As we were telling you a while ago, Opeth are in the studio, heavily working on a ‘more sinister’ album – frontman Mikael Akerfeldt shared some fresh details regarding their new work, explaining that it is “all over the place”. “I have eight songs written and the direction is going straight into the territory of ‘all over the place!'” he kicked off with a laugh. Versatility and raw skill have always been a significant part…
Kanye West’s flamboyant tour in support of Yeezus will continue on into the new year. He added several additional North American dates, due to extensive fan requirements. There’s still no word on who’ll support him, but we’ll join Pitchfork in hoping it will be his new best friend, Drake. Kanye West: 02-13 University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center 02-14 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena 02-15 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center 02-17 Montreal, Quebec -…
Documentary maker Dave Markey has uploaded the footage he shot in December 1993 at Los Angeles’ Great Western Forum – one of the last concerts Nirvana performed. Four months later, Cobain would take his own life. The footage, which you can watch above, includes performances of ‘All Apologies’ and a cover of David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’. Writing about the footage, Markey says: “20 years ago tonight (December 30, 1993) I stood…
In case you’re wondering what Macaulay Culkin is doing, well… he’s doing fine. Recently, he’s been singing with a band that plays pizza themed Velvet Underground covers; really. The band, called The Pizza Underground have premiered their first music video, which you can watch here. If not for something else, then at least you get to see Culkin perform with a slice of pizza strapped to his face. The Pizza Underground recently announced plans to…
I believe in the power of music. Not in its power to entertain and distract us, but in its power to unite, inspire, and motivate us! I love to see music played for its true purpose, I love when it gets rough around the edges, and I love empowering music – not the commercial things that seem to dominate today’s mainstream. If music has ever inspired you or somebody you know to do or feel…
Adam Levine is no stranger to making his opinions known on Twitter, be they positive, negative, or all out lashes. The frontman of Maroon 5 gave it all, really upset that his music was played on Fox News: Dear Fox News, don’t play our music on your evil fucking channel ever again. Thank you. — Adam Levine (@adamlevine) October 19, 2011 The tweet gathered over 13.000 retweets and over 5.000 faves, but it generated…
I find it very interesting that heavy metal, a genre traditionally thought of as being ‘dirty’ and rough is attracting more and more scholars around it. Recently, it’s been finding more and more space in Universities, and now, a full course was dedicated to heavy metal, at the Leeds Metropolitan University. “There are also some academics who think heavy metal is a great evil, and we still see some papers written that claim metal fans…
Bruce Springsteen has released a new single, before the LP he has planned for 2013. “High Hopes” is the title track to The Boss’ new album, which is due in January 14. But as hardcore fans will already know, this is not a new song, but rather a new recording. He originally covered The Havalinas’ song in 1995 — but it’s a new recording, featuring former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. This song…
R. Kelly can sing sexy tunes about everything – as he’s proved oh so many times; he can take the Hokey Pokey and make it into a light your candles and go to the bedroom tune. “I know how to put it into a melody and make it comical, but sexual at the same time,” the R&B star explains. “With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.” Check out…
Avenged Sevenfold have been reinventing themselves, and contrary to what many people believed, they managed to strike back even harder without The Rev. Their latest album, Hail to the King, was released on August 27, and it’s almost needless to say that it rocks ! Avenged Sevenfold, live. Via Metal Hammer. But guitarist Zacky Vengeance took the time to talk to us, and explain that as good as an album is,…
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