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Mastodon’s “Biggest-Sounding” New Album Currently Being Mixed for Fall Release
Mastodon are currently mixing their highly anticipated eighth studio album. According to guitarist Bill Kelliher, the LP is slated for a fall release. Previously, the metal band teased a studio update with Tool producer David Bottrill at West End Sound in Savannah, Georgia. In a new interview, Kelliher told the Talking Metal podcast that Mastodon and Bottrill are “halfway through the mixing [process]” for the record, calling it the band’s “fullest” and “biggest-sounding” album to date. Bottrill is currently mixing remotely and sending the files to Mastodon for feedback via Dropbox. “[David will] mix a song every couple of days, and he’ll send it over to us in Dropbox,” Kelliher said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “And we all listen to it. I go listen to it in the car, I listen to it in ...
Low Cut Connie Announce Covers Album Tough Cookies: The Best of The Quarantine Broadcasts
Philadelphia rockers Low Cut Connie have announced a new compilation, Tough Cookies: The Best of The Quarantine Broadcasts, collecting cover songs recorded during the band’s twice-weekly live streams. It will be out on May 19th digitally and on vinyl. As frontman Adam Weiner explained in a press statement, the 23-track LP pulls from his Tough Cookies live stream project with guitarist Will Donnelly, which celebrates its one-year anniversary this month. It contains just a fraction of the more than 500 covers they have performed during the broadcasts. “Two weeks into quarantine, we ‘went live’ in my spare bedroom in South Philly to cheer up our fans. There was no script, no plan, just a couple schmucks trying every form of entertainment to try to lift people’s spirits,” Weiner said. “Now a y...
Rob Zombie Scores First No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy’
Lunar’s arrival at No. 1 continues Zombie’s hot streak on the tally, as all seven of his solo studio albums have reached the top 10. It follows Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser (No. 5 in 2016), Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (No. 7, 2013), Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (No. 8, 2010), Educated Horses (No. 5, 2006), The Sinister Urge (No. 8, 2001) and Hellbilly Deluxe (No. 5, 1998). Of Lunar’s starting sum of 26,000 sold, physical album sales comprise 20,000 of that figure (CDs: 13,200; vinyl LPs: 6,500 and cassettes: 300). The remaining 6,000 were digital albums. The album’s CD sales were enhanced by the availability of a special edition of the set, packaged in a retro cardboard longbox. Lunar was also sold on multiple colored vinyl LP variants, helping the title debut ...
Air Force Veteran Awari Spreads His Wings With Soulful Performance on ‘The Voice’: Watch
Both had a single vacancy on their teams. “Way to kick the door down, congratulations man,” enthused Blake Shelton after the performance. Jonas described what he just heard as “phenomenal” and put out his best sales pitch. “If you pick me,” he explained, “I’m actually making an album right now that’s got a lot of those same influences. I’d love to just make a lot of noise with you.” Clarkson bragged about her three wins in the series, and suggested they should work together and add to that list. In the end, he went with Jonas. Watch below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chat...
Selena Gomez Shares Cuddly Picture With Taylor Swift and a Cat
The pic is actually a forgotten golden oldie. “Kinda missin this one,” writes Selena. Gomez shared others from the same shoot on her Instagram Stories back in 2019. At the time, Gomez captioned the happy snaps: “My ride or die. I would die for this one. Thank you for forever being by my side. You have taught me so much, walked through all of this with me, STAYED and you remind me to be a better, human being. I’m on your side for life.” Gomez and Swift have been too busy to pose of late. Swift performed at the 2021 Grammy Awards last week, where she took out album of the year for Folklore. Meanwhile, Gomez’s first Spanish-language EP Revelación has just debuted atop Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, her first No. 1 on the survey. Check o...
Demi Lovato Performs ‘Dancing With the Devil’ & Talks ‘Letting My Guard Down’ at Drive-In Docuseries Debut
Then she live-debuted her new song “Dancing With the Devil,” breathing life into the full version of the damning confessional ballad that plays in the background of the trailer. The track vividly recalls her life-threatening heroin overdose in 2018 when she sings in the second verse, “Tin-foil remedy, almost got the best of me/ I keep praying I don’t reach the end of my lifetime.” Following the performance, Ratner previewed a conversation he and Lovato filmed for SXSW, where the docuseries opened last week at the virtual adaptation of the film festival based in Lovato’s home state of Texas. While COVID-19 completely skewed people’s personal and professional schedules, the timing of Dancing’s release might’ve been one of the few things that happened at exa...
