Following some recent teasing, Linkin Park have now shared a trailer for their new film “Unshatter.” The movie is “coming soon to theaters worldwide” and fans can sign up for updates HERE. The film appears to focus on the band’s return following the death of frontman Chester Bennington. The group made their return in 2024 with new singer Emily Armstrong and new drummer Colin Brittain. Live footage appears to be featured in the movie as well. Notably, a 2024 set at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil was previously filmed for a future release.
Theory Of A Deadman have premiered a new video for their new song “Winnebago (Lay Low).” This track is from the band’s new EP, “Part 1: Funeral Songs,” which will be released on September 4. Frontman Tyler Connolly said the following about the single:
“‘Winnebago (Lay Low)’ is the epitome of the anti bar song. The F around and find out sing-along. As I get older I realize that it really is better to just stay home. This song is among other anthems we recorded for our upcoming EP ‘Funeral Songs’ which is a Prt 1 of 2, and after all these years we’ve finally been able to focus on less songs and release more often like small batches of fine Kentucky Bourbon.”
“Part 1: Funeral Songs” Track Listing:
01. “Barricade”
02. “Funeral Song”
03. “Winnebago (Lay Low)”
04. “Monster Truck”
05. “Deep End”
06. “Prenup”
As previously reported, the family of the late Ozzy Osbourne recently licensed his likeness for a new A.I. avatar created by HYPERREAL. The digitized singer will be displayed via Proto Luma “holoportation” devices in the U.K. and U.S. However, the idea has been met with backlash. As such, Ozzy’s wife Sharon and his son Jack have pushed back against the controversy on “The Osbournes” podcast.
Jack said the following:
“What we’re doing — this isn’t, and I’ve said it, this isn’t ChatGPT with dad’s face on it. It’s a closed A.I., so it’s not connected to the Internet. We build a database, and I cannot emphasize enough is that this is only information that either my dad said or was accurate, or was written accurately about him.”
Sharon commented as well:
“Why go on a jet when there’s a propeller? What are you doing? Well, you know what? Technology moves on, and I’m sorry for those people. I’m not asking you to come. I don’t want your fucking money. I don’t need your fucking money. I’m doing very well, actually, and I always have my entire life… And the thing is, for somebody to turn around to me and say I’m doing a cash grab — no, you don’t know my husband, okay? I know my husband, and my husband would say to me over and over, ‘After I go, how long do you think I’ll be remembered? How long do you think?’ And I’d go, ‘I just don’t know, ’cause I’ll be probably going with you, so don’t ask me.’ But the thing was, for 10 years we have been exploring it. And the thing is I don’t have to justify why we do to any fucker. I don’t have to justify. What do they think we’re gonna do? I’m gonna hock my husband around selling Weed Killer on an ad or selling cigarettes or beer? Do you think I’m gonna do that? … And we’re moving with the times… It’s like saying, Why do you need a CD when you have a vinyl record?’ You move with the times. And this is great technology, and I’m not gonna let anyone bastardize my husband.”
Jack continued:
“The most important thing for me is that when we create this digital imprint of Dad, we create it, we own it, we control it. And it’s something that…” “…we’ll pass on through our family,” Sharon chimed in. “And it’s for our grandkids. And that’s it, and I don’t have to justify anything to any fucker out there.
And at the end of the day, if keeping Dad alive and accessible to a fan is cash grab, then fucking guilty as charged because at the end of the day, entertainment and the industry that we’re in, none of this is for fucking charity… But the technology that we are utilizing, it is not Claude or ChatGPT that you can ask it any question about anything. It’s a closed A.I. module that is not connected to the Internet.
“Someone said, ‘Oh, it’s dangerous. You can’t control it.’ And I was, like, ‘What the fuck do you think this is, Terminator? It’s gonna go sentient and next thing you know Ozzy’s gonna launch the nukes? But I think, for me, it’s not about pretending he’s still alive. For me it’s about making sure he’s never forgotten.”
Sharon went on to say:
“And why should he be? You can go and buy books that were written 200 years ago, and they are still… Today’s youth is reading books from two, three hundred years ago. Is that a crime? Should we still keep printing them, guys? Should we maybe do a paperback? You can get it online. Oh, shock, golly, that’s terrible.”
Jack added:
“Or you can get an audiobook. I can buy an audiobook with a famous person reading Shakespeare. ‘Oh, how dare you exploit Shakespeare’s work by having [an audiobook]?’ Like, ‘That’s not how it was meant to be written.’”
Sharon continued:
“Listen, it’s redundant. It’s redundant because whatever you do, Jack, there is always 50% that are with you and 50% that aren’t. Nobody in the world everybody goes, ‘Yeah.’ There’s always somebody with that little soapbox.”
Jack also mentioned how “everyone seems to be yeah about the Michael Jackson movie that’s made nearly a billion dollars.” Sharon concurred:
“And good for his family. Good for his family. Really. And there’s two generations that missed out on him, and all those little kids are now dancing to ‘Thriller’ and ‘Billie Jean’ and all those great classics that he was a part of. And it’s, like, what is so wrong in that? Great music doesn’t date. It’s like saying that you take a piece of classical music and you put it in a rock band. Is that disrespectful? Is that terrible? You’re just moving forward with technology. That’s all.”
