Entertainment

Florida death metal veterans MASSACRE will release their fourth full-length album, “Resurgence”, on October 22 via Nuclear Blast. The official visualizer for the LP’s first single, “The Innsmouth Strain”, can be seen below. Commenting on the upcoming album and new single, vocalist Kam Lee states: “It’s all about Lovecraft, isn’t it? Honesty though, aesthetically MASSACRE needed two main things to return to be proper. A) The return to the core roots of O.S.D.M. (Old School Death Metal) style death metal that late ’80s, early ’90s sound. Musically, the record has to retain that nostalgic retro style. B) To return to the lyrical aesthetics laden with influences heavily drawn from the stories and fictional mythos that is all Lovecraft...

“This Is GWAR”, the powerful story of the most iconic heavy metal/art collective/monster band in the universe, as told by the humans who have fought to keep it alive for over thirty years, will premiere at this year’s Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. The documentary contains interviews with the GWAR bandmembers, both past and present, as well as other artists, including Weird Al Yankovic, Thomas Lennnon, Alex Winter, Bam Margera and Ethan Embry, including never-before-seen footage of legendary GWAR frontman Dave Brockie. Bob Gorman, author of “Let There Be GWAR” (2015), and longtime artist and performer for GWAR, had this to say about the film: “The story that emerges shows the trials and tribulations of GWAR. The founders of this band deserve credit, an...

In a new interview with Tulsa Music Stream, legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) spoke about the upcoming third album from THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen and drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD). Asked if the band is still writing material for the follow-up to 2015’s “Hot Streak” or if it has begun recording, Sheehan said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “A little of both, but it’s mostly writing. We write like people used to write in the old days: the band gets together in a room and we start figuring things out. And I love it that way as opposed to getting outside writers or having one guy be the writer and everybody plays his songs. So we work together as a band quite...

DEF LEPPARD has announced a worldwide broadcast premiere event celebrating the 40th anniversary of the band’s “High ‘N’ Dry” album. Watch singer Joe Elliott, drummer Rick Allen and bassist Rick Savage reveal behind-the-scenes stories from their legendary 1981 release, while guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell discuss the album’s impact on their own musical trajectory and the world of rock and roll. Complete with “High ‘N’ Dry” influences from fellow colleagues with answers to fan questions sourced directly from the Def Leppard Vault and DEF LEPPARD socials, this hour-plus filmed event premieres only inside the Def Leppard Vault. Have a question about “High ‘N’ Dry”? Send your questions (written or as...

Kanye West’s music project YZY SND has premiered its first release from Chicago rap duo ABSTRACT MINDSTATE. Thirteen years after the group broke up, MCs E.P Da Hellcat and Olskool Ice-Gre have returned with the comeback album Dreams Still Inspire. West produced every track on the LP, marking it as the first he’s fully produced work that is not his own since Common’s Be in 2005, and arrives with a diverse lineup of features from West himself, alongside Jonquia Rose, Luka Sabbat, Tony Williams and Deon Cole. Mindstate formed in the late 1990s and collaborated with West on beats for its debut LP We Paid Let Us In! in 2001 but never released a sophomore album after facing obstacles in the industry. Meanwhile, some fans have observed that it sounds like West was inspired by MINDSTATE on the flo...