photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Last night, we dreamed that Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul was a guest on a TV talk show, and was showing the audience how to projectile vomit at will. He'd kind of cough and spit, and a fountain of puke would spew onto the floor. Then everyone would cheer and a group of scantily dressed women who looked like cheerleaders would clean up the vomit with bar towels.
We're not sure if the dream was inspired by the prescription Tylenol with codeine we took or if it had more to do with Paul's comment to DallasObserver.com that Hellyeah will return to the studio on May 15 to record their second album. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
A German media company has created a professional, 11-minute interview clip with Machine Head frontman Robert Flynn. They have also posted excellent live footage of the band performing "Clenching the Fists of Dissent" and "Imperium." Click "more" to watch. Read more...
Here's the second of three batches of photos we've posted over the past six months from Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) for his weekly "The Eye of a Clown" guest photo blog. Click "more" to see all of the photos and read Clown's revealing commentary. Read more...
Starting this weekend, "Headbangers Ball" will begin eight days of special programming leading up to the exclusive premiere of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which airs Saturday, May 22 at 11 p.m.
On Saturday, April 25 we've got a Golden Gods Awards preview special on "Headbangers Ball" that'll air at 2 a.m. on MTV2. The show will feature music videos from all of the Golden Gods performers -- Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains and Suicide Silence -- as well as behind-the-scenes footage from the event itself, the first ever metal awards show on U.S. soil, which took place on April 7 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California.
Click "more" for the full schedule of next week's special Golden Gods programming and our review of the show. Read more...
Right now, Mastodon are lumbering through Canada and will reach American shores with openers Kylesa and Intronaut on April 29. The tour will wrap up with a hometown show in Atlanta on May 15, then Mastodon will be off to Europe to open for Metallica. To show our support, we'll continue to blast the band's video for "Divinations" from atop the rafters. And we've also got a batch of new interview clips to roll over out the next few days. Here's the first installment. Read more...
In a surprise upset, Kenosha, Wisconsin quartet Lazarus A.D. have topped Bring me the Horizon and Slipknot to win this week's "Your Vote Counts" and return to the next episode of "Headbangers Ball," which airs Saturday at 2 a.m. on MTV2. The band's video "Thou Shall Not Fear" was shot in Milwaukee at the haunted venue Eagle’s Ballroom and was directed by Jason Meudt and Emmet Austin.
"Slipknot has a super-sweet-ass video, but everybody and their mother knows that name so they don't need more air time," wrote Mrsaucytrousers. "My vote is for Lazarus A.D. The people need thrash and they can give it to them."
"That off-beat cymbal in the begining? Chillingly beautiful. Not to mention the solo," added Engage What Remains.
Click more to see some killer live footage of Lazarus A.D. Read more...
In the second part of our interview with British metalcore sensations Bring Me the Horizon, the band members discuss their history, the blood-drenched cover of their latest album Suicide Season, horror movies and more. Click "more" to watch. Read more...
"Glassghostboys" by Shawn Crahan
Pretty much every week for the past six months, we've posted a photo by Slipknot percussionist and creative force, Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown). Some have been hypnotic, others have been disturbing, but they've all been surreal and evocative. Over the rest of the week we'll post links to everything that's gone up so far, and get ready for another six months of Clown's creations starting next week. Click "more" to see the first batch and read Crahan's comments. Read more...
At the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods awards last week, deathcore superstars in training Suicide Silence performed the new song "Wake Up," from their upcoming Machine-produced album. Now, the band has decided to stream another track, "Lifted." The tune features more nuances and dynamics than most of the songs on the band's debut "The Cleansing," but it's still bloodier than a slaughter house drain, featuring a choking assortment of blast beats, pig squeals and guitar histrionics. Click more for a preview of the carnage. And get ready for a podcast interview with the band from the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods coming Friday. Read more...
Every Time I Die frontman Keith Buckley has checked in regarding his latest activities, which include getting incredibly drunk, having an allergic reaction and working on the band's follow-up to 2007's The Big Dirty.
"The vocals are cruising on this record, he says, then adds, "I just realized today that we only have eight days left until we fly home for a few days before going to Europe with The Gallows." Read more...
