Pasquale Rotella, founder and CEO Insomniac, announced the launch of the company’s 30th Anniversary celebrations in a video highlighting three decades of peace, love, unity and respect – the foundation of the global entertainment lifestyle group. The video shines a light on Rotella’s day one goal of bringing back the incredible experiences and feelings of
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Metallica‘s James Hetfield has once again said he does not believe he and his bandmates are superb musicians —and this belief has given the frontman a fear of playing with others. “I know individually we’re all really average players, but when you put us together, something happens,” he told Cigar Aficionado Magazine in a recent interview. However, Hetfield described
Whether showcasing music from founder Sean Danielczyk (Seanyy), or other talented artists, Swerve Collective Creations is a collective of labels, and Swerve Radio station. Giving up-and-coming artists the chance to shine, Swerve Collective Creations has already been receiving buzz within the electronic dance music circuit. With his talent, passion, and dedication to his craft, Sean
Neil Young is yet another musician to call out soaring ticket prices for negatively impacting the touring industry, claiming tours are “not what they were” and are “no longer fun.” Young made the declaration that “concert touring is broken” in a message posted to his Neil Young Archives website. “It’s over. The old days are gone,” he
Ultra Music Festival is back at Bayfront Park! Along with the return to our favorite venue, the festival’s live stream also returns. Today, you can watch Rezz, Martin Garrix, Zedd, CloZee, Grimes, Afrojack, Gryffin, Charlotte De Witte, and more. Watch the live stream below and scroll down for the live stream schedule. [embedded content] Today
With Demi Lovato revisiting her rock roots in her music of late, she’s decided to give one her bigger hits a rock makeover to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The track is “Heart Attack,” which also gets a new lyric video that can be viewed below. The new rock version of “Heart Attack” features re-recorded vocals
Zimbabwe DJ/producer TAPIWA, introduces his first track “Dancehall” on Let Me Hear It. With its upbeat and energetic groove, the song features a combination of dance elements and traditional dancehall vibes that mark the transition of the season in all parts of the world. Following his previous collaboration with warner case on “you’re like a
The collaboration between Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth and Ed Sheeran has been in the works for quite a bit now. As a result of the project, the two musicians are apparently good friends now, and Filth has confirmed that the song should come out soon. Metal Hammer recently asked Filth about his newfound
It was only six weeks ago that the beloved house festival The BPM Festival made its way back to its home base in Costa Rica. Returning after a multi-year hiatus, the sacred grounds of Tamarindo were met with the rapturous applause of its guests that spanned across 40 nationalities. It was a beautiful scene to witness
Ever since Dolly Parton was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, she’s been talking about making a rock album. She apparently has a lineup of rock stars who will appear on the record, and Motley Crue‘s Nikki Sixx just revealed that he plays bass on one of the songs. Parton
Martron (real name Marlon Nigro) was born in New York and showed signs at a very young age that his love for music was boundless. Growing up a classically trained musician, it wasn’t until early in his senior year of high school that he discovered his fondness for electronic music. One listen to his music
Tool are so influential to us rock and metal fans that it’s easy to forget the band can be an acquired taste for others. For example, comedian Marc Maron recently explained why he doesn’t like Tool’s music, though he’s friendly with the band, on WTF with Marc Maron. Thursday’s episode featured an interview with fellow comedian Nick Youssef, and
Today, Jai Wolf marks a return with his first official single in three years, “Want It All” featuring rising pop sensation Evalyn. The song arrives as the first taste of Jai Wolf’s new installment of artistry, and the first single from his upcoming album. The captivating music video, directed by director Andrew Donoho (The Strokes,
There’s sad news to report as Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny has died at the age of 59. The news was confirmed by the band, with singer Bobby Amaru issuing a statement. Earlier on Wednesday (March 22), it was revealed that Swinny had been taken to the ICU after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday morning
On this day last month, Daft Punk announced a 10th anniversary edition of their final studio album, Random Access Memories, with an additional 35 minutes of unreleased music. Today, the first track has been released — we hesitate to call it a “song,” as, more than new music, it features additional commentary from collaborator Todd Edwards
The conversation around the percentage venues are taking from band’s merch sales continues to heat up. Post-metal vets Russian Circles have become the latest band to protest this issue by not selling their merch at a show in Paris, France today (March 22). On Instagram, the band issued the following statement, explaining that it was
Denver-based producer Manic Focus is an artist of many talents. As a magician, he uses sleight of hand to pull objects out of thin air. As an electronic artist, he executes similarly impossible sonic acts with his vibrant, genre-defying music. Manic Focus’ unique style – defined by a hybrid of electronic, funk, soul, and hip-hop – has
Avenged Sevenfold spent the last few years pretty low-profile, but now that they’ve dropped a new song and have an album on the way, there’s quite a bit of buzz around them again. The band’s been through a lot of changes since it formed in 1999, from their music style, to band members and political