Artist Interview
Behemoth have released a new music video for "Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
The band released 'The Satanist' earlier this year.
Revolver's own Stephanie Cabral was on hand to catch all the action for Alice Cooper's stop on November 25 at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton, California. Check out the photos she captured for us below–you can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
On November 1st, 2014, Wayne Static — the frontman of the long-running, platinum-selling industrial-metal act Static-X and a successful solo artist during that band's hiatus and eventual breakup — passed away at his home. He was 48. At the time, Static was scheduled to go out on tour with Powerman 5000 and Drowning Pool in the coming months. In the days prior to his death, the singer-guitarist did several interviews, including this one, his last. Below, read what he said about his love of classic rock, the song he wrote about his wife, and his deep gratitude toward his fans.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT CHANGING YOUR HAIR STYLE?
WAYNE STATIC [Laughs] How did I know it was going to be a hair question? I don't know, that's a stupid question. It's my hair, who cares about fucking hair?
FAIR ENOUGH. WILL THE WORLD EVER SEE ANY NEW STATIC-X MUSIC?
Ask Tony [Campos]. It's all Tony. He's the one who broke up the band and he's the one who dislikes me. I've offered to make amends and he told me to fuck off. So ask him. But I wrote all the songs and I still do — it's just different players up there now [in my solo band], so it's still Static-X. Tony just won't let me call it that. But the band is actually better now than Static-X was because I got to choose who the best players I could find. The band is just smoking right now. It's just on fire, man. It's awesome.
IS THERE A NEW SOLO ALBUM IN THE WORKS?
I'm working on another record, here and there when I have time off. We have been touring a lot, so it's been kind of difficult to sit down and write a whole song. I need a year off, with nothing else to do, in order to really write the whole record. So I think what I'm going to do is write an EP. It's been three years since [Static's 2011 solo album] Pighammer came out, and that's way too long. I'm hoping that next year to get a new record deal and release an EP and tour with that. I don't think you really need to release a whole record. I don't think fans really care just as long as they get to hear something new. To me, in the old days, which are the Seventies, bands put out two records a year sometimes and they toured. But the records only had, like, eight songs on them. So why do we need to have 14 songs on a record now? It's stupid.
OUT OF ALL OF YOUR SONGS, WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE AND WHY?
It's a tie between [Static-X's] "Skinnyman" and "Just in Case." The reason why is because I still get goosebumps when I listen to those songs. And normally I can't listen to my own music. I hate it. It drives me crazy. But those two songs, for some reason, I love them to death. I can still listen to them and that means I did something right. Those are the best songs I have ever written.
WHAT'S PIGHAMMER SONG "STATIC KILLER" ABOUT?
"Static Killer" is about my wife Tera. It's a really funny story. She makes all these sex noises in it, like all these porno noises going on in the background. Well, that shit is all real because me and her were having sex one time and I turned the microphone on in the room and she didn't know it. I just let it run for, like, an hour, and I got a lot of really good stuff on it.
WHAT BANDS ARE YOU LISTENING TO NOW?
I listen to classic rock for the most part. I'm an old guy so most of the new bands I just don't get it. [Laughs] I'm, like, one of those old guys: "I can't understand the vocals! Why are they screaming? What the hell is going on? I can't understand it. Grrrrr!" I like Journey, Bad Company, Soundgarden and Aerosmith. I like bands with really good vocalists, because I've always been jealous of dudes that can sing really good. I can't do that. I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing. I wish I could sing like Steve Perry, I'm so jealous. I wish I was a great vocalists. But yeah, those are the kind of bands that I like to listen to.
IF YOU COULD TOUR WITH ANYONE, WHO WOULD IT BE?
Rush. Probably one of my all-time favorite bands. I've never met them because we're obviously a generation apart and we are all whole different style of music. I've met a lot of other great bands — like KISS, Black Sabbath and Ronnie James Dio before he died. But I never met Rush. I would love to chill with them.
SINCE YOU ARE LEAVING HOME TO GO ON TOUR, DO YOU HAVE ANY HOBBIES WHEN YOU'RE OFF THE ROAD?
I go off-roading. I have two off-road trucks and one truck. I used to be into muscle cars, but I had to sell them all because I was broke. It was the year of my life — that was the year from hell — I had surgery and couldn't work and it sucked. I had to sell my '69 V-28 and that was one of the fucking hardest days of my life. But yeah, I love off-roading. My favorite truck I own, we built for the cover of a magazine in 2006.
YOU DID MUSIC FOR THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED MOVIE. NOW THAT ANNE RICE HAS NEW VAMPIRE BOOKS COMING ALONG WITH A NEW FILM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE NEXT MOVIE?
That would be awesome. Interview With a Vampire is one of my favorite movies of all time. Queen of the Damned, not so much one of my favorite movies, but it's one of the best soundtracks of all time. But yeah, I would love to be a part of anything she did.
PARTING WORDS, WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR FANS TO KNOW?
