Month: November 2021

LAMB OF GOD’s Randy Blythe joined French progressive metallers GOJIRA on stage last night (Monday, November 1) at Knotfest Iowa at at The National in Richmond, Virginia to perform the song “Adoration For None” live for the first time. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of David Fritzson).

Blythe, who had previously played the track “Backbone” with GOJIRA in late September at Knotfest Iowa, co-wrote and appeared on “Adoration For None” on GOJIRA’s 2008 album “The Way Of All Flesh”.

Earlier this year, Blythe praised GOJIRA’s seventh studio LP, “Fortitude”, to Metal Hammer magazine, saying that is “succeeds in achieving what very few metal albums do: without sacrificing a single ounce of earth-shattering heaviness.” He added that GOJIRA has once again “raised the bar that defines this genre.”

Blythe had previously said that he had “publicly supported [GOJIRA] from the second I first heard them.”

“Fortitude” entered Billboard’s Top Albums chart at No. 1, while also claiming the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums, Current Rock Albums and Current Hard Music Albums tallies. The release also marked a career high debut on the Billboard 200 for GOJIRA, arriving at No. 12, with several career-high chart positions and Top 10 debuts in countries around the globe including: France (No. 2), United Kingdom (No. 6), Australia (No. 3), Germany (No. 8), Belgium (No. 2), Netherlands (No. 4), Denmark (No. 3), Portugal (No. 4), Finland (No. 2) and Norway (No. 10).

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MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that he planning to release a children’s book in 2022. “Me and my wife are working on a book about this little girl who goes to all of these countries in her imagination,” he told The Aquarian Weekly in a recent interview. “She goes to Africa and she has this little African boy or girl teaching her about that culture, or she goes to England, and then she goes to Wyoming and learns about horses, then goes to Japan and learns about the food and the culture and the language. That is a great idea, and that will come out next year.”

Sixx offered a bit more information about the children’s book in a separate chat with Germany’s Radio Bob! He said the book was meant primarily “for parents to read to kids about diversity and mostly around the last administration. It really bothered me how everybody was so divided. So I figure reading to children is a way to teach them about culture, food, language, differences and how that isn’t a real issue. It’s a positive.”

Sixx is currently promoting his new book, “The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx”, which was released October 19 via Hachette Books. The book looks back at his formative years beginning with his birth in 1958 as Franklin Carlton Feranna to the date in 1980 — before the band was formed — when he legally rechristened himself Nikki Sixx. Written with Alex Abramovich, the new memoir quickly shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s rock music books chart. It was also in the Top 40 of Amazon’s overall biographies and memoirs chart.

“The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx” was edited by executive editor Brant Rumble, who acquired world rights in a deal with Chris Nilsson of 10th Street Entertainment. It is available in hardcover, eBook and an audio edition by Hachette Audio.

“The First 21” is the fourth book released by Sixx, who is a three-time New York Times best-selling author with “The Heroin Diaries”, “This Is Gonna Hurt” and the MÖTLEY CRÜE biography “The Dirt: Confessions Of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band”.

Photo courtesy of Jason Shaltz / SiriusXM

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PRETTY MAIDS singer Ronnie Atkins, who is battling stage four cancer, offered an update on his condition during a recent interview with France’s Duke TV. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I just decided to be open about it because my family had cancer. Back in the day when my mother had it — she died from it 33 years ago — it was something you didn’t talk about back then.

“When I was diagnosed with stage four cancer, I just kind of refused to say that… I don’t want this to run my life,” he continued. “I still have things on my bucket list. I still wanna live. I still have a lot to give, a lot of music to sing. And I still wanna be around. And I’m in the same place now. I’m still here after a year and a half, and if you asked me a year and a half ago, I wasn’t so sure. So it’s been up and down. But I decided to be open about it. And I had so much love from the social media — from the fans and stuff like that — so I’m just trying to pay back a little and continue to be open about it.

