Five Finger Death Punch, has shared a trailer from their just-announced tour dates with Three Days Grace, Bad Wolves and Fire From The Gods. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, July 26th. A portion from every ticket sold will benefit America’s defenders, veterans, first responders and their families via the Gary Sinise Foundation, one of the causes the band is passionate about.Continue reading
Five Finger Death Punch, hard at work on their new album, has announced a new run of US tour dates. Support will come from Three Days Grace, Bad Wolves and Fire From The Gods. Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 26th. A portion from every ticket sold will benefit America’s defenders, veterans, first responders and their families via the Gary Sinise Foundation, one of the causes the band is passionate about.Continue reading
Ivan Moody, lead singer of Five Finger Death Punch has launched his CBD products and lifestyle brand, Moody’s Medicinals. Moody’s Medicinals initial trailblazing line of innovative, high-quality products specializing in both Cannabidiol (“CBD”) and non-CBD wellness, is available worldwide at www.MoodysMedicinals.com and at retail locations. Ivan will appear at and exclusive kick-off event and party tomorrow evening in Las Vegas at the Trip Ink Tattoo Company/I Heart Vape. Details can be found below. Fans that purchase any Moody’s Medicinals item will receive a signed photo and a meet and greet with Ivan Moody onsite at the event.Continue reading
Rockers Five Finger Death Punch have confirmed that Charlie “The Engine” Engen is recording drums for the bands’ new album, due out later in 2019. The band has been sharing a series of videos from the studio updating their process and made the reveal in a new episode. Engen first stepped in as a fill-in for their last headline tour to replace founding drummer Jeremy Spencer who had to retire from the band and touring last fall due to ongoing back issues. Continue reading
Typically we try to stay away from rumor mill material with Ghost Cult, as we like to leave that up to our peers who trade your trust for clickbait daily. On rare occasions, we will share a story that is developing that would be of great interest to fans if it comes to fruition and will let you know up front if we only have some of the facts. Such is the case with John Reece, co-founder of the now-defunct Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival. Reece posted last night on social media to the Mayhem Festival account, posing the question: should the fest should make a comeback? Reece who also used to run the Taste of Chaos tour with his then partner Kevin Lyman (also of Warped Tour) have been tight-lipped since the farewell messages at the end of the 2015 run of dates that ended the run of eight years straight starting in 2008. As of now, there is no pending announcement or further information we have to indicate the fest is coming back, but we’d love to see it! Once it went dark some of the bands that would typically play the fest went over to play Warped, which is also no longer a touring fest. Even as a destination fest (the current trend), we feel Mayhem would make a huge comeback. Both Reece and Lyman are incredible entrepreneurs with Reece involved with fests like Back To The Beach and the new Real Street Fest, and Lyman still running Warped and FEND, so there is no doubt they can make this happen and bring it back. Mayhemfest, as it was known, was a strictly Rock and Metal fest that was an answer to Ozzfest in America, after that event went on hiatus. The fest boasted lineups that included Slipknot, Korn, Disturbed, Slayer, King Diamond, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Hatebreed, All That Remains, Testament, Godsmack, Megadeth, Anthrax, Motörhead, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Machine Head, Trivium and more!
Five Finger Death Punch who had a hit with a cover of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s first charting song ‘Blue on Black’ has re-recorded the song in a special new Country-fied version. Joining FFDP is Shepherd, Queen legend Dr. Brian May, Country Music star Brantley Gilbert. Mixed by frequent FFDP collaborator Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain, Disturbed). You can purchase and stream ‘Blue On Black’ today worldwide via Prospect Park (North America) and Eleven Seven Music (ex. North America). The artists also premiered an official music video for how they made the track, which you can watch now. The artists and their respective labels are donating all proceeds from the collaboration to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which honors America’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need.Continue reading
According to Billboard, Greta Van Fleet and Three Days Grace each won awards at the iHeart Radio Awards yesterday. Greta Van Fleet won for Song of the Year for ‘Safari Song’, while Three Days Grace won the award for Rock artist of the year. The bands competed in crowded fields with competition from bands such as Disturbed, Godsmack, Shinedown, Bad Wolves, and Five Finger Death Punch. For the most part, iHeart Radio’s Awards focus on Pop, Country, RnB, and Hip-Hop music. Continue reading
Metalcore has been written off that many times in the last few years I honestly lose track. But I think in some quarters the effect of bands like Killswitch Engage and Unearth still reverberate to this day. On the flip side of this though is the very real fact that much that is labelled Metalcore has been watered down to the point of sounding bland and insipid in delivery and message.Continue reading
Los Angeles power-trio Athanasia is a new group featuring former members Five Finger Death Punch, Sebastian Bach, and Joey Jordison’s Murderdolls. Founded in California by veteran guitarist/vocalist Caleb Bingham under the band’s original name Ascension. The bands’ early demos landed Caleb a slot with the first incarnation of Five Finger Death Punch in 2005. Leaving that band in 2007, Bingham continued to write under the name Ascension, recording several more unreleased demos (and one EP) at the behest of then Roadrunner Records A&R, now Nuclear Blast Entertainment impresario and tastemaker Monte Conner (Sepultura, Slipknot, Type O Negative, Machine Head, Fear Factory). Now Athanasia is ready to strike with their debut full-length The Order Of The Silver Compass on March 15 via Seeing Red Records and Rock of Angels Records. New music to follow soon, but check out the album details.
Impact Music Festival was a smash last year and is now back for 2019. On the bill this year are Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, In This Moment, Skillet, Evanescence, Killswitch Engage, Clutch, All That Remains, Between The Buried and Me, Atreyu, YOB, Memphis May Fire, Motionless in White, Norma Jean, Buckcherry, Beartooth, Andrew W.K., Fever333, Joyous Wolf, Crown Lands, Dirty Honey, Amigo The Devil, Dube, Mammothor and more bands to be announced. Taking place July 27th and 28th at Darling’s Waterfront Pavillion, it’s sure to be a good time! Get your tickets next Friday on January 25th, at the links below.Continue reading