It's been a long journey and, honestly, I can't believe that I'm still relevant to the music scene. I can't believe I'm still touring and still making records. I never in a million years expected all this. It's all because of my fans. I have the best fans in the world. They're hardcore and diehard. I do it all for them. I keep going for them. I want to keep everyone happy and excited. I realize that's my job. The reason I'm on this planet is to make people happy. I used to think my job was to rock out with my cock out and shit like that, but that's not my job. My job is to make people happy. I go onstage and I see people's faces light up and I see everyone smiling. I don't see people fucking banging their heads and shit, I see everyone smiling at me, having a good time and singing along. I'm just really glad that I can provide that service to everyone and take an hour out of everyone's shitty day, so that they can have a good time and enjoy themselves. So thanks you to all of my fans for sticking by me. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing till I'm dead.
Controversial deathcore outfit Attila recently released their new album, 'Guilty Pleasure,' via Razor & Tie. Today, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere the first music video off the record. Check out "Proving Grounds" below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To get 'Guilty Pleasure,' visit iTunes. For more on Attila, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
It's that time of the year. Here is Revolver's list of the 20 Best Albums of 2014. Check out a review of each record below and let us know what you think in the comments!
1. Slipknot, '.5: The Gray Chapter' "There was something almost unreal about listening to '.5: The Gray Chapter' for the first time. Not so much the music itself (though some of that is indeed quite the mind-fuck, as well), but rather the fact that it even exists in the first place..." READ MORE
2. At the Gates, 'At War with Reality' "Nearly 20 years after the release of their melodic deathmetal masterpiece, 'Slaughter of the Soul,' At the Gates delivered the rip-roaring comeback album they swore they'd never make..." READ MORE
3. Of Mice & Men, 'Restoring Force' "If you buy into the notion that a third album is make-or-break time for a band's longevity, 'Restoring Force' lets us know Of Mice & Men plan to be around for awhile..." READ MORE
4. Linkin Park, 'The Hunting Party' "Having drifted deep into experimental/electronic territory on their two previous albums, 2010's 'A Thousand Suns' and 2012's 'Living Things,' Linkin Park made a ballsy move in 2014 by delivering their heaviest record yet..." READ MORE
5. Motionless in White, 'Reincarnate' "The Pennsylvanian gothcore quintet's third LP finds the band exploring novel musical territory while staying true to its established sound..." READ MORE
6. Behemoth, 'The Satanist' "The Polish blackened death-metal outfit's 10th album is the definition of "blood, sweat, and tears"... READ MORE
7. Mastodon, 'Once More 'Round the Sun' "After four brilliant prog-sludge concept albums, Mastodon veered towards straight-ahead hard-rock territory with 2011's 'The Hunter,' and the Georgia boys doubled down on that direction for 'Once More 'Round the Sun'... READ MORE
8. Judas Priest, 'Redeemer of Souls' "Whether Judas Priest were aware that this album might be their last and wanted to go out strong, or whether they were trying to redeem themselves in the eyes of fans dismayed by their 2008 double-disc rock opera 'Nostradamus,' the metal gods..." READ MORE
9. Machine Head, 'Bloodstone & Diamonds' "Oakland metal band Machine Head's last album, 2011's 'Unto the Locust,' was one of those masterworks that's only supposed to happen once in a career. But Robb Flynn & Co.'s latest record..." READ MORE
10. Every Time I Die, 'From Parts Unknown' "Bursting with ideas and ambition, Every Time I Die's seventh studio album is a near-perfect blend of kinetic intensity and anything-goes writing..." READ MORE
11. Godflesh, 'A World Lit Only by Fire' "Unlike many comeback records, Godflesh's 2014 album—the industrial-metal pioneers' first new full-length since 2001—manages to both satisfy the hunger for the band's signature sound and take that sound to a new level of confidence and power..." READ MORE
12. The Pretty Reckless, 'Going to Hell' "On her second full-length, ex–'Gossip Girl' star Taylor Momsen, remains as provocative as ever..." READ MORE
13. Killer Be Killed, 'Killer Be Killed' "What's the worst that could have happened when members of Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Max freakin' Cavalera recorded an album together?..." READ MORE
14. Crosses, 'Crosses' "The latest in a series of intriguing side projects and collaborations from Chino Moreno, Crosses—or †††—finds the creatively restless Deftones frontman teaming up with Far guitarist Shaun Lopez and multi-instrumentalist Chuck Doom for a darkly alluring drift..." READ MORE
15. Black Label Society, 'Catacombs of the Black Vatican' "Hirsute heavy-metal berserker Zakk Wylde's first studio album in four years is earth-quaking enough to raise the dead from their own catacombs..." READ MORE
16. Black Veil Brides, 'Black Veil Brides' "When news broke that glamcore rebels Black Veil Brides had aligned themselves with producer Bob Rock—he of the "Black Album" and 'Dr. Feelgood'—for Album No. 4, most fans likely figured that the results would fall closer to Crüe than Metallica..." READ MORE
17. Body Count, 'Manslaughter' "Ice-T may be better known as a TV detective than an O.G. rapper now, but that hasn't taken any of the edge off his game..." READ MORE
18. Suicide Silence, 'You Can't Stop Me' "For their aptly named first album since the passing of vocalist Mitch Lucker, deathcore stalwarts Suicide Silence stomped into the future..." READ MORE
19. Godsmack, '1000hp' "Godsmack have allowed for four-year gaps between albums before, but the last one nearly saw the band members go their separate ways. Fortunately, the Massachusetts metalheads got their act together..." READ MORE
20. Triptykon, 'Melana Chasmata' "With their second full-length, Triptykon—led by Hellhammer/Celtic Frost mastermind Tom Gabriel Fischer—have crafted an epic monument to darkness..." READ MORE
Periphery have announced the release date of their dual albums, 'Juggernaut: Alpha' and 'Juggernaut: Omega,' as January 27 via Sumerian Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere a new song, "The Scourge." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To get 'Juggernaut,' visit Sumerian's webstore. For more on Periphery, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Ozzy, Lemmy, and Halford may still be banging heads and throwing horns in their sixth decades, but metal is at its heart a young person's game. It's brash, reckless music born of youthful rebellion and adolescent angst, driven by raging hormones and demanding a steely stamina. You don't have to be young to make metal, but it sure as hell helps. So here are some of the young hotshots who are leading the way for the next generation of metalheads and taking heavy music boldly forward.
