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Gina Jeanz Breaks Down Each Song On Her Spellbinding Debut Album, “Lucid Theory”
It’s no secret that the current generation of young music producers is about as creative as they come. From the endless libraries of music available online to the fast-paced evolution of music-making technology, their artistries have been catalyzed by unprecedented access to education and inspiration. The result? Experimental aesthetics, enticingly textured soundscapes and respect for— yet rampant disregard of—genre. The debut album from rising Namibian producer Gina Jeanz proves no different. Released independently on December 3rd, Lucid Theory is equal parts old and new, reigniting well-known sonics and drum machines with multidimensional arrangements and whimsical genre blends. Jeanz also plays with euphonious vocalists and live instrumentation, channeling the comp...
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Fans Can Decipher Encoded Secrets In Alesso’s NFT Debut, “Cosmic Genesis” [Exclusive]
Alesso is going big for his NFT debut, taking fans on an audiovisual journey through the cosmos. The forthcoming series, dubbed “Cosmic Genesis,” arrives via the eco-friendly NFT startup OneOf, a platform specifically tailored to meet the red-hot demand for artists and musicians joining the digital collectible revolution. For fans who choose to embark on Alesso’s non-fungible token journey, the promise of free, limited edition drops await. The Swedish dance music luminary will use social media to reveal cryptic clues, which will need to be decoded through the use of a special decoder NFT. The decoder, your guide to unlocking Chapter 1 of the Cosmic Genesis story, can be attained by opting in on the OneOf website. Fans who successfully decode the message will have the Chapter 1 token ...
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Listen to Gryffin’s Sublime Lost In Dreams Festival Mix [EDM.com Exclusive]
Just days ahead of his headlining performance at Insomniac‘s inaugural Lost In Dreams festival, Gryffin has released an electrifying festival mixtape exclusively via EDM.com. Clocking in at just over 21 minutes, the tape soars with power-packed cuts of tracks by the superstar producer and his electronic contemporaries, such as Seven Lions and MitiS. Highlights include a speaker-busting remix of “Best Is Yet To Come” (with Kyle Reynolds) and a sublime rework of “Cali Dreams” by Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc and The Beach. Featuring a delightfully on-brand blend of melodic house, dubstep and trance, the mix is a promising preview of Gryffin’s Saturday set. Recommended Articles MUSIC RELEASES longstoryshort Drops ...
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CRAY and GG Magree Drop Punk-Inspired Mix as Bad Boys Club Ahead of HARD Summer Debut [Exclusive]
The 2021 edition of HARD Summer bears numerous attention-grabbing B2B DJ sets, but perhaps none more intriguing and unexpected than CRAY and GG Magree‘s new collaborative alias, Bad Boys Club. “Cray and GG Magree got drunk and made a DJ project lol,” the group’s Twitter bio reads. Despite their seemingly spur of the moment decision to start the venture, the project has instant supergroup potential. Both artists have been major success stories over the last few years, each earning a “triple threat” reputation as vocalists, producers, and songwriters respectively. Ahead of their debut at HARD Summer, Bad Boys Club have released their first-ever mix, exclusively premiered by EDM.com. CRAY and GG Magree of Bad Boys Club. Bad Bo...
Corey Taylor Details His Contribution to Anthrax’s Among the Living Graphic Novel: Video Interview + First Look
Corey Taylor is one of several high-profile contributors to the new Anthrax graphic novel Among the Living from Z2 Comics. The Slipknot frontman penned the chapter “A Skeleton in the Closet,” joining an all-star roster of writers that includes Rob Zombie, Brian Posehn, My Chemical Romance’s Gerard and Mikey Way, and members of Anthrax themselves. As Taylor tells Heavy Consequence in the video interview above, he has been a longtime fan of comic books. He particularly pointed out out Garth Ennis’ Preacher series as one of this favorites, among others. The singer also has a strong connection to Anthrax, both as a musical influence and on a personal level. It’s no secret that at one point Taylor almost joined the legendary thrash veterans as their lead singer. When the band was in betwee...
Keep the Party Alive With Dom Dolla’s EDM.com Exclusive “Late Night Date” Playlist
The festival or club night is over, but no one wants to go to bed quite yet. That moment can thwart any night, but fear not: Dom Dolla has created the ultimate after-hours playlist exclusively for EDM.com. The exclusive playlist arrives not long after he unveiled his hotly anticipated single “Pump The Breaks,” which is primed to be the next major house anthem now that festivals are returning. The famed “Take It” producer has been pumping out some of the most popular house music tracks in the scene as of late and his DJ sets are also must-watch performances, such as his riveting performance from an undisclosed warehouse location in his home of Melbourne. Ergo, he’s a go-to guy for curating the perfect selections to keep the party going into the ...
