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Slipknot drummer who was fired from the band, has now revealed that he has joined Suicidal Tendencies.In December of last year, Slipknot shared an official statement on social media, claiming that they were “intent on evolving”, and made the “creative decision” that Weinberg will leave the band. His departure was 10 years after he joined the line-up, and just months after keyboardist Craig Jones left the group in June.Following the announcement, Weinberg went online to reveal how he was left “heartbroken and blindsided” by the decision.Today (March 5) Weinberg took to his official Instagram account to announce that he has joined the California crossover thrash icons as their full time drummer.

Bring Me The Horizon have discussed their love of Fontaines D.C., and shared an update on when fans can expect the delayed album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’. Watch our video interview with the band above.Frontman Oli Sykes and drummer Mat Nicholls spoke to NME on the BRITs 2024 red carpet, shortly before they took home Best Alternative/Rock Act.Currently, the band are expected to drop their long-awaited album ‘POST HUMAN NeX GEn’ in the summer. The follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ was scheduled to drop last September, following being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival, but was later delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.When asked by NME for an update on the new project, Sykes said: “It’s nearly finished, but it’s not finished”.“Every time we think we’ve got it, we get another song,” he added.

Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky and Meshuggah will be headlining.Now, the festival has completed the line-up for 2024. Baroness, Blood Command, Scaler, Imperial Triumphant and Urne will all be playing ArcTanGent’s 10th anniversary edition.Joining them will be MSPAINT, Silver Moth, Orchards, Teeth of the Sea, itoldyouiwouldeatyou, A-Sun Amissa, Gloom Index, Nailbreaker, The Sad Season, Seneca, unpeople, Benefits, CAHILL//COSTELLO, i Häxa, Yard, FORT, Thank and THOT.“We’re over the moon to drop the full line-up for ArcTanGent 2024 – we weren’t lying when we said our 10th anniversary would be the biggest event we’ve ever put together,” said festival organiser James Scarlett in a press release.

Metallica have announced that they will be among the artists who will perform in honour of Elton John and Bernie Taupin at the 2024 Gershwin Prize.The metal icons took to their official X/Twitter account to share that they will be in attendance and are set to perform at the invitation-only ceremony on March 20. The event will include appearances by both John and Taupin, will be hosted by Billy Porter.John and Taupin will be receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Sepultura have announced the departure of longtime drummer Eloy Casagrande ahead of their upcoming final world tour.Last night (February 27), Casagrande took to social media to announce his exit from the band, noting that the decision “needed to be made thinking about new cycles that will come” follow the band’s impending split after four decades together.Casagrande began his announcement by announcing his departure from the band before recapping his history with the band and acknowledged his gratitude and respect them.He continued: “Maybe for the band’s fans it doesn’t make sense at this point, but decisions needed to be made thinking about new cycles that will come. We are made of choices and they are not always easy.

Knocked Loose have announced a new album, ‘You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To’ and dropped its lead single ‘Blinding Faith’.The Kentucky metalcore band will release their third LP on May 10 via Pure Noise, which is set to feature collaborations with Poppy and Chris Motionless from Motionless In White.Per a press release, the album’s title came from a conversation that frontman Bryan Garris had with a woman who was sitting next to him on a plane. When he admitted that he was finding it particularly difficult to manage his “borderline phobia” of flying, she told him, “You won’t go before you’re supposed to.”“On this album, we go the fastest we’ve ever gone; we go the scariest we’ve ever gone.

Slash, Corey Taylor and more.This past weekend, McCreary took to social media to share the trailer for ‘The Singularity’, which is due for release on May 10. The upcoming album is previewed by its lead single, ‘Type III’ featuring Rufus Wainwright.Also confirmed to feature on the album, per McCreary’s official website, are System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian, Joe Satriani, Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Meshuggah‘s Jens Kidman, The Dillinger Escape Plan‘s Ben Weinman, The Aristocrat’s Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller, Blue Öyster Cult’s Buck Dharma and more.Bear McCreary has also confirmed the launch of an accompanying The Singularity graphic novel, in which a character named Blue Eyes must escape from the clutches of immortality in order to save those he holds near to him.On Sunday, May 12, Bear McCreary will perform ‘The Singularity’ live at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.

