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TRIVIUM To Play ‘The Deepest Cuts’ As Part Of Free Livestreamed Concert
On Saturday, August 29 at 3 p.m ET, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM — the kings of streaming who’ve been embracing the art of the livestream for years — will play a free show that will stream on singer/guitarist Matt Heafy‘s Twitch channel. The performance will take place live from the band’s rehearsal space in Orlando. In addition to a new and limited-edition merch drop, the set will be filled with deep cuts that fans may never have seen live before. See the full setlist below. “The Deepest Cuts” setlist: * “Torn Between Scylla & Charybdis” * “No Way To Heal” * “Suffocating Sight” * “Like Callisto To A Star In Heaven” * “Detonation” * “The Revanchist” * “A Skyline Severance̶...
VIO-LENCE’s SEAN KILLIAN On Battling Stage Four Liver Cirrhosis: ‘You Wouldn’t Wish Something Like That Upon Your Worst Enemy’
Vocalist Sean Killian of reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE spoke to March Lowe of Mosh Mag about being diagnosed with stage four liver cirrhosis, which was caused in part by a genetic condition called hemochromatosis. “I found out in 2016, and it was through a regular check-up,” he said. “My blood work came back and my platelet count was really, really, really low and that’s what prompted my doctor to order a scan. That’s what showed that I had stage four cirrhosis. I didn’t have any symptoms at the time, but then a few months later, I started getting the symptoms, and it was like one of those things where you wouldn’t wish something like that upon your worst enemy. It’s that bad — all the symptoms for about 20 months, almos...
Official ENTOMBED Jigsaw Puzzles To Be Released In November
ENTOMBED will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment this fall. “Left Hand Path” and “Clandestine” will be made available on November 6, 2020 as 500-piece puzzles. Zee Productions will release the album covers as jigsaws via its Rock Saws imprint. The iconic arts of some of rock’s most influential and highly regarded albums is presented in puzzle form for the first time ever. All puzzles come in a vinyl-box-set-sized box, perfect to fit alongside a vinyl record collection. Back in April 2019, Zee Productions launched its new range of rock and metal jigsaw puzzles, Rock Saws. The first collection included jigsaws based on some of the greatest albums in heavy metal history from IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, JUDAS PRIEST and SLAYER. Released in September 2019 were the first f...
Heavy Culture: Musicians on Protests, Power, and the Pandemic
Clockwise from Upper Left: Skin, Rasheed Thomas, William DuVall, Cammie Gilbert, Elias Soriano, Militia Vox, AJ Channer, Prika Amaral Heavy Culture is a monthly column from journalist Liz Ramanand, focusing on artists of different cultural backgrounds in heavy music as they offer their perspectives on race, society, and more as it intersects with and affects their music. The latest installment of this column features multiple rock and metal musicians recounting their early experiences of racism. The year 2020 will go down as one of the most difficult and memorable in the history of the world. As a global pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the physical and economic health of countries across the world, protests for justice and equality have led to notable progress in the battle again...
TikTok Sues Trump Administration Over Attempted US Ban
TikTok vs. Donald Trump TikTok is suing the Trump administration for trying to ban the app’s American operations. In a statement, the popular video sharing platform said that Trump’s recent executive order violates its right to due process and offers no evidence that the app presents a national security threat. “We do not take suing the government lightly, however we feel we have no choice but to take action to protect our rights, and the rights of our community and employees,” TikTok contends. Trump’s executive order halts transactions between the Beijing-based ByteDance and TikTok’s US-based users and employees, essentially killing the app in America, where it boasts an estimated 80 million users. Trump’s purported reason for issuing the August 6th order was that the app presented possib...
Anthrax’s Scott Ian: I’m Probably “Not Going Back to Work” Until 2022
Anthrax’s Scott Ian, photo by Antonio Marino Jr. Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is as workmanlike as they come. He’s been touring relentlessly with Anthrax for 30-plus years, always has multiple projects going, and has generally been one of heavy metal’s great ambassadors. Now, in the midst of a pandemic, the metal legend feels he truly won’t be “back to work” until 2022. Ian compared his current situation to when he was 17 and figuring out if he can make a full-time career out of playing metal. An Anthrax album was originally planned for release in late 2020, but it’s been pushed back as the band continues to work on new material in a socially distant manner. Drummer Charlie Benante previously stated that there’s “about six, seven songs — and it’s really good,” but that “the first thin...
