While Metallica have been honored in many ways over the years, the band will now be the subject of a KnuckleBonz limited-edition statue collection. It’s part of the company’s ongoing “Rock Iconz” series, with the metal legends certainly fitting that bill. The statues of James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo were modeled
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Illenium just dropped his new single, “Nightlight,” and Ray Volpe loved it so much he “just had to bootleg it.” Ray has been a favorite of ours for a long time, but this Illenium bootleg just hits different. And Illenium would agree. He responded on Twitter, “FKN BRUHHHHHH SENDING U STEMS.” So, safe to say
Over the weekend, Metallica got in their first full concert performance of the year, albeit pre-taped and delivered to a drive-in theater audience across the U.S. and Canada thanks to the current pandemic. But might there be more performances coming while the music industry adapts? Bassist Robert Trujillo recently told the Oakland Press, “Obviously these
Candyflipping refers to mixing LSD (acid) and MDMA (molly), both Schedule I substances in the United States. But now, psychedelic drug development startup Mind Medicine Inc. could produce an FDA-approved treatment for certain mental illnesses one day with the combination. LSD, psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms), MDMA, and even ketamine have entered a new age of medical
Coldplay have won the Best Rock category at the 2020 VMAs with their “Orphans” video. This is their seventh VMA win. They have been nominated 25 times. Coldplay beat out blink-182’s “Happy Days,” Evanescence’s ”Wasted On You,” Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean’s “Dear Future Self (Hands Up),” Green Day’s “Oh Yeah!” and The Killers’ ”Caution” for the Moon Man trophy. As noted previously, this year’s
Virtual raves are all the rage right now — and although we’ve traded venues for living rooms, ravers are reportedly still using drugs in socially distanced settings. A recent study examined recreational drug use during virtual events and online happy hours. To explore this new phenomenon, online surveys were issued in April and May 2020 via
MTV debuted on Aug. 1, 1981, opening the door for a burgeoning new promotional platform for musicians — the music video. Flash forward to 1984 and the network decided to reward their top videos by starting the MTV Video Music Awards. By 1989, the award show expanded to include genre videos, ensuring that rock would be
Slushii’s work as sapientdream, his more vibey alias, has been a dream… and yes, that’s a pun on his DREAM albums under that moniker. Now, he’s preparing to bring both aliases together for the first time on the next DREAM installment, out next month. “Slushii & sapientdream DREAM III September” In response to a fan asking if the
In 2016, Florida man Lane Pittman went viral for waving an American flag outside while withstanding the forces of a hurricane, blasting Slayer. In 2018, he did it again and this time, Pittman was on the move and ventured to Louisiana to confront Hurricane Laura, star-spangled flag in tow once more. This time though, the
Hudson Mohawke is one of the most celebrated experimental producers of our age, and he’s truly been blessing us. Earlier this month he released his first batch of experimental, unreleased songs, B.B.H.E. (Big Booty Hiking Expedition). Now he’s back again with Poon Gems, Benji B‘s Album of the Week on BBC Radio 1. Speaking on the project, Benji
Welcome to National Chop Suey Day (Aug. 29), and while we’re certain the national day was designed to salute the American Chinese culinary cuisine, we’ve chosen to pay homage to the greatest song ever titled after the dish, System of a Down‘s “Chop Suey!” Why? We wanted to, of course. So go ahead, grab a
Future riddim… what is it? Well, as a fairly newly-prescribed genre, we’re going to have to listen to find out. New label Halcyon, spearheaded by Oolacile, is pushing the new sound and just dropped their debut compilation with SVDDEN DEATH, Voltra, Oolacile himself, Leotrix, Akeos & l7, phonon, Cripplingg, and BVSSIC. As it appears from
From Ashes to New‘s new album Panic is out everywhere today (Aug.28), and to commemorate its release, Loudwire Nights caught up with founding vocalist Matt Brandyberry about taking the “MGK approach” vocally, sounding “really country” and more. Brandberry typically handles the rapping on From Ashes to New’s songs, while Danny Case provides the singing and screaming. This
Not so long ago, Blanke dropped the debut single from his upcoming sequel EP, Change & Decay: The Fall. Now, the second single “Alchemy” is here and it’s hard to deny we’re absolutely in love. Drum & bass isn’t Blanke’s typical style, but he’s been delving more into the style in live shows and influences here
Where did the whole sing/scream thing in metal come from? You know what we’re talking about — bands who blend extreme vocals and clean singing together as part of their dynamic. That’s what we take a dive into on Episode 22 in Loudwire’s “50 Years of Heavy Metal” video series. Obviously, the style is most
With things going the way they are in 2020, it doesn’t look like any major events are running as they were intended. After finally postponing EDC Las Vegas to 2021 earlier this month, Insomniac has finally made the decision to move all remaining festivals — Nocturnal Wonderland, Escape Psycho Circus, EDC Orlando & Dreamstate SoCal,
Outspoken heavy metal fan and onscreen King of Atlantis Jason Momoa received a copy of Metallica‘s S&M2 two days early and took to Instagram to lavish it with muscular praise. “I got a really special present in the mail and I just want to show you some of it,” the Aquaman star beamed in the five-minute clip,
mau5trap.tv is officially coming! Well, it’s live, but it’s in beta, but it’s here — deadmau5‘s and mau5trap’s new, proprietary streaming service. For years, deadmau5 has used Twitch or Mixer; Mixer officially closed its doors in July and deadmau5’s history with Twitch is well documented, so it’s time for something new. mau5trap.tv is LIVE! it’s