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Mind-Blowing Mashup Combines Slayer and Prince for “Crazy Black Magic”: Stream
YouTube mashup master Bill McClintock has struck gold once again, combining Slayer and Prince for the mind-blowing “Crazy Black Magic.” Slayer and Prince both rose to prominence in the 1980s, but one would think the musical similarities end there. Somehow, McClintock found a way to perfectly sync Slayer’s proto-blackened thrash anthem “Black Magic” to Prince’s legendary party-starter “Let’s Go Crazy.” Enter “Sprayer,” as McClintock has dubbed this thrash-pop Frankenstein. The Prince backing track plays as usual, but Slayer frontman Tom Araya becomes an exuberant hype man as his screams line up with the chord structure and tempo of “Let’s Go Crazy.” If that’s not enough, there’s even a little Led Zeppelin sprinkled in toward the end. It must be heard to be believed. Advertisement Related Vi...
Big Mouth Spinoff Human Resources Sets Release Date, Recruits Rosie Perez and Henry Winkler
Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources has set a release date and added a pair of distinctive voices to its cast. The animated series will debut on Netflix on March 18th, with Rosie Perez and Henry Winkler stepping into new roles. Along with the announcement, the streamer unveiled a new teaser trailer, which you can watch below. Perez will voice Petra the Ambition Gremlin, with Winkler playing Keith From Grief. Netflix also revealed a quartet of actors returning from the Big Mouth cast: Thandiwe Newton (Mona the Hormone Monstress), Jemaine Clement (Simon Sex), Maria Bamford (Tito the Anxiety Mosquito), and Bobby Cannavale (Gavin the Hormone Monster). According to the official logline, Human Resources “pulls back the curtain” on the daily lives of the Hormone Monsters, Depression Kitt...
Tears for Fears Unveil New Song “Break the Man”: Stream
Next month, Tears for Fears will release The Tipping Point, their first new album in 17 years. Today, they’re shared the latest single, “Break the Man,” which you can stream below. With light piano and explosive guitar, “Break the Man” is a shimmering ode to women who rage against the patriarchy. “I feel that a lot of the problems we’ve been having as a country and even worldwide to a certain degree has come from male dominance,” Tears for Fears singer Curt Smith said of the single. “It’s a song about a woman who is strong enough to break the man. For me, that would be an answer to a lot of the problems in the world — a better male-female balance.” “Break the Man” is the third single from The Tipping Point, which arrives February 25th via Concord Records. Preorders are avail...
Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Announces First Live Shows With THE LUCID, Drops Music Video For ‘Deaths Of Despair’
THE LUCID, the four-piece hard rock band featuring bassist David Ellefson (ex-MEGADETH), vocalist Vinnie Dombroski (SPONGE), guitarist Drew Fortier and drummer Mike Heller (RAVEN, FEAR FACTORY), has released a music video for the song “Deaths Of Despair”. The clip, which was directed by Fortier, can be seen below. In other news, THE LUCID has announced a short U.S. tour in May. The band will play the following shows, with more to be announced: May 20 – Clifton, NJ – Dingbatz May 21 – New Bedford, MA – The Vault May 26 – West Dundee, IL – Rochaus May 27 – Westland, MI – The Token Lounge May 28 – Akron, OH – Empire Concert Club Last month, THE LUCID filmed four new music videos. Three of the tracks are taken from THE LUC...
TWISTED SISTER’s JAY JAY FRENCH Says Record Companies Are ‘Criminals’: ‘Everyone Lies’
In a new interview on A Discussion With Dean Cramer, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French spoke about record labels’ reputation as crooks who rip off artists at every turn. He said: “Rock and roll, let me be clear, is a criminal enterprise. The record labels are criminals. It’s simple as that. They’re just legal criminals. So when you’re in a cesspool of criminality, whether it’s obvious criminality, in other words, whether it’s blue-collar criminality where someone is threatening your life with a gun or it’s white-collar criminality, you’re dealing with criminals. So you’re dealing with the sleaze, the lowlives, the lying. You don’t believe any of this shit ’cause everyone lies. So you kind of have to get used to i...
Ritual Hymns – WORM SHEPHERD
RATING: 8/10 Everything about this rules, let’s face it. WORM SHEPHERD have been hotly tipped by disciples of deathcore and modern death metal for some time now, not least due to the self-evident excellence of the band’s 2020 debut “In The Wave Ov Sol”. Subsequently snapped up by UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS, the band demonstrated such maturity and ingenuity first time out that it will come as no surprise to fans of this stuff that “Ritual Hymns” is an absolute fucking monster. All hail the fearlessness of youth: WORM SHEPHERD sound ever more like the finished article here, as they weave sick and viscous symphonies of blackened brutality, all rendered in shocking, vivid colors and played with the kind of snarling commitment that simply cannot be faked. There is...
