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Empire State Bastard have announced their newest single ‘Stutter’. Check it out below.The band is the latest project from Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil and touring guitarist and former Oceansize musician Mike Vennart – who launched back in March with the debut single ‘Harvest’.Enlisting Slayer and Testament drummer Dave Lombardo and Naomi Macleod of Bitch Falcon on bass, the band recently embarked on a sold-out headline tour across the UK and this week announced their debut album ‘Rivers Of Heresy’.Now, the band have shared their second single, ‘Stutter’.

Rammstein have denied all allegations against frontman Till Lindemann regarding him spiking a fan’s drink at a concert pre-party.The band released a statement on their official Twitter page in both German and English, addressing the recent spiking claims against the frontman stating: “With regard to the allegations circulating on the internet about Vilnius, we can rule out the possibility that what is being claimed took place in our environment. We are not aware of any official investigations into this matter.”As Loudwire reports, a Reddit user by the name of Shelby69666 uploaded a now-deleted post titled “Fuck Rammstein” on May 23 that featured a photo of a large bruise with the caption, “Spiked, no idea when this happened.”With regard to the allegations circulating on the internet about Vilnius, we can rule out the possibility that what is being claimed took place in our environment.We are not aware of any official investigations into this matter.— Rammstein (@RSprachrohr) May 28, 2023She had attended the band’s concert in Vilnius the day prior and was apparently invited to a pre-party by a member of their crew.

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Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil has shared an update on new albums from Marmaduke Duke and Tippie Toes.Back in August 2020, the musician said he said he had four albums lined up with his various musical outfits – Biffy Clyro, Marmaduke Duke, Empire State Bastard and Tippie Toes.Now, the Scottish musician has told NME exactly what stage the new albums are currently at.“Well believe it or not, I did just spend two weeks working on Tippie Toes. We do have an album’s worth of material, we just need to edit it,” he said in a recent In Conversation chat.“I don’t want to be flippant with music and would never put it out because it’s almost ready.

Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann fell off the stage at the band’s first concert of the year in Vilnius, Lithuania on Monday (May 22).At the end of the gig at Vingis Park, all six members of the German industrial metal band stood at the front of the stage to thank fans and wrap up the gig, as recorded in video footage.Seconds later, Lindemann fell into an opening behind him while most of the band members remained oblivious to what happened.The band appeared the look into the void a few seconds later, though it’s not known if Lindemann sustained any injuries.The band are due to continue their European this weekend for two shows at Helsinki’s Olympiastadion on Saturday (27) and Sunday (28).They will also perform shows in Munich, Madrid, Lisbon, Budapest, Berlin, Paris and more throughout the summer, before their close out at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on August 4.

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he “can’t stand” AI-generated music.Speaking to Kerrang! Radio to promote his new solo album ‘CMF2’, Taylor was asked if he had heard the viral AI-generated duet of ‘Black Eyes Blue’ by him and Rihanna and what he thought of AI music.Taylor shared that he hadn’t heard the track, rolling his eyes in the process. “I don’t care for any of that crap dude, to be honest.

Corey Taylor has praised Sleep Token and compared the mysterious masked band to early Slipknot.Sleep Token released their third album ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ on Friday (May 19). Speaking about the band in a new interview with Allison Hagendorf, Corey Taylor said (via Loudwire): “I’ll call them metal, but there’re so many different levels and layers [to the music]. There’s pop elements, there’s jazz elements.

Metallica song and Star Trek Klingon quote being included at his ceremony.Labour councillor Tom Coles was chosen to take over from councillor Hugh Mason in Portsmouth, but in a less-than-traditional approach to the service the new mayor requested the ceremony start with him walking in to a famous Metallica song.Sporting his mayoral robes, Coles chose the band’s 1988 song ‘Eye Of The Beholder’ to be the music played during the historic event — a track taken from the metal band’s fourth studio album, ‘…And Justice For All’. Check out footage of the moment below (via BBC).As if the choice of music wasn’t enough to make the ceremony one that attendees wouldn’t forget, the new mayor also included a Klingon quote in his speech, paying reference to Star Trek.“It’s been a long road getting here and I’m humbled and honoured to stand before you as the Lord Mayor,” he also said at the annual city council meeting (via Portsmouth’s The News).

