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In a new interview with Midwest Beatdown, KORN drummer Ray Luzier spoke about the fact that the band's new album, "Requiem", consists of only nine songs, with just one being more than four minutes long. "We tracked about, I wanna say 16, 17 tunes or something like that," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "And there's a lot of records where if you think a song is a filler, it doesn't necessarily mean the next guy thinks […]

Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon have released their alternate version of "Bad Habits," after the big response the received from performing the track together at the BRIT Awards last week. The song was a hit for Sheeran and he decided to change things up at the awards show by having Bring Me The Horizon perform it with him. Ed had this to say about the new version, "I […]

Following their formation in 2017, Canadian quartet SPIRITBOX has continually possessed the charts with its dynamic blend of metal and block-leveling live shows. The group will now channel the story behind its 2021 debut, "Eternal Blue" (topping at No. 13 in the Billboard 200), in a new graphic novel co-created alongside veteran comic scribe Jim Krueger ("Earth X", "Justice") and artist Amilcar Pinna ("Poppy's Inferno", "Generation X"). The graphic novel unspools the eerie tale of Eva, a brilliant painter on […]

SCORPIONS have shared another new song, "Shining Of Your Soul". The track is taken from the band's 19th studio album, "Rock Believer", which will be released on February 25. Three months ago, SCORPIONS released the official music video for "Rock Believer"'s first single, "Peacemaker". The track features music courtesy of guitarist Rudolf Schenker and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and lyrics by singer Klaus Meine. Asked in a recent interview with Chile's Radio Futuro what fans can expect to hear on "Rock Believer", Meine said: "Well, you can expect […]

Five dates have been added to MÖTLEY CRÜE's long-delayed North American tour this summer with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. The trek, dubbed "The Stadium Tour", will now include stops in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Indianapolis, Indiana; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Tickets for the new dates go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 25 at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. "On behalf […]

Dave Grohl has told Rolling Stone that he recently recorded an entire metal album as the fictional band DREAM WIDOW in the FOO FIGHTERS' horror-comedy film "Studio 666". In "Studio 666", FOO FIGHTERS move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album. Once in the house, Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces related to related to the studio's former residents — the aforementioned fictional act DREAM WINDOW — that threaten both the completion of […]

THREE DAYS GRACE has shared "Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)", the second song off its forthcoming album, "Explosions", which will be out on May 6 via RCA Records. The new track originated as a collaboration between Neil Sanderson of the band and Lukas Rossi of ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA for the side project KING CITY. "Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)" finds THREE DAYS GRACE's lead singer Matt Walst and Rossi dueting on this bludgeoning version teeming with nervous energy. "We added a THREE DAYS GRACE spin to it," Matt reveals. "Lukas has a great voice, and we […]

FOO FIGHTERS have released a thrashy new song titled "March Of The Insane". The track, which was made available under the band moniker DREAM WIDOW, is featured in FOO FIGHTERS' upcoming horror comedy "Studio 666". In "Studio 666", the legendary rock band FOO FIGHTERS move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much-anticipated tenth album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces related to related to the studio's […]

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new studio album, "Strike A Nerve", later this year on UMe/T-Boy. It will be the band's sixth full-length studio LP and third with frontman Jasen Moreno. Founding members C.J. Pierce (guitar), Stevie Benton (bass) and Mike Luce (drums) have played together for an uninterrupted 25 years, with Moreno joining the band in 2012. The singer's 2013 DROWNING POOL debut, "Resilience", was recently RIAA-certified gold, further cementing the group's presence as a pioneer of the nu-metal movement and one of […]