“I’m not telling people everything. I try not to let it run my life — or at least not ruin my life. The diagnosis hasn’t changed, but I feel good. And as long as I feel good… I’m pretty much living day by day — or month by month, so to speak.”

Atkins previously discussed his cancer battle in an interview this past March with Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws.com. At the time, he said: “I’m going to need these scans every third month, and every time is very nerve-racking for me and my wife and kids. You never know what you’ll get told, ’cause last time when I had that serious stage four diagnosis when it spread, I didn’t actually feel any pain. You never know what awaits you.

“Dealing with this disease is like a mental thing — it’s there in the subconscious 24/7. But it’s something you’ve gotta learn to live with. I can’t change what it is — it is what it is. So let’s get the best out of it.”

The 56-year-old Atkins was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 and underwent at least 33 radiation and four chemotherapy treatments in the fall of that year before being declared cancer-free. In October 2020, he announced that his cancer had returned.

In a 2013 interview with Myglobalmind, Atkins joked that the secret to keeping his voice in shape was “twenty cigarettes a day and little drink now and then.”

Formed in early 1982 by Atkins and guitarist Ken Hammer, PRETTY MAIDS’ third album, 1987’s “Future World”, is still today regarded as a “classic.”

During the ensuing years, PRETTY MAIDS continued to release albums usually followed by European and Japanese tours.

PRETTY MAIDS’ latest album, “Undress Your Madness”, came out in November 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl.

Earlire this year, Atkins released a solo album, “One Shot”, via Frontiers Music Srl.

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Wommbath are back to lay waste to all with their sonic, death metal assault, but this time, they’re taking us on a full-on journey with their new record, Agma. Sample a taste from the dark depths with “The Dead and the Dying.”
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The first episode of “Psycho Schizo Espresso”, a brand new podcast from IRON MAIDEN’s Bruce Dickinson and Oxford University psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Dutton, officially launched across all podcast platforms on Sunday, October 31. New episodes will be made available every other Tuesday.

Episode One features New Testament scholar Professor Steven J. Friesen from the University of Texas, author of “Imperial Cults And The Apocalypse Of John – Reading Revelation In The Ruins”, and expert on the Book Of Revelation. That episode will be the first of a two-parter exploring the devil’s role in heavy metal and decoding one of the Bible’s most impenetrable secrets — the hidden meaning behind 666, “The Number Of The Beast” — a number that’s certainly featured prominently in Bruce’s career.

In a preview clip, Bruce talked about why bands like IRON MAIDEN and BLACK SABBATH have explored Satanic imagery in their songs and seemingly reveled in the controversy that they generated. “‘Cause it’s really dramatic,” he said. “And at a certain point in time, certainly for people of a certain age, like me, from what you might call a society which was — ’cause I’m 62, so going back to, like, the late ’50s, Europe was broadly Christian; a lot more people went to church back then than do now. Probably four or five times, or even more, people would just turn up at church; they weren’t deserted, as they are now. And they would generally believe in things like absolute evil and there being an absolute good, but nobody knew anybody who was absolutely good. But for sure, absolute evil existed somewhere, ’cause otherwise how could anybody be absolutely good. So you had to have something to measure yourself against.

“What heavy metal bands did by adopting imagery was they shocked people,” he explained. “Because in the same way that the early Hammer movies reintroduced Dracula but with sex. So they actually had Dracula, blood, fangs, sex, the devil — all this stuff was, like, ‘Oh my God. That is so shocking,’ but it really kind of turns us on in secret. And, of course, as kids, you’d be forbidden to watch it, and, of course, it would be interesting, and you’d watch it. And then you’d just use your imagination to create stories. And then a whole raft of films came out — ‘The Omen’ and ‘The Exorcist’ and things like that — that all had this idea of an actual physical force of evil. And it was quite exciting, really — not because you wanted to be it, but to know that you could imagine your way into the drama and put that into music and dramatize it.”

