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EXODUS’s STEVE ‘ZETRO’ SOUZA: ‘You’re Either A Metalhead Or You’re Not’
In a new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, EXODUS singer Steve “Zetro” Souza spoke about the community that exists between heavy metal fans and musicians, and what it means to be a true metalhead. He said: “It doesn’t exist without each other. It’s the only form of music that has to have both [fans and musicians in order for the scene to thrive]. The musicians, we couldn’t survive without the fans, and the fans aren’t gonna get it anywhere else, because there’s no media that plays it for them. Nobody cares. So, we have each other, which is fine. “You’ve never heard a guy come up and go, ‘Yeah, man, I was into SLAYER last summer,'” he continued. “That doesn’t happen. You’re either a fuck...
Watch SHINEDOWN Perform New Single ‘Planet Zero’ Live For First Time
SHINEDOWN performed its new single, “Planet Zero”, live for the first time last night (Wednesday, January 26) at the opening show of its “Shinedown Live In Concert” tour at The Warfield in San Francisco, California. Fan-filmed video and photos of the performance can be found below. “Planet Zero” is the title track of SHINEDOWN‘s seventh album, which will be released on April 22 via Atlantic Records. Vocalist Brent Smith stated about the new disc: “If we shut each other down and allow ourselves to be divided by the information we consume and the way we talk to each other, we lose our humanity. When you look outside of your phone, you’ll see there are so many people doing good things and trying to take care of each other. But we’re ...
Best New Tracks: Denzel Curry, Na-Kel Smith, Machine Gun Kelly and More
HYPEBEAST has returned with another installment of Best New Tracks to round out the week. Denzel Curry leads this week’s lineup with “Walkin,” the first single off his forthcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future, followed by an tape by L.A. skater Na-Kel Smith titled SKULLFACE BONEHEAD. Joining the mix is a Frank Ocean cover by Machine Gun Kelly, a cut from the Euphoria soundtrack from Tove Lo and a tribute to late rapper Young Dolph. Denzel Curry – “Walkin” [embedded content] Two weeks after announcing his new album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, with a trailer reminiscent of a Hollywood Western, Denzel Curry has delivered the project’s first track and music video. Directed by Adrian Villagomez, the “Walkin” visual sees Curry traverse a barren landscape and culminates in an old-fashion...
Mining Metal: The Best Underground Albums We Missed in 2021
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence writers Joseph Schafer and Langdon Hickman. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts. Inevitably, we come across albums that we’d like to cover but don’t. More than eight good underground metal albums come out during most months, even when the scope of “underground” is narrowed to labels without dedicated distribution. But not every month. January is typically a fallow season for metal records, as people recuperate from the holiday season and begin planning their upcoming year. Because we dedicated December to our annual best-of list, we decided to spend this column covering a few bits and bobs we mis...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Announce Breakup
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced their breakup on Thursday (January 27th) in a statement posted to the ska band’s official Facebook. “After decades of brotherhood, touring the world and making great records together, we have decided to no longer continue on as a band,” they wrote. “Above all, we want to express our sincere gratitude to every single one of you who have supported us. We could not have done any of it without you. Love Always, The Mighty Mighty BossToneS.” Formed in 1983 in Boston, the ska innovators released a total of 11 studio albums over the course of their career — from their 1989 debut Devil’s Night Out to 2021’s When God Was Great. In 2003, the group went on hiatus after more than a decade of nonstop touring. The break ultimately lasted until 2007, when the Bosston...
Space Force Retooled to Be More Like The Office in Season 2: Watch the Trailer
“‘Well, that wasn’t very much fun to make,’” Steve Carell said to Greg Daniels at the conclusion of Space Force Season 1. Daniels was the creator of The Office, and as he told Collider in a new interview, he and his star set out to create a more improvisational atmosphere for Season 2 in the hopes of capturing the magic of their most famous collaboration. You can catch some of that silliness in the newly-released trailer below. Space Force is a workplace comedy about those tasked with creating the sixth branch of the armed forces, which formed under President Trump and now continues under the new administration. “Steve and I were very much in the mind of not making it like The Office in the beginning, we were trying to make it very cinematic,” Daniels sa...
