feel a part of why and where they are, everybody does it together, it’s a big family, a big army. That’s undeniable, people are very loyal in that way so taking the music out to the people, having some cool merchandise together so everybody can share it and be a part of it in that way and fly the flag and keep the metal alive and all that – that’s how you got to keep the music on the road and pay the musicians you want to pay and that kind of thing. That’s all I really want to do with this, the people screamed me back into this, but for real when we did the 30th anniversary thing with Metallica, that’s what brought me back into it so when I do this for the fans and they’re responding so much it makes me want to do it more. I just want to take it to the people again. I know that’s what has to happen now, it’s a single based thing where people and the short attention span and that – I’m testing the waters because I don’t know what the waters are mostly. So I put these four songs out to see how people were going to respond and if anyone gives a snot anymore and it seems like people do. We recorded 11 songs total, we’re going to release them in batches and if people dig them then try to get a full LP out with the last EP with nice vinyl and stuff – that’s my plan. If I can get that through and share that with people, then that’s going to be really cool. I want to have it on CD, I ultimate want to have it on vinyl – the separate EP and the final one. We have to do it from the ground up like this because you have to take it to the people and selling the CDs at the show and all those kinds of things are the only way we were going to get back any money from the music. I think if you’re going to put it online and share it with people that way – you get the downloads you can and then once it does whatever it does, you shouldn’t try to really fight it – just present the best source material that you can, try to have it be representative and let it do its thing. Would Newsted exist today had you not taken part in Metallica’s 30th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco at the end of 2011? I would say that the Newsted band as serious as it has become now and the commitment we’ve made to it would not have been in this form if I has not been invited by Lars [Ulrich] to come and play with Metallica at the 30th Anniversary on December 2011, four nights over one week – each night got louder and louder. You ask anybody that was there and I’m just observing this is what took place, when we came on it got really loud and they were chanting in every dialect you could figure out, every language. It was crazy and wild and I hadn’t tasted that sweetness for a long, long time – when you’re addicted to the chemicals that are released when you play in front of 50,000 people or 20,000 people or 10,000 people and with the confidence you have with something like Metallica and you get dosed with that time after time after time, you’re addicted, you’re done. People say “Adrenaline junkie” it’s flippin’ real, so I came down from that – it took me 12 years to come down from that addiction. When I tasted it again, it was like the first time I hit it and that’s why I’m back again – just like that. The people called me back into it, I’m doing it because they did. We know how good ‘The Black Album’ did and does – I do what I want to do and anybody that knows me knows that I make my own path about things. I’m doing this because I want to do this for the people, this time and they keep responding to me like this, I was to take it to them that much more. If it hadn’t been for those shows when those people gave me that energy I would have not chased what I’m chasing now. I’m happy that Newsted does exist today and looking forward to more to come for you. Welcome back. [Laughs] Thank you very much, it really is great to be back. It’s overwhelming and I feel young again with it. I think the fountain of youth is within music or something where you find you have a purpose like that – fortunately this stuff has a lot of juice and you get to pump up your heart a lot. I’m still the same fighting weight I was all the times I’ve played, I’ve always kept that metal alive even when I was just painting and the whole thing I still kept that juice going. Now it’s back and I have an opportunity to show off a little bit or maybe something I’ve been storing for a long time and I didn’t even know it. A lot of the stuff came to me as channeling, I know what that’s about when you get into the painting and you let it become what it’s going to become – you are the conduit but that it what happened. On half of these songs I was the conduit and the deal about the way it sounds, why it sounds the way it sounds, it’s the immediacy of it. Even where the songs are a little bit heavier, held back a little slower tempo or that kind of thing they still have this immediacy to them. I had the iPad, with the GarageBand thing – it was new to me but I could do the simple recording on there, I built those songs on there, it was right there in front of me. I had my guitar I could do everything, boom change to bass, change to drums, as it came to me on the moment – I hadn’t had that before. All of the things we’ve done at the Chop House Studio, all of those jams for all of those bands for all of those years, everything’s mic’d up you just rock and record it as a jam then I got that machine and I focused on writing these songs. It just came to me, like that. We used to have our guy Gio back in the day with Metallica, he would carry six cases into my hotel room for me, keyboards, bass, guitars, mixing desks, speakers, power amps now I can do songs on my phone with one instrument or the iPad. The immediacy of that enabled me to channel that stuff that quick and that’s why it sounds like it does, there is a certain primal simplicity to it. It ain’t ground breaking, it ain’t innovative, none of that kind of stuff. It’s just old school metal like I was building the whole time as I went through the different bands. There’s flavors of every band I ever got to jam with in that thing. By the time everybody hears all 11 of this offering recorded in that pocket – 11 songs in two weeks, when they hear all of that stuff and all the interludes and all the flavors and textures – there’s one big song that finishes off that is the frosting and it’s long. I can’t remember how many tracks we ended up doing but it was many – I’m thinking past 140 and it was just layers of all kinds of craziness, I never thought anything would come out that kind of epic-y thing. Once people hear all that stuff they’ll see “Okay that snarl is from Snake in Voivod” because that is such an influence and great teacher without even knowing that he did and “That’s from Hetfield and that’s from Zakk [Wylde] and that’s from Flotsam” that’s what’s going to happen “and that’s from Black Sabbath” because they’re the great teachers “and that’s from Motorhead” and those are the two biggest comments so far. Motorhead is the number one comment, that’s the best compliment you can give me because if there wasn’t Lemmy [Kilmister] there’s not me. He plays with a pick through a guitar amp that’s how I started that’s what I do now. I didn’t know he did what he did until I found out then it made it okay for me to do it. So it’s a big deal, that’s where I’m at with it, it’s just stuff that my great teachers have brought back out and the flavors that I got to experience through time with my privileged opportunities. Full Metal Jackie will welcome High on Fire frontman Matt Pike to her program this coming weekend. She can be heard on radio stations around the country — for a full list of stations, go to fullmetaljackieradio.com .

