Corey Taylor has confirmed in a new interview with Eddie Trunk that he is very likely to make his debut solo album in 2021. The project will take him away from Slipknot and Stone Sour. Up to now Taylor has only toured occasionally as a solo act, put out a few singles, and of course guested with many other artists ranging from Soulfly, Apocalyptica, Dream Theater, Korn to Code Orange and more. Taylor told Trunk:Continue reading
Dream Theater has shared the brain-breaking animated video for ‘Barstool Warrior’! The track comes from their acclaimed recent album Distance Over Time (InsideOut Music/Sony). After touring Europe this summer, the band is preparing for the next leg of their Distance Over Time tour, celebrating twenty years of their arguably best album, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory. The full list of dates are below and tickets are on sale now. Continue reading
Dream Theater has booked a second run ofNorth American tour dates. The band will play their entire Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory album in its entirety and new songs from Distance Over Time, out now via InsideOut Music, at every show. Information on tickets for all upcoming shows as well as VIP packages can be found at www.dreamtheater.net.Continue reading
Check out all of today’s new releases in the music world!
Accept – Life’s A Bitch (7″) (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
After The Burial – Evergreen (Sumerian Records) (Buy)
Allegaeon – Apoptosis (Metal Blade Records) (Buy)
Alpha Wolf – Fault EP (SharpTone Records) (Buy)
Alter Bridge – ABIII (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
American War Machine – Unholy War (Bridge 9) (Buy)
Archaic Tomb/Cryptworm – Split EP (Blood Harvest) (Buy)
Atlas Pain – Tales Of A Pathfinder (Scarlet Records) (Buy)
Black Sites – Exile (Hoove Child) (Buy)
Blood Command – Return Of The Arsonist EP (Fysisk Format) (Buy)
Cage The Elephant – Social Cues (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
Chalice Of Suffering – Lost Eternally (Transcending Obscurity) (Buy)
Chemical City Rebels – A New Plague (Self-Released) (Buy)
Chokehold – With This Thread I Hold On (Good Fight) (Buy)
The Chris Rolling Squad – Spitfire (Wormholedeath) (Buy)
Cirith Gorgor – Sovereign (Hammerheart) (Buy)
Corrosion Of Conformity – Wiseblood (Vinyl) (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Cosmic Putrefaction – At The Threshold Of The Greatest Chasm (I, Voidhanger) (Buy)
The Cringe – Everywhere You’ve Never Been (Listen) (Buy)
Crooked Royals – Rumination EP (New Industry) (Buy)
Dawn Of Demise – Into The Depths Of Veracity (Unique Leader) (Buy)
Dead Superstar – I Did It For The Rock Gods (Self-Released) (Buy)
Dead To A Dying World – Elegy (Profound Lore) (Buy)
Druids – Monument (The Company KC) (Buy)
False Gods – The Serpent And The Ladder EP (Self-Released) (Buy)
Fatal Curse – Breaking The Trance (Shadow Kingdom) (Buy)
Fractal Universe – Rhizomes Of Insanity (Metal Blade Records) (Buy)
Gaslight Anthem – American Slang (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
Gods Forsaken – Smells Of Death (Soulseller) (Buy)
Grand Magus – Wolf God (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Haze Mage – Chronicles (Grimoire) (Buy)
Heavy As Texas – Heavy As Texas (Crunchy Western) (Buy)
Hosemen – Saturday Nite Conformity (Self-Released) (Buy)
Incantation – Upon The Throne Of Apocalypse Re-Release (Relapse Records) (Buy)
Jordan Rudess – Wired For Madness (Mascot) (Buy)
Joyous Wolf – Place In Time EP (Roadrunner Records) (Buy)
L’Acephale – L’Acephale (Eisenwald) (Buy)
Magnum – Chase The Dragon (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Mayhem – Live in Sarpsborg (Buy)
Ministry – Twitch (Vinyl) (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Mork – Det Svarte Juv (Peaceville) (Buy)
Pagan Altar – Judgment Of The Dead Re-Release (Temple Of Mystery) (Buy)
Pagan Altar – Lords Of Hypocrisy Re-Release (Temple Of Mystery) (Buy)
Pristine – Road Back To Ruin (Nuclear Blast) (Buy)
Sad Planets – Akron, Ohio (Tee Pee) (Buy)
Samael – Lux Mundi Re-Release (Napalm) (Buy)
Samael – Solar Soul Re-Release (Napalm) (Buy)
Sangue – Culs (Nuclear War Now!) (Buy)
Shotgun Sawyer – Bury The Hatchet (Ripple Music) (Buy)
