Alternative Music
Louis C.K. Aired Commercial for New Special During SNL
Live from New York, it’s…a Louis C.K. commercial? On Saturday night, the disgraced comedian ran an ad for his latest comedy special during Saturday Night Live, sending social media into a flurry. “So Louis CK has a new special out, ‘Sorry,’ that he is selling online. An ad ran during SNL,” one person tweeted. “For those who forgot, Louis CK sexually assaulted a series of women comedians, then went right back to work and no one blinked.” Another wrote during the show: “By far the most memorable part of this SNL will be the insanity of seeing a national Louis CK commercial in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One,” while writer Andy Herrera pointed out the irony in the ad running prior to a re-airing of SNL‘s classic Dick in a Box digital short. “Honestly of course Louis CK whips out ...
Spider-Man: No Way Home Makes History with Third-Biggest Box Office Opening of All Time
Spider-Man: No Way Home spun its web to the top of the box office this weekend, bringing in $253 million dollars in the US alone. That makes Tom Holland’s latest Spidey adventure the No. 3 domestic box office opening of all time, just behind Avengers: Endgame ($357 million) and Avengers: Infinity War ($257.6 million), per The Hollywood Reporter. The superhero three-quel, which saw Peter Parker accidentally open the multiverse and usher in Spider-Man villains from past franchises with some help from Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Strange, also broke records internationally, where it also became the No. 3 leader at the global box office. Even without the lucrative Chinese market, the film brought in a global haul of $587.2 million. Advertisement Related Video “This weekend’s historic results, fr...
Watch GEORGE LYNCH Rejoin DOKKEN On Stage At Legendary Whisky A Go Go
George Lynch rejoined DOKKEN on stage Friday (December 17) and Saturday night (December 18) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California to perform three of the band’s classic songs: “Kiss Of Death”, “When Heaven Comes Down” and “Tooth And Nail”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Lynch had previously played the same three songs with DOKKEN on several occasions this past summer and earlier this fall, including in Glenside, Pennsylvania; in Waukegan, Illinois; in Ashland, Virginia; in Moline, Illinois; and in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. This past March, Lynch was asked in an interview with Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws.com if there has been any talk of more shows featuring the reunited classic lineup of DOKKEN. He res...
Ex-MORBID ANGEL Guitarist ERIK RUTAN Says Something Got ‘Lost In The Translation’ On Controversial ‘Illud Divinum Insanus’ Album
During an appearance on “The Jasta Show”, the video podcast hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, guitarist Erik Rutan, who was in MORBID ANGEL from 1993 until 1996 and then again from 1998 until 2002, spoke about his engineering work on MORBID ANGEL‘s controversial 2011 album “Illud Divinum Insanus”. The LP incorporated industrial and electronic elements into MORBID ANGEL traditional death metal sound and was so widely panned that it plagued the band’s momentum long after its release. Rutan said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “To me, communication is key, and I think with Trey [Azagthoth, guitar] and with the ‘Illud’ record, I think there was a lot of probably miscommunications and stuff on what he wanted or what David [Vinc...
Watch THE AGONIST’s First Live Performance In Nearly Two Years
Team Montreal Metal has uploaded video of THE AGONIST‘s December 17 concert at Théâtre Corona in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event, which also included headliners CRYPTOPSY along with THE GREAT SABATINI, NECROTIC MUTATION and BURNING THE OPPRESSOR, marked THE AGONIST‘s first live performance in nearly two years. THE AGONIST released a new EP, “Days Before The World Wept”, in October via Napalm Records. The effort was produced by Christian Donaldson, who has previously worked with BEYOND CREATION, CRYPTOPSY and DESPISED ICON. In an interview with Heavy Music HQ, singer Vicky Psarakis stated about the making of the EP: “I can’t say the process was any different than usual. The only thing that was difficult was crossing the border and having to quarantine...
PRIMAL FEAR’s MAT SINNER Has Spent Last Eight Months In Eight Different Hospitals
PRIMAL FEAR bassist and producer Mat Sinner says that he has spent the last eight months in eight different hospitals. The German 57-year-old German musician, whose real name is Matthias Lasch, shared his health update four months after PRIMAL FEAR announced it was scrapping all of its previously announced shows for 2021 and 2022 “due to a serious illness issue.” Earlier today (Sunday, December 19), Mat took to his personal Facebook page to write: “After 8 Months in 8 different hospitals, target – home Feb 12,2022.” He added: “Light a candle for me on Xmas, we have so many things to do”. When PRIMAL FEAR first announced its concert cancelations, it said that it was “not able to foresee when the band will be able to continue what the love the ...