Maybe It’s a Bad Thing That The Book of Boba Fett’s Fifth Episode Was So Good
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett, “Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian.”] This week’s episode of The Book of Boba Fett delivered a hell of a twist: It wasn’t about Boba Fett. Instead, the Mandalorian spinoff went ahead and became an episode of The Mandalorian, bringing back everyone’s favorite Space Dad (Pedro Pascal) and catching us up with what he’s been up to since surrendering sweet young Baby Yoda Grogu to Luke Skywalker for Jedi training. “Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian” did eventually connect to the events of Boba Fett so far, but it served more value in reintroducing a character who perhaps we didn’t realize we missed so much. The system shock of Din’s return ended up highlighting what’s been missing from the series: An actual emotion...
Neil Young Vs. Spotify: Where Do We Go From Here?
On Monday, rock legend Neil Young published an open letter to his label and management on his own website asking that all his music (over 40 studio albums and many more live albums and compilations) be removed from the streaming service Spotify. Citing Spotify-exclusive podcast The Joe Rogan Experience and Rogan’s role as a voice of COVID-19 misinformation and vaccine skepticism, Young made an ultimatum: “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.” The letter has since been deleted from Young’s website, but it appears that he’s sticking to his guns. By the end of the day on Wednesday, his albums were all gone from Spotify. All that remains on his artist page are a scattered array of collaborations and compilation tracks, the most popular of which is a 1992 live recording of Young, Bob Dy...
Charli XCX Unveils New Single ‘Beg For You’ Featuring Rina Sawayama
In anticipation of Charli XCX’s upcoming album, CRASH, she released her new single “Beg For You” featuring Rina Sawayama. Charli and Rina have reigned over the pop world in recent years, producing fun and futuristic pop records that expand upon the ever-growing genre of hyperpop. Their years-long friendship seemed to indicate that a studio collab was always a possibility and here we are. The track evokes the bubblegum sweetness of early 2000s pop that Sawayama and Charli are known to bring to their tracks. A dance sample from September’s “Cry For You” is featured on the song alongside production from Digital Farm Animals. Charli’s highly-anticipated album, CRASH, is set to be released on March 18th. It has been two years since her last full-length album release, how i’m feeling now. This w...
Peep The Trailer To Netflix’s Doc ‘RACE: Bubba Wallace’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Netflix Bubba Wallace made a name for himself as one of the best Nascar drivers in a sport that’s not only dominated by white men, but also Confederate Flag-loving white men. Dealing with all kinds of backlash and racism because of the color of his skin and his support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Bubba has been through a lot in his young career already and in an upcoming Netflix docuseries, RACE: Bubba Wallace, we get an inside look at the struggles that the Jordan Brand athlete has had to deal with. In the trailer to the upcoming docuseries, we see just how real things got for Bubba at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement was powering through America and the backlash he got from not only Nascar fans, but his own racing peers. It ...
Yolanda Vega The Voice of The New York Lottery Calls it A Career
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN / WENN The preeminent and highly popular voice that New Yorkers and many nationwide loved, Yolanda Vega, has officially retired from her decades-long position as an announcer with the state’s lottery commission. As reported on Wednesday by the New York Times(January 26th), the Twitter account for New York Lottery announced that Vega, the star announcer with the distinctive introduction “I’m Yo-LAHNNN-da Vega!” that fans across the state symbolized with hitting the jackpot retired. The tweet read, “Yolanda Vega, our iconic Draw Team member, has retired after an incredible 32 years. We truly hit the jackpot by having her as a part of the New York Lottery family. Let’s send her off in the comments below by posting our favorite Yolanda Vega memories. #pl...
‘NY Times’ Examines Alpo Martinez’s Double Life In Witness Protection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hugh Brown / Getty Alpo Martinez has been dead for months and his story continues to get more interesting. A new article explores his double life as a member of the witness protection program. This week The New York Times printed an in depth piece that examined Albert “Alpo” Martinez’s life after being released from prison in 2015 after serving 35-year sentence for 14 counts of murder. He would be then relocated to Lewiston, Maine under the alias Abraham Rodriguez and worked as a construction worker. Writer Ali Watkins spoke to several individuals who knew him as an easy going fellow. “He was the nicest neighbor,” said Marissa Ritchey. “He was always polite, nice with the dog. You never would have thought anything. He was one of the decent ones. He’d...
