Big news at Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, creators of major US Rock and Metal festivals such as at Welcome To Rockville, Inkcarceration, Aftershock, and Louder Than Life! Jose “The Metal Ambassador” Mangin, an ever present force in metal culture between Sirius XM Radio and other gigs hjas signed on as Danny Wimmer Presents Rock Festivals as Official Host and Live Correspondent for those festivals.
Steve Digiorgio (Testament, Sadus, Death) is the bass player on the new Megadeth album. Long suspected and unconfirmed until today, Dave Mustaine credited Digiorgio for the bass work new Megadeth album, The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead, due on July 8, 2022 in a new interview today. The album features a cover of Dead Kennedys’ “Police Truck” and Sammy Hagar’s “This Planet’s On Fire”, with vocals from Hagar. Mustaine shared this new leader shared the news of DiGiorgio’s involvement, replacing the previously deleted bass tracks of former bassist David Ellefson in an interview with Jose Mangin of SiriusXM Liquid Metal, while discussing the upcoming leg 2 of the “Metal Tour of The Year” with Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames as well as the upcoming Megaddeth cover of “Take No Prisoners” Mustaine did with LoG, debuting on April 1st.
According to a post from SiriusXM’s Jose Mangin made on social media, Paul Wrath of the band Cerberus, and his father Pablo Jiménez were involved in a fatal car accident. Paul (27) was the lead singer and guitarist for the Mexico City band that had earned acclaim and airplay on SiriusXM and other outlets. Cerberus won a national contest to open for Metallica on the World Wired tour in 2017. They also had their single “Tekilla” from their album “Fire” featured on SiriusXM Liquid Metal program and performed at Mangin’s Taco Metal Party. There’s been no comment released from the band or management as of yet. Continue reading