Slayer reunion happen.News of the reunion arrived last Wednesday (February 21), when it was announced that Araya, guitarist Kerry King, guitarist Gary Holt and drummer Paul Bostaph would be coming together once again to play live shows.The upcoming performances are at Chicago’s Riot Fest on September 22 and Louisville’s Louder Than Life on September 27, and are being billed as the metal band’s first gigs since November 2019.Now, Sandra Araya has hit back at critics online and explained that the decision for the members to reform the band came as a result of her persistence.“Let’s clarify for the trolls: Tom was done with playing. I have harassed him for over a year.

Rob Halford of Judas Priest has revealed what he thinks of rising masked metal outfit Sleep Token – see what he had to say below.Speaking to Minnesota radio station 93X recently, the British metal icon was asked about the new music that he has been listening to. Halford wasted no time, going on to speak about Sleep Token.Halford said: “There’s a lot of importance being put in the direction of this band called Sleep Token. And they’re a really curious band in what they’re putting out in terms of all of these different textures.

erect a statue of Motörhead frontman Lemmy in the town where he was born have been approved by Stoke-on-Trent City Council.The 2.2 metre statue will be erected in the market place of Burslem, the town where Lemmy – real name Ian Fraser Kilmister – was born before his family moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The majority of the singer’s childhood was spent in Wales before founding Motörhead in 1975.The statue is estimated to cost about £50,000 and a fundraising campaign has been launched to raise the necessary funds.

Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine spoken to NME about their UK co-headline tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘The Poison’ and ‘Ascendancy’.After teasing fans online, the tour was finally announced last night (February 22) during a live-streamed press conference where Bullet’s Matt Tuck promised the run of shows was set to be “the metal tour of the year.”The first leg of the rotating co-headline world ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ tour is set to kick off in January 2025, with Bullet For My Valentine playing ‘The Poison’ in full at every show, with Trivium doing the same with ‘Ascendancy’ to mark 20 years since their release. In a statement, Trivium’s Matt Heafy described them as “two records whose influence can be heard to this day in the DNA of modern metal.”“Trivium and BFMV were in such whirlwinds when our respective albums came out that we each never truly got to play together or sit back and celebrate during the maelstrom of constant touring, recording and globetrotting,” said Heafy.

Jimmy Page, Brian May and Tony Iommi came together to launch the new Gibson Garage in London.The moment took place in Soho yesterday morning (February 22) as the guitar manufacturer held a special preview of the shop, which is set to open on Saturday (February 24).It is inspired by the Nashville flagship branch and has over 300 guitars for sale, as well as a live music space downstairs and a made-to-measure counter for ordering bespoke, custom guitars.At the first preview of the store, Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page was in attendance to reveal a new collaboration with the brand – launching a replica of his iconic 1971 Doubleneck.As well as Page, Brian May of Queen and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath were in also attendance, and joined the Led Zeppelin guitarist in cutting the opening ribbon.

Linkin Park have revealed the details of a career-spanning greatest hits album, and shared the previously unreleased Chester Bennington track ‘Friendly Fire’. Check it out below.Titled ‘Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)’, the upcoming release comes as a 20-song overview of the band’s best-selling tracks over the past two decades – including classics such as ‘In The End’, ‘Burn It Down’ and ‘Numb’.Set for release on April 12 via Warner, the LP will also feature a previously unreleased track starring late frontman Chester Bennington called ‘Friendly Fire’.

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium have announced a 2025 joint UK arena tour titled ‘The Poisoned Ascendancy’.The two bands have revealed details of their joint UK tour which is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Bullet For My Valentine’s ‘The Poisoned’ LP and Trivium’s ‘Ascendancy’ album. The tour will see both bands play each album in their entirety.To kick off the tour, the bands will play their first show at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff on January 26, 2025.

A post shared by Lars Eric Mattsson (@lars.eric.mattsson)Kuprij was born in 1974 and gained recognition as a musician predominantly through his work with the symphonic heavy metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra.He performed with the group as a full-time member between 2009 and 2019, and then rejoined the line-up in 2021 for a seasonal tour. His latest stint with them came just a matter of months ago, when he hit the stage with them throughout November and December 2023.Alongside his work with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kuprij was also part of the neoclassical metal group Artension during the late ‘90s, as well as Ring Of Fire – which was fronted by Mark Boals – and the Vivaldi Metal project.Following news of his passing, Trans-Siberian Orchestra took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a statement.