It’s Jeff Daniels’ Comey Vs. Brendan Gleeson’s Trump in Trailer for The Comey Rule: Watch
James Comey (Jeff Daniels) faces off against Donald Trump (Brendan Gleeson) in the new trailer for the Showtime limited series The Comey Rule. The two-episode series premieres on September 27th. Based on Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership, The Comey Rule dramatizes the former FBI director’s attempts to document Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as well as the illegal actions taken by Trump to cover it up. The series is written and directed by Billy Ray, best known for scripts for other based-on-a-true-story tales like Captain Phillips and Richard Jewell, as well as the 2021 Hunger Games prequel. As the trailer reveals, Ray has chosen not to modify Daniel’s appearance, perhaps with the understanding that both he and Comey are generic white guy...
How Rufus King’s ‘Just What I Need’ Became Cliff’s Love Song to Torrance in Bring It On
It’s been two decades since the Rancho Carne Toros and East Compton Clovers held a cheer battle that would become a cultural touchstone for years to come. With the help of “spirit fingers” and an ensemble cheer routine to “Hey Mickey” in the end credits, Bring It On became a box-office sensation, grossing $90 million when it debuted on Aug. 22, 2000, and has since become a cult classic, with a series of five straight-to-DVD sequels and a regular stint on cable TV. In the teen comedy, Toros captain Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) takes the reins of the squad — only to find out that the team’s former captain, the bossy Big Red (Lindsay Sloane), had been stealing routines from a Black cheer squad, the East Compton Clovers, led by Isis (Gabrielle Union). After learning that the Toros’ five wi...
Bright Eyes Cover Thin Lizzy’s ‘Running Back’
Bright Eyes covered “Running Back,” a lesser-known tune by Irish classic rockers Thin Lizzy, on SiriusXM Sessions over the weekend, singer Conor Oberst paying close homage to the original. The appearance was in conjunction with several to promote Bright Eyes’ first album in nine years, Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was, released Aug.21. “Running Back,” written by late Thin Lizzy bassist and singer Phil Lynott, was on the group’s 1976 Jailbreak, the breakthrough album that featured the titular hit along with the perennial classic-rock-radio favorite “The Boys Are Back in Town.” A Thin Lizzy box set, Rock Legends, featuring unreleased tracks, demos, live sessions and a previously unreleased documentary film, arrives on Oct. 23. Bright Eyes performed th...
Chris Cornell Biopic Currently in Production
Black Days, a film based on the last days in the life of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who died in 2017, is currently in production, according to the film’s website. Filming is slated to begin Sept. 10. The site also states, “from the cast of the Academy Award-winning Walk the Line comes a based on true events story,” citing Johnny Holiday, who played Carl Perkins in Walk the Line, as associated with the Black Days project, presumably in the role of Cornell. AmeriFilms LLC/Road Rage Films will produce the biopic, according to film industry publication Backstage. That publication’s casting page indicates Black Days is looking for actors to play roles including “Young Chris: Male, 12-16;” “Doctor, 61-18;” “Hotel Maid: Female, 18-55;” “Road Manager Male, 25-55″ and other...
Hinder Headlines This Week on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream
If you haven’t been paying attention to SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream recently, you’ve missed out on some real good times. Last week, we went all the way to Australia to hang out with Hockey Dad, dropped the live premiere of the new Dangerous Hippies single, interviewed Deadmau5 and Carl Cox, and much more. You can still see the videos on Twitch for another week or so before they eventually get moved to YouTube, but it’s not quite the same as witnessing them all live in real time. As for this week, we’re welcoming one of your favorite acts from the 2000s with an acoustic performance from the guys in Hinder, getting an up-close look at the music and daily life of M.A.G.S. and witnessing live sets from both Betcha and New Jersey’s favorite locals in the Milwaukees. Since things are...
Here’s How Lewis Capaldi Feels About No Longer Being a One-Hit Wonder
With “Before You Go” entering the top 10 of the Hot 100 chart, the Scottish singer-songwriter has embraced his fate as “the ballad guy.” “I’m still here, with no signs of leaving.” That’s how Lewis Capaldi confirms to Billboard that he remains under quarantine at his parents’ house in Bathgate, Scotland, as he’s been throughout the coronavirus pandemic. “And they are extremely sick of me.” The singer-songwriter’s father works in food distribution and his mother is a nurse; while Capaldi has been stuck at home with his 2020 touring plans scrapped, his parents have been out and about as essential workers. “They both spend long days at work and come home to their 23-year-old son, who’s essentially unemployed at this point, to see him in his underwear, cheesy Doritos all over his stomach,” he ...
