Heavy Metal News
AFI‘s Davey Havok and Jade Puget are once again stepping away from the band to indulge their industrial and electronic passions. The duo recently completed work on the second album from their other project Blaqk Audio. The pair recently announced that they had inked a deal to distribute their latest effort on their own Big Death imprint through Superball Music. Now they’ve revealed that the album will be titled ‘Bright
In a recent interview conducted at a Papa Roach show in Allentown, Pa., the band’s frontman Jacoby Shaddix revealed he is having vocal issues. It’s a potentially serious situation, and the timing couldn’t be worse with a big tour coming up. “I went to a vocal specialist. I have what’s called a node that’s forming on my vocal cord, so it’s like a callus on my vocal cord, and so
As the Queensryche legal battle continues to heat up over naming rights, the latest allegations are coming from a sworn declaration submitted by producer Jason Slater. Slater’s history with Queensryche includes producing their last three studio releases. According to the new reports, Slater alleges that guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield had very little involvement with the writing and recording of the band’s 2006 disc ‘Operation:
Sad news to report from the Toronto, Canada, stop of the Warped Tour, as a 19-year-old female concertgoer died while in the crowd earlier today (July 15) during the band Chelsea Grin‘s afternoon set. The young woman, whose name has not been released yet, was found unconscious near the stage around 12:40PM, shortly after the gates opened at Toronto’s Molson Ampitheatre. Reports state that a fellow concertgoer tried giving her
When it comes to punk music, Green Day are certainly one of the most progressive bands within the genre. Having drifted into more of a ‘rock opera’-type of style, Green Day have released the new single ‘Oh, Love’ from their upcoming album, ‘¡Uno!,’ the first of three discs the band will be releasing within a four-month period. Back in 2004, Green Day had already carved themselves a legendary career, although
Bassist Tony Campos’ estrangement from Static-X seems to be a permanent one, as the musician has responded to fans asking about his absence from the band’s upcoming tour. Campos told TheGauntlet.com, “I keep getting asked about this Static-X / Prong tour coming up, so I want to clear up a few things. I have no interest in working with Wayne Static, now, or anytime in the foreseeable future, so I
Corey Taylor, a man who two years ago said it's too soon to talk about Slipknot recording, is now finally at the point where he can discuss the progress Slipknot is making. The healing has begun! It makes sense, since the band recently got together to celebrate the two year anniversary of the tragic passing …