Daily Reload: Nikki Sixx, Tool + More

Michael Buckner, Getty Images Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: – In our exclusive interview with Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx , the icon tells us about the new creative direction he’s taking with his new Schecter Sixx signature bass. [ Loudwire ] – Tool guitarist Adam Jones proposed to his girlfriend live in front of the WWE ‘Royal Rumble’ audience. Watch the footage of Jones’ proposal here. [ Loudwire ] – Tour dates and cities for the 2013 Mayhem Festival have been announced. Check them out here. [ Loudwire ] –  Jason Newsted  on new band dynamics, besting Justin Bieber on iTunes + tour plans. [ Loudwire ] – Bryan Carlstrom, engineer for Alice in Chains , the Offspring and many more bands, has died at the age of 51. Rest in peace. [ Loudwire ] – Don’t forget to vote in the Loudwire Rock Bowl. Pick your favorite songs in the Quarterfinals here. [ Loudwire ] – Iron Maiden expose the hidden danger of onstage pie fights! [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Beatles icon Paul McCartney takes very good care of his sheep. Don’t believe us? See for yourself here. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – Punk rock legends Black Flag announce new album and U.S. tour. [ Diffuser.fm ]

Members of Iron Maiden, Slayer + More Honor John Bonham at 2013 Bonzo Bash

Evening Standard – Hulton Archive, Getty Images Led Zeppelin great John Bonham has long been one of the most revered drummers in rock and roll and for the last couple of years a number of top skinbeaters have gathered for the “Bonzo Bash” to celebrate his musical legacy. The event, which has been held in Los Angeles on the anniversary of Bonham’s birthday in the past, shifted venues this year to take place as part of the NAMM Convention weekend in Anaheim, allowing for more participants to join in. The 2013 Bonzo Bash was held at the Observatory in Anaheim Thursday night (Jan. 24) with a star-studded lineup rocking out for those in attendance. For instance, Adrenaline Mob ‘s Mike Portnoy came out to rock the crowd with the assistance of former Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo on Zeppelin’s ‘How Many More Times.’ Iron Maiden ‘s Nicko McBrain pounded away on a cover of ‘Immigrant Song’ and Slayer ‘s Dave Lombardo provided a more swinging drum sound on Zeppelin’s ‘Down by the Seaside.’ Fan-shot video of all three ‘Bonzo Bash’ performances can be seen below. The evening also featured such top drummers as Steven Adler , Anthrax ‘s Charlie Benante , Testament ‘s Gene Hoglan, Korn ‘s Ray Luzier, Buckcherry ‘s Xavier Muriel, Jane’s Addiction ‘s Stephen Perkins, Poison ‘s Rikki Rockett and more. In addition, fellow musicians like the previously mentioned Lomenzo, Tesla’s Frank Hannon, Great White ‘s Jack Russell , Black Country Communion’s Derek Sherinian, Mr. Big’s Billy Sheehan, Warrant ‘s Robert Mason, Whitesnake’s Doug Aldrich and S.U.N.’s Sass Jordan also joined in the jam. Watch Mike Portnoy and James Lomenzo at the 2013 Bonzo Bash Watch NIcko McBrain Perform at the 2013 Bonzo Bash Watch Dave Lombardo Perform at the 2013 Bonzo Bash [button href=”http://loudwire.com/alice-in-chains-2013-must-see-rock-concerts/” title=”Next: Check Out 2013’s Must-See Rock Concerts” align=”center”]

Love and Death vs. Avatar – Cage Match

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!

Black Veil Brides Enter Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame for Second Time

Lava Records / Universal Republic With relentless voting by fans, Black Veil Brides and their song ‘In the End,’ off of their new album ‘Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones,’ has made it to the Loudwire Cage Match Hall of Fame with their fifth and final victory. Not to mention, Black Veil Brides have become the first band to enter the Cage Match Hall of Fame twice. They first entered the Hall of Fame for their tune ‘Broken.’ Black Veil Brides and their BVB Army took down their final challenger Bullet for My Valentine after beating out heavy hitters Asking Alexandria , Coheed and Cambria , HIM and Halestorm along the way. Congrats to Black Veil Brides and their fans, whose unrelenting votes helped get their track ‘In the End’ to join songs from bands such as Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold, Motionless In White, Korn, and many more in Loudwire’s Cage Match Hall of Fame. Be sure to catch Black Veil Brides on their current U.S. tour. For a full list of dates and cities, go here . Black Veil Brides, ‘In the End’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/black-veil-brides-singer-andy-biersack-everybody-is-wretched-and-divine/” title=”Read Loudwire’s Exclusive Interview With BVB Singer Andy Biersack” align=”center”]