You can listen to “Psycho Schizo Espresso” wherever you get your podcasts, and the show is also available in Vodcast form on YouTube.

Head to this location to find the podcast on your favorite platform.

Official podcast description: “If psychology was a country, then it would be the world’s top tourist destination bar none. It’s an enchanted territory with something for everyone: from aliens to drug lords, from serial killers to conspiracy theories. Join intellectual explorers Bruce Dickinson and Dr. Kevin Dutton for an Indiana Jones style adventure through some of its most far-flung corners as they delve into the psyches of rock icons, sporting superstars, and special forces soldiers and get the latest tips and insights from some of the most respected thought leaders and brain scientists on the planet. If you’ve ever wondered whether psychopaths like Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Bateman really exist outside the imaginations of Hollywood screenwriters and film directors, why ghosts only seem to appear at night, and about the true meaning of the Book of Revelation’s most enduring and enigmatic mystery — 666, the number of the beast — then welcome aboard Flight Psycho Schizo Espresso and observe the ‘fasten seatbelt’ sign!”

Dutton explained how the idea for the podcast came about: “Not long after meeting Bruce, it became instantly clear to me that we shared a number of wide-reaching interests and that we should channel that into a podcast. ‘Psycho Schizo Espresso’ is certainly a journey of exploration for the both of us, and we are sure our listeners are going to learn a lot from our guests. Whether from the music industry, academia or elsewhere — you may, for instance, share our interest in psychopaths, both good and bad — this is certainly a podcast that we feel everyone will enjoy and should go and subscribe to straight away.”

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METALLICA’s Lars Ulrich, BLACK SABBATH’s Tony Iommi, IRON MAIDEN, SAXON, FEAR FACTORY’s Dino Cazares and Doro Pesch are among the heavy metal musicians who have reacted on social media to the passing of longtime music journalist Malcolm Dome. The veteran U.K. writer died over the weekend at the age of 66.

Dome has written about rock and heavy metal since 1979. In addition to publishing several books on such artists as AC/DC, METALLICA and LED ZEPPELIN he had contributed to a number of magazines, including Record Mirror, Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Classic Rock.

Dome is credited with inventing the term “thrash metal” while writing about the ANTHRAX song “Metal Thrashing Mad” in February 1984. Up until that point, bands like ANTHRAX and METALLICA had referred to their sound as “power metal.” Malcolm also provided a sleeve notes for various reissues, including those by German thrashers KREATOR, whose frontman Mille Petrozza wrote: “Shocked to hear about Malcolm Dome’s passing today. Malcolm wrote all liner notes for the recent @kreatorofficial reissues, including ‘Enemy Of God’ and ‘Hordes Of Chaos’, still on the horizon. We talked on Skype for hours and Malcolm knew more about my band’s past, than I could remember myself. He was a true music lover and one of the funniest people out there. Working with Malcolm never felt like actual work.”

Ulrich said: “Extremely sad to hear of Malcolm Dome’s passing. Not only was he an incredible talent who helped guide my relationship with heavy music, but he was also a great person. Today, I’m thinking of the fun, memorable times we spent together back in the day.”

Iommi wrote: “Malcolm was a lovely guy, he interviewed me many times and was always positive about the music. He was one of the first journalists to totally get metal. We even worked together last year when he helped me sort out my Wikipedia entry. Sadly missed.”

In 1980, Malcolm co-wrote the book “Encyclopedia Metallica”, which some believe served as the inspiration for the METALLICA band name.

