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DAVID DRAIMAN On DISTURBED’s New Music: ‘We Really Wanted To Go Back To Where We Came From’
At last month’s Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman spoke to SiriusXM‘s Shannon Gunz about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Evolution” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “This past week has just been amazing for the DISTURBED camp — like, amazing for the DISTURBED camp. We have been writing, and it is sick — it is absolutely sick. It is old-school DISTURBED. It’s groove, it’s power, it’s ferocity, it’s polysyncopation — it’s all those things that people have known us for since day one. We really wanted to go back to where we came from — our meat and potatoes, so to speak. We came up with six new song idea...
JOHN CORABI Doesn’t Know If Songs He Recorded With MICK MARS Will Make It To MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist’s Solo Album
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi says that he doesn’t know if the songs he recorded with Mick Mars five years ago will make it to the MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars‘s highly anticipated debut solo album. Back in 2016, Mars released snippets of two solo songs, apparently called “Gimme Blood” and “Shake The Cage”. The tracks, which were recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, where Mars has lived for about eight years, featured Corabi, who appeared on CRÜE‘s 1994 self-titled album. Corabi later said that he didn’t contribute to the writing process for the two songs, but that he was open to collaborating with Mars on some brand new material. During a December 22 Facebook Live session, Corabi was asked about the fate of the material he r...
TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Reflects On His Split With ICED EARTH: My Manager WENDY DIO Kept Saying, ‘Get Out Of This Thing’
In a recent interview with Metal Mythos Aftershock, singer Tim “Ripper” Owens, who joined ICED EARTH in 2003 and stayed in the band for four years before being fired in December 2007, reflected on his split with the Jon Schaffer-led outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It wasn’t a very good parting. I was leaving to go to [Jon‘s] house to record a new record. And I walked back into my house to grab something and I got an e-mail and I looked at it and it said, ‘Brothers and sisters… You’re fired,’ or whatever. It’s the same e-mail he sent Blabbermouth at the same time. And it wasn’t a good falling out. It was two weeks before Christmas. It wasn’t good.” Owens continued: “Two weeks before that, [J...
Doja Cat Says She Wants To Record a Pop and Hip-Hop Double Album
Doja Cat has revealed that she wants to make a double album with hip-hop and pop music sides. On an Instagram Live late Friday evening, the singer outlined what the potential future project would look like. One side of the project would consist of seven songs in her typical pop-rap sound. The other side would see her venture into hip-hop music across twelve singles. For the hip-hop album, Doja Cat wants Jay Versace and 9th Wonder to produce the tracks. “New project. 12 songs. All of them, every f***in’ one, Jay Versace and 9th Wonder,” she said. Versace became popular for his comedic content on the platform Vine before he began producing in 2018. He gave one of the first beats he made to Westside Gunn. Meanwhile, 9th Wonder has established himself as a legend in the rap industry over the c...
BTS Members RM and Jin Test Positive for COVID-19
Two more members of BTS have tested positive for COVID-19. Following yesterday’s news of Suga’s diagnosis, the group’s management company, Big Hit Music, has now revealed that RM and Jin have also received positive test results. Similar to Suga, RM is asymptomatic at the moment. However, Jin is experiencing flu-like symptoms, including a fever. Related Video All three members of BTS received their second COVID vaccination in August, and are currently self-quarantining in their respective homes, according to Big Hit. Advertisement “Our company will continue to provide support for the rapid recovery” of the group’s members, Big Hit added, “placing our highest priority on the health and safety of our artists. We will continue to cooperate fully with the requests and guidelines of healthcare a...
Frank Ocean Releases New Track on ‘blonded Xmas’ Radio Show
Frank Ocean has returned with a special Christmas segment of blonded RADIO. The episode premiered on Apple Music 1 earlier today and featured an intimate conversation between the rapper and the motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim “Iceman” Hof about dealing with grief. Ocean’s younger brother, Ryan Breaux, passed away in August 2020. After the discussion wrapped, Ocean debuted a new song, saying that he had begun working on it during the summer of 2020 and then recently returned to it to add more verses. Clocking in at a little over eight minutes, the unnamed track essentially sounds like a thoughtful freestyle laid over a simple piano melody. “Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief,” Frank wrote on his Instagram story, per&nbs...