Recovering Drug Addict DEEN CASTRONOVO Says He Was On Opiates For Over A Year While Waiting For Surgery During Pandemic
Former JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo says that he was on opiates for over a year while waiting to get his back surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 56-year-old musician, who had been sober for nearly five years after being fired from JOURNEY, revealed his latest ordeal in an Instagram post earlier today. He wrote: “Quick update my friends.. Day 4 of detox and finally feeling better. The 1st 3 days were torture. After being on opiates for over a year due to Covid restrictions and not being able to get my back surgery this is something I never want to go thru again. Opiates are evil and the withdrawals are murder. Don’t go it alone!” Deen was dismissed from JOURNEY in 2015 following years of alcohol and drug abuse that led to him being sentenced to four years’ ...
Tortured Whole – SANGUISUGABOGG
RATING: 8/10 Proponents of death metal — including musicians, fans and everyone in between — have a tendency of taking themselves too seriously. Sure, a serious demeanor and outlook go hand in hand with some of the darker and occult-obsessed bands, but when many take the grimacing look and spirit to an extreme, the try-hard nature actually backfires. On the flip side, joke bands might be funny the first time around, but once you’ve heard the joke, it’s not funny the second time. Midwestern upstarts SANGUISUGABOGG strike an interesting balance, however. The gore-obsessed death metallers are openly having a good time, and their over-the-top themes are oftentimes tongue-in-cheek. And yet their music is cleverly constructed, significantly unique, and most certainly memorable. The a...
The Last Horizon – IMPERIA
RATING: 8/10 With the likes of NIGHTWISH, WITHIN TEMPATION, EPICA and BEYOND THE BLACK doing big and even bigger things, symphonic metal hardly needs an injection of fresh blood at this point and is doing far better than anyone could have predicted 25 years ago. But even though logic dictates that there is only so much room at the top, IMPERIA have become increasingly impressive over the years and, with “The Last Horizon”, now sound very much like heavyweight contenders. Neither in thrall to the pop-metal detours of their high-profile Dutch peers, nor to the classic, textbook symphonic metal bombast, the band’s signature sound incorporates everything from brooding, PARADISE LOST-style gothic chug, to flat-out musical theater euphoria, but with robust melodic sensibilities...
ROB ZOMBIE’s ‘The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Conspiracy Theory’ Lands At No. 1 On BILLBOARD’s ‘Top Album Sales’ Chart
Rob Zombie‘s “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Conspiracy Theory” has landed at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Album Sales chart with first-week sales of 26,000 copies in the U.S. The Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. Six of Zombie‘s previous solo studio albums have also reached the top 10: “Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser” (No. 5 in 2016), “Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor” (No. 7, 2013), “Hellbilly Deluxe 2” (No. 8, 2010), “Educated Horses” (No. 5, 2006), “The Sinister Urge” (No. 8, 2001) and “Hellbilly Deluxe” (No. 5, 1998). 20,000 of “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Conspiracy Theory”̵...
The Best 10 Hip-Hop Soundtracks That Made History & Stars
HipHopWired Featured Video If you truly thought about your favorite songs of all time, a good chunk either were made for a hip-hop soundtrack or were introduced to you by one. Alicia Keys came wailing into our hearts in 2001 with “Fallin’,” but it was 1997’s Men In Black soundtrack where a teenage Keys predates that classic. The only time we ever got rap’s funniest MC’s Eminem and Redman on a song together was “Off The Wall” from the Nutty Professor II soundtrack. Outside of DJ albums, hip-hop soundtracks are like hip-hop All-Star Games, the best the game has to offer teaming up on dream songs. Partly for those reasons listed above, the best hip-hop soundtracks come from those with the biggest visions. Diddy has said he used the 2003 Bad Boys II soundtrack to launch a new era of the l...
Face Palm: Joey Bada$$ Says “Social Distancing Is Inhumane”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jon Kopaloff / Getty Social distancing is a practice implemented to prevent the spread of a potentially deadly virus. However, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ believes the practice is “inhumane.” First, a little context is necessary before totally disregarding Joey’s commentary as dangerously naive. Over the weekend, the 26-year-old attempted to visit Disney World in Florida to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. Unfortunately, the trip was ruined when a child the rapper was traveling with was refused entry because the kid refused to wear a mask. The 2-year-old Joey says is a cousin is autistic and reportedly doesn’t understand the concept of mask-wearing, which he finds suffocating. Per TMZ, Disney World was sticking to its policy of refusing admittance for a...