Extremely sad to hear of Malcolm Dome’s passing. Not only was he an incredible talent who helped guide my relationship with heavy music, but he was also a great person. Today, I’m thinking of the fun, memorable times we spent together back in the day. https://t.co/9chlIVjSMm
— Lars Ulrich (@larsulrich) November 1, 2021

Malcolm was a lovely guy, he interviewed me many times and was always positive about the music. He was one of the first journalists to totally get metal. We even worked together last year when he helped me sort out my Wikipedia entry. Sadly missed. – Tonyhttps://t.co/Te8hippkxB
— Tony Iommi (@tonyiommi) November 1, 2021

We are all very much saddened and shocked to hear about the passing of our friend Malcolm Dome. He was fearless, intrepid, passionate and forthright as a journalist and latterly a broadcaster and we respected him immensely. pic.twitter.com/NMRWqGT1zV
— Iron Maiden (@IronMaiden) November 1, 2021

“Very very sad news regarding the passing of iconic metal journalist Malcolm Dome today… a tireless promoter of so many bands .. ourselves included… and a genuine good guy” @official_raven https://t.co/ZJQ7aDTvCJ
— Raven (@official_raven) November 1, 2021

RIP to the great Malcolm Dome. He helped spread the word on us when MA first started and had this to say about our debut album “…one of the year’s best metal albums” in his @ClassicRockMag reivew back in 2015. After all, Malcolm did coin the term “thrash metal” pic.twitter.com/kowVSewtNP
— Metal Allegiance (@metalallegiance) November 1, 2021

I’m #so #sorry to hear of the #passing of #MalcolmDome. He was one of my best journalist friends. We knew each other since the early 80s. He was always so supportive & kind to me. I will miss you terribly. Keep on rocking in heaven.
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Love, Doro#doropesch#warlock pic.twitter.com/NX41q8Ta6w

— DORO (@DoroOfficial) November 1, 2021

I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Malcolm Dome. I have known Malcolm well over 30 years from the early days of The Almighty right up to the present day. He was a fine journalist and a fine human being. Condolences to Malcolm’s family. Rest easy mate.
— RICKY WARWICK ? (@rickywarwick) November 1, 2021

So sad to see Malcolm Dome has left us. He was an amazing writer, a passionate supporter of UK rock music and a great sport, even after we trashed his desk at the Kerrang! offices.
Another very dark day for UK rock music. I will miss him so much. ?

— Ginger Wildheart (@GingerWildheart) November 1, 2021

Very sorry to here that Malcolm Dome has left us. He was a champion of great rock music and a supporter of ⁦@myMotorhead⁩ all the way through to ⁦@PCATBS⁩. RIP Malcolm. https://t.co/C6v5F2eSqg
— Phil Campbell (@MotorheadPhil) November 1, 2021

We are saddened to hear of the passing of our friend Malcolm Dome.
Malcolm was a great supporter of Saxon, and will be missed by all.
Our sympathies to his family and friends in this terrible time.
Saxon https://t.co/RPHO3v6z0Z

— Saxon (@SaxonOfficial) November 1, 2021

Extremely sad to hear about the passing of legendary journalist/writer Malcolm Dome. He was a lovely, gentle man and time spent with him was always time well spent. We’ll all miss him, a huge loss to the music world.
— THERAPY? (@therapyofficial) November 1, 2021

Today we lost another legend, Malcolm Dome is a great journalist who’s written many stories on Fear Factory since 1992 R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/BsJYFi0xBK
— Dino Cazares (@DinoCazares) November 1, 2021

R.I.P. #MalcolmDome. One of great rock journalists of his time. I first met him in ‘90 and we did countless interviews over the years. Last saw him for an Arch Enemy interview in 2017. I always enjoyed our talks, the man REALLY knew his stuff… A sad day for Rock’N’Roll this. pic.twitter.com/xDxGpw1QCS
— ??????? ????? (@Michael_Amott) November 1, 2021

Shit. RIP Malcolm Dome. ?
— Devin Townsend (@dvntownsend) November 1, 2021

Saddened to hear of the passing of Malcolm Dome. I’ve done countless interviews with him throughout the 30+ years we’ve known each other and always enjoyed our discussions. RIP Malcolm ? pic.twitter.com/uwJddSPv1E
— Mike Portnoy ? (@MikePortnoy) November 1, 2021

