Alternative Music
Shadows Fall Reunite to Play First Show in Six Years: Watch
Shadows Fall reunited for their first show in six years on Saturday (December 18th) at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. The influential metalcore band had previously announced the one-off concert in its home state way back in June. Before that, we hadn’t heard much of anything from the Shadows Fall camp since the group went on hiatus following gigs in 2015 — although guitarist Jon Donais has been keeping busy as a member of Anthrax the past several years. The celebratory reunion show featured a stacked lineup with support from Unearth, Darkest Hour, Within the Ruins, Sworn Enemy, and Carnivora. As for the headliners, Shadows Fall sound like they’re in fine form based on the audience footage recorded during their set. Advertisement Related Video The band played a 16-song, car...
Our New Holiday Merch Takes the “Ugly” Out of Ugly Sweater Season
We’re rocking the ugly right out of your ugly sweater collection with our new Holiday Sweater design at the Consequence Shop! Our latest sweaters let you show of your own style of holiday madness with our custom designed Merry Madness Band! Meet Kringle, the snowman stick man behind the drums; our fluffy friend Klaus the keyboardist; the longhaired axe-dog Jangle; and howling lead pup Jingle. Printed on precision cut, hand-sewn sweaters with cotton-feel face and the softest brushed fleece inside, our Holiday Sweaters featuring the Merry Madness Band will have you rocking this holiday season in comfort and style. Available in maroon and navy. Advertisement Related Video Part of our Winter Collection, you can grab yours now at the Consequence Shop or using the Buy Now buttons below. Also, ma...
In Photos: Bands Featuring Sons of Metallica’s Hetflied, Ulrich, and Trujillo Team Up for San Francisco Gig
As part of Metallica’s “San Francisco Takeover” to mark their 40th anniversary, a handful of club gigs were announced to surround the metal titans’ massive shows at the Chase Center. One of those shows included three bands — OTTTO, Taipei Houston, and Bastardane — with each featuring at least one son of a Metallica member. The gig took place Saturday night (December 18th) at The Chapel, with Bastardane taking the stage first. Based out of Savannah, Georgia, the group features drummer Castor Hetfield, son of Metallica frontman James Hetfield. The trio had a sound that was just as much thrash metal influenced as it was hard rock, and put on an impressive set. Next up were Taipei Houston, a two-piece whose members Myles (drummer) and Layne (singer-bassist) are the sons of Lars Ulrich. Althoug...
R.I.P. Carlos Marín, Il Divo Singer Dead at 53
Carlos Marín, one-quarter of the multi-national vocal group Il Divo, has died at the age of 53. The surviving members of the quartet announced the news on Twitter. “It is with heavy hearts that we are letting you know that our friend and partner, Carlos Marin, has passed away,” the group wrote. “He will be missed by his friends, family and fans. There wiIl never be another voice or spirit like Carlos.” The statement continued: “For 17 years the four of us have been on this incredible journey of Il Divo together, and we will miss our dear friend. We hope and pray that his beautiful soul will rest in peace. With Love — David, Sebastien and Urs.” Advertisement Related Video Marín had been performing with fellow Il Divo members David Miller, Sébastien Izambard, and Urs Bühler in the UK until t...
METALLICA Plays Deep Cuts At Second 40th-Anniversary Show At San Francisco’s Chase Center (Video)
METALLICA played the second of two shows celebrating its 40th anniversary last night (Sunday, December 19) at San Francisco, California’s Chase Center. While in-person tickets were available exclusively to members of the group’s Fifth Member fan club, METALLICA fans across the globe were able to view the performance live from home or on mobile via Amazon Music, Amazon Music‘s Twitch channel, and Prime Video (with or without Prime on-demand viewing membership). The show — along with Friday night’s (December 17) gig at the same venue — are now available exclusively at The Coda Collection/Prime Video channel for subsequent viewing. As of a week ago, limited tickets for Friday night’s show were going for between $757 and $1,457 via Ticketmaster, while tickets for ...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Shares New Photo Of GLENN TIPTON
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has posted a new photo of the band’s ailing guitarist Glenn Tipton. Earlier today, Halford took to his Instagram to share a photo of him with his 74-year-old bandmate, apparently taken at one of their respective homes in the U.K. as they prepare to celebrate the holidays with their families. Rob wrote in an accompanying caption: “‘merry metal motivational’ #heavymetal #ink #metal #music #motivation #life #inspire #legend #guitar #icon #master #today #nofilter #love #family #friends #fans #one #world #peace #respect #all @judaspriest”. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease seven years ago after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier. Tipton announced in early 2018 he was going to sit out tour...
