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Local H Announce Here Comes the Zoo 20th Anniversary Tour
Local H are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album Here Comes the Zoo with a Fall 2022 North American tour. The extensive run of dates begins September 11th in Omaha, Nebraska, and runs through December 13th in Toronto. The veteran alt-rockers will hit most markets along the way. Tickets for select shows are on sale now via Ticketmaster. Related Video Here Comes the Zoo was released in March 2002 marked Local H’s fourth studio album. It followed their most successful effort, 1996’s As Good as Dead (featuring the widely-heard hit “Bound for the Floor”) and the acclaimed 1998 follow-up Pack Up the Cats. Advertisement Despite their strong association with post-Nirvana grunge in the 1990s, Local H would barrel into the new millennium without sacrificing their signature sound...
The Offering Announce New Album, Unleash Pummeling Lead Single “WASP”: Stream
The Offering have announced their sophomore album, Seeing the Elephant, arriving November 4th via Century Media. The Boston thrashers also shared the video for lead single “WASP.” The track is one of the most extreme pieces of groove-oriented thrash we’ve heard this year. Ceaseless torrents of blast beats and technical riffs compliment the aggro growls of frontman Alexander Richichi, creating a sonic fray that waylays the listener. While the lyrics might be hard to make out, both the song and album have a political slant, having been written during the “warzone of cultural upheaval” that was 2020. This is epitomized by the shirt Richichi is wearing in the single’s performance clip, bearing the phrase: “God Isn’t Real – Climate Change Is.” Advertisement Related Video “’WASP’ is first and fo...
Deftones Announce 2022 Dia de Los Deftones Fest with Turnstile, Phantogram, and More
Deftones have announced the lineup for their annual Dia de Los Deftones festival, which is set to take place November 5th at Gallagher Square at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Joining the alt-metal veterans on the bill this year are Turnstile, Phantogram, Freddie Gibbs, and more. Tickets for the one-day fest go on sale to the general public on Friday (August 5th) at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster, with VIP packages and a band pre-sale available Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT using the code ANOTRES. A separate Live Nation pre-sale begins Thursday at 10 a.m. PT. This year marks the third Dia de Los Deftones overall, but the first since 2019, after the band skipped the fest the past two years due to the pandemic. Joining the aforementioned acts on the 2022 bill are Audrey Nuna, Destroy Boys, Prov...
Hatebreed Announce Perseverance 20th Anniversary 2022 US Tour
Hatebreed are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album Perseverance with a Fall 2022 US headlining tour. Gatecreeper and Bleeding Through will support select dates, with Bodysnatcher and Dying Wish along for the full run. The outing kicks off October 27th in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and runs through November 20th in San Diego. Bleeding Through will sub for Gatecreeper for the final three dates. There are also additional shows that have yet to be announced. Pre-sale tickets are now available for select dates, with the general on-sale beginning Friday (August 5th). Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video Hatebreed’s sophomore album Perseverance was the LP that elevated them to household-name status in metal circles. Released in 2002, it marked the band’s major ...
The Bronx Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour, Including Co-Headlining Run with The Chats
The Bronx are heading out on a Fall 2022 North American tour, co-headlining the first leg with Aussie punks The Chats. The general on-sale begins Friday (August 5th) at 1 p.m. ET via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales launching Wednesday (August 3rd) and Thursday (August 4th), depending on the market. The co-headlining run kicks off October 4th in San Diego, California, and extends through October 23rd in Boston. Drug Church and Scowl will support these dates. Advertisement Related Video The Bronx will then embark on their own headlining run with support from Drug Church, Robot Monster, and Meat Wave on select dates. This second leg begins October 25th in Philadelphia and runs through a November 5th appearance at the Punk in the Park festival in Orange County, California (sans the tour support a...
Amazon Prime Mistakes Steel Panther for Mötley Crüe on Documentary Page
Shout at the devil? More like shout at the graphic designer. In a hilarious snafu, Amazon Prime has mistakenly used a photo of modern glam-metal satirists Steel Panther in the splash artwork for the 2020 Mötley Crüe documentary, Rock ‘n Roll Icon: Mötley Crüe. The latter’s logo is emblazoned over the wrong band. Even more bizarre, an actual picture of current-day Mötley Crüe can be seen in the top right, but it’s cutoff so you can’t see their faces. It appears a Steel Panther fan discovered the image, with frontman Michael Starr taking to Instagram to repost it. Adding further irony, Steel Panther are known for parodying ’80s glam metal bands like Mötley Crüe, which is the source of beef between Starr and Nikki Sixx. Advertisement Related Video Back in 2019, Sixx called the band “assholes”...
