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GEMINI SYNDROME Releases Music Video For ‘Reintegration’
Los Angeles alternative metal band GEMINI SYNDROME has released the music video for its new single “Reintegration” today via Another Century. The clip, directed by Brian Cox (BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE USED, STARSET), can be seen below. The track, which is the first release off the band’s forthcoming full-length album, is also available to purchase and stream. “Our video for ‘Reintegration’ tells the story of an initiate’s journey as he travels through the various stages of initiation,” states GEMINI SYNDROME vocalist Aaron Nordstrom. “We follow him as he walks away from his past in an effort to find himself by facing and overcoming various trials and tribulations, until he ultimately ascends to the highest version of himself.” Bri...
Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Turns 75; JOE PERRY, ALICE COOPER, ROB ZOMBIE, Others Record Birthday Messages
Original KISS drummer Peter Criss turned 75 on Sunday, December 20. In celebration of this momentous occasion, Peter‘s wife Gigi put together a one-hour video containing interview and performance footage spanning his entire career, as well as birthday messages from a number of other hard rock and metal luminaries, including Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry (AEROSMITH), Charlie Benante, Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), Carmine Appice and Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER). In an accompanying message, Gigi wrote: “Happy Birthday, My Husband!!! I put together a video for you with some of your friends. I hope you like it and understand just how amazing you are, how you have touched so many peoples lives, and even changed their course of life in the most positive way. It’s ...
Taylor Swift Completes Chart Double In Australia With ‘Evermore,’ ‘Willow’
By landing two No. 1 albums in just 19 weeks, Swift sets a new ARIA Charts record for the shortest space between successive No. 1 albums, easily beating the 25 weeks separating Ariana Grande’s Sweetener (No. 1 in August 2018) and Thank U, Next (No. 1 in February 2019). With Christmas just around the corner, Delta Goodrem’s Only Santa Knows jingles up the albums chart 12-2, for a new chart peak. Its climb follows the Dec. 12 airing of the Delta At Christmas special on the free-to-air Nine TV network. Twenty years after the release of their cut ‘n’ paste masterpiece Since I Left You, Australian electronic act Avalanches crash into the albums chart at No. 4 with We Will Always Love You, their third album. We Will Always Love You is the followup to Wildflower, which ruled the AR...
LadBaby On Track For U.K. Christmas No. 1 Threepeat
The race is underway for the U.K.’s coveted Christmas No. 1, and there’s a holidays theme spread across the main contenders. The reigning champ LadBaby is off to the best possible start with “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’,” which blasts off with 80,000 chart sales after just 48 hours and is poised for one of the biggest opening weeks of 2020. “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’” is No. 1 on the Official Chart: First Look, which ranks tracks based on the weekend’s sales and streaming activity, ahead of Jess Glynne’s cover of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas,” rocketing 9-2. 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 chatt...
Peter Jackson Reveals Sneak Peek of Beatles Doc ‘Get Back’: Watch
Peter Jackson has released a sneak peek of his upcoming documentary The Beatles: Get Back, teasing some of the 56 hours of unseen footage the director has had access to of the Fab Four. Posted early on Monday on Paul McCartney’s official Twitter account, the 5-minutes of footage begins with an intro by the Oscar-winning Kiwi director. Jackon begins by admitting the pandemic has postponed the post-production and release plans for the film. “Now this film was due to be finished around about now, but like the rest of the world, it’s been affected by the covid pandemic. The only good thing really, is that we are editing the movie in New Zealand, now that our country has largely stamped out the virus we are able to come back into the cutting room and carry on with the editing ...
Universal Music Group, Concord Extend Global Distribution Deal
“UMG and Concord have built a wonderful relationship over the past 15 years,” comments Concord CEO Scott Pascucci in a statement. “As we have grown, they have provided the support that we needed to expand the worldwide success of our frontline labels, the KIDZ BOP franchise, Craft Recordings, and the rest of our catalog. We are very pleased to be renewing this partnership with Universal.” Adds Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group: “Our partnership with Concord is built on a foundation of shared values. We both put artists and creativity at the center of everything we do.” Grainge continues, “I couldn’t be happier to extend our partnership and l look forward to even more success working with Scott, Tom, Sig and the entire Concord team.” The independent Concord music gro...
