Music
After a long series of video teasers for their highly anticipated fifth album, Slipknot have premiered a far-beyond-heavy new song, "The Negative One"—their first original song in six years, and first ever without drummer Joey Jordison, who split with the group in 2013, and bassist Paul Gray, who passed away in 2010. The track can be streamed below or on Slipknot's official website.
Crank it up loud and let us know what you think in the comments.
Frontman Corey Taylor has described the musical direction of the new album as "a great mesh" of 2001's 'Iowa' and 2004's 'Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses).' "You've got the gorgeous melodies and the artistic direction of 'Vol. 3' and then you've got the absolute brutality of 'Iowa,' he said. "And I think people are gonna lose their minds when they hear it."
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Limp Bizkit have released a new song, "Endless Slaughter," for free download via their official website. Listen to the track below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Saint Louis, Missouri hardcore/thrash crossover act Cross Examination will release their new EP, 'Dawn of the Dude,' on August 19 via Organized Crime Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere a new song, "Hail to the Jeef." Check it out below and let us know what you think in comments!
To get 'Dawn of the Dude,' visit Organized Crime Records' website. For more on Cross Examination, visit their Facebook.
Maryland-based teenage rock band, Bad Seed Rising, released their debut EP 'Charm City' earlier this year on iTunes via Roadrunner Records. Today, the group has teamed up with Revolver and Guitar World to premiere their lyric video for "Wolves at the Door." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
For more on Bad Seed Rising, visit their website and follow them on Facebook.
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Doom-metal outfit Brimstone Coven will release their new self-titled album in North America via Metal Blade Records on August. In anticipation, the band has teamed with Revolver to premiere a song off the record, "Children of the Sun."
'Brimstone Coven' is available for pre-order right here where you can also sample another cut off the album, "The Grave."
Blue Stahli's forthcoming EP, 'The Devil (Chapter 02)'—which comes out July 29—builds on the sonics of Chapter 01 with two new songs, "Ready Aim Fire" and "Enemy," plus two instrumental interludes and three remixes by Wildpuppet, OCTiV, and Animattronic. In anticipation, Blue Stahli has teamed with Revolver to premiere "Enemy" right here right now. Check out the lyric video below and let us know what you think in the comments.
'The Devil (Chapter 02)' is available for purchase via the FiXT store or iTunes.
For more on Blue Stahli, visit Facebook.com/bluestahlimusic, Twitter.com/bluestahli, and Youtube.com/bluestahli.
New Jersey metallic hardcore act Old Wounds are readying their new EP, Death Projection, for a September 16 release via Good Fight Music.
Don't know about you, but we hate waiting. So, we've partnered with the band to bring you an exclusive teaser track from the forthcoming EP. Check out "Dead Beat Blues" below!
Click here to pre-order Death Projection.
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Good Fight Music proudly announces the newest addition to its family: Old Wounds. Good Fight will release Old Wounds' new EP, Death Projection, on September 16th. The label has posted the following video clip to welcome the band to the fold.
Born in the New Jersey hardcore scene of the late '00s, Old Wounds picked up momentum with the 2013 release of its debut LP, From Where We Came Is Where We'll Rest. Of that album, Pitchfork reported: "The trio emerges irate here, lashing ahead at a furious hardcore clip alongside screams about tears and disappointment... [Old Wounds] pairs the maudlin pages of high school diaries with a grown-ass band's precision and power."
In the months to come, Old Wounds proved itself a relentless DIY machine, setting out on back-to-back US tours with peers like The Banner, Full of Hell and Vices, and teaming up for various split releases. With drummer Brandon Gallagher creating all the band's artwork (and also contributing design work to labels like Three One G and Bridge 9), Old Wounds' identity came into sharp focus: a self-sufficient, road-hungry crew of young bucks, cloaked in bold graphics, reviving the spirit of turn-of the-millennium metallic hardcore for the next generation.
As Old Wounds plowed ahead, more press lined up to champion the young band: Guitar World compared Old Wounds to "Turmoil, Disembodied and Buried Alive"; Alternative Press offered up a spot on its coveted "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2014" list; MetalSucks featured a new, exclusive track on the fourth volume of its "NYC Sucks" compilation series, alongside Extinction A.D., Mutilation Rites, and Artificial Brain.
Now with Good Fight in Old Wounds' corner, the next phase begins. Good Fight Music is the label arm of Good Fight Entertainment, the company founded in 2010 by former Ferret Music boss Carl Severson. One of the pillars of the early metalcore scene, Ferret launched the careers of Every Time I Die, Killswitch Engage, The Bronx, and many more. With Good Fight Entertainment, Severson has expanded beyond Ferret's reach, bringing a music management department and record label under one roof and releasing new albums by the likes of The Chariot, Cancer Bats, and Madball, as well as reissues of seminal titles from the Terror catalog.
The partnership of Good Fight and Old Wounds is perhaps a perfect match – both entities rooted in New Jersey hardcore, both driven by a tenacious DIY ethic. With new EP Death Projection out September 16th on Good Fight Music, the tireless Old Wounds – now comprised of vocalist Kevin Iavaroni, guitarist Zak Kessler, bassist Mike Weintraub, and drummer Brandon Gallagher – starts work on its next full-length album. Stand by for all the details about Death Projection.
Heartist will release their debut full-length, 'Feeding Fiction,' August 12 via Roadrunner Records. In anticipation, the group has teamed with Revolver to premiere the song "Manipulate" via the visualizer video below. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments!
'Feeding Fiction' is available for preorder on iTunes. For more on Heartist, follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Baltimore-based hard rock outfit Charm City Devils will release their new album, 'Battles,' on September 23 via The End Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere their new song, "Shots." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
"'Shots' is literally a shot over the bow saying THiS iS ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL!" vocalist John Allen comments. "Although it sounds like an anthem to get wasted to, it's really a pissed-off letter to a close friend who is in denial about his addiction problems."
You can get "Shots" now on iTunes. To pre-order 'Battles,' visit the band's webstore. For more on Charm City Devils, visit their Facebook and Twitter.