New Lemmy Kilmister Action Figure Comes with Three Heads and 10 Hands
A newly announced Lemmy Kilmister action figure comes packaged with three different heads and 10 different hands, allowing fans to pose the late Motörhead frontman in various scenarios. Super7 has unveiled “The Lemmy ULTIMATES! Figure,” which “captures his iconic 1980s era with lavish paint, details, and details to recreate his larger than life personality and attitude.” What makes this 7-inch-tall figure special is that you can swap in the various heads (including “neutral head,” “snarling head,” and “sunglasses head”) and interchange the different hands, including one that’s flipping the bird and another that’s holding a cigarette. You also get a whiskey bottle, a bass guitar, a mic stand, and a fabric Motörhead shirt that fits snuggly over Lemmy’s muscular body. Advertisement Related Vi...
Late Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton Immortalized with New Collectible Statue
Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is being immortalized with a new KnuckleBonz Iconz collectible statue. The finely detailed statues are limited to 3,000 pieces and retail for $164. They’re currently in production with an anticipated ship date of early 2023. A portion of the proceeds will support the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Fund. The KnuckleBonz statues are hand-crafted by artists using “a fine-arts process where each figure is hand-cast, painted, and numbered.” The 1/9 scale figures stand 8.5 to 9 inches tall and come with a certificate of authenticity on the base. Advertisement Related Video “Working on this design allowed us to go back to the foundations of thrash and this is our way to pay tribute to the ferocity and brilliance of Cliff Burton,” said KnuckleBonz CEO/creative d...
Metallica Jam with Stranger Things Actor Joseph Quinn Backstage at Lollapalooza
Metallica were joined backstage by a special guest ahead of their headlining performance at Lollapalooza on Thursday. Joseph Quinn, who played Eddie Munson on season four of Stranger Things, paid a pre-show visit to the band and even got a chance to join them for a performance of “Master of Puppets.” During a backstage powwow, Metallica’s James Hetfield revealed that he has watched Stranger Things since season one. “[For] my kids and I, it’s been a bonding experience for us,” the band’s frontman explained. Hetfield also thanked Quinn for doing the song “justice.” Metallica then invited Quinn to their rehearsal trailer for a quick jam session, where the actor got to show off his guitar chops on “Master of Puppets.” Afterward, the band gifted Quinn a signed guitar similar to the one he playe...
Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante Open Up About Pantera Tour: “It’s Gonna Be Awesome”
Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante have opened up about the highly anticipated Pantera reunion tour in a new interview. Speaking with SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk, the guitarist and drummer discussed their aspirations for the shows and the legacy of the late brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. In fact, initial discussions took place prior to Vinnie’s passing in 2018. “It’s gonna be awesome…,” Wylde said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “When Vinnie was still with us, it was always rolling around that, ‘Zakk, would you honor Dime and all of us get together and do this thing?’ And I said, ‘Fellows, whenever you wanna do this thing, I’ll be over here waiting in the dugout and in the bullpen. And just call me when you need me and I’ll learn everything and we’ll go do this.’” Advertisement E...
Stabbing Westward Singer Battling Throat Cancer, Band Cancels Tour Dates
Stabbing Westward singer Christopher Hall revealed Wednesday (July 27th) that he is battling throat cancer. As a result, the band has canceled a series of tour dates planned for August and September. Hall wrote the following on the industrial rock band’s Facebook page: “I’d like to apologize to everyone who made travel plans to see us in August and September. We’ve had to put those shows on hold while I deal with a serious health issue. I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer.” He continued, “Prognosis is really good but it’s going to involve a couple of surgeries and 6-8 weeks of chemo and radiation. So unfortunately, I won’t be singing anytime soon. I’m hoping to be feeling more human by Halloween and have my voice back by Christmas. So again, sorry for the inconvenience. Chris.” Advertis...
David Lee Roth Unveils Ode to Van Halen with New Song “Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway”: Stream
David Lee Roth has released a new song with lyrics that pay tribute to his legendary band Van Halen. The track, “Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway,” is the latest in a series of new songs the singer recorded with Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 several years back, but only began releasing in 2020. With the opening line, “We laughed, we cried, we threw the television off that balcony,” the song is an obvious ode to his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band. If it wasn’t clear enough, the still image that accompanies the YouTube audio is a vintage shot of Van Halen. Upon the song’s release on Wednesday (July 27th), John 5 wrote on Instagram, “I remember being in the studio with Dave cutting this track — it was magic, one of my fondest memories. I’ve loved Van Halen my whole life and tha...
