1983 saw “Rainbow In The Dark“, the second single from the platinum selling “Holy Diver” album by Dio land on Planet Metal. Assisted by airplay on MTV which was a force for good for any band who got regular rotation, it gave Dio new heights of success to match their undoubted talents. The man himself, Ronnie
Maybe it’s just us but it seems like for a while there has been a fair amount of Stone Sour in the work Slipknot and that as fans, we might like them to return to the heavier sounds of previous records. Saint Petersburg Russia is home to a Deathcore collective with a fantastic name in
In 2019 Avatar reunited with producer Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Slipknot, Anthrax) at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, California, where the foundation for each song on Hunter Gatherer was laid with the band performing altogether, as they’d done only once before on 2014’s “Hail the Apocalypse“. Aimed at capturing the bands live energy by allowing
At the end of a week that has seen Corey Taylor deliver a pair of tracks from his solo project that… Well, one sounds like a Kid Rock track from 1999 and the other sounds like a middle of the road Rock song… There is at least one person keeping the Slipknot dream alive. Slaughter
It maybe some time before Stone Sour get back together for their next adventure in audio so drummer Ray Mayorga has kept himself busy. Not only has he been on the drum still for Hell Yeah but also writing and recording synths for the new Wednesday 13 album. We’ve followed his career since his Soulfly
What are the chances of Mudvayne reuniting and returning to the stage in 2020 with August marking the 20th Anniversary of their seminal debut album “L.D. 50”? When you have the now Hellyeah frontman Chad Gray making comments like these anything is possible. Especially when his guitarist and former Nothingface man Tom Maxwell says that
Technically studio album number eight for Wednesday 13, if you’re not counting any of the Murderdolls, Gunfire 76, Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 or Bourbon Crow output, “Necrophaze” sees a cast of collaborators and co-conspirators join the blood drive. The band itself comprises vocalist Wednesday 13, guitarists Roman Surman and Jack Tankersley, bassist Troy
For us at least, “Iowa” by Slipknot remains still the bands second best offering behind their self titled debut. It’s an album that surprised a few with its less rap scream rant approach to vocals from Corey Taylor and some all out sung clean vocals in the vein of hit single “Wait And Bleed” which
At the time of writing having surpassed the 4.5m viewings mark in just 44 minutes, “Unsainted” a brand new Slipknot tune sans video directed by Shaun “Clown” Crahan as appeared online. Pre-orders for the new album “We Are Not Your Kind” which appears 9th August are available here. For our money it has a distinct
Harrogate quartet Blood Youth have been building up to the release of their second full length album “Starve” for a fair amount of time. Comprising vocalist Kaya Taurus, Guitarist Chris Pritchard, Bassist Big Les and Drummer Sam Hallett, the band toured across Europe with Crossfaith and shared stages with Stone Sour last year. {51/50} starts
