For the better part of the past five years, top-charting masked metal machine MUSHROOMHEAD have been crafting the epic follow up to their monumental 2014 full-length album, The Righteous & The Butterfly – waiting ever-so-patiently to drop their next collection of anthems. The Cleveland collective make their prodigious return with the new full-length oeuvre, A Wonderful Life – the eighth release of their benchmark career – out June 19, 2020 via Napalm Records.
There are always a lot of questions asked about California rock legends and effects pedal entrepreneurs Steel Panther. Are they sure heavy metal rules? Do they really play their instruments? Could they be my father? While the answer to all of these questions is YES, another question is what would have happened if Steel Panther chose a different genre of music?
Whitechapel has launched a new digital single for the acoustic version of “Hickory Creek”. The studio version of the track originally appeared on the critically acclaimed album, The Valley, released last year via Metal Blade Records. Vocalist Phil Bozeman comments: “If any song could have an acoustic version, it would be ‘Hickory Creek’. This was enjoyable on so many levels for us to make, and we hope you share that same joy during these hard times.”
SoCal thrash metal force WARBRINGER will release their highly anticipated full-length follow up to 2017’s acclaimed Woe To The Vanquished, entitled Weapons of Tomorrow, on April 24 via Napalm Records. Today, the band has unleashed a new video for the grandiose album closer track “Glorious End”, which in theme with the album’s concept, presents itself as a war epic narrated by an exchange between two close heroes – father and son.
Twenty One Pilots have shared “Level of Concern,” a brand-new song written and recorded amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The song, which encourages hope during difficult times, is available today on all streaming platforms and joined by an official music video directed by longtime collaborator Reel Bear Media. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun will donate a portion of the proceeds from “Level of Concern” to Crew Nation, a global relief fund for live music crews, which aims to help touring and venue crews affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Twenty One Pilots’ frontman Tyler Joseph revealed to fans on Twitter recently that he had been working on new music while in self-isolation expressing, “always writing,...
Following last week’s announcement that KNOTFEST.COM would be posting a full live performance from a band or artist within the KNOTFEST community every Friday; and the launch of this initiative with a killer set from Lamb Of God featuring a live chat with Mark Morton, this week, KNOTFEST.COM will be premiering a live performance from MEGADETH shot at Spain’s Resurrection Festival in 2018.
