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Bad Wolves drop 'Die About It' title track

Posted yesterday at 6:00pm

Bad Wolves have dropped a new song called "Die About It," the title track off the band's upcoming album.

The track features rapping vocals from frontman Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz leading into the chorus, which goes, "No one cares who it is that you blame today/ Hope you find help you need/ So your soul can change/ I'm not your enemy/ Just set yourself free." The song doesn't specifically mention who it is about, but you may recall ex-Bad Wolves vocalist Tommy Vext left the group under less-than-amicable circumstances.

You can listen to "Die About It" now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming on YouTube.

The album Die About It, Bad Wolves' second with DL in the band, arrives November 3. It also includes the songs "Bad Friend" and "Legends Never Die."

Bad Wolves are going on tour with Bush in November.

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

The Killers mark 20 years of "Mr. Brightside"

Posted yesterday at 5:00pm

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The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" was first released as a single on September 29, 2003 — 20 years ago Friday.

In a Facebook post acknowledging the anniversary, Brandon Flowers and company write, "20 years of 'Mr. Brightside.' Sounds as good as the first time we played it every time we play it."

The post also includes a video montage of many different "Mr. Brightside" performances from over the last two decades.

"Mr. Brightside" was not only the lead single off The Killers' debut album, 2004's Hot Fuss, it was the band's first single ever. It reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has become The Killers' signature song and one of the defining tracks of the 2000s alternative scene.

The Killers have since released six more albums, the most recent being 2021's Pressure Machine.

New Years Day premieres new single, "Vampyre"

Posted yesterday at 2:15pm

New Years Day has premiered a new single called "Vampyre."

"This is a song for anyone out there who has fought or is fighting a narcissistic personality in their life," the "Shut Up" rockers say. "Those people drain you of so much, and we're here to say that you are strong enough to fight and come out on top stronger than ever."

You can listen to "Vampyre" now via digital outlets.

"Vampyre" follows New Years Day's 2022 single "Hurts Like Hell." The group's most recent album is 2019's Unbreakable.

New Years Day will be hit the road in November alongside In This Moment, Ice Nine Kills and Avatar.

Marilyn Manson settles with Jane Doe over rape lawsuit

Posted yesterday at 12:50pm

Marilyn Manson has reached a settlement with an anonymous Jane Doe who accused him of rape, Rolling Stone and Billboard report.

In a statement, a lawyer for Manson, born Brian Warner, says, "Brian is pleased that, just as previous lawsuits were abandoned without payment or settled for pennies on the dollar, this plaintiff has now agreed to drop her suit in exchange for an insurance payment representing a fraction of her demands and far less than the cost to Brian of proceeding to trial."

Meanwhile, Doe tells Rolling Stone, "I was fully prepared for trial and never in a million years thought I would ever settle, but over the past two-and-a-half years I have silently endured threats, bullying, harassment and various forms of intimidation that have intensified over the past few weeks."

"Marilyn Manson attended my deposition, and I was forced to answer seven hours of aggressive questioning with him staring at me from across the table," Doe continues. "I've been told that this almost never happens, as it's cruel, and that a main reason for it would be to intimidate and inflict emotional distress on a victim.

Doe concludes, "I never cared about money and only ever wanted justice, but if we had gone to trial, I could have lost my right to anonymity and been victim-blamed on a large and public scale. Most importantly I could have risked losing the freedom to tell my story, and that is worth more than anything in the world.”

Doe's suit, which was filed in 2021 and alleges Warner raped her in 2011, came after Warner's ex Evan Rachel Wood publicly accused him of abuse in 2021. Warner was later sued by actor Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan Smithline and his former assistant Ashley Walters. Warner has denied all allegations.

Bianco and Walters' suits were settled and dismissed, respectively, while Smithline retracted her allegations.

If you are affected by abuse and needing support, or know someone who is, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). You can also chat online at thehotline.org or online.rainn.org, respectively.

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale sings on new Sophie Lloyd single, "Imposter Syndrome

Posted yesterday at 12:30pm

Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale guests on a new song called "Imposter Syndrome" by guitar virtuoso Sophie Lloyd.

"Thank you so much to Sophie Lloyd for recruiting me for this track and for trusting me with her heart whilst writing it," Hale says. "What an incredible talent and brilliant human being. It's been a pleasure watching the world discover what the rest of us already knew! Congrats Sophie!!!!"

You can listen to "Imposter Syndrome" now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video will premiere Friday, October 6.

Lloyd previously collaborated with Trivium's Matt Heafy and also plays guitar in Machine Gun Kelly's live band.

Listen to live versions of "Pennyroyal Tea" and "Scentless Apprentice" from Nirvana's 'In Utero' reissue

Posted yesterday at 12:00pm

Previously unreleased live versions of Nirvana's "Pennyroyal Tea" and "Scentless Apprentice" have been released.

Both recordings are included on the upcoming 30th anniversary reissue of the grunge icons' 1993 album In Utero. The "Pennyroyal Tea" performance is from a December '93 show in Los Angeles, while the "Scentless Apprentice" rendition was recorded during a January '94 concert in Seattle.

