TRAPT, the multi-platinum rock band whose self-titled debut album spawned two #1 Mainstream Rock singles, (“Headstrong” and “Still Frame”), and the alternative rock song of the decade (Billboard), return with their most powerful and dynamic album to date, NO APOLOGIES, due out October 12th on Eleven Seven Music.
PUSCIFER COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK FOR BLOOD INTO WINE: SOUND INTO BLOOD INTO WINE LOS ANGELES, July 27 –Sound Into Blood Into Wine, a twelve-song collection of Puscifer (Maynard James Keenan) tracks which accompany the critically-acclaimed documentary Blood Into Wine, has been completed and will be available Sept. 7. Fans that experienced the live incarnation of Puscifer earlier this year will be familiar with some of the countrified versions of songs that appeared in their original incarnations on Puscifer’s debut album (V is for V****a) and C is For… EP. This is the first time these alternate versions have been made available. 1. Sour grapes Where’s The Line? Mix 2. Momma...
Anyone that’s familiar with Korn’s catalogue knows that they’ve been on a bit of a tangent with their style since “Issues.” Three of their last four releases have been widely experimental and their foray back into their old school style on “Take A Look In The Mirror” was good but not up to standard. That is far from the case with “III: Remember Who You Are.” This is easily their best in a long time, and even with only 3 remaining original members (the reason behind the III in the title perhaps?) they bring the fierceness that defined their early work.
REUNITED ANIMOSITY ERA LINE-UP PLAYS FIRST SHOWS IN OVER TWO DECADES Raleigh, N.C., July 26 — Corrosion of Conformity have added three new dates to their previously announced tour dates: Oct. 7 at Starland Ballroom (Sayreville, N.J.), Oct. 8 at Chicago’s Riot Fest and Oct. 10 at Highline Ballroom in New York City. With the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic Animosity album approaching, the original incarnation of Corrosion of Conformity (Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean and Reed Mullin) will play their first live shows in over twenty years with the tour kick-off this week in Asheville, N.C.
30 years, 80 million album sales, close to 2000 live performances, countless satisfied customers and now 15 studio albums of unerring quality and power: Iron Maiden have more than earned their proudly-held status as undisputed heavy metal champions of the world. The bands 15th Studio Record the Final Frontier is due out on August 17th.
As part of the ongoing celebration of their 20th anniversary, Sweden’s Opeth is releasing live footage and audio from the band’s recent performance at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall. In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, due out September 21st, is a fierce testament to Opeth’s continued success in the progressive metal community.