Status Quo – Collected (MusicOnVinyl) (Buy)
Totengott – The Abyss (Xtreem/Burning World) (Buy)
Tripsitter – The Other Side Of Sadness (Prosthetic) (Buy)
Uncured – Epidemic (Seek And Strike) (Buy)
Various Artists – Industrial Accident: The Story Of Wax Trax! Records Soundtrack (Wax Trax!) (Buy)
Various Artists – A Tribute To Death (Antichrist) (Buy)
Vitriol – Chrysalis EP (Iron Bonehead) (Buy)
Walking Corpse – Walking Corpse EP (HPGD) (Buy)
The Wolf Howls When I Scream Your Name – To Be Where There Is Pale Light (Self-Released) (Buy)
The Wonder Years – The Greatest Generation (Newbury Comics Exclusive Color Vinyl) (Buy)
What can be most revealing about the cohesive nature of a band is any solo output from its individual members. For some, the music they create individually doesn’t show any markings in the collective band’s material and this can be good for a number of reasons but the primary one being showcasing how multi-faceted a musician that individual can be. Other solo output can bear a striking resemblance to their band discography showing how vital that individual is to the overall sound of the band. This is the case with Jordan Rudess’ newest solo outing Wired for Madness (Mascot Label / Music Theories Recordings).Continue reading
As we previously reported, Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess is releasing his next solo album Wired For Madness via April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. Guests on the album include drummer Marco Minnemann, fellow Dream Theater bandmates James LaBrie and John Petrucci, guitarists Vinnie Moore, Guthrie Govan, and Joe Bonamassa, as well as drummers Rod Morgenstein and Elijah Wood. Check out the lyric video for the title track right now!Continue reading
It’s hard to put a finger on what exactly East Of The Wall is and this is a double edged sword in many aspects. Calling them a progressive band would be like calling a spade a spade: the music follows all the staples and notions of the genre, but, as a label, it still does not fit comfortably, especially with their new release NP – Complete (Translation Loss Records).Continue reading
Metal and Folk go back decades. From the inception of the genre in the 1960s, folk literature and myths became a staple across a variety of Metal genres with their fantastical themes and imaginative escapism. However, the sonic and musical marriage of Folk and Metal is very different from those lyrical thematics both genres now share. Some amongst the Metal community would argue that the inclusion of ancient instruments such as panpipes, fiddles, and flutes makes the music sound corny and cliché and thus diminishes the aggressive nature of the metallic component of Folk Metal.Continue reading
As music fans, we are getting spoiled these days with supergroups and guest collaborations. One rumor of a collaboration from the last decade that didn’t happen was Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, The Winery Dogs, Neal Morse Band, Flying Colors) Devin Townsend and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt . In a series of tweets between Portnoy and Townsend the last few days, Portnoy expressed interest that we would still ike to work with them in some capacity someday. Townsend answered back about his admiration for Portnoy, and offered some insights as to why this never happened. Åkerfeldt is not on Twitter and hasn’t commented. This is obviously just speculation and playful musing by Mike. We are not trying to fan the flames of it, except to say we’d love to hear some music from this group, if it ever happens. Remember that music is a gift and these artists don’t owe the fans much of anything. Thanks for sharing Mike, don’t kill us! Continue reading
Progressive music and Death Metal have always been strange but undeniable bedfellows. From the very early days of Death’s career, Chuck Schuldiner would play with a technical precision akin to the most progressive bands around and this overt musicianship has continued through the genres’ long and storied histories, from Dream Theater to Tool to Black Peaks, and from Cannibal Corpse to Venom Prison. Musical dexterity is the cornerstone of the two genres, so when they collide you get something mind-bendingly complex.Continue reading