Author: Music World

The third in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Emperor Of Sand”, the eighth studio album from Atlanta heavy rock icons MASTODON, can be seen below. Due on March 31 via Reprise Records, the follow-up to 2014’s “Once More ‘Round The Sun” is available for pre-order at www.mastodonrocks.com. The deluxe pre-order package will contain the album on double 180-gram vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket along with a bonus Color-In-Your-Own vinyl jacket, plus an exclusive box of MASTODON colored pencils. In addition, fans will receive a digital copy of the entire album on March … Continue reading

Tonight’s (Tuesday, February 21) AVENGED SEVENFOLD / DISTURBED concert at Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy has been canceled because AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows is reportedly suffering from laryngitis. AVENGED SEVENFOLD played an abbreviated show last night (Monday, February 20) in Stuttgart, Germany so that M. Shadows could prevent further damage to his voice. In a 2016 interview with Louisville’s rock station 95.7 QMF, M. Shadows spoke about the surgery on his vocal cords that he underwent prior to the recording of AVENGED SEVENFOLD‘s 2005 album “City Of Evil”. He said: “Yeah, I had throat surgery in 2002, I think. … Continue reading

On February 16, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares took part in a question-and-answer session at the California College Of Music in Pasadena, California. You can now watch video footage of the event below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he ever took the advice of a record company with regard to FEAR FACTORY‘s sound: Dino: “The first time somebody heard our stuff, they were, like, ‘This is not original.’ I’m, like, ‘Okay. Why?’ I was asking myself why. So we went back to the drawing board. The thing about the band when we first started was, … Continue reading

SEETHER has announced the fifth annual Rise Above Fest, with some exciting new developments. Due to popular demand, the multi-stage music festival has expanded to two days for the first time in its history. Rise Above Fest, which supports suicide prevention and mental illness, is the largest suicide awareness music event in the world and has established itself as a can’t-miss destination festival of the summer for hard rock fans. This year’s Rise Above Fest is set for Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23. The event returns to Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor, Maine. The 2017 Rise Above fest … Continue reading

Century Media Records has set February 24 as the release date of “Inception”, the official prequel to 1988’s classic debut “Refuge Denied” from the legendary U.S. metal act SANCTUARY. “Inception” contains presumed lost 1986 studio recordings, which guitarist Lenny Rutledge discovered recently and which were magically restored, remixed and remastered by Chris “Zeuss” Harris (QUEENSRŸCHE, HATEBREED). In the video below, titled “Inside Inception #1: Auburn Jam Room”, Rutledge takes us inside the first building that SANCTUARY rehearsed in. Recorded in March of 1986 (“Soldiers Of Steel”, “Battle Angels”) at Triad Studios in Redmond, Washington and Studio One in White Center … Continue reading

In a new study published in Scientific Reports (“Earth’s Oldest ‘Bobbit Worm’ – Gigantism In A Devonian Eunicidan Polychaete”) by Mats E. Eriksson of Lund University, Sweden, Luke A. Parry of Bristol University, U.K., and David M. Rudkin of Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, an extraordinary new species of polychaetes (bristle worms; the marine relatives of leeches and earthworms) is described from Canada. The new species, Websteroprion Armstrongi, has a unique morphology and possessed the largest jaws recorded from the entire fossil record, reaching over one centimetre in length while usually being in the mm-size range. Investigation of the relationship between … Continue reading

THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM, the new solo project from CANDLEMASS bassist and songwriter Leif Edling, will release its self-titled debut album on April 7 via Nuclear Blast. The disc will contain eight epic doom tracks with a pinch of NWOBHM and haunting catchy melodies. Joining Edling on the effort are WOLF singer Niklas Stålvind, guitarist Marcus Jidell (AVATARIUM, SOEN, ex-EVERGREY), drummer Andreas “Habo” Johansson (NARNIA), as well as several guest artists. The third trailer for “The Doomsday Kingdom”, in which Leif discusses how he completed the band’s lineup, is available below. THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM will make its live debut at the … Continue reading

Greg Graffin, frontman of the iconic Los Angeles punk band BAD RELIGION as well as a renowned author, will release a brand new solo album titled “Millport” on March 10 via Anti-. The “Millport” song “Backroads Of My Mind” can be streamed below. The track is described in a press release as an “energized and uplifting country rock song with exquisite vocal choruses and some crisp guitar from SOCIAL DISTORTION guitarist Jonny ‘Two Bags’ Wickersham.” Graffin says of the song: “Those old roads, like my memories, have… long been neglected and lately are in decline. Inspired by the country-rock classics … Continue reading