The In Utero reissue is due out October 27. It includes remastered audio of the original album and its bonus tracks and B-sides, plus full recordings of the aforementioned LA and Seattle performances as well as various other live tracks.

The original In Utero marked Nirvana's third and final album. Frontman Kurt Cobain passed away in April 1994, just months after the record was released.

("Pennyroyal Tea" video contains uncensored profanity.)

Foo Fighters share mysterious "Everything or Nothing at All" teaser

Posted yesterday at 11:15am

Foo Fighters are making plans for 2024. As for what those plans are, that remains a mystery — for now, anyway.

In an Instagram post on Friday, September 29, Dave Grohl and company share a video of a compass soundtracked by the song "Nothing At All," a cut of their latest album, But Here We Are. The caption reads, "2024 | Everything or Nothing At All" along with "#FF2024."

As for what all this means, fans are speculating the Foos are about to announce a full-scale U.S. tour after playing mostly one-off headlining shows and festival sets throughout 2023. Notably, the band's upcoming U.K. tour, set to kick off in June, is dubbed the Everything or Nothing at All tour.

Foo Fighters' current run of shows continues October 1 at Eddie Vedder's Ohana Festival. Their schedule also includes stops in Phoenix, Houston and El Paso, Texas, as well as headlining sets at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will stream live on Hulu.

But Here We Are, the first Foo Fighters album following the 2022 death of Taylor Hawkins, was released in June. The Foos introduced new drummer Josh Freese in May.

Is Green Day awake? "Exciting news and announcements" are coming

Posted yesterday at 10:20am

It's almost the end of September, and you know what that means: It's time to wake up Green Day. However, this year's edition of the long-running meme may come with something a bit extra.

A press release issued Friday, September 29, announcing the release of the new 30th anniversary Dookie reissue advises that you "Stay tuned for more exciting news and announcements from Green Day." It also links to a website called IsGreenDayAwake.com, which currently reads, "Still no."

As for what said news and announcements could be, Green Day did reveal in a 2022 Instagram post that they'd been working on a new album, the follow-up to 2020's Father of All... They also debuted a new song, "1981," during a festival show in Canada over the summer.

We'll see if anything happens once September does indeed end and the calendar flips to October on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Green Day is prepping to headline the 2023 When We Were Young festival, taking place October 21-22 in Las Vegas. You can also listen to the aforementioned Dookie reissue, which includes various bonus tracks, demos, outtakes and live recordings, out now.

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler fractures larynx; band postpones Peace Out tour to 2024

Posted yesterday at 9:26am

It’s going to take Aerosmith a bit longer to say Peace Out to the road.

The band kicked off their Peace Out farewell tour in early September but were forced to postpone several dates after frontman Steven Tyler injured his vocal cords. Well, it seems Tyler needs even more time to recover because they’ve pushed back the whole tour to next year.

“Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought. His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care,” read a statement from the band. “He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensure his recovery is swift, but given the nature of a fracture, he is being told patience is essential.”

Tyler adds, “I am heartbroken to not be out there with Aerosmith, my brothers and the incredible Black Crowes, rocking with the best fans in the world. I promise we will be back as soon as we can!”

Aerosmith says the tour will resume “sometime in 2024" and that new dates will be announced “as soon as we know more.” All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new shows, and fans will be able to get refunds if they are unable to attend the rescheduled dates.

The tour, featuring special guests The Black Crowes, kicked off September 2 in Philadelphia and was supposed to run through February 29 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Watch Thirty Seconds to Mars react to Chad Smith's "incredible" "The Kill" drum cover

Posted yesterday at 5:00am

Thirty Seconds to Mars has shared their reaction to Chad Smith's drum cover of "The Kill."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer played along to the mid-2000s alt rock hit in a video for the YouTube channel Drumeo. Smith had actually never heard "The Kill" before shooting the video; after he finished his performance, he guessed that the song was by My Chemical Romance or "some kind of emo thing."

In their response to the video, which has been viewed over 2 million times since it was uploaded on September 22, Jared and Shannon Leto share a clip on Instagram of themselves nodding and air-drumming along to Smith's playing and give a thumbs-up.

"Finally had a chance to react to the incredible @chadsmithofficial video," the post's caption reads.

Thirty Seconds to Mars released a new album called It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day earlier in September. They're performing at a number of upcoming festivals, including one Smith might also call "some kind of emo thing," When We Were Young.

'Metal Massacre' documentary, featuring Metallica's James & Lars, to premiere on AXS TV

Posted Thursday evening

The new documentary Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album will premiere October 28 at 9 p.m. ET on AXS TV.

Said legendary album is 1982's Metal Massacre, the debut release from the label Metal Blade Records. The compilation featured various unsigned metal bands, including a then-unknown Metallica, who contributed the song "Hit the Lights."

Metallica's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are featured in the doc, as are Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, who was also featured on the Metal Massacre album.

The premiere of Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album is part of AXS TV's Heavy Metal Halloween programming lineup, which will also include various docs and concert films about artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper and Judas Priest.

Limited anniversary edition of Jack White's Triplegraph Digital Octave pedal announced

Posted Thursday afternoon

A limited edition version of Jack White's Triplegraph Digital Octave guitar pedal is being released in honor of its three-year anniversary.