Thank you and goodnight to Malcolm Dome. He was the first journalist to ever write about Thunder and a thoroughly nice bloke who genuinely cared about rock music.
— LukeMorley1 (@luzmor01) November 1, 2021

Very sad to hear about the passing of Malcolm Dome. Apart from his incredible knowledge of everything metal, he was also behind @OfficialPL right from the beginning, and always pleasant company to hang out with on our frequent weekend trips to London in the early ’90s.
— ???? ?????? (@NickHolmesPL) November 1, 2021

Long time friend and Twisted Sister champion #MalcolmDome has just died. His liner notes are in many TS albums including our new release called #tearitloose. incredible loss of a champion of the metal community. RIP Mr. Dome
— Jay Jay French (@jayjayfrench) November 1, 2021

So sorry to hear of the passing of Malcolm Dome.
I knew Malcolm for forty plus years, he loved his music, was an accomplished writer and a fervent football man, so we had a lot in common.
I, and all he knew, mourn him. My deepest condolences to his family & many friends. RIP. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/i9gw7jnKjk

— Bernie Marsden (@Bernie_Marsden) November 1, 2021

R.I.P. Malcolm Dome. Legendary rock journalist https://t.co/t5zIX6v6Ul
— Gus G. (@gusgofficial) November 1, 2021

The man who invented the term thrash metal & most importantly, a dear friend, has passed away. A genuinely kind person with an encyclopedic mind for metal & a true legend. Rest In Power Malcolm Dome. Sending love to all who had the pleasure to know him ? https://t.co/WsLsKTdUKL
— Nuclear Blast Records (@nuclearblast) November 1, 2021

Malcolm Dome RIP. Really saddened by this news. We are forever grateful that Malcolm embraced and supported our label in the early days, and offered support and kind advice. A top journalist and fine fellow, he will be missed. https://t.co/ziI5X2vi6P #malcolmdomeRIP
— Earache Records ♠️ (@EaracheRecords) November 1, 2021

We are extremely sad to report the passing of our dear friend and colleague Malcolm Dome. He was a legend in the rock music world, a great writer and rock DJ, Malcolm’s passion for music was boundless and his positive energy filled the lives of those of us close to him. pic.twitter.com/Gwv7H5ErMX
— howardjohnson1@mac.com (@RockCandyMag) November 1, 2021

I never met Malcolm Dome, but whenever he was in a music doc I liked his views on things. Sounds like he was a good one.
— Jay Ruston (@jayruston) November 1, 2021

Malcolm Dome was one of the kindest people I’ve ever met. He always had time for people — a generous giant of heavy metal, a good man and a real friend. The word legend is overused and for him it is inadequate. I wish I could summon better words but I will miss him dearly.
— Alexander Milas (@alexandermilas) November 1, 2021

Probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. I shall miss my dear friend terribly but am thankful that I am left with over 30 years of amazing memories of this unique and wonderful man… https://t.co/uRwo4FXmlX
— Jerry Ewing (@TheJerryEwing) November 1, 2021

One of my favourite people. One of my favourite guests. One hell of a hole to fill. Sometimes when you’ve known someone so long, 30 years, you take them for granted. Not Malcolm, I always treasured our time together.
Miss you already mate #MalcolmDome pic.twitter.com/QczSgiHOAF

— TalkingBollocks (@TalkingBollockz) November 1, 2021

I’m sad to hear about the passing of legendary British rock journalist Malcolm Dome. He was only 66. We got connected through our weekly phone calls for @TotalRockOnline and later “The Art Of Metal” book. He loved heavy rock and enjoyed what he did. He lived for the music! R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/uP4HwTkeFO
— Bryan Reesman (@BryanReesman) November 1, 2021