Heavy Psych Band King Buffalo Premiere New Song “Silverfish”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-27T16:00:52+00:00“>May 27, 2021 | 12:00pm ET Heavy psych act King Buffalo are set to release The Burden of Restlessness on June 4th — the first of three full-length albums they have planned for 2021. Ahead of the first LP, the Rochester, New York, trio is premiering the video for the single “Silverfish” exclusively via Heavy Consequence. Stoner rock connoisseurs might be familiar with King Buffalo from their 2016 debut Orion and 2018’s excellent Longing to Be the Mountain. Before the pandemic, the band was active on the Northeast touring circuit, frequently driving down to appear on bills in New York City. It appears all the practicing and live sets paid off — especially if ...
Bear Grillz Launches New Record Label With Heavy-Hitting “Full Stack 001” Mix [Exclusive]
Famed bass music producer Bear Grillz has launched his very own record label. Room Service Records will drop its first official release on June 1st and Grillz has put together a brand new, exclusive mix that includes all 20 tracks from the massive compilation. The hourlong mix features every selection from the forthcoming Full Stack 001 compilation, which includes music from Bear Grillz himself. As is to be expected, it serves up a stacked buffet of dubstep with a wide array of genres blended in, as elements of hip-hop, future bass, hard rock, riddim, and hybrid trap provide an amalgam of sound to highlight the Room Service roster’s diversity in sound. c/o Room Service Records “I have actually been thinking about starting a label for a few years now. Once the pa...
Serj Tankian on More New System of a Down Music: “We Might Be Able to Get It Together and Do Something Again”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T15:03:46+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 11:03am ET System of a Down surprised fans back in November by releasing their first new songs in 15 years. Singer Serj Tankian is “extremely proud” that the band was able to put aside their differences, and offers hope that they’ll one day “get it together and do something again.” In the past few years, the band members have made no secret about creative differences hampering their return to the studio. The multiplatinum metal act has not released an album since 2005’s Hypnotize, but came together to record the songs “Protect the Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” to raise funds for Armenia and its neighboring state of Artsakh, which had come und...
Watch Taska Black’s Intimate EDM.com Exclusive Acoustic Set
Hailing from Belgium, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Taska Black is certainly leaving his mark within dance music with his classy production and pensive lyrical themes. With releases under labels such as bitbird and STMPD RCRDS, on top of official remixes for the likes of Winona Oak, Miquela, Why Don’t We and NOTD, Black’s skills in combining electronic dance music with poignant pop influences are unmatched in the scene. Now, shortly after the release of his well-received single “Heavy Hearted” in collaboration with Emma Sameth, Black has teamed up with EDM.com to share an intimate acoustic performance of some of his fan-favorite tunes. Enjoy the set below. FOLLOW TASKA BLACK: Facebook: facebook.com/taskablackTwitter: twitter.com/taskablackInstagram: instagram.com/task...
Greta Van Fleet Break Down New Album The Battle at Garden’s Gate Track by Track: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T04:00:09+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 12:00am ET In our Track by Track feature, artists guide listeners through each track on their latest release. Here, Greta Van Fleet pull back the curtain on the band’s new album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate. Greta Van Fleet experienced a meteoric rise after breaking out in 2017 with their single “Highway Tune” and two EPs, followed by their 2018 debut full-length album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army. The young Michigan rockers have now released their highly anticipated sophomore LP, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, providing Consequence of Sound with an exclusive track-by-track breakdown. The album finds Greta Van Fleet expanding beyond the hard...
Maynard James Keenan Says “Everything’s Grand” After Two Bouts with COVID, Preps for New Puscifer Livestream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-06T20:08:53+00:00“>April 6, 2021 | 4:08pm ET Maynard James Keenan and his band Puscifer are getting ready to unveil their second concert livestream of the pandemic, this time playing their 2015 album, Money $hot, in its entirety. The performance comes after Keenan twice battled COVID-19, but as he tells us in a new interview, he is no longer experiencing the lingering effects of the virus. Puscifer recently announced the the new livestream “Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money $hot by Puscifer”, a prequel to their October livestream, where they performed their 2020 album, Existential Reckoning, in full. The new concert is set at the Mayan Theater in Los Ange...
