Several months after undergoing spinal surgery, Dokken frontman Don Dokken has confirmed that he no longer has the ability to play guitar due to paralysis in his right hand. The singer and guitarist underwent surgery in late 2019 and, earlier this year, said, “My hands are dead. They don’t move. It’s very strange,” in a
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Yesterday, Kanye West launched his 2020 presidential campaign with a less than stellar rally in Charleston, South Carolina. In an address that touched on theology, homelessness, corporate power, and involved a long debate with an audience member about abortion, as well as an assertion that “[abolitionist] Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just
Slipknot have announced that their proposed Knotfest at Sea cruise has been postponed “for the foreseeable future,” and that refunds are now available. At one point, 2020 looked so promising. But like many bands, Slipknot have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic shutting down touring options for the year. Back in May, the group announced
Illegal raves have once again become a trend during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Just over the weekend, police reportedly found a 3,000-person rave held in Somerset “impossible” to stop. According to multiple reports, approximately 15 different party crews came together to put on the unauthorized event known as “The Return of Scumerset.” Just outside
The controversial Herd Immunity Fest in Ringle, Wisconsin, which later changed it’s name to Mini Fest, took place over the July 17-19 weekend, featuring performances from Static-X, Dope, Saving Abel, the Thunderstruck AC/DC cover band and more. Despite urging social distancing measures at the sparsely populated outdoor venue, face masks were hardly worn as fans
Underage drinkers are taking advantage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The New York Post has discovered a new trend on Tik Tok in which teenagers are purchasing alcohol with fake IDs — and uploading the videos, because yolo. Apparently, during a pandemic, nobody cares to check under the mask to see if the buyer looks
Challenge accepted! Recently Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder combined his two passions — surfing and baseball — while completing a trick shot for the #TrickShot4Snowy ALS challenge and then tasked bassist Jeff Ament to get involved as well. After some time to prep, Ament has completed his trick shot as well. “Unfortunately the two things I
Kanye West, in the most Kanye West fashion, just tweeted and deleted a new album announce. Only the screenshot evidence below remains of West’s “New Album DONDA coming JULY 24 #2020VISION.” The rapper and music producer tweeted out yesterday and soon deleted it. So, it’s a toss up whether this was a strategy to attract attention
Rising trap artist Macca Wiles has taken one of his recent singles and mashed it up, giving a musical nod to one of the bands that influenced him, Linkin Park. The new version of “Outlined” now has bits of the melody and lyrics of Linkin Park’s “Leave Out All the Rest” incorporated in as Wiles
Tove Lo is throwing down a DJ set in Animal Crossing! If you’re an EDM fan, you’ve probably heard her work… The singer/songwriter can be heard on “Say It” with Flume, and has also lent her voice for Diplo, Major Lazer, Alesso, Seven Lions and Aazar productions. Now, she’s laying down her own soundtrack. She
It’s been nearly half a year since we have enjoyed the thrill of the mosh pit. With the return of in-person concerts still uncertain, this slo-mo video of a pit set to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” is a brutally touching tribute that makes us realize we didn’t know just how good we
deadmau5 is gearing up for something huge. In collaboration with Unreal Engine, in partnership with Upsurge Studios and Geodesic Games, the legend is working on something in virtual reality. Is it a virtual cube show or a video game? — “why not both?” deadmau5 says. Days ago, the producer shared on Reddit, “miss cubve3 shows? me
Post-hardcore veterans Underoath have launched the “Observatory” livestream series that will take place each Friday night for three consecutive weeks, beginning tonight (July 17). To make the events unique, the band will be performing three of their classic albums in full, one for each momentous concert. Each concert will be streamed live at 8PM ET as
Straight off the back of Yaman’s bass-house collaboration, ‘Tonight’ with UK’s Duckworthsound, Yaman returns with another banger, “Fuck The Rule”. Expect waves of guitar driven melody, crunching drops and a catchy vocal hook especially for a time where uprising feels a familiar phrase. A little background story on Yaman reveals that the Hong Kong-based producer
Seether continue the build up to their Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum album by unleashing the new song “Bruised and Bloodied.” Despite the dark title, even darker lyrics and a killer bass open, the track eventually becomes one of the catchier and poppier tracks you’ll hear off the upcoming record. That’s by design, according to
Cloudflare a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services to many major companies and services. Today, Cloudflare went down, taking with it Discord, Patreon, Medium, Riot Games, and more for a short period of time. It appears now that all services are back up and running, including
With the recent announcement that a new installment in the “Assassin’s Creed” video game franchise was coming this fall also comes news of a pretty impressive soundtrack. The Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Out of the North EP will arrive this Friday (July 17), and in advance of the new music, Loudwire has the premiere of “Hrafnsmál
On March 20, 2019, Flume released his Hi This Is Flume mixtape and breathed new life into his career — not that it was waning in any way before that, though. Four months later, he traveled to Red Rocks in Colorado for the first performance since the release and presented an entirely new show that he’d