Here are the bands that are leading a new generation of metal. To find out about them, pick up the December issue of Revolver.
Get your holiday shopping done for the rocker in your life with these presents that will kick 2014 up to 11.
1. EPIPHONE LEE MALIA SIGNATURE LES PAUL CUSTOM
Perfect for the Bring Me the Horizon fan, this sleek, classylooking ax was designed by the band's lead guitarist Lee Malia and inspired by the '70s-era vintage classic Les Paul Artisan.
$1,139 / Epiphone.com
2. KNUCKLEBONZ SLAYER ROCK ICONZ STATUES
Kerry King, Tom Araya, and the late, great Jeff Hanneman reign forever in the form of these killer figures, cast in poly-resin, hand-painted in fine detail, and limited to just 1000 numbered editions. Slaaaayyyer!!!
$125 each / Knucklebonz.com
3. G PEN TRASH TALK NO PEACE microG
There's no better way to enjoy the ripping new Trash Talk album, 'No Peace,' then with this limited edition microG set, the first travel kit to include the new microG Tank and microG Herbal Tank, both in one fully-customized case.
$69.99 / Grencoscience.com
4. ONNIT WEREWOLF LEGEND BELL
Made of chip-resistant iron and weighing in at 62 pounds, this first kettlebell in Onnit's new "Legends Bells" line should send any horror fan fully into "beast mode."
$146.95 / Onnit.com
5. NECA XENOMORPH QUEEN ACTION FIGURE
In honor of the 35th anniversary of the 'Alien' franchise comes this badass Xenomorph Queen. This "bitch" stands over 15" tall and is over 30" long, with over 30 points of articulation, including a poseable tail.
$89.99 / NecaOnline.com
6. LOWBROW ART "CRUCIBLE" CAMISOLE
The lovely lady in your life will be dressed to kill in this black camisole featuring a striking Dia de los Muertos–style illustration by artist Josh Stebbins.
$24.95 / LowbrowArtCompany.com
7. HIM LASHES TO ASHES, LUST TO DUST: A VINYL RETROSPECTIVE '96 – '03 DIEHARD BUNDLE
For the true love-metal devotee, this limited-edition collection features four essential early HIM albums on 180 gram black vinyl, as well as the band's debut EP, '666 Ways to Love: Prologue,' on vinyl for the first time, plus a Heartagram-logo slipmat and a USB drive with 37 bonus tracks, all remastered.
$199.99 / TheOmegaOrder.com
8. SUBROSA X THE SWORD "THE STORMWITCH" BIKE
Overseen by The Sword drummer and longtime BMX rider Jimmy Vela, "The Stormwitch" features quality components from Rant and the Shadow Conspiracy, as well as artwork by comic-book artist J.H Williams III, who designed the most recent Sword album, 'Apocryphon.'
$689 /SubrosaBrand.com
9. HADES "VALDA" BOOTS
Whether your female friend is hellbent for leather, or whether you just really, really wish she was, these knee-high boots pack enough leather charm to bring out any gal's inner dominatrix.
$234 / Hades-USA.com
10. MARSHALL MÖTLEY CRÜE FRIDGE
No home sweet home, man cave, or den of iniquity is complete without the new Crüe refrigerator. At four cubic feet, it easily holds two-liter bottles and other supplies for partying hard with your boys and girls, girls, girls.
$599.99 / Marshallfridge.com
11. AFFLICTION DARK HORSE & FULL MEASURE JACKETS
Make sure your best dude or dudette keeps warm while looking cool this holiday season with kickass leather jackets from Affliction. For the sharp-dressed man, there's the rugged Full Measure, and for the ladies, the sultry Dark Horse.
$595.00 (Full Measure) $545.00 (Dark Horse) / Affliction.com
Revolver's own Stephanie Cabral was on hand to catch all the action for King Diamond's headlining stop on Halloween in Los Angeles, California. Check out the photos she captured for us below–you can also follow her on Twitter and Facebook.