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In a new interview with Sonic Perspectives collaborator Rodrigo Altaf, former ICED EARTH and current ASHES OF ARES singer Matt Barlow said that we must try to get along better, regardless of political, religious or socioeconomic differences. “We’re very divided as human beings right now,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And it’s somewhat disturbing. Well, actually, it’s very disturbing — it’s very disturbing that people profit off of it. That’s probably, to me, the more disturbing thing, is the idea ‘if it bleeds, it reads’ [sic], that old [expression] from the media, we see that every single day, man — every day — and it’s horrifying; it’s really horrifying to me.” He continued: “[We have to...

A new trailer has been released for “Pam & Tommy”, Hulu‘s upcoming limited series about MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee‘s and “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson‘s infamous leaked sex tape. Sebastian Stan and Lily James star in the series as Lee and Anderson, while Seth Rogen also appears as the man who stole the tape, and produced with his partner Evan Goldberg. The series also stars Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling, Andrew Dice Clay, Pepi Sonuga, Spencer Granese and Mozhan Marnò. Three of the series’ eight episodes were directed by Craig Gillespie, who helmed 2017’s “I, Tonya” — which also starred Stan. “Pam & Tommy” premieres February 2 on Hulu. Four months ago, Tommy said that he had no problem with “P...

RATING: 7.5/10 Frequently tipped for greatness, and not just because vocalist Lena Scissorhands looks more like a rock star than just about anybody else on the planet right now, INFECTED RAIN have a sound that seems to chime perfectly with mainstream metal’s current predilections. Broadly speaking, the Moldovans have been ploughing the same musical furrow throughout their 14-year existence, blending elements of nu-metal, metalcore, and alternative rock, whilst shrewdly evading categorization in the process. But with numerous bands exploiting the grey areas between the aforementioned subgenres, often adding more brutal and uncompromising elements along the way, “Ecdysis” seems both incredibly timely and oddly distinctive. Not much has changed since their last album, the eq...

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has confirmed to Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station that the legendary rocker is continuing work on the follow-up to last year’s “Detroit Stories” album. “I actually have a call with [the Cooper camp] this weekend to discuss the progress of it,” she said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “The last that I heard, we were in Nashville working on it. The band and I sat down and recorded quite a bit of music for this upcoming record. The band did also have a huge part in the writing this time, which is the first time that’s happened in the eight years that I’ve been in the band. So it was really, really fun — really exciting for us to get to work with a ...