Pantera performed their first US show in 22 years last weekend — check out footage from the gig below.The metal band performed last Saturday (May 6) at Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally in Panama City, Florida, their first in the States since July 2001.Pantera announced their return back in summer 2022 when singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown signed a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.It was later announced that Zakk Wylde, a longtime collaborator of Ozzy Osbourne‘s and frontman of Black Label Society, would be filling the role of late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004.Anthrax’s Charlie Benante, meanwhile, now plays drums in the band, filling the role left by the late Vinnie Paul who died from medical complications in 2018.Wylde said in an interview that he’s “beyond honoured” to be a part of the band’s reunion, calling the tour “a celebration of Dime’s greatness”.At their Panama City US comeback show the band performed tracks including ‘I’m Broken’, ‘Cowboys From Hell’, ‘Walk’ and ‘Suicide Note Pt. II’, the latter marking the first live performance of the song since 2001.“We had a blast in Panama City Beach, FL this past weekend,” the band posted on social media. “Thanks for making our first US show in 22 years amazing!”Check out fan-shot footage from the show and the full setlist below.Pantera played:1. ‘Mouth for War’2. ‘A New Level’3. ‘Strength Beyond Strength’4. ‘Becoming’5. ‘I’m Broken’6. ‘5 Minutes Alone’7. ‘This Love’8. ‘Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit’9. ‘Fucking Hostile’10. ‘Suicide Note Pt. II’11. ‘Planet Caravan’ (Black Sabbath cover)12. ‘Walk’13. ‘Domination’ / ‘Hollow’14. ‘Cowboys From Hell’Back in December, Pantera headlined the Hell & Heaven

Dave Mustaine is “still bitching” about getting kicked out of Metallica 40 years ago.Mustaine, Megadeth frontman and former guitarist for Metallica, was ousted from the latter band in 1983 due to problems with alcoholism, drug abuse and personal clashes with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.Mustaine formed Megadeth the same year, with Ellefson playing bass in the band from its inception through to 2002, and again from 2010 until 2021 before being sacked after claims emerged that he had groomed an underage girl online.He had denied any wrongdoing at the time, saying that explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage when the encounters happened.He subsequently filed revenge-porn charges against the person whom alleged illegally leaked a video and screenshots that prompted the allegations.Ellefson has now reflected on the musicians’ respective firings in a new interview with online Brazilian show Heavy Talk, explaining how he personally handled the news that he was sacked from Megadeth.“I got one call: ‘You’re fired,’” he said [via Blabbermouth]. “And I said, ‘What the fuck, man?’ I said, ‘Some shitty fucking people just dropped a bomb on my house.

Nikki Sixx has given fans an update on new Mötley Crüe music saying songs for their next album are “officially done”.Back in April, the founding member and bassist of the metal icons shared a picture of himself, drummer Tommy Lee and new guitarist John 5 in a songwriting session, confirming that the band were back in the studio. Sixx also said the band were working with producer Barry Pointer.He took to his Twitter page last month to confirm the news.

Disturbed frontman David Draiman recently opened up about almost losing his life due to “addiction and depression.”During the band’s show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Draiman took some time before performing their song ‘A Reason To Fight’ to discuss how he missed his late friends who took their own lives – namely Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland, and Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell – while adding that a couple of months ago he “almost joined them.”“A reason to fight — we all need one. The demons that are known as addiction and depression are very, very real. They are diseases no different than cancer.

Marilyn Manson‘s defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood.Manson — real name Brian Warner — filed a defamation lawsuit against Westworld actor Wood back in March 2022 after she accused him of grooming, manipulation and “horrific abuse”.Part of the lawsuit claimed that Manson’s former fiancee Wood and Illma Gore — the latter of whom was described as Wood’s “on-again, off-again romantic partner” in the lawsuit — “secretly recruited, coordinated, and pressured prospective accusers to emerge simultaneously with allegations of rape and abuse against Warner”.Wood responded at the time that she was “not scared” of Manson’s defamation lawsuit, adding that “this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet”.Yesterday (May 9), Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet rejected Manson’s claims that Wood pressured “multiple women to make false accusations” against him and fabricated an FBI letter to back up her allegations (via Los Angeles Times).Beaudet also dismissed a section that alleged Wood and Gore used a checklist for other women to use to make claims of abuse.The court found that Manson had not “demonstrated a probability of prevailing on his claims based on alleged defamation against Wood”.“We are very pleased with the Court’s ruling, which affirms and protects Evan’s exercise of her fundamental First Amendment rights,” Wood’s lead attorney, Michael Kump, told Deadline.

Motörhead‘s rare 1998 cover of Metallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’ has finally been released on all major streaming platforms.First recorded in 1998 as part of a compilation album for wrestling company ECW Wrestling, the track was only available via CD – and illegal rips posted online – until now. In celebration of Motörhead Day (May 8), the Grammy-nominated cover track has now been made available on all platforms.The newly released track also comes with an animated music video, in which a child is plagued by nightmares of an evil sandman, and is saved by Motörhead’s Warpig mascot.Beside the rare track’s digital release, a limited-edition 7″ vinyl edition of Motörhead’s ‘Enter Sandman’ cover – featuring an B-side etching of the Motörhead Warpig – is available via the band’s website.In January this year, drummer Mikkey Dee said that the band will “never, ever, ever tour” under the Motörhead name again.