DEF LEPPARD’s RICK ALLEN Is ‘Really Proud’ Of His CHARLIE WATTS Painting
Jay Conroy of “Rock Hard With Jay Conroy” interviewed Rick Allen at the DEF LEPPARD drummer’s art opening at the end of November at Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills, New Jersey. Rick talked about his artwork, his inspirations and background for his art. Check out the 26-minute video below. Allen recently spoke to New Jersey Stage about his “Legends” series, which consists of lifelike-yet-impressionistic portraits of musicians who have influenced him, from Jimi Hendrix to Freddie Mercury to John Lennon. “We lost another legend in Charlie Watts which obviously has been super devastating to the music community and the world at large, kind of the end of an era,” he said. “That’s my latest piece, a really cool piece of Charlie Watts and I...
INTO ETERNITY’s ‘The Scattering Of Ashes’ Lineup To Perform At HYPERSPACE METAL FESTIVAL
Canadian progressive death titans INTO ETERNITY have been added to the 2022 lineup of the Hyperspace Metal Festival as headliners for the event’s third night on April 17. INTO ETERNITY has stepped in a as the replacement for STRIKER, which is unable to perform due to a scheduling conflict with its upcoming U.S. tour with BEAST IN BLACK and SEVEN KINGDOMS. In addition to the news of INTO ETERNITY being added to Hyperspace Metal Festival, the band will be giving festival-goers a special treat as they will be performing with their 2006 “The Scattering Of Ashes” lineup that sees original members Tim Roth (clean/death vocals and guitar), Troy Bleich (PLANET EATER) (bass and clean/death vocals), Stu Block (ex-ICED EARTH) (clean/death vocals) and Jim Austin (drums) reunite along...
Björk Plays The Slav Witch in First Trailer for Robert Eggers’ The Northman: Watch
The Northman, Robert Eggers’ epic Viking revenge saga starring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Björk, will be released in theaters on Friday, April 8th, 2022. In anticipation, the first trailer has been released. Watch it below. In The Northman, Skarsgård plays Amieth, a Viking prince seeking revenge for his murdered father. The story is based on the medieval Scandinavian legend, which served as the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Ethan Hawke plays Ameith’s father, King Horvendill, who is married to Queen Gudrun (portrayed by Kidman). Björk, making her first on-screen appearance since 2000’s Dancer in the Dark, plays The Slav Witch. Advertisement Related Video The cast also includes Björk’s daughter, Ísadóra Barney, as well as Willem Dafoe as Heimir the Fool....
Triple-Vaccinated QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY On His COVID-19 Battle: ‘It’s Like The Worst Flu You Can Imagine’
QUEEN guitarist Brian May has opened up about his battle with COVID-19, saying his experience was akin to going through “the worst flu you can imagine.” One day after going public with the fact that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Brian shared a video message on his social media in which he spoke in detail about how he believes he contracted the disease and describing all the symptoms he went through at various stages in his recovery. Brian said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “[My wife Anita and I] been incredibly careful and really not going anywhere. We’ve been very hermit-like in a way for the past — what is it? — 20 months or so. And then last Saturday, we decided we would go to a birthday lunch. And we thought, ‘Ah, this is the last s...
Watch DREAM THEATER’s JAMES LABRIE Sing A Cappella Version Of Christmas Classic ‘Let It Snow!’
Video of DREAM THEATER singer James LaBrie belting out an a cappella version of “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, the 1948 Christmas classic made famous by Frank Sinatra, can be seen below. LaBrie sang a couple of lines from the track while filming a new video message on Cameo, which lets users hire celebrities to record brief, personalized video messages about virtually any topic. Cameo reportedly features more than 20,000 celebrities — from musicians and actors to drag queens and from YouTubers to Olympic gold medallists — who, for fees from $1 to $2,500, will offer video messages that mention another person by name. Happy birthday messages are common, as are baby announcements, but some celebrities have also recorded messages for Cameo users looking to quit their job...
AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s M. SHADOWS Mourns Death Of Longtime Vocal Coach RON ANDERSON
AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows is mourning the passing of his longtime vocal coach Ron Anderson who died earlier today at the age of 75. No cause of death has been revealed. M. Shadows shared the news of Anderson‘s passing in a social media post on Sunday. He wrote: “This morning my dear friend and vocal coach, Ron Anderson, passed away. “In 2004, after ‘Waking The Fallen’ I was having trouble with my vocal folds. I had a surgery to remove blood vessels that were bleeding into the folds and causing stiffness. I heard about Ron‘s students (Axl [Rose], [Chris] Cornell, Janet Jackson) and decided to go meet with him about helping me get through the recovery. What ended up happening was a beautiful friendship with a man I deeply admired. He would do any...
