Alternative Metal
BABYMETAL Share New Song “Monochrome” Ahead of Upcoming Concept Album: Stream
BABYMETAL have shared the new song “Monochrome,” the second single from their forthcoming concept album, THE OTHER ONE, arriving March 24th. “Monochrome” continues the Japanese band’s push into heavier, more extreme territories. Grinding hi-fi riffs separate melodically sung verses, recalling the sonic contrasts of ’90s/’00s alternative metal such as Evanescence and Korn. While there are still elements of the pop-metal sound of yore, BABYMETAL are clearly embracing a darker prog direction with their latest material. This is also reflected in the ambitious sci-fi concept for the THE OTHER ONE: BABYMETAL were “sealed” from the world after a 10-year journey and were finally recovered within the virtual “METALVERSE” in April 2022 via “THE OTHER ONE restoration project.” Each of the album’s 10 ...
Lamb of God Announce 2023 “Headbangers Boat” Cruise with Mastodon, GWAR, and More
Lamb of God have teamed up with Sixthman for the inaugural Headbangers Boat cruise festival. The cruise is set to leave port aboard the Norwegian Pearl on October 31st of next year from Miami and heads to the Bahamas prior to its return on November 4th. In addition to Lamb of God (who are performing two sets), the heavy metal cruise will feature a stacked lineup including Mastodon, GWAR, Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, God Forbid, Fit for an Autopsy, and a performance from the solo project of Lamb of God’s Mark Morton, with more acts to be announced. The festivities will be hosted by Jose Mangin and Riki Rachtman, while Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta will conduct live tapings of his Jasta Show podcast. Other activities include a Q&A conversation and photography show with Lamb of God frontman Randy B...
Emma Ruth Rundle Announces Spring 2023 North American Tour, Shares Documentary: Stream
Emma Ruth Rundle has announced a Spring 2023 North American solo tour and unveiled a new tour documentary titled “All I Know of Love.” The newly announced dates will mark Rundle’s first time touring stateside in support of her most recent releases: 2021’s Engine of Hell full-length and 2022’s Orpheus Looking Back EP. The outing kicks off March 24th at the Saint James Hall in Vancouver, Canada, and runs through a April 9th show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. Experimental saxophonist and multi-genre artist Patrick Shiroishi will provide support. Advertisement Related Video Ticket pre-sales begin Wednesday October 26th at 10 a.m. local time, with general sales starting Friday (October 28th) at 10 a.m. local time. You can pick up tickets via Ticketmaster. Along with the tour announcemen...
Serj Tankian on What’s Next for System of a Down, Mixing Humor with Facts, and Interactive Experiences
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Serj Tankian catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Perplex Cities, his second EP in as many years, as well as what’s next for System of a Down. Advertisement Related Video The System of a Down singer tells us about using his car to mix his songs and the 95 tracks found in his vault, mixing humor with serious issues, and trying to change minds in order to save the world. In fact, it’s with that that Serj discusses the current atrocities in Armenia, how the song “I Spoke Up” touches on those topics, and musically mixing cultures. Tankian also talks about the interactive experiences he bring...
Mike Patton Reveals Battle with Alcoholism During the Pandemic
Mike Patton has once again opened up about his mental health struggles, revealing that he coped with alcoholism during the pandemic. In a new interview with The Guardian, Patton discussed the upcoming sophomore album from his hardcore-thrash supergroup Dead Cross, stating that it was “forged through COVID, cancer, and alcoholism.” Patton alluded to guitarist Mike Crain’s battle with squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer. Crain’s cancer eventually went into remission, with the guitarist crediting the making of the new Dead Cross album with helping save his life. Then the COVID pandemic happened, which sent Patton into a life of seclusion and solitude. Advertisement Related Video “My initial response to the pandemic was: ‘I love this shit!’,” Patton said. “It allowed me to be an ant...
Puscifer to Livestream Two Concert Films for Halloween
Puscifer have announced two concert film livestreams for Halloween weekend featuring music from 2007’s V Is for Vagina and 2011’s Conditions of My Parole. Maynard James Keenan and company have been backtracking through their discography to provide a visual/livestream component for each of their studio albums. Previously, the band streamed Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti and Billy D and The Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money $hot by Puscifer. The upcoming double feature will complete the collection. Entitled V is for Versatile: A Puscifer Concert Film featuring music from the V is for… era, it takes place in the legendary Los Angeles recording studio Sunset Sound. Puscifer offer a behind-the-scenes performance as they re-interpret and re-record songs from their early days, ...
