Alternative Music
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Drops ‘Chaos’ Music Video
Los Angeles quintet HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD has released the official music video for its new single, “Chaos”. The haunting and artistically choreographed clip was directed by Jensen Noen, who has previously worked with ICE NINE KILLS, FALLING IN REVERSE and ASKING ALEXANDRIA. The track, produced by WZRD BLD a.k.a. Drew Fulk (Lil Wayne, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, Lil Peep), is among the heaviest to ever be released by the group, yet still combines dynamic elements of rap, hard rock and alternative in a way that is authentically UNDEAD. The track offers the first glimpse of the band’s yet-to-be-announced new album. “‘Chaos’ is about getting to the end of the road, thinking you can finally rest, and realizing it’s not only more chaos, but that’s all the...
Watch LAMB OF GOD’s ART CRUZ Play ‘Memento Mori’ During 2021’s ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’
Ludwig Drums has uploaded drum-cam video of Art Cruz performing the song “Memento Mori” with his LAMB OF GOD bandmates at one of the stops on the 2021 leg of “The Metal Tour Of The Year” with MEGADETH, TRIVIUM and HATEBREED. Check it out below. Art filled in for original LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler on several of the band’s tours before being named Adler‘s official replacement in July 2019. Cruz made his live debut with LAMB OF GOD in July 2018 in Gilford, New Hampshire. Art’s first full-length recording with LAMB OF GOD, the band’s self-titled album, arrived in June 2020 via Epic Records in the U.S. and Nuclear Blast Records in Europe. Asked by Outburn what his mindset was coming into a major band such as LAMB OF GOD and replacing Adler, ...
Hear Cover Of MOUNTAIN’s ‘Silver Paper’ From ‘Tribute To Leslie West’ Album
Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group has presented a new lyric video to the classic MOUNTAIN song “Silver Paper” in front of the March 25 release of “Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West”. The recording features vocals by Charlie Starr from BLACKBERRY SMOKE. Friends, many of whom were influenced by the loved West, have contributed to “Legacy: A Tribute To Leslie West”. Among those who performed are TWISTED SISTER‘s Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda, Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, THE WINERY DOGS), Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE), Robby Krieger, Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy and Tal Bachman, JETHRO TULL‘s Martin Barre, Joe Lynn Turner, Starr, THE CARS‘ Elliot Easton, George Lynch, Marty Friedman, Steve Morse, DIRTY HONEY‘s ...
Rap Song of the Week: Baby Tate Teaches You How to “Sl*t Him Out Again”
Rap Song of the Week is a new music feature breaking down the essential hip-hop tracks you need to hear. Check out the full playlist here. This week, Baby Tate shares her ode to sexual freedom, “Sl*t Him Out Again.” Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion are three of the biggest names in music, but being a woman in hip-hop hasn’t gotten much easier. Just ask the ass-kicking Rico Nasty, who was treated disrespectfully by fans while opening for Playboi Carti without any support from the headliner. Unfortunately, chances are fellow rising star Baby Tate will have to deal with a similar disappointment at some point, but on paper at least, the Georgia native is well acquainted with self-affirmation, as heard on her late 2020 breakout “I Am.” Advertisement And with songs like “Sl*t Him Ou...
Watain Drop Off Co-Headlining North American Tour with Mayhem Due to Visa Issues
Mayhem and Watain’s North American co-headlining tour was set to be one of the year’s strongest exhibitions of infernal black metal. Unfortunately, Watain won’t be making the trip due to visa issues. Watain are known for their occult, ritualistic live shows, which are thus treated with a near-religious reverence by their dedicated fanbase. The Swedish band only make it stateside ever so often, and to make matters worse, the tour was meant to support a new album, The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain, out April 29th. File this one under agony. The band shared a lengthy statement explaining the situation via Facebook: “We regret to inform you all that, due to reasons entirely beyond our control, we’re forced to cancel our participation in the upcoming US Tour with Mayhem and Midnight, for which ...
Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan Joining Forces for I Am Legend Sequel
Warner Brothers is gearing up for a sequel to I Am Legend starring Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan. Deadline was first to report the news, revealing that both superstars are also set to serve as producers for the follow-up to the post-apocalyptic 2007 action film, which told the story of a virus causing a global pandemic which wiped out the majority of the planet’s population, leaving Smith’s Robert Neville as the last remaining human in New York City. Long before the world had spent the past two years living through its own real-life coronavirus pandemic, the movie was a massive success — raking in more than $585 million at the global box office and earning a spot as the seventh highest-grossing film of 2007 in the US. Related Video While no potential plot details have been released as o...
