Just a couple more days of special "Headbangers Ball" programming on MTV2 before the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards special telecast rips you a new orifice Saturday night at 11 p.m. Tonight's "Ball," which starts at 11 p.m., will be hosted by Massachusetts mainstream metalcore band All That Remains, and will feature exclusive interview footage and videos.
Tomorrow's special "Headbangers Ball" will air at midnight and will feature 30 minutes with Cali deathcore sensations Suicide Silence and a half hour with Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, who deejayed the Golden Gods pre-show.
Stay tuned after Saturday's Golden Gods special for a one-hour post-show special featuring performance outtakes as well as more interviews and backstage footage. Click "more" to see our Golden Gods interview snippets with All That Remains. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Here's the second part of our interview with popular Christian metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. During out candid discussion, vocalist Mike Hranica and guitarist Jemery DePoyster discussed incorporating God into metal, the injuries at their shows, urinating for cash, writing under pressure, their unconventional song structures and recording their new album With Roots Above and Branches Below. Click "more" to watch. Read more...
It's not a very nice term, but dorkcore is probably the best description for Genghis Tron's jawdropping amalgamation of programmed beats, eerie samples, math-metal rhythms and damaged, world-on-fire vocals. Check out our review of the band's 2008 album, Board Up the House, which, last year, we ranked the third best record you might not have heard. And for those of you who like to live on the outer fringes, Genghis Tron have released five Board Up the House remix EPs, each of which features other artists reinterpreting their songs.
Our friends at MetalInjection.net have just posted three cool live videos from a recent New York show that prove Genghis Tron are just as inspiring live as in the studio. Click "more" to see the vids. And after their next show, don't be afraid to walk up to them. They may be music dweebs, but they're totally nice guys. And they might just help you with your math homework. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Following a week long hiatus, the Clown is back. Slipknot percussionist and artist Shawn Crahan has dusted off his picture boxes and combed through his gnarled memory to bring us some of his most striking images to date. We begin this week with "After the Show," a shot of a girl with a cigarette that's aglow with color and life. What blows us away isn't her bright blue hair, it's that rough, weatherbeaten hand with chipped black nail polish that makes us wonder if she's been working in a machine shop -- or worse. Click "more" to see the pic and read Clown's comments. Read more...
The Devil Wears Prada vocalist Mike Hranica
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Don't write off Dayton, Ohio's The Devil Wears Prada just because of their stupid name and goofy song titles. And don't discard them simply because they're proud to be Christians and aren't afraid to talk about it. Finally, don't label 'em trendy screamo/metalcore tag-alongs -- at least not until you've heard their music.
The band's second album, 2007's Plagues, was a strident, discordant blast of energy that constantly veered between jagged, jarring rhythms and memorable melodies. The band's follow-up, With Roots Above and Branches Below (out May 5), is equally intense, but more cohesive, incorporating a range of sonic nuances, including sweeping organ swells, atmospheric keyboard hooks and majestic metal riffs without sounding like a bunch of disparate parts stapled together.
After a recent show in New York, vocalist Mike Hranica and guitarist and singer Jeremy DePoyster sat down and discussed where they're coming from musically, the creation of With Roots Above and Branches Below, their mainstream popularity and why metal fans should seriously give 'em a chance. Click "more" for the two segments of our five-part interview. Read more...
Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta on black carpet with Vinnie Paul
photo by Jon Wiedehorn
At the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Hatebreed were the only performers to play four songs. For frontman Jamey Jasta's sake, we'd like to say it was because they were the best band at the event, but it probably had more to do with the length of their songs compared to those of Megedeth and Killswitch Engage.
Anyway, as always, Hatebreed rocked the joint and kids in the pit reacted by moshing, diving and engaging in other activities likely to cause bodily harm. After Hatebreed's soundcheck for the Awards, Sirius XM radio's metal master Jose Mangin sat down with Jasta and talked about the Golden Gods, the video for Hatebreed's cover of Slayer's "Ghosts of War," their new cover disc For the Lions and the return of original guitarist Wayne Lozinak.
Click "more" to watch. Also, watch Hatebreed guest host a special edition of "Headbangers Ball" tonight at 11 p.m. on MTV2. And don't miss the exclusive 60-minute telecast of the Golden Gods Awards Saturday night at 11 p.m. on MTV2, followed by an additional hour of outtakes and performances from the show. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich recently joined MSNBC show host Rachel Maddow on the "Rachel Maddow Show" to talk about music, Guitar Hero, parenthood and politics. During their conversation, Ulrich also discusses his affinity for San Francisco, his liberal upbringing and the U.S. military's use of painfully loud Metallica music to torture prisoners. Click "more" to watch the nearly eight-minute-long interview.
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For this week only, "Headbangers Ball" is like "Seinfeld." It's airing every single night. And each night it will be hosted by a different band that performed at the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods. Not so coincidentally, the 60 minute long telecast for the show debuts on Saturday night at 11 p.m. We hope you caught last night's "Headbangers Ball" episode hosted by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. Don't miss tonight's special featuring music and interview footage with Killswitch Engage. Tomorrow's show will be manned by Hatebreed, Thursday's episode will be spearheaded by All That Remains and on Friday the show will be split between Suicide Silence and Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, who DJed the pre-show festivities. Click "more" to see what Killswitch Engage have to say. Read more...
German company Rockhaus Television has posted a full Twisted Sister concert shot recently at the London Astoria for what vocalist Dee Snider calls a "possible pay per view special." During the show, the band performs a cavalcade of hits, including "We're Not Gonna Take It," "Burn in Hell," "The Kids Are Back" and "Ride to Live, Live to Ride." Click more to watch the ugliest elderly transvestite you've ever seen fronting a gangbuster '80s metal show. Read more...
Following a week-long hiatus, we'll resume our photo guest blog with Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (Clown) tomorrow, and in the months ahead we've we posting some of his most surreal, sexy, funny and disturbing pictures to date. But for now, check out the last installment of Clown photos we've posted over the past six months. Click "more" to see such stuff as screams are made of. Read more...
