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Joey Bada$$ Unveils New Album 2000: Stream
Sample clearance issues be damned, Joey Bada$$’s new album 2000 has arrived. Listen to the project below. The follow-up to 2017’s ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$, Joey first announced 2000 would be out on June 17th, just a few days after the 10th anniversary of his debut mixtape 1999. Unfortunately, getting the LP’s samples cleared proved to be a difficult process, forcing the rapper to push the record’s release back to July 22nd. Now, however, the 14-track project is officially available to stream. It features the previously released single “Where I Belong,” as well as the March track “Head High.” The tracklist also boasts collaborations with Diddy, West Side Gunn, and JID. Advertisement Related Video Joey Bada$$ recently appeared on Danger Mouse and Black Thought’s collabo...
Ozzy Osbourne Unveils New Song “Degradation Rules” Featuring Tony Iommi: Stream
Ozzy Osbourne has unveiled “Degradation Rules” as the latest single from his upcoming album, Patient Number 9, and this one features fellow Black Sabbath legend Tony Iommi on guitar. The track just might be the closest tune we get to a new Black Sabbath song following the iconic metal band’s final album, 13, which was released nine years ago. Iommi once again proves why he’s the lord of the riff, while Ozzy delivers his signature haunting vocals. Meanwhile, Chad Smith and Robert Trujillo handle drum and bass duties on the track, respectively. “Degradation Rules” marks the second single from Patient Number 9, following the title track featuring Jeff Beck. Among the other guitarists on the album are Eric Clapton, Mike McCready, and Zakk Wylde, while additional bassists include Duff McKagan a...
A Day to Remember Unleash New Song “Miracle” Ahead of North American Tour: Stream
A Day to Remember have surprised fans with a brand-new stand-alone single “Miracle,” just as the band prepares to embark on an extensive two-leg North American tour, The song comes a year and a half after the release of the Florida band’s latest album, You’re Welcome, and less than a week before ADTR kick off their headlining outing on July 27th in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour’s two legs — dubbed “Just Some Shows” and “Just Some More Shows” — take place this summer and fall, with various support from The Used, The Ghost Inside, Beartooth, Bad Omens, Movements, and Magnolia Park. Tickets are currently available via Ticketmaster. ADTR’s sound can range from catchy pop-punk to brutal metalcore, with the new track “Miracle” leaning on the heavier side of the band’s musical spectrum. Singer Je...
Muse Dare Us to “Kill Or Be Killed” with New Single: Stream
Muse have a new album called Will of the People coming out next month, and ahead of its release, they’ve shared the single “Kill Or Be Killed.” Check it out below. “’Kill Or Be Killed’ is Muse at their heaviest,” frontman Matt Bellamy said in a statement. “We wanted to update our hard rock sound on this album and with ‘Kill Or Be Killed’ we found a modern metal sound featuring double bass drum action and even a death growl. Lyrically the song takes influence from my favourite Paul McCartney song ‘Live And Let Die’, a dark take on how life’s adversity can sometimes bring out the worst human instincts to survival at any costs.” The track comes with a music video directed by Ben Lowe. From the sound of its song titles — previously released singles “Won’t Stand Down,” “Complian...
Thoughtcrimes (Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan) Announce Debut Album, Share Ferocious New Song “Keyhole Romance”: Stream
Thoughtcrimes, the hardcore outfit featuring ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Bill Rymer, have announced their debut album, Altered Pasts. The band also shared the video for the new single “Keyhole Romance” ahead of the LP’s August 26th release date. The Long Island-based band has offered up an EP and a handful of singles so far — each new song being more brutal than the last. “Keyhole Romance” follows suit, as Thoughtcrimes deliver another raging storm of hardcore intensity and cacophonous noise. “This is possibly the most ambitious track we’ve ever made,” notes Rymer in the press release. “We wanted to see how far we could push ourselves utilizing dynamics and pure chaos to cohesively create something disgusting yet beautiful. A concept that lead to the treatment of the music video with ...
Thoughtcrimes (Ex-Dillinger Escape Plan) Announce Debut Album, Share Ferocious New Song “Keyhole Romance”: Stream
Thoughtcrimes, the hardcore outfit featuring ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Bill Rymer, have announced their debut album, Altered Pasts. The band also shared the video for the new single “Keyhole Romance” ahead of the LP’s August 26th release date. The Long Island-based band has offered up an EP and a handful of singles so far — each new song being more brutal than the last. “Keyhole Romance” follows suit, as Thoughtcrimes deliver another raging storm of hardcore intensity and cacophonous noise. “This is possibly the most ambitious track we’ve ever made,” notes Rymer in the press release. “We wanted to see how far we could push ourselves utilizing dynamics and pure chaos to cohesively create something disgusting yet beautiful. A concept that lead to the treatment of the music video with ...