Slayer are getting back together for their first live appearances in half a decade.The thrash metal legends announced their retirement in 2019 and marked the end of their near-four decade career with a lengthy farewell world tour.Until now, a Slayer reunion had been looking rather unlikely, especially since Kerry King had announced a solo album, ‘From Hell I Rise’, just weeks ago. He had previously described his new endeavour as “an extension of Slayer”.Hopes of a reunion were also dashed when King told Rolling Stone that he said he could “pretty much say a hundred per cent no” to the chances of it happening.

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium is on the horizon.Speculation that the two are set to join forces comes following them each sharing a very similar set of posts online, hinting to fans that a new announcement is on the way.Yesterday (February 20), both bands posted nine photos onto their respective Instagram accounts at the same time. For Trivium, the nine images made up the cover artwork for their second studio album ‘Ascendancy’, when put together, while Bullet For My Valentine’s made up the artwork for their debut LP ‘The Poison’.As well as posting the same format at the exact same time, the update also comes as both of the albums will be turning 20 next year – hinting that some form of anniversary celebration is lined up for 2025.Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has spoken previously about a potential announcement to celebrate 20 years of the sophomore album.

Power Trip have announced their return later this year with a new singer.Yesterday (February 20), the band took to social media to announce their return, confirming that they will be performing at the inaugural No Values festival in June in California.In a lengthy post, the band reflected on the past four years and dealing with the death of frontman Riley Gale in 2020. The band – guitarists Blake Ibanez and Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel and drummer Chris Ulsh – wrote: “Nearly four years ago to the day, unbeknownst to us, we would perform for the last time as Power Trip.

Fever 333 have shared a blistering new single titled ‘Ready Rock’ – check it out below.The track marks the latest single to be shared from the American band’s forthcoming album. At time of writing, the title of the upcoming LP is still unknown, however, it is set to arrive later in 2024 via Century Media.In ‘Ready Rock’, frontman Jason Aalon Butler and co.

DragonForce have put a metal spin on Taylor Swift‘s song ‘Wildest Dreams’ – listen to the cover below.The London power metal band’s version of Swift’s ‘1989’ single, titled ‘Wildest Dreams (DragonForce’s Version)’, will appear as a bonus track on the CD edition of their forthcoming album ‘Warp Speed Warriors’ (out March 15). It arrived on digital platforms this week.Clocking in at under three minutes, the hyper, shred-heavy cover sees DragonForce reimagine the love song at turbo-speed.

Disturbed frontman David Draiman has extended an invite to American footballer Travis Kelce to perform onstage together.Earlier this week, Kelce and his teammates in the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, marking the tight end’s third win. To celebrate his win, Kelce took to nightclubs to party with his teammates, fans and girlfriend Taylor Swift.Several clips of Kelce and Swift partying together have gone viral, some of which show the tight end player singing along to Disturbed’s ‘Down With The Sickness’.The metal band’s lead vocalist David Draiman quickly took to X to repost two videos.

Sleep Token have announced a new record deal with RCA.The mysterious London metalheads announced the news on their Instagram stories today (February 14), which linked to a post on the RCA Records page: “Welcome to the RCA family!”So far, Sleep Token have released all of their discography, including their 2023 album ‘Take Me Back To Eden‘ through Spinefarm, a Finnish heavy metal label and subsidiary of Universal Music Group.A post shared by RCA Records (@rcarecords)The announcement follows the band’s recent social media cleanse, leaving only the phrase “Nothing lasts forever” in their bio. It was initially speculated to be in response to an identity leak of a member, resulting in fears Sleep Token were going to disband.NME reviewed ‘Take Me Back To Eden‘ when it dropped last year, giving it a five-star review: “There are more risks on ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ than Sleep Token have ever taken before, but there’s never an opportunity to doubt whether anything they attempt will succeed.

Therapy? have announced the 30th anniversary UK/IE tour for their seminal album ‘Troublegum’.The Northern Irish band are set to tour their acclaimed 1994 album this November. They will play ‘Troublegum’ in full, as well as “a host of other musical treats from around the same era of their recording career”.Frontman Andy Cairns says about their upcoming tour: “To mark the 30th anniversary of Troublegum we’ll be heading out on tour this year to celebrate with a set, but not just a perfunctory play-through, this will be based on Therapy? of 1994 and featuring songs from that era.“When we started out in County Antrim in 1989 we could never have foreseen this beast of punk metal noise being such a landmark record,” he continued.

Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has said there are “real misunderstandings” about how the band formed.During a recent interview, the musician said the three musicians who originally started the masked metal outfit were himself, late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray and lead vocalist Andrew Rouw (aka Anders Colsefni).This trio all contributed to Slipknot’s 1996 independent debut album ‘Mate. Feed.

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor has revealed that the band have “no thought” on taking another 13 years to release a new album.The comments come after the American rock band took 13 years to share the follow-up to the 2006 album ‘10,000 Days’ – dropping ‘Fear Inoculum’ in 2019. However, according to a new interview with Chancellor, fans can be rest assured that it won’t take nearly as long for new material to come out.Speaking with Metal Hammer, the bassist said that there is more of a push for the band to release a new album this time around, particularly due to the age of some of their members.

Bruce Dickinson has admitted that he lost his temper” after calling a fan a “fucking cocksucker” for bringing a flare to an Iron Maiden gig in Greece two years ago.In July 2022, the frontman stopped a concert at the Olympic Stadium in Athens after a fan lit a flare during ‘The Number Of The Beast’.During the performance, Dickinson sang the lyric “What did I see?” before he shouted: “A c**t with a fucking flare!”The incident prompted him to launch into an angry rant. “The c**t with the fucking flare, I’ve gotta sing up here,” he shouted. “You fucking cocksucker.

Kanye West has responded to Ozzy Osbourne after the latter labelled him as an anti-Semite.The conflict between the two arose last week, when the Black Sabbath frontman took to social media to call out the rapper for sampling one of his songs without permission.On Friday (February 9), the metal icon was informed that West had looped a sample of the Black Sabbath song ‘Iron Man’ into his new album, ‘Vultures’. West reportedly played the clip during an event promoting his new album with Ty Dolla $ign on February 8 at the United Center in Chicago.Responding to the usage, Ozzy hit out at West, sharing a lengthy post on Instagram in which he called the rapper an “anti-Semite”.Ozzy wrote that West “asked permission to sample a section of a 1983 live performance of ‘War Pigs’ from the US festival without vocals” but was subsequently “refused permission because he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache to many.” The post was later amended to the song ‘Iron Man’.A post shared by Ozzy Osbourne (@ozzyosbourne)Sharon Osbourne subsequently lashed out at West, saying he “fucked with the wrong Jew this time” during an interview with TMZ.

Sleep Token have added two more dates to their UK arena tour later this year due to phenomenal demand.The masked metal quartet will play a new date at Leeds’ First Direct Arena on December 2 and an extra date at The O2 in London on December 3, bringing the number of shows on the UK leg of ‘Teeth Of God’ tour to seven. The tour will begin in Glasgow on November 25 before moving on to Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff.Tickets for the new London date are available now, while tickets for the Leeds date will go on sale tomorrow (February 12) at 10am – find yours here and see the full dates below.Tickets for the United Kingdom November Rituals have been swiftly depleted, necessitating further dates in December at the London o2 Arena, and a new date at Leeds First Direct Arena.London available now, with Leeds tickets available from Monday 10am at https://t.co/ybc5qWX20h pic.twitter.com/1bRvx3ttPz— Sleep Token (@Sleep_Token) February 9, 2024Sleep Token’s ‘Teeth Of God’ UK tour dates are:NOVEMBER 25 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro 26 – Manchester, Co-op Live 28 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 29 – London, The O2 30 – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena DECEMBER2 – Leeds, First Direct Arena3 – London, The O2The news of the UK tour follows the announcement of a US tour, which will take place in April with Empire State Bastard.The 21-date tour will commence with the band’s slot at Las Vegas’ Sick New World festival on April 27, before the band performs in cities across the country including Albuquerque, Atlanta, St.

Kanye West has removed a sample of Black Sabbath’s ‘Iron Man’ on his new album after criticism from both Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.On Friday (February 9), Ozzy hit out at West, calling him an “anti-Semite” and claiming the rapper used the sample of Sabbath’s song on his new album ‘‘Vultures’ without permission. West reportedly played the clip during an event promoting his new album with Ty Dolla $ign on February 8 at the United Center in Chicago.Ozzy wrote in a post that West “asked permission to sample a section of a 1983 live performance of ‘War Pigs’ from the US festival without vocals” but was subsequently “refused permission because he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache to many.” The post was later amended to the song ‘Iron Man’.Osbourne added: “He went ahead and used the sample anyway at his album listening party last night.

