Archive for July 19th, 2012

Jonathan Davis Discusses Upcoming Korn Album, Electronic Projects

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis recently sat down for an interview to speak about his current electronic solo project, J Devil, as well as his experiments with Killbot that will be revealed in an upcoming EP. Along with that news, however, Davis spoke about writing for Korn’s next album and the direction they will take. Jonathan Davis spoke with Billboard about his history of creating electronic music. “I started doing (electronic

Can Your Guess the Artist in This Yearbook Photo?

The kid above grew up to be a somewhat controversial frontman of a multi-platinum band, think you know who it is? Here are a few hints to help: the fellow above grew up in North Carolina and went on to front a successful band who has toured and worked with prominent names in hard rock and metal. The singer has also dabbled in directing a music video or two. Can

Green Day Say They Feel ‘Oh, Love’ in the Heart and the Crotch

Green Day fans are no doubt happy to have a new song to digest this week, but do they feel ‘Oh, Love‘ as much as the band themselves? Singer Billie Joe Armstrong says he’s a major fan of the track that was chosen as their lead single. He tells MTV News, “‘Oh, Love’ is kind of like leading with your heart and not necessarily with your brain as much. And

Philip Anselmo Offers Pair of Solo Tracks for Split Releases With Warbeast

Former Pantera and current Down frontman Philip Anselmo doesn’t expect to release his solo debut album until next year, but he’s getting a jump on things by delivering a pair of still-to-be-determined songs to be used as part of split release offerings with the band Warbeast. Though Anselmo has not revealed which songs will be part of the two splits, Blabbermouth reports that Warbeast will be offering their songs ‘IT”

Anthrax’s Scott Ian Expects ‘Worship Music’ Album to Enjoy Long Cycle

Anthrax are enjoying a great run with the ‘Worship Music’ album, and guitarist Scott Ian says he’s not expecting it to end anytime soon. When asked by ARTISTdirect.com if the band had started writing for their next record, the guitarist replied, “Our attitude is even though we’ve been on tour since September when the album came out, it’s still so early. We feel like we have a lot of work

Daily Reload: Vinnie Paul, Serj Tankian + More

Today in rock and metal news: Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul, who knows very well about people jumping up onstage, gave a video interview to Loudwire about the jailing of Randy Blythe and has some interesting things to say. Serj Tankian, who will play some shows with System of a Down this summer, is booking solo dates around the world to support his ‘Harakiri’ album, plus he serves up a creative