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On this day… Disturbed’s “A Reason To Fight” was #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart becoming the band’s sixth consecutive chart-topper – a record. Disturbed’s five previous #1’s are “The Vengeful One,” “The Light,” “The Sound Of Silence” (the Simon and Garfunkel cover), “Open Your Eyes” and “Are You Ready.” The acoustic-based power ballad about addiction…
Memphis May Fire have released their eighth album, “Shapeshifter,” featuring the track “Overdose,” with a guest appearance from Blindside vocalist Christian Lindskog. Memphis May Fire vocalist Matty Mullins (pictured) said, “Lindskog has always been a bucket list guest vocalist for me and it’s an absolute honor to have his iconic style gracing this track.” “‘Overdose’ is about the intoxicating nature of extremes —…
Flat Back has released “Nothing To Some,” featuring a guest appearance by Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor. “This guy is a bottomless pit of creativity and delivered a vocal that perfectly matched what I wanted for this track,” stated Jason Hook, Flat Back founder and former Five Finger Death Punch guitarist. Flat Back made its live…
Leaves’ Eyes have released “Myths Of Fate.” The album, fusing elements of Folk, Gothic, and Classical music, celebrates the Symphonic Metal band’s 20th year of existence. Leaves’ Eyes ninth effort has “Realm Of Dark Waves: and “Forged By Fire.” For the album, the band produced a total of five music videos filmed on locations in Iceland, Germany…
The Used have announced a summer headlining tour with special guests Story Of The Year. “Stoked to be touring with some of our oldest friends in the industry,” enthused Bert McCracken, The Used vocalist. “We’ve always been huge fans of Big Blue Monkey (the band’s previous name).” “The Used have been big brothers to Story Of The year for…
Judas Priest’s “Invincible Sheild,” the band’s 19th studio album, entered the official U.K. chart at #2, just behind Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine.” Released March 6th in the U.K., the album’s lead single was “Panic Attack,” followed by “Trial By Fire,” “Crown Of Horns” and “The Serpent And The King.” “It sounds like a young bunch of Metal heads banging it out,”…
KoЯn’s 30th anniversary show scheduled for October 5th at BMO Stadium in L.A. sold out in less than week (tickets went on sale March 8th). In addition to KoЯn, Evanescence, Spiritbox, Gojira, Vended and Scars On Broadway will perform ‘guest’ sets. The stadium has a capacity of 22,000. KoЯn was formed in ’93. Their self-titled debut album…
Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg played his first show with Suicidal Tendencies on March 14th at Yogibo Meta Valley in Osaka, Japan. Last November, Slipknot parted ways with Weinberg, who was in the band for a decade, including three albums starting with ’14’s “.5: The Gray Chapter.” At the time Weinberg posted he was “heartbroken…
Linkin Park’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss Kyle Christner’s lawsuit against the band seeking credit and unpaid royalties. The bassist claims he collaborated on and recorded numerous songs with Linkin Park in ‘99. In a motion filed Tuesday, Linkin’ Park’s legal team cited a number of “defects” with Christner’s lawsuit, most notably that the statute…
Black Sabbath has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with “Paranoid.” It’s the band’s first song to break the one-billion threshold. “Paranoid” is the title track from the band’s second studio album. The song was written by all four band members: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Billions Club is a playlist first launched in ’20 which includes…