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Watch Gojira Play At The Opening Ceremonies of The 2024 Summer Olympics Games
Bayonne, France’s Metal legends Gojira honored their home country by participating in the opening ceremonies for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris! The band played at a castle, and generally was as badass as possible! Continue reading
INTERVIEW: Four Stroke Baron Talk “Data Diamond”
Four Stroke Baron defy convention and boldly go where few bands have gone before with the smirking and cinematic future shock brilliance of Data Diamond. The falsetto and manipulated vocals on “1000 Threads” paired with heavy sci-fi Nu groove makes you feel adrift in space. It is a swan dive into embracing the chaos, mutating and adapting while trying to find yourself. Certain moments feel like the dark guitars of Korn, Once Human, or Gojira suddenly morphed into Massive Attack.
There is so much here for repeated listens and it was cool to get to talk about the new album with the band. Continue reading
Mario Duplantier (Gojira) to Perform on Late Night With Seth Meyers – Band to Tour The US with Korn
Mario Duplantier, has announced that he will be joining Fred Armisen and the 8G Band, sitting behind the drum kit on Late Night With Seth Meyers. The Gojira drummer will appear on the show from June 17-20, airing weeknights at 12:35 AM ET / 11:35 PM CT on NBC. The 8G Band has hosted close to 300 drummers since the program’s inception in 2014. This Fall, Gojira hit the road in the US with nu-metal giants, Korn. Keep reading for more.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Replicant – Infinite Mortality
Okay, I openly confess, I may have dropped the ball. But what do you mean, you ask? Well, there’s a long laundry list of brain farts on my part so I should clarify. Apologies to a couple of ex-girlfriends beforehand as said list includes my lack of communication. That out of the way, I’m shocked that it took this long for Replicant to come to my attention. This Garden State unit has been around for 10 years so you would think that my decades-long travels on the heavy music highway would have warranted a listen or two. But thankfully on Infinite Mortality (Transcending Obscurity Records) I’m correcting the oversight.Continue reading
Korn Books a Headline Tour with Direct Support from Gojira and Spiritbox
Following the announcement and sellout of their milestone 30th anniversary show in Los Angeles, two-time Grammy-award winning band Korn, has announced their 2024 run of shows across North America. The rock cultural icons will embark on the 25-date Live Nation produced tour featuring special guests, Grammy-nominated band Gojira and Canadian heavy metal group Spiritbox, beginning September 12 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, FL. The tour will make stops in Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL; Phoenix, AZ; Houston, TX and more before wrapping up in St. Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center on October 27. Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) and artist presale beginning Tuesday, March 26. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, March 29 at 10AM local time at the link below!Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Perpetua – Resurgence
Scotland: a country of rolling hills and glens; forests, moorlands, and mountains. A people surrounded and enriched by a proud cultural history.
Also Scotland: bad weather, heroic levels of alcohol consumption, and a widely held intolerance of English politics and sporting teams. Also, Metal. Continue reading
Korn Sells Out the Their 30th Anniversary Concert with Evanescence, Gojira, Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway, Spiritbox, and Vended in One Week
It only took a week, but Korn has sold out a soccer stadium Los Angeles. Korn will honor the 30th anniversary of their debut album a special one-off performance at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 5th, 2024. The concert includes special guests Evanescence, Gojira, Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway, Spiritbox, and Vended. Tickets to the 22,000 seat capacity went on sale Friday, March 8th and tickets were gone today.Continue reading
Warner Music Group Intends to Buy French Digital Music Company Believe SA, Owner of Nuclear Blast Records and Tunecore
One of the largest record labels in the world, Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced it intends to purchase Believe SA, a French digital music company. Among the many companies Believe owns includes a controlling stake in Nuclear Blast Records (acquired in 2018) and its offshoot Blood Blast Distribution, as well as Tunecore a Brooklyn, New York–based digital music distribution, publishing and licensing service founded in 2006. Tunecore distributes music through online retailers such as iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Beatport. According to the press release you can read below, Warner “would provide Believe with strategic support and financial stability to help the development and growth of the Company, including by accelerating its expansion into new geographies.” Nuclear Blast founded in 1987 in Germany, is home to some of the greatest bands in Metal such as, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, C.O.C., Nightwish, Sepultura, Sabaton, In Flames, Lamb of God (Europe), and countless others. In addition to their legendary main brand known for Rock, Pop, Country, and Dance music, WMG owns a ton of sub labels boasting some of the biggest names in Hard Rock, Metal and Punk like 10K Projects, 300 Entertainment (Highly Suspect, Waterparks), Asylum, Atlantic (Shinedown, Halestorm) Big Beat, Elektra Entertainment (formerly: Metallica, Slipknot & Paramore – current: twenty one pilots, Brandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson) Erato, First Night, Fueled By Ramen (Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, A Day To Remember), Nonesuch, Parlophone (Iron Maiden), Reprise (Lamb of God in the USA, Deftones, Disturbed, Crosses), Rhino (boxed sets, vinyl and CD reissues, and countless legacy releases), Roadrunner (Gojira, Turnstile, Motionless In White, Trivium, newly signed Deafheaven, Coheed and Cambria, Stone Sour), Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. WMG’s music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, as well as artist management and services divisions. If the sale goes through, it remains to be seen what shape the deal would have and what impact is might have for Nuclear Blast and Tunecore. Stay tuned for more news on this story.Continue reading
Korn Books Their 30th Anniversary Concert Celebrating Their Debut Album with Evanescence, Gojira, Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway, Spiritbox, and Vended
After teasing on social media, Korn will honor the 30th anniversary of their debut album a special one-off performance at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 5th, 2024. The concert includes special guests Evanescence, Gojira, Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway, Spiritbox, and Vended. Ticket on sale Friday, March 8th at 10 AM PT. Watch the trailer announcement here:Continue reading