Watch SHADOWS FALL Reunite For First Concert In Six Years
SHADOWS FALL, the Massachusetts metal band which was at the forefront of the New Wave of American Metal scene that dominated the ’00s, reunited to play a one-off show last night (Saturday, December 18) at The Palladium in Worcester in their native Massachusetts. Also appearing on the bill were UNEARTH, DARKEST HOUR, WITHIN THE RUINS, SWORN ENEMY and CARNIVORA. Fan-filmed video of SHADOWS FALL‘s performance is available below. A few days before the concert, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair told Heavy New York about the preparations for the gig: “Jon [Donais, guitar] and Jason [Bittner, drums] have been full-on touring full time with two legendary and super-professional bands in ANTHRAX and OVERKILL, so those dudes are at the top of their game in every way. I’ve been pl...
LZZY HALE Says Making New HALESTORM Album Was ‘Most Difficult, Maddening And Rewarding Process Yet’
HALESTORM has finished mastering its new album for an early 2022 release. The follow-up to 2018’s “Vicious” was once again produced by Nick Raskulinecz who first helmed HALESTORM‘s 2017 effort “ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP” and was previously described by singer Lzzy Hale as the group’s “fifth member.” On Saturday (December 18), Lzzy shared a photo of her listening to the new HALESTORM album after it was mixed and mastered in its entirety the previous night. She added in an accompanying caption: “I’m so grateful to my entire team for their incredible hard work, passion and patience. I’m also grateful for my bandmates that stepped up to make this album magic. I can’t wait to unleash this beast into the world. Holy...
MACHINE HEAD’s MATT ALSTON Shares ‘Imperium’ Drum Playthrough Video
Drum-cam footage of MACHINE HEAD drummer Matt Alston playing the song “Imperium” at his studio can be seen below. He wrote in a message accompanying the YouTube release of the video: “After a long time coming…I’m finally able to start recording play-throughs in my studio!! Songs are played/recorded in ONE continuous take. That means there are: NO Cuts/Drop-ins; NO Replacements/Samples (all drum audio is LIVE from the Drum Mics); Only basic EQ/Compression/Reverbs used! If it’s not ‘perfect’….that’s just real life!” The British-born Alston (DEVILMENT, EASTERN FRONT) and Polish guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka (DECAPITATED) joined MACHINE HEAD in time for the 25th-anniversary tour for the band’s classic debut,...
DE LA TIERRA Feat. SEPULTURA’s ANDREAS KISSER: Third Album Recording Sessions Underway
Latin American metal supergroup DE LA TIERRA has entered Criteria Recording Studios in Miami, Florida to record its third album for a tentative early 2022 release. Photos and video footage from the recording sessions can be found below. DE LA TIERRA features Brazilian guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), Argentine singer/guitarist Andres Gimenez (A.N.I.M.A.L.), Cuban/Mexican drummer Alex Gonzalez (MANÁ) and Puerto Rican bassist Harold Hopkins (PUYA). DE LA TIERRA‘s last release was a standalone song called “Distintos” which came out in October 2020. At the time, Gonzalez described the track to “In The Trenches With Ryan Roxie” as an “amazing song that, I think, fits perfectly with the times and what’s going on right now.” Gonzalez also talke...
Drakeo the Ruler Fatally Stabbed at Once Upon a Time in L.A. Festival
Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed backstage at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The 28-year-old rapper was stabbed with a knife during an altercation that took place around 8:30 p.m. local time, according to TMZ. He was taken to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Following the incident, the remainder of Once Upon a Time in L.A. was canceled, including headlining sets from 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg. “There was an altercation in the roadway backstage. Out of respect for those involved and in coordination with local authorities, artists and organizers decided not to move forward with remaining sets so the festival was ended an hour early,” organizers said in a statement. Advertisement Related Video Drakeo had been scheduled to per...
The SNL Christmas Episode That Wasn’t
If you want proof of how off-guard New York City was for its biggest COVID surge in months, look no further than Saturday Night Live. Somehow the show had both assembled three strong home-produced pandemic episodes back in Spring 2020, and in an even more impressive/foolhardy feat, went back on the air the following fall. From September 2020 through last week, SNL hadn’t missed a planned episode or even retreated back to filmed-at-home pieces. This has arguably helped further cement the show’s cultural-event status that rankles its harshest critics. Virtually everything about the television landscape has changed over the past five years, but Saturday Night Live still does twentysomething live episodes per season that a fair number of people actually watch as they air. That was, until this ...