SHINEDOWN’s BRENT SMITH Criticizes DR. ANTHONY FAUCI For ‘Lying To Society’ About SANTA CLAUS
SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith has taken issue with Dr. Anthony Fauci “lying” to kids by saying Santa Claus will be able to travel on Christmas Eve despite the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Fauci, the country’s top infectious-disease expert, said during a CNN “Sesame Street ABC’s Of COVID-19 Town Hall” on Saturday that Santa is “good to go” this holiday season as he visited Santa himself to give him the COVID-19 vaccine. Children and Elmo asked Fauci how Santa Claus would be able to deliver presents amid the pandemic. “How did Santa get the vaccine, and is it safe for him to go into the house?” one child asked. “What if he can’t go to anyone’s house or near his reindeer?” another asked. Fauci replied: “Well, I ...
METALLICA’s LARS ULRICH Says This Is ‘Hands Down’ His Favorite Movie Of 2020
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has praised director Thomas Vinterberg‘s new movie “Another Round”, calling it “hands down my favorite film of 2020.” The Danish filmmaker is no stranger to METALLICA, having directed the music video for “The Day That Never Comes”, the first single from METALLICA‘s ninth studio album, 2008’s “Death Magnetic”. On Saturday (December 19), Ulrich — a fellow Dane — took to his Instagram to share the “Another Round” poster, and he included the following message: “Finally saw my friend Thomas Vinterberg‘s new movie ‘Another Round’, and it’s hands down my favorite film of 2020. “I remember being somewhat stunned and completely intrigued by the idea when he...
STEEL PANTHER Joined By FOZZY’s CHRIS JERICHO For ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” Performance At St. Petersburg Concert (Video)
FOZZY singer Chris Jericho joined STEEL PANTHER on stage this past Friday (December 18) at Jannus Live in St Petersburg, Florida to perform the JUDAS PRIEST classic “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Jannus Live was the second of three shows STEEL PANTHER is scheduled to play in Florida this weekend, with support from BLACK STONE CHERRY. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and has continued to ban cities and counties from enforcing mask mandates or setting stricter capacity limits on businesses and restaurants. According to CNN, more than 1.1 million Floridians have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, about 5% of the state’s population. Flori...
Written Destiny – CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY
RATING: 7.5/10 With most of us hoping to make it through Christmas without contracting the dreaded plague and breathing our last to the strains of MARIAH CAREY, gung-ho partying might be slightly less prominent on our agendas this year. But nobody said it was non-festive to get horrifyingly drunk in isolation and headbang until our brains dribble out through our throbbing ears, did they? Good. Listen to the new CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY album and you may forget the last 12 months, imagining instead that the world is soon to be ruled by beer-swilling, mutant cyborg overlords, riding giant motorcycles and playing guitars made from human bones. “Written Destiny” ticks every filth-related box a diehard metalhead could wish for, tapping into the same demand for primal, ugly and antisoc...
Brad Nowell’s Family Keeps Hope Alive for Sublime Frontman’s Rehab Facility
Being the younger sibling of Sublime frontman Brad Nowell can be hard sometimes for Kellie Nowell, who never grew up wanting the spotlight. On his birthday and the anniversary of his death from an overdose in 1996, generations of fans mourn the loss of Long Beach’s influential frontman, but Kellie says she would opt to stay inside and keep her pain and sorrow to herself. “I think for about 15 years after he died, I didn’t want to talk to anyone, I didn’t want to hear music I didn’t want to, you know, just, I just couldn’t handle it,” she tells SPIN. As years went by, the love shown by fans allowed her to open up little by little as emails, Facebook messages and the desire for a tangible connection to Brad showed Kellie the importance of allowing herself to let people in for the sake of hon...
Congress Allocates $15 Billion to Independent Theaters and Concert Venues As Part of New Relief Package
The United States Congress has agreed to a new bipartisan coronavirus relief package that allocates $15 billion in funding to independent movie theaters and concerts venues. According to USA Today’s Nicholas Wu, the relief package incorporates the Save Our Stages Act. First introduced by Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota over the summer, the act calls for six months of financial support to “keep venues afloat, pay employees, and preserve a critical economic sector for communities across America.” Under the original proposal, venues would be provided grants accounting for either 45% of a business’ operation costs from the previous year or $12 million in total — whichever is the lesser amount. Venues would then be allowed to use that money to pa...
