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Drummer Eloy Casagrande has issued his first statement since joining Slipknot earlier this year. For the first time in Slipknot history, the band willingly revealed a new member’s identity when they tagged the drummer in a group photo on their Instagram yesterday (April 30). In another post a few hours later, they shared a picture of Casagrande alone, formally welcoming him to the group. Casagrande, who left Sepultura in February after 13 years, took to his own social media earlier today and shared his very first statement as a member of the ‘Knot. “It’s an exciting moment. Unthinkable until t...
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Robert Trujillo spent some time chatting about Metallica‘s bassists with Eddie Trunk on his radio show, Trunk Nation. The conversation highlights Trujillo’s thoughts on the differences between the way Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted played. “They’re very different players and I think that’s great,” Trujillo told Trunk. “I love the fact that we’re all different, we all have our thing that we bring to the band.” “With Cliff, he was such an incredible musician. I mean, he was really a composer when it came to the instrument, in the same way that sort of a Jaco Pastorius or Stanley Clarke would’ve ...
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Emo rockers The Funeral Portrait, who just signed on to open a trio of Marilyn Manson headline dates, have been facing some backlash over taking the gig, but in a since deleted tweet, the band’s bassist has addressed their reasoning. Why The Funeral Portrait Are Facing Backlash for Playing With Marilyn MansonManson is returning to the music world after facing multiple abuse allegations and lawsuits over the last few years. It started when the singer’s former fiancé, actress Evan Rachel Wood, publicly named him as her abuser in February 2021. Wood’s allegations against Manson led several other ...
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Slaughter to Prevail frontman Alex Terrible has long been criticized for his Black Sun tattoo, and in a new interview has addressed the controversy. Since forming in 2014, deathcore act Slaughter to Prevail have quickly become one of the genre’s biggest new acts. Along with this surge in popularity, frontman Alex Terrible has elicited much controversy for his views on numerous topics, including trans people and has been accused of being a Neo-Nazi due to his black tattoo on his elbow which has now been covered up. Slaughter to Prevail on No Jumper PodcastEarlier this week, the No Jumper podcas...
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Ghost have officially announced their first-ever movie, Rite Here Rite Now, which will see a worldwide theatrical release for two days only. In October of last year, Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge confirmed that the band was indeed filming their debut feature film. When Metal Hammer asked about Ghost’s plans for their recorded pair of shows in Los Angeles, he said, “We were essentially shooting a film and we used two nights of crowds as extras…It’s going to be a film with a concert element. So a lot of what you experienced [at the two LA shows] is going to be part of this project.” Now, after a...
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It’s safe to say Vince Neil hasn’t warmed up to Motley Crue‘s 1997 album Generation Swine. In fact, he still hates it. “I hated that record. I still hate that record,” the singer declared during an appearance on the Outsider podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “[There are] no good songs on it. And I told ’em, I go, ‘This record sucks,'” to which he says his bandmates replied, “No. We love it. We love it.” Although Generation Swine marked Neil’s return to Motley Crue after a five-year absence, he arrived as the band were already deep into the process of making a new album (tentatively ent...
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Slipknot have officially confirmed that their new drummer is indeed Eloy Casagrande, as had long been suspected by many fans. Even before the band hit the stage last Thursday at an intimate California show that preceded their Sick New World festival appearance, this felt like the worst kept secret in heavy metal. That, of course, presumes Slipknot were even trying to keep a lid on it. In a new Instagram post, Slipknot tagged the profiles of eight of nine of their current members, including former Sepultura drummer Casagrande. That still leaves one mystery member. The identity of the replacemen...
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Everyone needs an audience, and these aspiring guitarists more than wowed those in attendance with their mind-blowing skills during talent shows. Not everyone just magically goes from picking up the guitar to headlining concert stages around the world, and in this Loud List we take a closer look at some of the amazing young players that melted the faces of all those in attendance with some blistering mastery of the fretboard. And if you’re looking to show a little flash, why not start with the greats? Some of these talent show competitors show their prowess playing classic cuts from Van Halen,...
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Who would you claim to be nu-metal’s “Big 4″? That’s a subject that heated up over Sick New World festival weekend as Reddit users attempted to define who would be part of their Mount Rushmore of nu-metal acts. The DefinitesWho should be among the “Big 4″ of nu-metal acts? There seemed to be two bands that were heavily mentioned above all others when that topic came up – Korn and Limp Bizkit. Korn are very understandable as many point to the band’s 1994 self-titled debut album as the blueprint for much of the nu-metal that followed. Meanwhile, Limp Bizkit, for better or worse, were likely the ...
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The 2024 edition of the Sick New World festival is in the books, leaving quite the imprint on festivalgoers and quite a few big things happened over the course of the day-long music celebration. Here we dig into some of the things you may or may not have caught over the course of the day. Best Guest: Poppy Turns Up With Bad Omens + Knocked LoosePoppy may not have been part of the 2024 Sick New World lineup, but she definitely made her presence felt. First she turned up on the Gold Stage with Bad Omens, walking out and opening a hard-hitting rendition of “V.A.N.” with the band in the late after...
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