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Gojira have said they felt they were under pressure to represent “the whole metal community” during their appearance at the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony. The French heavy metallers gave an explosive performance of ‘Ah, Ça Ira’ during the ceremony in Paris on Friday (July 26), alongside the experimental opera singer Marina Viotti. The song, which

Badflower frontman Josh Katz and bassist Alex Espiritu recently joined Loudwire Nights to dive into the band’s brand-new single, “Detroit.” Katz admitted the song is autobiographical as it unpacks the disappointments and frustration around the band’s success. “It’s weird,” Katz said. “We reached a level of success — it’s our career, it’s our job, it’s

Ravyn Lenae has shared a new single, ‘One Wish’, featuring Childish Gambino – listen to it below. READ MORE: Childish Gambino – ‘Bando Stone And The New World’ review: a bittersweet send-off to a musical innovator The single was released on Friday (July 26), and comes a week after Donald Glover – aka Childish Gambino –

Slash has shared the key albums in AC/DC‘s career that remain among his favorites. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist, who recently covered “Killing Floor” with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for his Orgy of the Damned album, spoke with 95.5 KLOS host Matt Pinfield about his AC/DC love during an episode of New & Approved. It was

Omar Apollo is set to make his acting debut in the upcoming Luca Guadagnino-directed film Queer. The singer will star alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in the adaptation of William S. Burrough’s 1985 semi-autobiographical novel. The film will make its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this September. Queer will be set in Mexico

Death is in the air, and people can’t stop talking about it. The corpse flower is getting increased attention thanks to the rare plant currently blooming in multiple places around the U.S. Rare Blooming “Corpse Flower” Draws Curious Crowds To New York Botanical GardensGetty Images How Rare If The Corpse Flower? If you’ve never heard of a

Grimes has shared her mother’s appeal to Elon Musk for the children they share to be allowed to visit her 93-year-old mother – their great-grandmother – who is in end-of-life palliative care. Musk and Grimes have three children together – X Æ A-12, a boy born in May 2020, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, a daughter

Tony Iommi has unveiled an epic new instrumental song called “Deified” to coincide with a new perfume of the same name, released in partnership with Xerjoff Group. You can watch the music video below. The Black Sabbath riff-monger coproduced “Deified” with keyboardist and longtime collaborator Mike Exeter. Additional personnel includes Karl Brazil on drums, Laurence

Kraftwerk have paid tribute to the late Ryuichi Sakamoto with a cover of ‘Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence’. The German electronic pioneers performed the track at Fuji Rock Festival in the renowned composer’s home country of Japan. ‘Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence’ is taken from the 1983 war film of the same name, whose soundtrack was the first

Simply put, Gojira‘s performance at the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is being viewed as a huge win. The band delivered a pummeling performance perched in various window openings of a riverside castle, eventually joined by opera vocalist Marina Votti who sung along from atop a perch on a ship floating in the river. Immediately

Drake has appeared on two new songs from producer Gordo’s new album ‘Diamante’ – check them out below. Drake worked extensively with the Guatemalan-born and Maryland-raised producer, formerly known as Carnage, on his house-inspired 2022 album  ‘Honestly, Nevermind’. He guests on the tracks ‘Sideways’ and ‘Healing’, singing rather than rapping on both. On his Instagram

Jelly Roll has once again found a collaborative musical partner, linking up MGK after recently guesting on a Falling In Reverse song. The pair have come together for a re-imagining of John Denver‘s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” and even named-dropped an emo act in the lyrics. The two have taken the melody of the classic track and

Bastille have announced their new album ‘&’, and shared the first four songs from it – listen to the new tracks below. The album, which is described as a “collection of story songs”, will be released in full on October 25 and you can pre-order it here. For now, they have released ‘Part One’ of

With Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler recently sharing their regrets that Black Sabbath‘s retirement came without a final show featuring Bill Ward, the estranged Sabbath drummer has now publicly addressed speculation about a potential one-off reunion. Ward was initially on board to be part of Black Sabbath’s 2010s reunion, but bowed out before touring and

The Last Dinner Party have covered Blondie‘s ‘Call Me’ for Australian broadcaster triple j’s Like A Version series. READ MORE: The Last Dinner Party on The Cover: the newly-coronated monarchs of baroque-pop The NME The Cover stars’ unique take on the Blondie and Debbie Harry classic see the band swap out Blondie’s more punk-leaning brand of

What is Josh Homme‘s strangest tour rider request and why did he make it? The Queens of the Stone Age singer recently dished during a episode of the Dish From Waitrose podcast, as viewed below. The tour rider is a time-honored tradition in the rock world where artists often provide a desired list of items

Laura Marling has shared a preview of her heartfelt new song ‘No One’s Gonna Love You Like I Can’ from her upcoming album. READ MORE:  Laura Marling: “America has become a bit more sinister now that it’s Trump-addled” The English singer took to her official Instagram page to share a video of her performing the song

In this latest episode of Loudwire’s Gear Factor video series, GWAR‘s newest guitarist, Grodius Maximus, plays his favorite riffs. Grodius is a member of the legendary Maximus lineage, succeeding the late Scumdog Flattus Maximus and his six-string heir, Pustulus Maximus. When he zips up his human skin suit, he has been known to take the