Hear KORN’s New Single ‘Forgotten’
KORN‘s new single, “Forgotten”, can be streamed below via a visualizer created by EFFIXX. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, album, “Requiem”, which will arrive on February 4 via Loma Vista Recordings. Due to the effects of COVID-19 and the inability to play live shows for the first time in KORN‘s illustrious career, “Requiem” was conceived out of very different circumstances than the majority of the band’s catalogue. It is an album born of time and the ability to create without pressure. Energized by a new creative process free of time constraints, KORN was able to do things with “Requiem” that the past two decades haven’t always afforded them, such as taking additional time to experiment togethe...
Janis Ian on Her Complicated Friendship with Nina Simone and Resisting a Male-Dominated Industry
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Janis Ian sits down to talk with Kyle Meredith about The Light at the End of the Line, which has been announced to be her final studio album. Related Video The legendary folk songwriter tells us why she is choosing to close this chapter of her career, the public perception of artists after the spotlight has moved on, and leaving easter eggs within the new set that speak to some of her past classics. Ian goes on to discuss writing a song about Nina Simone and their complicated friendship, as well as writing “Resist” as an answer to a male-dominated industry and society. Advertisement Listen to Janis Ian discuss her final studio...
Enter to Win a Winter Collection Apparel Bundle from Consequence Shop
New year, new merch! The Consequence Shop is proving pop culture can keep you warm all through the colder months with our new Winter Collection. To make sure our most loyal followers are staying snuggly while scrolling our site, we’re giving three (3) winners every item from our latest apparel collection. Included in the prize bundle is the Consequence embroidered sueded fleece hoodie, a ridiculously soft sweatshirt that is sure to become a loungewear staple. Featuring the Consequence logo embroidered on the front, this hoodie has a front pouch pocket and dropped shoulder for a casual, comfortable look. We’re also including our Holiday Sweater, which introduces the Merry Madness Band: Kringle the drummer, Klaus the keyboardist, Jingle the singer, and Jangle the guitarist. Durable...
The Batman Gets a PG-13 Rating Despite Dark Undertones
Despite Robert Pattinson’s bone-chilling stare and Gotham City’s perennially dark atmosphere, don’t expect the forthcoming Batman adaptation to get too NSFW. Matt Reeves’ The Batman has earned a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association after predictions that it would end up rated R. Variety points out the MPA rated The Batman PG-13 for “strong violent and disturbing content, drug content, strong language, and some suggestive material.” Sources close to the film say that its foul language is minimal, and the violent scenes tend to focus more on things like car crashes and explosions. Speculation that The Batman would be rated R was largely based around Warner Bros. Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich’s vision to further distinguish DC films from Disney’s Marvel franchise, whic...
Coachella 2022 Lineup: Kanye West, Billie Eilish & Harry Styles Top the Bill
After a two-year absence, Coachella will make its long-anticipated return over two consecutive weekends — April 15th-17th and 22nd-24th — at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Kanye West (aka Ye), Billie Eilish, and Harry Styles will each close out a night of the festival, topping a 2022 lineup that also includes Phoebe Bridgers, Megan Thee Stallion, Flume, Danny Elfman, Doja Cat, Jamie xx, and Run the Jewels. Other notable acts include Swxedish House Mafia, Lil Baby, Big Sean, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karol G, Disclosure, Spiritualized, Fatboy Slim, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Avalanches, Vince Staples, Denzel Curry, Maggie Rogers, Japanese Breakfast, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Caroline Polachek, Arlo Parks, Turnstile, IDLES, BROCKHAMPTON, 21 Savage, Baby Keem, BadBadNotGood...
DAVID DRAIMAN On DISTURBED’s Next Studio Album: ‘We Were Dying To Do The More Aggressive Stuff’
During a recent appearance on “Whiplash”, the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Evolution” album. Regarding what it has been like for him and his bandmates to regroup in person after such a long time apart and once again launch the creative process, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET) : “There’s really nothing that replaces it. It was a continuing theme of conversation over the course of the week that we had together between our couple of shows we played in Indiana [in early November] and our performance over in Daytona for [the] Welcome To Rockville [festival]. There really is no substitute. There isn&...