The pedal was originally released in 2019 and is the product of a collaboration between White's Third Man Hardware and the CopperSound Pedals company. As described by Third Man, the Triplegraph "triggers an octave down with the left key, octave up with the right key, while the middle key activates a killswitch or auxiliary loop."

Back when it was first announced, White shared a video of himself shredding a Triplegraph-assisted medley of songs, including The White Stripes' "Blue Orchid."

The anniversary edition is limited to just 300 pieces, each of which comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by White. You can order yours now via the online gear marketplace Reverb.com.

Evanescence announces 20th anniversary 'Fallen' reissue

Posted Thursday morning

Evanescence has announced a reissue of the band's 2003 debut album, Fallen, in honor of its 20th anniversary.

The upcoming package is due out November 17. It includes remastered audio of the original album plus bonus tracks including previously unreleased demos and live recordings.

You can listen to one such track, a demo of Fallen's signature hit "Bring Me to Life," now via digital outlets. Notably, the recording doesn't feature the rapping backing vocals that were famously imposed on "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence's record label.

"20 years later, this album has never meant more," frontwoman Amy Lee writes in a foreword for the reissue. "Fallen has been the soundtrack to first loves, epic heartbreak, self-realization, wedding days, last goodbyes, friendships, and countless other moments in so many lives…not to mention my own. I am forever humbled and grateful to be a part of it."

The Fallen reissue will also be available as a super deluxe box set exclusive to Evanescence's web store, which comes with an exclusive cassette featuring more previously unheard demos and voice notes.

Fallen was originally released March 4, 2003. Along with "Bring Me to Life," which hit 1 billion YouTube views in 2022, it spawned the singles "My Immortal," "Going Under" and "Everybody's Fool." The album's also been certified Diamond by the RIAA.

Blink-182 thanks fans for support following "ONE MORE TIME" single release

Posted Thursday morning

Blink-182's new single "ONE MORE TIME" has got the band members and their fans pretty emotional.

The title track to Blink's upcoming comeback album premiered on September 21 alongside a video featuring Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker taking a journey through a collage of the band's past clips. Meanwhile, the song details the trio's personal hardships with lyrics such as, "Do I have to die to hear you miss me," a possible reference to Hoppus' 2021 cancer battle, which led to DeLonge's return to Blink after a seven-year absence.

In an Instagram post reacting to the response to "ONE MORE TIME," Blink writes, "We just wanted to thank each and every one of you for all the love and support over the past week, months, years."

"Seeing you at the shows, reading all of your amazing comments and having you on this journey with us gives this band life," the post continues. "We cannot wait for you to hear the rest of this album! So from the 3 of us…WE LOVE YOU & THANK YOU."

The album ONE MORE TIME...will be released on October 20. It marks the first Blink record featuring DeLonge, Hoppus and Barker in over 10 years.

Blink-182's currently in the middle of the European leg of their reunion tour. They'll be back in the U.S. in October to headline the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas.

Are you gonna buy my music? Jet catalog acquired by BMG

Posted Thursday morning

Jet's catalog is now in the hands of BMG.

The international music publishing company and record label has acquired the global royalty stream to the Australian rockers' first two albums, 2003's Get Born and 2006's Shine On.

The deal also includes the Australian and New Zealand rights to those two albums as well as global rights to Jet's third, most recent album, 2009's Shaka Rock.

"With big decisions like this it comes down to personal relationships," says Jet drummer Chris Cester. "We've known the BMG team for years. We're already with BMG for our publishing and they do what they say they're gonna do. That's a rare thing in this business. Sooner or later you figure out that's the only thing that matters, if you're serious about what you do."

Jet broke out with Get Born and its singles "Are You Gonna Be My Girl," "Rollover D.J.," "Look What You've Done" and "Cold Hard B****." After releasing Shine On and Shaka Rock, they broke up in 2012 before reuniting from 2016 to 2019. Jet has since reformed again to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Get Born with an Australian tour, which kicked off in September.

Bad Wolves drop 'Die About It' title track

The Killers mark 20 years of "Mr. Brightside"

New Years Day premieres new single, "Vampyre"

Marilyn Manson settles with Jane Doe over rape lawsuit

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale sings on new Sophie Lloyd single, "Imposter Syndrome

Listen to live versions of "Pennyroyal Tea" and "Scentless Apprentice" from Nirvana's 'In Utero' reissue

Foo Fighters share mysterious "Everything or Nothing at All" teaser

Is Green Day awake? "Exciting news and announcements" are coming

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler fractures larynx; band postpones Peace Out tour to 2024

Watch Thirty Seconds to Mars react to Chad Smith's "incredible" "The Kill" drum cover

'Metal Massacre' documentary, featuring Metallica's James & Lars, to premiere on AXS TV

Limited anniversary edition of Jack White's Triplegraph Digital Octave pedal announced

Evanescence announces 20th anniversary 'Fallen' reissue

Blink-182 thanks fans for support following "ONE MORE TIME" single release

Are you gonna buy my music? Jet catalog acquired by BMG

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