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Slipknot is close to completing a deal to sell its music catalog for approximately $120 million. According to Billboard, the deal between members of the multi-platinum Metal band and HarbourView Equity Partners includes publishing rights and recording master royalties. It reportedly covers the band’s back catalog but not future releases. Beginning in ’99, Slipknot has released seven albums….
Battle Beast plan to drop their seventh studio album, “Steelbound,” this October. But the official music video for the LP’s third single, “Here We Are,” is out. “‘Here We Are’ captures that moment after the storm has passed — you’ve faced challenges, been tested, and somehow come through the other side a little stronger, a bit wiser, and…
Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album (aka “The Black Album”) is the fourth record to spend 800 weeks (over 15 years) on the Billboard 200. The album originally peaked at #1 on August 31st, 1991, and it currently sits at #162 on the chart. The other three albums that have reached the 800-week mark are Pink Floyd’s “The…
Finger Eleven plan to release their first album in over a decade, “Last Night On Earth,” on November 7th. They have issued the single “Blue Sky Mystery” featuring Richard Patrick from Filter. It’s the second single from the album, “Adrenaline” was the first. Vocalist Scott Anderson said the lyrics for “Blue Sky Mystery” revolve around a deep obsession….
Listening to somebody strumming an acoustic guitar is one of the most boring things in life. Thankfully, Grunge bands were known for producing a wall of angst driven sound. But here are 10 songs where bands that faced near-impossible odds to produced brilliance. #10. Neil Young – My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)…
Ghost made an immediate impression. Papa Emeritus wore a skull mask and dressed like a “demonic anti-Pope. He was backed by the Nameless Ghouls who were hidden behind silver masks with horns, satanic symbols and full-length hooded robes. It was a visual borne from a “love of horror films and the traditions of Scandinavian Metal.”…
Sevendust’s “Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live” tour, celebrating the 21st anniversary of its “Southside” acoustic album, will kick off November 14th in Columbia, MO and wrap on December 12th in San Antonio, TX. “Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live!” was Sevendust’s first live album. It was recorded in ’03 at the Georgia Theater in Athens, GA and released the…
“Rotting Away,” a track from “Wednesday 13’s recent album, “Mid Death Crisis,” is out. “I’m putting the fun back in funeral with our new video,” says Wednesday 13. Rotting Away “I had such a great time filming this and wanted to do something fun, campy, and different from the other band performance videos,” added the…
The collection of re-recorded versions of Five Finger Death Punch’s best-known songs came in response to the recent sale by their former label of the band’s original master recordings made without their knowledge or the opportunity to reclaim their own work. “So when this happened to Taylor Swift, she responded by re-recording her catalog and her…
Avatar have released the official music video for their new single, “In The Airwaves.” “This is the fastest song we have done in what seems to be an eternity, and it feels good to push the engine to the max again,” commented the band. “In a way, it feels like a return to something. Enjoy our…