Alternative Music
STEELHEART’s MILJENKO MATIJEVIĆ Releases ‘Trust In Love’, An Inspirational Anthem In Support Of Global Peace
Miljenko Matijević, lead vocalist and founder of the band STEELHEART, has written and released, “Trust In Love”, an anthemic song with a timely message for the world. “Trust In Love” is available on all the major music streaming and downloading platforms. The “Trust In Love” video was directed by Matijević, with Robert Reed Altman (son of legendary director Robert Altman) serving as director of photography. View it below. Over two years in the making, the song was originally conceived as a plea for the peaceful unification of the Korean peninsula, but it has since evolved into a wider-reaching message for the masses. Amid the current geopolitical climate, and the invasion and war on Ukraine in particular, Matijević‘s song is inspirational and highl...
Watch: SHINEDOWN Pays Tribute To TAYLOR HAWKINS With Cover Of FOO FIGHTERS’ ‘Wheels’
SHINEDOWN has performing a cover of FOO FIGHTERS‘ “Wheels” during its current tour as a tribute to FF drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last month while on tour in Colombia. Fan-filmed video of SHINEDOWN‘s Zach Myers, Eric Bass and Barry Kerch playing the track during their April 11 headlining concert at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota can be seen below. Myers handled lead vocals for the song, which was originally recorded for FOO FIGHTERS‘ “Greatest Hits” album with producer Butch Vig. Hawkins was found dead on March 25 at the Four Seasons Casa Medina hotel in Bogota. An official cause of death for Hawkins hasn’t yet been released. But on March 26, Colombia’s attorney general’s office released a prelimina...
Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Plays Final Show Of 2022 North American Tour In Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Fan-filmed video of the final show of JUDAS PRIEST‘s 2022 North American tour, which concluded last night (Wednesday, April 13) at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, can be seen below. The trek kicked off on March 4 at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois and featured support from QUEENSRŸCHE. PRIEST is scheduled to launch a European tour on June 3 in Gdańsk, Poland. The trek will run through August 4 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The British heavy metal legends were forced to cancel their April 4 concert at Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts after singer Rob Halford came down with “a bit of a cold,” according to JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner. PRIEST returned to the live stage on April 7 at Scotiabank C...
How One Italian AC/DC Fan Gave ANGUS YOUNG His Guitar Sound Back
The latest episode of “AC/DC Beyond The Thunder” features Italian AC/DC fan Filippo “SoloDallas” Olivieri discussing a story spanning four decades, three continents, a prolific inventor and eventually a summons to the recording studio from the band’s guitarist Angus Young. During the show, Olivieri, an inventor and an obsessive music aficionado, claims he was successful in copying the highly coveted AC/DC philosophy, sound and guitar tone that had otherwise been lost forever. Born in Texas and raised in Rome, Fil Olivieri, founder of SoloDallas, had been obsessed with AC/DC‘s “Back In Black”. In a quest to replicate the album’s distinctive guitar tones, Olivieri began purchasing the same equipment used by lead guitarist Angus Young, but...
Safdie Brothers Producing Andy Kaufman Documentary
A documentary on the late, great Andy Kaufman is finally in the works. Emmy-nominated filmmaker Alex Braverman will direct a forthcoming deep dive into the comedy legend’s life, up until a battle with cancer cut it short in 1984 at age 35. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the feature project has just started production, with Josh and Benny Safdie executive producing via their company Elara Pictures. Kaufman’s life was previously memorialized in the 1999 biopic Man on the Moon, in which Jim Carrey portrayed the Saturday Night Live star. That film, in turn, was examined in the 2017 doc Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, which mostly centered around Carrey’s method acting approach to bringing Kaufman to life. This currently untitled project, however, will mark the ...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Dealt In to Rian Johnson’s Murder Mystery Series Poker Face
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will attempt to hide his tell in Rian Johnson’s upcoming Peacock series Poker Face, reports Variety. Details about Gordon-Levitt’s character and how many episodes he will appear in the mystery drama are being kept under wraps, but he is joining star and executive producer Natasha Lyonne. Not much is known about the series, except that it will follow a procedural format tasking Lyonne’s character with solving a different murder in each episode. Back in March 2021, Peacock announced Johnson would serve as the creator, writer, and director of Poker Face, which will consist of 10 episodes. Although it marks Johnson’s first time writing a TV show, he has previously directed three episodes of Breaking Bad (including Season 3’s “Fly”) and one episode of Te...
Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes Shows the Banality of Evil: Review
The Pitch: Years on, the American public is still obsessed with serial killers — who they are, what makes them tick, the lurid details of their murderous escapades. No one knows this more than the folks at Netflix, who toss out a new true-crime documentary every other week, and whose biggest hits include shows like Mindhunter. One of the platform’s biggest hits was 2019’s Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, which assembled a four-part chronicle of his crimes, his history, and the trial that ignited the public’s imagination. Now director Joe Berlinger is back with a follow-up, The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, drawing from nearly 60 hours of recorded interviews with another infamous mass murderer to tell another tale of lost innocence, the nature of madness, and the various...
THE HALO EFFECT Feat. Former IN FLAMES Members: ‘Days Of The Lost’ Single Available, Debut Album Announced
THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar), Daniel Svensson (drums), Peter Iwers (bass), Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — has released its third single, “Days Of The Lost”. The official music video for the song was filmed on a cold day in January at a rooftop at a location in Gothenburg called Ringön that used to be all industrial but nowadays turning into a cool place with all its breweries, clubs, venues and all creative sorts of activities. It was directed by Theo Gabay, along with his sidekick Morgan Jensen, who are better known in Sweden for their movie and TV work. “Days Of The Lost”, along with previously released singles “Feel What I Believe” a...
DREAM THEATER’s JAMES LABRIE Launches New Solo Single ‘Give & Take’
James LaBrie, known internationally as the vocalist for progressive metal icons DREAM THEATER, embarks on uncharted waters with his fourth solo album, titled “Beautiful Shade Of Grey”, due out on May 20 via InsideOut Music. Today sees the launch of the album’s second single, “Give & Take”, and you can watch the Wayne Joyner-produced video below. James comments: “This track is a take on the coercive manipulation between the corporate elite and the proletariat class. An atmospheric soundscape with beautiful feel and scope.” LaBrie‘s collaborator, bassist Paul Logue (EDEN’S CURSE) adds: “Musically ‘Give & Take’ is a nice balance of DREAM THEATER, EDEN’S CURSE and a even little QUEENSRŸCHE thrown in for good ...
DEREK SHERINIAN’s New Album ‘Vortex’ To Feature MICHAEL SCHENKER, ZAKK WYLDE, NUNO BETTENCOURT, Others
World-acclaimed keyboardist Derek Sherinian (SONS OF APOLLO, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION), one of the most significant keyboard players of the modern era, will release a new album, “Vortex”, on July 1 via InsideOut Music. Returning alongside Sherinian is legendary drummer Simon Phillips, who once again co-wrote and co-produced the album, as well as Tony “The Fretless Monster” Franklin on bass. Sherinian comments: “I am very happy to announce the release my new album ‘Vortex’. Simon and I always try and out do ourselves with every release, and I am confident we achieved our goal.” The follow-up to 2020’s “The Phoenix”, “Vortex” includes eight tracks built on his signature chameleonic sound that blends rock with elemen...
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Releases Music Video For New Single ‘Masterpiece’
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE will release its new album, “Scoring The End Of The World”, on June 10 via Roadrunner Records. The official Max Moore-directed music video for the LP’s second single, “Masterpiece”, can be seen below. Last month, the Scranton, Pennsylvania quintet shared the first single “Cyberhex”, along with an official music video directed by the band’s guitarist Ricky Olson and Logan Beaver. In an interview with Rock 100.5 The KATT‘s Cameron Buchholtz, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE frontman Chris “Motionless” Cerulli stated about “Cyberhex”: “We were trying to decide what was the first song, and it was interesting that everybody in the band all felt the same way. Normally when you’re working with labels,...
Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez Talk New ††† (Crosses) Songs, Musical Inspiration, Tour Plans, and More
Last month, ††† (Crosses), comprised of Chino Moreno (Deftones) and Shaun Lopez, released their first new original songs in eight years. The tracks “Initiation” and “Protection” are just a taste of what’s to come, as the duo plan to unveil more music in the coming months, after inking a deal with Warner Bros. Records. The first sign that Crosses were back in the studio came in late 2020, when the outfit unveiled a cover of the Cause and Effect track “The Beginning of the End.” A year later, a cover of Q Lazzarus’ “Goodbye Horses” followed, along with news that more music was coming soon. In March, the two aforementioned original songs “Initiation” and “Protection” were released, cementing the fact that Crosses were back in full swing. After releasing their 2014 self-titled debut album and ...
