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KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer spoke to "Loudwire Nights" host Toni Gonzalez about the current status of the band's bassist, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu. Fieldy announced in June that he would sit out KORN's recent tour in order to "heal" after "falling back" on some of his "bad habits." "Right now he's just taking some time to kinda figure out what makes him happy and figure out his happiness and what he wants to do with his life, I guess is the […]

FOZZY will embark on the spring 2022 leg of its "Save The World" tour in late March. Support on the trek, which is scheduled to kick off on March 31 in Detroit, Michigan and conclude on May 16 in Sauget, Illinois, will come from GFM, KRASHKARMA and THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR. Tour dates: Mar. 31 - St Andrew's Hall - Detroit, MI Apr. 01 - Piere's - Ft Wayne, IN Apr. 02 - The Piazza - Aurora, IL […]

COHEED AND CAMBRIA has unveiled a new track titled "Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)". Available today on all streaming platforms, the song finds COHEED AND CAMBRIA channeling their progressive roots and is accompanied by a lyric video streaming now on the band's YouTube channel. COHEED AND CAMBRIA vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez elaborated on the genesis of "Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)", explaining, "'Rise, Naianasha' explores the reach of love and loyalty and the reality that sometimes you need to be more than […]

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that he is "dying" to begin work on material for the band's next studio album. Draiman, who resides in Hawaii with his wife and their son, discussed DISTURBED's plans for the follow-up to 2018's "Evolution" album while promoting the band's November 4 show in Gary, Indiana. "I'm very, very much loking forward to this next run because in between the Hard Rock dates and our festival [Welcome To Rockville] that we're […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. Shadows spoke to the "Tuna On Toast With Stryker" podcast about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2016's "The Stage" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The songs are done. I still have some vocals to do and we have some strings to record. And the thing with the strings is that in L.A., they're simply not allowing people to be within six feet [of each other]. […]

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg recently debuted his new mask, but what did his dog, Papaya, think of it? Jay Weinberg isn't the only member of Slipknot to reveal a new mask. The drummer revealed his on Nov. 5 at Knotfest in Los Angeles while singer Corey Taylor showed off his new mask at Rocklahoma in September. Weinberg introduced his dog, Papaya, who is a smooth coat Brussels Griffon and has her own Instagram, to his new mask and her […]

Following this year's sold-out headline events and a #1 Billboard Rock Album, Grammy-winning rock band GRETA VAN FLEET has announced the "Dreams In Gold" tour, which kicks off March 10 with the band making a triumphant return to their original stomping grounds in Michigan for a string of arena shows followed by Midwest dates and international shows in Mexico and Europe. Grammy-nominated group RIVAL SONS and critically acclaimed rising artist THE VELVETEERS will support the North American shows. Tickets are […]

Open Road Films has acquired worldwide rights to horror comedy "Studio 666", starring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee. The all-star cast also includes Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin. The film, directed by BJ McDonnell, is set for a wide domestic theatrical release in more than 2,000 theatres on February 25, 2022. The film's international release date will be announced soon. The announcement was made by Open Road's Tom Ortenberg and FOO FIGHTERS. In "Studio 666", the legendary […]

A year ago, David Lee Roth included five previously unreleased songs in The Roth Project, an online comic narrated by the legendary VAN HALEN singer, with music from John 5 on guitar and bass, Greg Bissonette on drums, Brett Tuggle on keyboards, and Luis Conte on percussion. The tracks "Giddy-Up!", "Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar And Grill", "Alligator Pants", "Lo-Rez Sunset" and "Manda Bala" were recorded several years ago at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Asked in a new interview with Darren Paltrowitz — host of the "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" — if he gets […]