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California rockers PAPA ROACH have unveiled their swagger-packed motorcade music video directed by Darren Craig (SLIPKNOT, RIHANNA, BIG SEAN, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE) for their new track “Swerve”. The high-octane thrill ride featuring the outspoken frontman of FEVER 333, Jason Aalon Butler, and rising Los Angeles-based rapper Sueco is the first track pulled from the band’s forthcoming studio album. “This track came at the very end of the writing process for our upcoming album and truly feels like the culmination of years of experimenting with our sound coming back to a new version of PAPA ROACH,” shares PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix. “Filming this music video with Jason and Sueco was one of the most fun experiences we’ve had and I am so excited to s...

METALLICA has teamed up with Amazon to create “The Metallica Podcast”. According to the band, the podcast will launch with eight episodes taking a look behind the scenes at METALLICA‘s self-titled 1991 LP, better known as “The Black Album.” An exact release date for the podcast has not yet been announced. “This album was the right combination of songs, right combination of producer with the right combination of desire, tenacity, [and] lineup of ideas,” drummer Lars Ulrich said in a teaser clip. “The insanity that we do just to keep our own sanity, people identify with it and the fact that they’re not alone and we know that we’re not alone is what makes it all happen for me,” frontman James Hetfield said. “I’ll ju...

In a new interview with “The Paula Faris ‘Faith & Calling’ Podcast”, John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, spoke about his intensely strict religious upbringing where all pop music, black clothes and even Christian rock music was banned. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I am the product of an incredibly faithful mom. My mom was a Jesus fanatic. I’m talking about everywhere we went, my mom was sharing Jesus with every single person at the grocery store. I am a product of a very faithful, praying mom, but I do think that my childhood did have a lot of what I would consider to be a little fundamentalist, a little bit of that legalism and maybe a lot of fear — a lot of fear of what’...

Former ICED EARTH singer Stu Block says that Jon Schaffer “fucked up real bad” when he got involved in the violent protest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that left several dead, including a Capitol police officer. Four months ago, the ICED EARTH leader pleaded guilty for his role in the Capitol riot. Although he was initially charged with six crimes, including engaging in an act of physical violence and targeting police with bear spray, he pleaded guilty to only two charges: obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress; and trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Block, the Canadian-born vocalist who had fronted ICED EARTH since 2011, officially quit the band in February, stating at the time it was “the best d...

Spotify announced on Thursday that Aaliyah‘s full discography will soon be available on the music streaming service. “Baby girl is coming to Spotify,” the platform wrote in an Instagram post. Currently, only her debut album, Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number, is available to stream on Spotify. Her second studio album, One in a Million, will become available on August 20, followed by the Romeo Must Die Soundtrack and the self-titled Aaliyah in September and I Care 4 U and Ultimate Aaliyah compilation in October. The R&B singer died in a plane crash 2001 at the age of 22. Her uncle, former manager and Blackground Records label chief Barry Hankerson, has control of Aaliyah’s masters, though her estate has fought to maintain control over her musical legacy. In January, the estate sa...