Ozzy Osbourne has hit out at Kanye West, calling him an “anti-Semite” and claiming the rapper used a sample of Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’ on his upcoming new album without permission.In a new post on Instagram, Osbourne tagged West and claimed the rapper used a sample of Sabbath’s famous anti war song on his new album, ‘‘Vultures’ without permission. It is reported that West played the clip during an event promoting his new album with Ty Dolla $ign last night (February 8) at the United Center in Chicago.Tagging the rapper, Osbourne revealed West “asked permission to sample a section of a 1983 live performance of ‘War Pig’ from the US festival without vocals” but was subsequently “refused permission because he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache to many.”Osbourne added: “He went ahead and used the sample anyway at his album listening party last night.

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has shared that he thinks Ozzy Osbourne deserves to be knighted.Speaking to Classic Rock magazine recently, – and reported via Louder Sound – Halford voiced his support for the decade-long campaign to get the Prince of Darkness and former Black Sabbath frontman knighted.“If one person deserves a knighthood, it’s Ozzy Osbourne,” Halford said to Classic Rock. “Just for the joy he’s given people over the years.”Halford, like many others, is of the belief that Osbourne – a forefather of the metal genre – is well-deserving of knighthood for his contributions to the music industry.

Sleep Token fans who were unable to get tickets to the masked band’s upcoming US tour following a technical error.Fans who had signed up for pre-sale codes for the band’s ‘Teeth Of God’ tour didn’t receive them until 24 hours after the general sale had started, leading to thousands of people missing out on tickets despite signing up in advance. The fiasco, leading to a flurry of complaints on social media, led to AEG to reach out and apologise.“As a Sleep Token fan who took the time to register early for access to tickets, we know how committed you are to the band,” the email to the affected fans reads.

Bad Omens and Poppy have teamed up on their new high-octane collaboration ‘V.A.N.’ – watch the video below.The Virginia metalcore band teased their new song days ago when they wiped their social media, leaving only snippets with Poppy as a trace. Now, the pair have unveiled their new song – and an accompanying video to match.‘V.

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has announced his first show since being fired by the band late last year.Yesterday (January 24), Weinberg took to Instagram to announce that he will be back behind the drum kit with Infectious Grooves, a supergroup consisting of members of Suicidal Tendencies, Faith No More, and Metallica, for the band’s appearance at the Byron Bay, Australia festival, Bluesfest.A post shared by Jay Weinberg (@jayweinberg)“I’m honoured and thrilled to head to Australia with the legendary Infectious Grooves for a special performance at Bluesfest,” wrote Weinberg in the caption, before suggesting that he had other projects yet to be announced: “Stay tuned for more.” The poster depicted in the Instagram post states “Australian Tour ’24”, suggesting that Weinberg may be joining the band for a full-length tour of the country.Infectious Grooves is a funk metal supergroup consisting of vocallist Mike Muir and guitarist Dean Pleasants of Suicidal Tendencies and Rob Trujillo of Metallica. Weinberg will be filling in for original drummer, Brooks Wackerman of Avenged Sevenfold, who will supposedly be unavailable to play the Bluesfest date.

Corey Taylor has shared a new video addressing fans’ concerns over his mental health after he cancelled a North America tour – see what the Slipknot frontman had to say below.Earlier this year, Taylor announced that he was cancelling his solo North American tour to take a break and focus on his mental health and spend time with his family. Yesterday (January 24), he announced a short run of four shows in Asia between late March and early April.Shortly after announcing the Asia tour, the rock and metal musician began receiving comments about confusion as to why his North America shows were cancelled in the name of mental health, but he was able to announce Asia gigs.Taking to Instagram, a solemn looking Corey Taylor said: “The truth of the matter is, I understand why so many of you are upset.

Ghost have released the final batch of their viral dildo and butt-plug box sets.The band first released the Phallos Mortuus box set, a bible-bound package containing a sizeable Papa Emeritus dildo and a bronze butt plug to coincide with the release of their 2013 LP ‘Infestissumam’. Upon its release, the adult toys went viral on social media due to their holy packaging.In October of last year, Ghost re-released the toys in a limited run to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Second LP and the release of the box sets.