RATING: 8/10 If you want melodic death metal that will absolutely take your face off every time, MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have been as reliable as anyone over the last 20 years. A collection of re-recorded cuts from the Finnish band’s first three albums and early demos, “Liberate The Unborn Inhumanity” reinforces that point. It’s immediately apparent that these songs are considerably more powerful and dynamic than their earlier incarnations, and that the intrinsic timelessness of MORS PRINCIPIUM EST‘s sound makes this feel much more like a new record than some stopgap indulgence. The opening “Cleansing Rain” says it all. Continuing the unashamedly ripping, sledgehammer melo-death approach that reached a new peak on 2020’s “Seven”, the ...
Guitarist/vocalist Steve “Lips” Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL has once again said that he doesn’t expect the proposed follow-up to the band’s first documentary, “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil”, to ever see the light of day. He tells Friday 13th Metal in a new interview (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I don’t suspect there will be [another movie], because I think it’s a little late on. There’s really no point at this point. To a great degree, the people who knew about the movie knew about it, and today it’s kind of faded back; it’s not as prominent today. That could change. You never know.” As for what he attributed the film’s overwhelming success to, Lips said: “It’s hard to compete ...
MAMMOTH WVH has canceled the remaining six shows of the “Young Guns” tour starting with tonight’s (Tuesday, April 5) performance in Raleigh, North Carolina at The Ritz due to members of the touring personnel testing positive for COVID-19. The other affected dates are April 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina; April 8 in Nashville, Tennessee; April 9 in Dothan, Alabama; April 10 in Orlando, Florida; and April 12 in Orlando, Florida. Refunds are available at point of purchase for anyone who purchased a ticket to see MAMMOTH WVH. DIRTY HONEY will still perform at the scheduled dates as advertised. MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen explained: “After an incredible weekend in Las Vegas with my family for the Grammys, I flew back yesterday to meet up with my band and crew...
PAPA ROACH vocalist Jacoby Shaddix spoke to U.K.’s Rock Sound about the inspiration for the title of the band’s upcoming album, “Ego Trip”. The effort will be released on April 8 via New Noize Records in partnership with ADA Worldwide (WMG‘s independent label and artist services arm). “This album essentially is a journey through the ego, a wrestling match of the ego of my higher self and my lower self,” Jacoby said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And I’m always challenging myself to try to become a better person — treat myself better, treat other people better, put other people first, but I’ve got this part of me that’s selfish and self-centered and self-seeking. And it’s that wrestling match with the ego — it...
Cardi B has deactivated her social media after fans accused her of hinting that she would be present at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, where her track “Up” was nominated for Best Rap Performance. The “WAP” artist got in a back-and-forth with several fans on Twitter, many of whom claimed that she “hyped” them up for the annual ceremony and labelled her “lazy” for having an album in the works for several years. “When did I hype y’all up? Where and when did I ever gave hints? Like are you ok? I’m not going to a award if I don’t got a new song to perform Or my album ain’t out …Next year,” she replied to one fan, and stated in a separate tweet, “I been posting on my IG stories where I been at … like clearly I’m in my house and I’m in NY the f*ck.” Her and Offset‘s six-month-old son was also dragged in...
Upset over Kanye West not winning Album of the Year for DONDA at the 2022 Grammy Awards, legendary producer-engineer and frequent collaborator Mike Dean replied to a tweet from the Recording Academy. Responding with “Anyone” to the Recording Academy’s tweet that said “Name a group ~smoother~ than @bts-bighit, we dare you.” Catching the attention of BTS‘ fan group, which calls themselves the “Army,” Dean received a heavy amount of backlash on Twitter. Dean went on to respond to some fans noting that the K-pop supergroup doesn’t write their own music and joked about potentially producing a song for them in the future. Met with even more tweets after his remarks, Dean would go on to issue a series of apologies, highlighting his mistake of calling out BTS in anger. Check out the tweets made by...
Next week, Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard goes to trial in Fairfax County, Virginia. With expected witnesses including James Franco and Elon Musk, it will draw plenty of media attention on its own and now, Court TV has announced it will be providing the televised feed. The network will be the official pool feed provider for the lawsuit, promising in a press release to “provide viewers unobstructed and unbiased views of the proceedings.” Of course, Court TV will also air its own analysis of the trial. “Court cases that are as high-profile as this one often create a lot of noise, and it can be difficult for viewers to break through these distractions to have a clear picture of the facts, but that’s where we come in,” said Acting Head of Cour...