Jack chimed back in as well:
“And as I said, either we’re gonna do it or someone else is in 50, 20 years, whatever. This will become the norm for every well-known person. Just like when people started creating fucking web sites for their bands.”
Sharon concluded:
“Listen, ABBA have a show, and they’re not even fucking dead. They’ve got three shows in London. Three shows. One avatar, ‘Mamma Mia!’, and then there’s another one that they have like a supper club thing that they do. Three shows in London at the same time.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Diring a recent interview with Rebel Radio, Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach discussed the band’s new music plans. According to him, the group have discussed the possibility of “just doing EPs for fun.”
Leach said the following when asked about leftover songs from the “This Consequence” sessions:
“[We recorded a total of] 14 [tracks], and four [were] left off. One got re-released kind of quietly on a compilation to raise money for an animal shelter. It’s on CD now. And then I think we’re working with the same company again to put one more song out with that. And then the other two we hope to see out in the next couple weeks as a B-side seven-inch.”
He also shared his thoughts on EPs:
“I’m also not opposed to doing EPs. I think it’s actually a really good idea to just knock some stuff out. We’ve never done it, but we’re talking about maybe just doing EPs for fun. And it makes that whole process of putting a record out quicker. And we also will write all these songs, and some of them don’t even make it on the record, so why not just focus on five or six of the really good ones and put out an EP or a seven-inch or a 10-inch with exclusive vinyl and fun stuff like that, collectible stuff. So we’re talking about all that fun stuff for the future.”
He also offered a timeline for studio plans:
“I’d say we’ll end up doing something probably early next year or mid-next year. It all depends on what the demand is for touring and where everybody’s head is at. It’s hard to write while we’re touring, and we’ve got, like, three back-to-back tours. But the conversations have definitely started.”
He also commented on the songwriting process:
“Everybody does their own demos, between those [other] four guys [in the band]. They all submit demos of either just riffs that make sense together or full complete songs with drums and everything. And then everybody sort of picks it apart and works on it together.
I love watching somebody come with a few riffs and then somebody else has a riff. I like watching that happen. In this last recording cycle, we were in a room together jamming. It was, like, four or five sessions of that, where somebody would come with a cool riff, and then you see somebody else’s lightbulb go off on their head, and they’re, like, ‘Oh, I got an idea,’ and seeing it take shape in real time. I love when that happens.”
[via Blabbermouth]
During a recent interview, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) discussed their recently released single “Adjourn It.” According to Morello, they recorded the song as part of an effort “to get rid of the rising tide of fascism.”
Morello said the following:
“The idea to create a song like this came up during the DHS and ICE raids in Los Angeles, when the streets of L.A. were being terrorized by Gestapo-like tactics, people combing through the neighborhoods, businesses having to shut down, children being abducted from school — an absolute reign of terror on our city. And I thought, ‘We have to do what we can while we can with what we can.’ And with us, that’s making music.”
Tankian also commented:
“Like [Tom] said, we’ve done a lot of songs together, a lot of projects, and been friends for a long time. And this disturbed all of us. It’s still disturbing all of us, the kind of tactics that have been used by the administration in cracking down on families, separating families, and children without parents. I mean, I read that there’s 27,000 children whose parents have been deported. And it’s really a trauma for this country. And we have to learn how to deal with these things the right way. We have to learn how to stand up to fascism in the right way. And so this is a great way for us to do [it]. This is what we do. We do music.”
Morello continued:
“I think the idea of “Adjourn It” is one that is… it means to end something, to dismiss something, to get rid of something. And so, in this day and age, we want to get rid of the rising tide of fascism. We want to get rid of these horrible Gestapo tactics. We want to get rid of this rule of billionaires. We want to get rid of this white supremacy, which is this terrible fog that’s choking us all right now. We want to adjourn it, adjourn it, adjourn it. And I think that’s a brilliant lyric to go with Roman‘s kickass riff.”
Tankian added:
“It’s also adjourning a lot of those court trials — people were showing up to court, and they were getting handcuffed and taken away, not allowing the judges to actually adjourn their case. So it’s almost like, adjourn it. Let’s let these people who have been living in the country for so long, contributing to our society — culturally, morally, financially — stay.”
Morello went on to say:
“‘Adjourn It‘ is a song to rile up our base. It’s to rile up people who are willing to standup for justice. This is a song which is the next single from my upcoming solo rock record. It will be my 22nd record that I’ve made. And it’s 22 records of riling up the base, doing what we can, while we can, with what we’ve got, and we’ve got quite a lot.”
[via The PRP]
The soundtrack has been unveiled for EA Sports’ “UFC 6.” That video game will be released on June 19 via PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Here’s the soundtrack:
In 2021, the estate of the late Dimebag Darrell Abbott (Pantera) filed a lawsuit against Dean Guitars after accusing them of breach of contract, “unauthorised and fraudulent trademark registrations” and more. However, the court ended up issuing a summary judgment in favor of the manufacturer’s parent company Armadillo Distribution Enterprises. Now, Abbott’s trust has responded to that ruling.