Ah hell, RIP Malcolm Dome. Malcolm was one of the metal journalists I revered in my early life. Later he contributed to a couple of my books and I spent a couple of my best nights ever sucking down Jagermeister at the bar in the Crobar with him. Terrific journalist and a good man pic.twitter.com/niXe7U6vf0
— mark eglinton (@MarkEglinton) November 1, 2021

I hope he didn’t die alone. He lived so much of his life alone, it was the first thing that went through my mind when I got the news. I hope someone was with him… BLOG: Malcolm Dome Is Dead https://t.co/9Z9vl7dmnW
— Mick Wall (@WallMick) November 1, 2021

We are sad to hear of the death of music journalist Malcolm Dome. A pioneering rock & heavy metal writer, we enjoyed working with him & relied on his encyclopaedic knowledge of music. He always had a kind word to say about CR & we’ll miss him very much.
https://t.co/KizfNCNRCk pic.twitter.com/hcaggNvKiy

— Cherry Red Records (@CherryRedGroup) November 1, 2021

Listen up. Without Malcolm Dome, metal and metal journalism as you know it would not exist. #RIP #legend https://t.co/OSa1Q8GFU0
— Prosthetic Records (@ProstheticRcds) November 1, 2021

I’m so very sorry to hear that Malcolm Dome, one of my very favourite rock journalism colleagues, has passed away. Will write more about the legend that is Malcolm, once I’ve gathered my thoughts.
— Jason Arnopp – Ghoster and Jack Sparks author ? (@JasonArnopp) November 1, 2021

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In a recent interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program “Wired In The Empire”, RIVAL SONS guitarist Scott Holiday spoke about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the follow-up to 2019’s “Feral Roots” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We have a record almost in the can right now. We’re pretty much done. It’s just really difficult. Our dear friend Dave Cobb, our longtime producer, is a busy man, and he’s only gotten busier and harder to nail down. So with everything, between all the protocol and COVID stuff and finding time with him, and now he’s out on tour with Chris Stapleton where he plays acoustic guitar part time, we’re just looking for our window to jump back in and wrap it up. And I’m hoping we can do that in January. One more session we’re gonna have and we’re gonna put a bow on it and get that out to everybody. I think we have a really great record kind of just about there.”

According to Holiday, RIVAL SONS recorded the upcoming album “really similarly” to the way they made some of the previous efforts. “The only difference was that me and Jay [Buchanan, vocals] spent more time writing back and forth, ’cause we were trapped at home with this pandemic,” he said. “But when it came to recording, we really didn’t spend much more time than that still. We didn’t share too much with the [other] guys, so that meant when we went in to record, it kept things really off the cuff. So don’t worry, everyone, you’re still getting a normal, true-to-heart RIVAL SONS record.”

As for the musical direction of the new RIVAL SONS material, Scott said: “You can see the big wheel turning from record to record — they sound different; they sound really different. That’s why it’s so weird to come back to ‘Pressure And Time’ [for the ongoing 10th-annviersary tour] and go, ‘Woah! We’re in a really different headspace right now,’ where we’re making he new record. Or with ‘Feral Roots’ compared to ‘Pressure And Time’. Yikes! That’s trippy. Like, how are we gonna get these to translate as well as these other songs? You can really tell where we are in our trajectory. So, like that, this record has moved along from ‘Feral Roots’. I can’t really say [it’s] more melodic. I think we’re always sharpening the sword, we’re always trying to become better songwriters and always trying to be more melodic. And not trying to necessarily reinvent the wheel but just do something that we know is different and new and maintaining a level of quality with our songwriting as we work. And I think this new record, it’s gotta feel like that. It feels like that right now.