Phoebe Bridgers Covers Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over”: Stream
Phoebe Bridgers has offered up her take on Billie Eilish‘s hit single “When the Party’s Over.” Stream the track below. Our 2020 Artist of the Year premiered the cover during the inaugural episode of her new SiriusXM radio show, Saddest Factory Radio, which aired on Thursday. “Don’t you know I’m no good for you?/ I’ve learned to lose you, can’t afford to/ Tore my shirt to stop you bleeding/ But nothing ever stops you leaving,” Bridgers croons over sparse piano, keeping her interpretation faithful to the original’s moody, atmospheric production. Eilish first released “When the Party’s Over” back in October 2018 as the second single off her smash 2019 debut album, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?. At the time, Bridgers was busy teaming up with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus as Boygenius,...
BRUCE DICKINSON Has ‘Between 50 And 70 Percent’ Of His Next Solo Album Already Written
In a new interview with Greg Prato of Consequence, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was asked for an update on the progress of the songwriting sessions for his next solo album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’ve been working on it, on and off, since [2005’s] ‘Tyranny Of Souls’. But between lockdowns and albums and MAIDEN tours and everything else, I’m looking for a clear space to actually nail and say, ‘Okay, this is what it’s gonna be,’ and get [longtime collaborator] Roy [‘Z’ Ramirez] to put some backing tracks down. And then we can do it. So we’re at the point now where we’ve already got — I don’t know — anywhere between 50 and 70 percent of the material for the album, depend[ing]...
Report: OZZY And SHARON OSBOURNE To Leave Los Angeles For U.K. To Avoid Rising Taxes
According to Mirror, Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon are leaving Los Angeles and returning to their native United Kingdom due to rising taxes in California. The legendary heavy metal singer and his wife will reportedly spend most of their time at their home Welders House, in Buckinghamshire. “We are leaving L.A.,” the 73-year-old BLACK SABBATH frontman said, according to Mirror. “We are a bit sad. But the tax is getting too much. I am sad because I really, really like staying and living there.” He added: “If they do the taxes better, then I may come back. I do not know. I am taking my recording studio with me. I am going to build a barn there and make my own studio at Welders. I will still be making music and my band will come over.” Last Octob...
DEE SNIDER Rips RANDI ZUCKERBERG’s ‘Dogs**t’ Version Of ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’
Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Meta/Facebook‘s Mark Zuckerberg, has shared a video about cryptocurrency that is set to the tune of TWISTED SISTER‘s classic song “We’re Not Gonna Take It”. Although Randi apparently meant it to be “a rallying cry for the women of web3,” the clip — which features cameos from Maliha Abidi (Women Rise founder), Lisa Mayer (Boss Beauties founder), Sara Baumann (Women And Weapons founder) and Mai Akiyoshi (Curious Addys founder) — has attracted more attention for being a cringeworthy parody. In Randi‘s reworked version, the chorus lyrics are changed to “We’re All Gonna Make It”, a popular slogan in Web3 communities. “I’ve been thinking about a fun way to explain crypto jargon to newcom...
PHIL DEMMEL Has Nothing Negative To Say About MACHINE HEAD
In a new interview with Pierre Gutiérrez of Rock Talks, Phil Demmel reflected on his final album with MACHINE HEAD, “Catharsis”, which got mixed reviews upon its release in January 2018. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The record is what it was. I thought that there was some good stuff on that record. I enjoyed a lot of the stuff that I wrote. ‘Heavy Lies The Crown’, I fucking love the riffs that I did for that. ‘Hope Begets Hope’ I wrote; I love the music for that. [There are] a lot of good moments on that record, man. Sometimes it just doesn’t happen, and it just didn’t for me on that record. But I love ‘Bloodstone & Diamonds’ [2014], I love ‘The Blackening’ [2007], I love ‘Unto The Loc...
Madi Diaz Teams Up with Angel Olsen for “Forever (New Feelings Version),” Drops New EP: Stream
Madi Diaz has a new song with Angel Olsen out called “Forever (New Feelings Version).” A reimagining of her 2021 track “Forever,” the duet appears on Diaz’ new EP Same History, New Feelings, which you can listen to below. Where the original “Forever” centered on a melancholy, Cat Power-style acoustic guitar, “Forever (New Feelings Version)” favors an equally somber piano. Angel Olsen opens the song with her warm warble before Diaz comes in for a duet. “You so casually say it’s forever/ You’re saying it like it’s whatever,” the two belt, looking back on a relationship that didn’t exactly go the distance. “Forever (New Feelings Version)” is one of four star-studded duets Diaz offers on Same History, New Feelings, which sees the artist re-record songs from her 2021 LP History o...