The Afghan Whigs Share New Single “A Line of Shots”: Stream
The Afghan Whigs have released their new single “A Line of Shots,” the latest offering from the alt-rock band’s upcoming album How Do You Burn? The song stands as a reminder to embrace the competing fear and freedom that comes with facing a critical moment. Its adrenaline-boosting build and invigorating production echo the simmering anticipation of lyrics like, “Don’t wait too long/ The feeling’s gonna come in a wave.” Eventually, “A Line of Shots” explodes into a storm of sirens, shoegaze distortion, overlayed vocals, and the rapturous refrain of “Everybody get out of line.” Stream “A Line of Shots” below. The Afghan Whigs are hitting the road imminently following an early summer run and supporting slot for Jack White in June. The band’s solo European leg kicks off on Saturday, July 23rd,...
Jessie Ware Shares New Song “Free Yourself”: Stream
Jessie Ware has called for a dance floor revolution of the mind on her new song, “Free Yourself.” The disco- and house-inspired track was co-written by Coffee Clarence Jr. with production from Clarence and Stuart Price. It opens with marching keyboards that add an air of drama before the beat drops. “Free yourself,” Ware sings, “Keep on moving up that mountain top/ Why don’t you please your self/ If it feels so good then don’t you, baby don’t you stop!” “’Free Yourself’ is the beginning of a new era for me,” Ware said in a statement. “I’m so excited for people to have this song for the end of their summer; to dance, to feel no inhibitions & to feel joyful because that’s how I’ve been feeling recently being able to tour again and being able to sing again. Enjoy yourself, ...
Tool’s Justin Chancellor Resurrects MTVoid Side Project, Unveils New Song “Scanner Void”: Stream
Tool bassist Justin Chancellor and Sweet Noise / Serce vocalist Peter Mohamed have resurrected their side project MTVoid after a nine-year absence. The duo have unleashed the new song “Scanner Void,” with details on a new album expected to be announced soon. Chancellor and Mohamed actually quietly revived the project earlier this year via an NFT collaboration with Armenian sculptor Vahan Bego that featured new music from the forthcoming MTVoid album, Matter’s Knot. The new song, “Scanner Void,” features drums and synths from Death Grips producer Andy Morin. Chancellor’s melodic bass line drives the tune, which offers up elements of prog and noise, leading to dissonant screeches and Mohamed unleashing a guttural scream on the lyric “They are scanning your soul.” Advertisement Related Video ...
Slipknot Announce New Album THE END, SO FAR; Unleash “The Dying Song (Time to Sing)”: Stream
Slipknot have announced a new album, THE END, SO FAR, set to arrive on September 30th. Ahead of its release, the masked metallers have unveiled the new single “The Dying Song (Time to Sing).” The album announcement comes ahead of the band’s upcoming fall North American leg of their “Knotfest Roadshow” tour, which features support from Ice Nine Kills and Crown the Empire. The outing kicks off September 20th in Nashville, Tennessee, with tickets currently available via Ticketmaster. THE END, SO FAR is the follow-up to 2019’s WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND. The forthcoming album contains 12 tracks, including the aforementioned “The Dying Song (Time to Sing)” and “The Chapeltown Rag,” which was released last year as a surprise single. Advertisement “The Dying Song (Time to Sing)” starts off wi...
Alter Bridge Announce Pawns & Kings Album, Unveil Title Track: Stream
Alter Bridge have announced that their seventh studio album, Pawns & Kings, will arrive on October 14th via Napalm Records. In advance of the release, they’ve unveiled the title track. The band — which features singer Myles Kennedy alongside guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips — worked with longtime collaborator and producer Michael “Elvis” Baskette to create the set, which features 10 new songs. The hard-rocking “Pawns & Kings” is the closing track off the album, with the lyric video streaming below. Advertisement According to a press release, one of the highlights of the album is Tremonti singing leads on the ballad “Stay.” The guitarist heads up his own eponymous band and recently released a charity album of Frank Sinatra covers, so he’s b...
Lou Reed’s Estate Releases Earliest Known “Heroin” Demo: Stream
A demo of Lou Reed’s Velvet Underground epic “Heroin” has been unleashed from the upcoming archival album Words & Music, May 1965. Remastered from an unearthed tape that established the singer-songwriter’s copyright for the composition, it is thought to be the song’s earliest recording. The fuzzy, finger-picked take follows an acoustic folk style similar to the new collection’s initial offering, “I’m Waiting for the Man.” Unlike its predecessor though, which came “nearly complete, with minor changes made in the final arrangement,” “Heroin” seems to have undergone several substantial changes before its visceral debut on 1967’s The Velvet Underground & Nico. Reed is also joined by fellow Velvet Underground member John Cale for the song’s first recorded runthrough. Stream it below. Wo...