“We’ve kind of gone from ‘Pressure And Time’ being very concise, and the next record we made, with [2012’s] ‘Head Down’, being a much more broad record, stylistically and musically,” he continued. “And then we kind of bounced back and forth — concise and kind of opened it up. And there was a real middle ground with ‘Feral Roots’. It wasn’t so concise — there were some big songs on that record, longer songs, wider. I feel like this record is a broader record. It’s possibly our longest record and our biggest record. So I think this might be slightly more majestic. [Laughs] Remember I always said ‘Pressure And Time’ wasn’t ‘The Wall’. This might be ‘The Wall’. [Laughs]”

Holiday went on to say that “there is a little loose concept happening” with the new RIVAL SONS album, but he declined to elaborate. “I don’t wanna say too much,” he explained.

In June, RIVAL SONS held a two-night livestream event, “Pair Of Aces”, from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island. They performed their debut LP, “Before The Fire” (2009), in its entirety on the first night and their self-titled EP, “Rival Sons” (2010), on the second.

Earlier this year, RIVAL SONS launched their very own label, Sacred Tongue Recordings, with distribution through Thirty Tigers. The band recently regained the master rights to several of their early releases and are reintroducing them to the world by first remastering their independent full-length debut LP and self-titled EP on all DSPS, CD, and vinyl for the first time.

“Feral Roots” not only garnered a 2020 Grammy Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Album,” but also yielded a Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Performance” for the top 10 rock track “Too Bad”. The effort was produced by Cobb at Nashville’s famed RCA Studio A, and the equally legendary Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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Chicago’s Nequient distribute Collective Punishment in the form of D-beats and metallic hardcore anger.
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SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will release their new album titled “4” on February 11, 2022, via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG. “4” is Slash’s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass, vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar, vocals).

Speaking about the making of “4”, Slash told Germany’s Radio Regenbogen (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “The funniest story about this record was the COVID story, because we took a tour bus to Nashville to keep ourselves safe — to get there and not travel commercially. And then we went and recorded the whole record, and then I got a phone call from Myles in the studio when I was about to do overdubs, and he goes, ‘Man, I tested positive.’ And subsequently, two of the other guys tested positive, so they all had to go into quarantine. And we still had to do percussion and background vocals, and so we sort of stalled. So we mixed what we had, which was a lot. And then we recorded the background vocals in the guest house of the house that we were all quarantined in. And then those guys got better. I tested positive finally. And so I had to quarantine. But I just got vaccinated, so I only had to quarantine for a few days. And so I came out, and then we did the percussion and mixed [the rest of] the record and drove home. So that was the funny experience about this particular record, was everybody having to navigate the whole COVID experience.”

Two weeks ago, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS released the opening track and first single from “4”, “The River Is Rising”. The accompanying music video was shot on location in downtown Los Angeles with Gibson TV director Todd Harapiak.

For “4”, Slash and the band traveled across the country together to Nashville, Tennessee and recorded the new album at the historic RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile). Cobb shared the band’s desire to lay down the tracks live, in the studio including guitar solos and vocals — a first for the group.

The band’s previous albums over the last decade — “Apocalyptic Love”, “World On Fire” and “Living The Dream” — have continued on an upward trajectory, all achieving Top 5 Billboard charting debuts in the U.S. and reaching the Top 10 on 12 major charts across the globe. To date, the three SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS albums have now garnered 10 consecutive Top 5 Radio singles, spawned sold-out world tours, and have earned Slash and the band the best critical acclaim of their career with their latest album “Living The Dream” (2018) singled out by the Los Angeles Times, Classic Rock, Guitar World, Loudwire, LA Weekly, and more, as their best songs to date.

The new album “4” has the added history-making distinction of being the first-ever album to be released on the new Gibson Records label, which is headquartered in the iconic American instrument brand Gibson’s hometown of Music City, Nashville. In light of the 30-year partnership between Gibson and the Grammy Award-winning Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Slash, it makes sense the new SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS’ album “4” will be released via Gibson Records.

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will kick off a North American headlining tour on February 8, in Portland, Oregon and hit 28 major cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Houston, and more, before wrapping up March 26 in Orlando, Florida.

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