Puscifer Announce Reimagined Existential Reckoning Featuring Trent Reznor, Justin Chancellor, and More
Puscifer have announced Existential Reckoning: Rewired, a reimagining of their 2020 album set to arrive December 9th. The re-worked album arrives shortly after Puscifer wrap up their upcoming fall North American tour. The trek kicks off October 13th in San Francisco and runs through November 22nd in Prescott, Arizona, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. Maynard James Keenan and company tapped many of their close associates for Existential Reckoning: Rewired. Among the contributors are Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (“Apocalyptical”); Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and The Crystal Method’s Scott Kirkland (“UPGrade”); Failure guitarist and Puscifer touring member Greg Edwards (“Personal Prometheus”); Phantogram (“Postulous”); and NIN keyboardist Alessandro Cortini...
Puscifer Announce Reimagined Existential Reckoning Featuring Trent Reznor, Justin Chancellor, and More
Puscifer have announced Existential Reckoning: Rewired, a reimagining of their 2020 album set to arrive December 9th. The re-worked album arrives shortly after Puscifer wrap up their upcoming fall North American tour. The trek kicks off October 13th in San Francisco and runs through November 22nd in Prescott, Arizona, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. Maynard James Keenan and company tapped many of their close associates for Existential Reckoning: Rewired. Among the contributors are Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (“Apocalyptical”); Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and The Crystal Method’s Scott Kirkland (“UPGrade”); Failure guitarist and Puscifer touring member Greg Edwards (“Personal Prometheus”); Phantogram (“Postulous”); and NIN keyboardist Alessandro Cortini...
Korn and Evanescence Rock New York’s Jones Beach: Photos + Video
Korn and Evanescence recently embarked on a co-headlining US tour, which extends through mid September (tickets here). Heavy Consequence photographer Kevin RC Wilson captured photos of the August 28th stop at the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, as seen below. After opening performances by Jeris Johnson and Palaye Royale, Evanescence took the stage to play a 15-song set, playing several tunes from their most recent album, The Bitter Truth, as well as fan favorites like “My Immortal,” “Call Me When You’re Sober,” and “Bring Me to Life.” Korn closed out the evening with a 16-song performance, although their lineup may have looked a little less familiar to fans. Guitarist JR Bareis stepped in for James “Munky” Shaffer, who had to miss the gig due to a personal mat...
Katatonia Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour
Katatonia have announced a fall 2022 North American tour with support from The Ocean Collective and Cellar Darling. The outing is Katatonia’s first on North American shores since 2017. Dates kick off November 9th in Washington, D.C., and run through December 10th in Tampa, Florida. Ticket pre-sales for select dates go live Wednesday (August 24th) at 11 a.m. local time. General on sale begins Friday at 11 a.m. ET. You can pick up tickets via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video ”North America! We are very pleased to announce that we are coming back to your shores for a full headline tour,” commented Katatonia frontman Jonas Renske via a press release. “Support will come from our talented friends in The Ocean Collective and Cellar Darling. We haven’t toured North America since 2017, so ...
Corey Taylor Appears Masked and Unmasked in Music Video for Slipknot’s “Yen”: Watch
Slipknot have unveiled the music video for their new song “Yen,” featuring both a masked and unmasked Corey Taylor. The eerie clip comes ahead of the band’s forthcoming album THE END, SO FAR and fall Knotfest Roadshow tour. The outing launches September 20th in Nashville and runs through October 7th in Irvine, California. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. “Yen” is the latest single from the aforementioned album, and the band’s own M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan directed the music video, which is as demented as it is decadent. Cutup vignettes of gothic imagery and psychedelic horror are mashed up to create a nightmarish seven-minute sequence. Clown makes prominent use of Slipknot’s primary colors, red and black, to add an unsettling visual atmosphere. Advertisement Related Video One notable tidbit is ...
Footage Surfaces of Corey Taylor Recording Insane Screams on Slipknot’s Iowa: Watch
Slipknot’s Iowa stands as one of the band’s landmark achievements and one of the finest alternative metal albums of all-time, due in large part to frontman Corey Taylor’s extreme vocal performances. A rare clip has now surfaced of Taylor recording a particularly brutal take for the song “Gently” back on March 10th, 2001. If you thought his screams were vicious on the album, hearing them isolated — sans reverb or effects — is even more jaw-dropping. The 45-second footage sees Taylor in the dark, candlelit studio, unleashing terrifying throat-shredding screams and guttural howls. They sound so intense, it’s a wonder Taylor didn’t damage his vocal cords in the process. Advertisement Related Video One of the top comments on the video reads, “Those screams sound so painful. Not in any kind of g...