Billboard has allowed specific merch bundles from artists to be able to count on their album charts starting this summer.“Bundling” is the act of selling merchandise along with a download of an album, usually for free, with the intention of boosting sales.In 2020, Billboard excluded merch and album bundling when calculating its 200 and Hot 100 chart scores.According to the publication, these specific bundles, referred to as “fan packs”, will allow fans to support their favorite artists on the charts but with “new rules” at play.They have been put in place to “prevent issues that led to the elimination” of bundles in the past.The Billboard 200 will count some package offerings of music and collectibles as fans seek to support their favorite acts through merch purchases https://t.co/xV3ku6cJwl— billboard (@billboard) May 4, 2023“The packs will be restricted to just two options per album release, a sweatshirt with an LP and a t-shirt with a CD, for example, with the requirement that each individual item must also be sold separately in the same web store,” Billboard said of the changes.They continued: “Fan packs will include only merch, not tickets, meet-and-greet opportunities, virtual items or non-tangible benefits and they must also contain a physical copy of an album: Combinations of digital downloads and merch will not count towards the charts. In addition, fan pack offerings must be approved in advance of their on-sale date by Luminate and Billboard.”The act of bundles was eliminated due to artists including their albums with anything and everything, from concert tickets to keychains, in an effort to boost sales numbers.

Iron Maiden‘s absence from this year’s inductees list while reflecting on the other nominees.Iron Maiden, who were included on the fan ballot this year, were not among the names announced on May 3 when the 2023 induction list was revealed. It was revealed that the band had the fourth-highest total for the annual fan ballot, with 449,682 votes.Speaking to Taryn Daily on Audacy Check In, Harris shared: “We love that people care; That they care if they’re in or out, and that their fans care.

Ozzy Osbourne has revealed in a new interview that he wants to keep performing, despite retiring from touring earlier this year.Speaking to Tenacious D‘s Jack Black and Kyle Gass for Metal Hammer, Osbourne shared that though he’s done with lengthy tours, the Prince of Darkness isn’t ruling out more performances, saying “I don’t know how to do anything else. The thought of sitting in my house all day… I’m a road dog, you know? I’ve been doing it fucking 55 years. It’s the best thing to have ever happened to me”.“I mean, doing a live show is what I live for,” Osbourne said.

Sleep Token gig was interrupted this weekend when an audience member appeared to fart during one of the quietest moments in the alt-metal band’s set.The anonymous masked UK collective were performing at the Metro Theatre in Sydney, Australia, this Saturday (April 29) when one concertgoer apparently let one rip.According to fans, the unfortunately timed toot came during the quiet piano section of the band’s track ‘Atlantic’ during a brief vocal interlude.“Someone ripping a giant fart mid Atlantic in Sydney kinda ruined the mood,” a video clip of the moment was captioned on Facebook, along with a laughing emoji.Someone ripping an absolutely SINISTER fart during a quiet bit at a Sleep Token gig is haunting me. pic.twitter.com/O7q5qCUyL7— Glass Eating Champion (@DispoZalen) April 30, 2023“Someone ripping an absolutely SINISTER fart during a quiet bit at a Sleep Token gig is haunting me,” a Twitter user wrote when reposting the video.“It wasn’t even a subtle creaker or anything.

Tony Iommi has given his verdict on the forthcoming Black Sabbath ballet after going to see the rehearsals.Iommi has had a hand in the creation of the ballet, working with Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Acosta. The show will include eight of the band’s tracks plus new music inspired by them, all performed live by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia.Having watched the rehearsals, the guitarist in the pioneering heavy metal band told Channel 4 News he “loved” the production.

Ozzy Osbourne is missing performing live to his fans “terribly”, his wife Sharon Osbourne has said.Speaking in an interview with The Sun, Sharon said that her husband feels like he’s “let down” his fans after having to cancel European and UK tour dates. In February, the soloist and former Black Sabbath singer announced his retirement from touring due to various health issues.“The biggest love affair of Ozzy’s life is his audience and performing,” Sharon said. “He misses the live audience, he misses his fans terribly.

Metallica played the second night of their first “no repeat” weekender in Amsterdam yesterday (April 29), with several ‘72 Seasons’ songs getting their live debut.Metallica’s ‘M72’ tour will see the band play two shows in every city they visit, and comes with the promise of two entirely unique sets.The first show of the tour took place earlier this week and saw the band play a host of fan-favourite tracks as well as ’72 Seasons’ songs ‘Sleepwalk My Life Away’ and ‘Screaming Suicide’ for the first time live.Night two saw Metallica did deeper into their back catalogue, opening with ‘Ride The Lightning’ instrumental track ‘The Call Of Ktulu’ before playing ‘Creeping Death’. The band also performed ‘Load’ track ‘Until It Sleeps’ for the first time in 15 years.The metal titans also aired a trio of songs from the recently released ‘72 Seasons’.