Bad Bunny Joins The Simpsons in New “Te Deseo lo Mejor” Video: Watch
Bad Bunny has shared a new music video for his El Último Tour del Mundo song “Te Deseo lo Mejor.” The animated clip finds Bad Bunny among the cast of The Simpsons. During his stay in Springfield, the Puerto Rican superstar rekindles Homer and Marge’s relationship after the titular couple get into a fight. Check it out below. Bad Bunny shared El Último Tour del Mundo in 2020. Earlier this year, the singer was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in the world. J Balvin penned a tribute to Bad Bunny for the magazine. Read more about Bad Bunny in Pitchfork’s Longform piece “The Year in Latin Music.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Chino Moreno’s ††† (Crosses) Return With New Cover of Q Lazzarus’ “Goodbye Horses”: Listen
††† (Crosses)—the witch house project of Deftones/Team Sleep’s Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez—have returned with a cover of Q Lazzarus’ 1988 single “Goodbye Horses.” The original song was included in a famous scene from Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. Check out †††’s version below. ††† issued their self-titled full-length in 2014. That album followed their 2012 EP ††. According to a press release, the group will release new music in spring 2022. Revisit Pitchfork’s list “25 Microgenres That (Briefly) Defined the Last 25 Years.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Listen to Frank Ocean’s New “blonded Xmas” Radio Show
Frank Ocean has returned with a new installment of “blonded RADIO.” Today’s Xmas episode is the first edition of the show since Christmas 2019. The program features an excerpt from Frank’s conversation with Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim “Iceman” Hof. Listen to it here on Beats 1. “Me and @iceman_hof had a conversation some time ago when I was in the earlier stages of grief,” Frank wrote in an Instagram story (viewed by Pitchfork). “I remember marveling at how his energy blasted through the phone. So much vim in this Wim.” He continued: We spoke for a while about his work, the purpose of grief, and how going into the cold water changed his life. It reminded me of conversations in the studio with players I know. Freewheeling, psychedelic, emotionally charged, intelligent...
Kodak Black Drops New Single “Nightmare Before Christmas”
Kodak Black has shared a new single just in time for its namesake holiday. “Nightmare Before Christmas” dropped yesterday evening, December 24. A music video directed by Black himself opens with the rapper decked out in a black and orange Balenciaga set as puts presents under a bright orange Christmas tree. Remaining consistent with the color palette, Black hops inside an orange car. “I’m the nightmare before Christmas,” he raps. The rapper went on to seemingly reflect on his struggles with mental health “Got a fish tank with no fishes,” he says later in the verse. “I was outside in the deep end and even Nemo couldn’t find me.” The video cuts to the Florida rapper surprising children with Christmas presents, explaining that he’s “always giving back to youngin’s.” Black has a pattern of cel...
Joyner Lucas “My Escape,” DJ Kay Slay ft. Sauce Money “Do It Again” & More | Daily Visuals 12.23.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Joyner Lucas has been one of the game’s most overlooked rappers for a minute now and even though big names like Eminem, J. Cole, and Logic have collaborated with the homie, heads still continue to sleep. Regardless, Joyner keeps on dropping that heat and comes through with some new visuals for “My Escape” where the Worcester rapper kicks it with a gang of thick women who look ready to ride or die with homie while twerking to the beat. Back in NY, DJ Kay Slay calls on another overlooked rapper from back in the day and links up with Sauce Money for the clip to “Intro” where they roll big through the back streets of the Big Apple. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Jay Critch, Fredo Bang, and more. JOYNER LUCAS – “MY ESCAPE” [embedded content] D...
For The Man Who ‘Literally Got It All’: Cardi B Gives Offset $2M Dollar Check For His Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Richard Bord / Getty Cardi B appears to have solved the age-old question: What do you get the man who has everything? Apparently, the answer is two million bucks. According to BuzzFeed, Migos rapper and Cardi-hubs Offset turned 30 on December 14, and his wife threw him a huge, lavish, star-studded party during which she presented him with an oversized check for $2 million. “He literally got it all,” the “Bodack Yellow” fem-cee reportedly captioned video footage of the check posted to her Instagram story. Related Stories I meeeean, OK. A multi-millionaire giving another multi-millionaire $2 mil is like taking a mermaid on a date to a swimming pool, but obviously, this has just become the couple’s tradition of giving each other expensive-for-no-reason gifts...
