While Alice in Chains – whose singer, Layne Staley, was found dead Friday – influenced an incalculable number of bands, perhaps no one echoes their legacy like Godsmack. From Tony Rambola’s jarring bursts of guitar to Sully Erna’s angry, impassioned vocal delivery, Godsmack have sonically followed Alice in Chains’ lead while adding their own distinctive edge. To Erna, Staley was more than just part of the grunge foundation on which bands like Godsmack, Creed, Tantric and Puddle of Mudd built their sound. The Alice in Chains singer’s raw urgency vaulted the former drummer front and center before one of today’s… Read more »
A near-capacity crowd at Key Arena greeted headliners Incubus Friday night with open arms and open eyes – and deafening, wall-vibrating screams. Thousands of hollering fans – many encased in freshly purchased T-shirts from the merch tables – couldn’t be wrong: After more than a decade in the business, and years of touring far smaller venues with middling success, the band from sleepy Calabasas, California, has most definitely arrived. But before they took to the stage, their So-Cal neighbors, Hoobastank, warmed up the Key with a thunderous half-hour set. The foursome had no problem filling up the arena with their… Read more »
LMiV has expanded their partnership with ScreamingMedia to provide their affiliate radio station websites with customized, real-time news and information relevant to their specific audiences. USA Today leads the roster of new content providers to LMiV affiliate station sites. As a result of the new arrangement, LMiV will now be able to deliver customized content from 3,000 Internet sources directly to LMiV affiliates. ScreamingMedia’s technology is capable of filtering incoming data feeds based on an individual station’s audience interests and subsequently deliver targeted information to individual station audiences. “This deal gives us more and more robust content that better matches… Read more »
Following his two SRO appearances at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom (Saturday, June 9, 3pm/7:30pm), So So Def/Columbia Records will honor rap artist Lil Bow Wow with a star-studded party from 7pm-10pm on Monday, June 11, at a Manhattan location as-yet-undisclosed for security reasons. The exclusive party is to celebrate Bow Wow’s incredible on-going successes: Beware Of Dog, his debut album, has sold more than three million copies around the world while “The Scream Tour,” Bow Wow’s first national tour as a headliner, has sold-out across the country. The guest list for the party includes some of the biggest stars in… Read more »
Following the release of their viral single “My Drummer’s Girlfriend” and “Straight To Heart,” ALT BLK ERA—sister duo Nyrobi and Chaya Beckett-Messam—is back with their new single and video for “Come On Outside.” The track will appear on the band’s 10-track debut album, Rave Immortal. It arrives on January 10, 2025, via Earache Records. Secure your pre-orders here. “We want ‘Come On Outside’ to be a source of comfort and strength for anyone who feels hurt, lost or alone,” Nyrobi says. “We want our listeners to feel that they have a sister in us, who is offering them the exact same warmth, love… Read more »
Have you ever met someone who listens to pop but has an unexpected infatuation with heavy metal, too? It’s a plot twist that proves that “range” in music consumption is possible in a world full of gatekeepers and genre boundaries. This range extends beyond music fans. Underneath the guise of mainstream music stardom, some of our favorite pop artists have underground projects to experiment within the depths of metal breakdowns, screams, and unrelenting riffage. True artistry knows no bounds and sometimes even pop artists need a break from their typical musical formulas. Here are three beloved mainstream household names who have… Read more »
Screamo legends From First To Last have returned with another new single, marking the group’s second release of 2024 after not releasing music in six years. This past Friday, September 27, the band released “REV,” a follow-up to their latest offering, “GENESIS,” released this past July. The band’s return is once again without vocalist Sonny Moore aka Skrillex, who rejoined the band for a brief stint from 2017-2019. Their current roster includes vocalist/guitarist Matt Good, guitarist/vocalist Travis Richter, and drummer Derek Bloom. This isn’t the first time Good has taken on a majority of the vocal duties—the band had the… Read more »
Stand Atlantic has been leaving their mark across the UK and Europe, celebrating the release of their full-length album, WAS HERE. While in London last Friday, September 20, the Aussie natives invited the newly formed As It Is frontman Patty Walters to the stage to perform “NOSE BLEED.” The track, the group’s latest single from the album, originally featured Sueco as the guest vocalist. Before introducing Walters to the crowd, frontwoman Bonnie Fraser says, “I never really know how to introduce this next song, to be completely honest with you… This is a song that we released as a single… Read more »
FEVER 333 is back with not one, but two raw, charged singles, “MURDERER” and “NOSEBLEEDS,” from their forthcoming record DARKER WHITE due out on October 4. This 14-track LP includes previously released singles “DESERT RAP,” “NEW WEST ORDER,” “HIGHER POWER,” “NO HOSTAGES,” and “$WING.” Vocalist Jason Butler says, “The lyrics to ‘MURDERER’ draw attention to the thousands of innocent Palestinian people being killed every day. It is a call for support and reaction to the current situation happening there.” In classic Butler fashion, his lyrics pull no punches, detailing state-sanctioned violence. “What you call a savior we call an assailant/His law and his… Read more »
On September 13, Phoenix, Arizona indie star Sydney Sprague revealed the deluxe version of somebody in hell loves you via Rude Records. It features new songs with artists such as Kississippi, Pool Kids, and Kevin Devine. Additionally, she shared a music video for “smiley face” featuring Pool Kids. Pools Kids‘ Christine Goodwyne says, “When I first heard Sydney play this song live on our tour together I was obsessed, and would annoyingly scream-sing harmonies from the crowd every night.” Goodwyne adds, “Several months later we were passing through Phoenix, and they joked that we could only crash on their couch if I… Read more »