The following was said in a press release:
“The Trust of Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott has issued the following statement regarding the recent summary judgment ruling by a court in Tampa Florida, in the matter involving the Trust and Armadillo Enterprises (d/b/a) Dean Guitars, and its affiliate Concordia Investment Partners, LLC.
The Trust respectfully disagrees with the Court’s ruling and believes the decision conflicts with the clear language contained in the agreement Darrell Abbott signed with Dean Guitars in 2004. Specifically, the agreement states: “The Company [Dean Guitars/Armadillo Enterprises] shall acquire no rights in the tradenames or designs ‘Stealth Guitar’ or ‘Razorback Guitar’ by virtue of this Agreement, and upon termination of this Agreement shall cease the production of Stealth and Razorback style guitars.”
To the Trust, this language demonstrates Darrell Abbott’s clear understanding and intent that ownership and control of the Stealth and Razorback guitar designs would remain with him and would not transfer to Dean Guitars under the agreement.
The Trust further points to a Non-Disclosure Agreement executed just two months prior to the 2004 agreement, in which Dean Guitars CEO Elliott Rubinson acknowledged that the Razorback and Stealth guitar designs, along with the associated headstock designs, were created by Darrell Abbott. The agreement describes the design Darrell disclosed as: “The design constitutes a specific body shape of a guitar and specific headstock shapes that were designed by ‘Dime,’ known as the ‘Razorback,’ a slightly modified ‘Stealth’ guitar, which is also a design of ‘Dime’s,’ and the ‘Razorback Headstocks 1 and 2,’ and are to be used in creating his own signature line of guitars.”
Rita Haney, Darrell’s long-time significant-other and representative of the Trust of Darrell Abbott, stated: “The Agreement Darrell signed in 2004 stated Dean Guitars shall acquire ‘NO’ rights in the designs Stealth or Razorback Guitar, and…No means ‘None.’ It’s the ultimate negative: it means ‘not any,’ or ‘not at all.
Darrell would never have signed away ownership of his designs, and the documents clearly support that. He had Dean Guitars sign an NDA to even look at his Razorback Guitar. His Stealth guitar was previously sold during his relationship with Washburn, and when that relationship ended, Darrell retained his designs and expected the same arrangement to be upheld by Dean Guitars.
Dean Guitars did not make or sell a single Razorback nor Stealth before their formal relationship with Darrell. They never used the shapes without Darrell’s endorsement and in no way should be allowed to make these guitars after the relationship was terminated.
We believe this company has repeatedly misrepresented the facts, and we continue to fight for the return of Darrell’s guitar designs as well as their unauthorized use of Darrell’s name, likeness, and intellectual property.”
The Trust also alleges that Dean Guitars and their affiliates, in 2007 (three years after Darrell’s death), made FALSE representations to the US Trademark Office when obtaining a Trademark for the Razorback Guitar shape. They literally claimed it was they who designed the Razorback as a tribute guitar “after his death.” Further stating they used Darrell’s razorblade neckless as some sort of inspiration for the design: After his death in 2004, Applicant designed a unique Dimebag Darrell signature-design guitar line reminiscent of the classic Dean ML guitar used during Abbott’s early career as a tribute to Abbott. One of the designs features “razor” like edges symbolic of the razorblade worn by Abbott around his neck.
The Trust emphasizes that the litigation is ongoing and that the recent ruling does not resolve the broader dispute. The Trust intends to appeal the summary judgment decision and continue pursuing additional claims relating to the alleged unauthorized use of Darrell Abbott’s name, likeness, artwork, and associated intellectual property, including the iconic “Dean From Hell” artwork.
The Trust maintains that Darrell Abbott’s claims have not yet been fully heard on their merits and remains confident in the strength of its position moving forward.
The Trust concluded: “This case represents a broader issue faced by many artists and creators — the protection of their intellectual property and legacy against greedy corporate interests with greater financial resources. We remain committed to protecting Darrell’s legacy and ensuring that one of the most influential guitarists in music history receives the respect and legal protections he deserves.”
As previously reported, Marilyn Manson’s former assistant Ashley Walters recently revived her sexual assault lawsuit against him after it was dismissed. Now, according to Rolling Stone, Manson has lost his attempt to have the case thrown out once again.
Walters initially filed the suit after accusing the shock rocker of sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more. However, a judge ruled that the case was not exempt from the statute of limitations and Walters’ claims of suppressed memories were not enough to revive it.
Despite this, Walters was able to use statue AB 250 to move the case forward. That law allows adult survivors of sexual assault to revive civil suits that were halted by the statute of limitations between January 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027.
Manson‘s lawyer Alexa Foley claimed Walters could not use AB 250, because she doesn’t “meet the standard of showing she was physically restrained during her alleged sexual assault.” However, a judge ruled that it was too early to make a decision. As such, more time was allotted for collecting and sharing evidence. A case management conference will now be held in August.
Manson‘s lawyer Howard King commented:
“This was not unexpected. It’s a clear invitation for a summary judgment motion. The judge telegraphed explicitly that we’re not at the right stage of the case yet.”
Walter‘s attorney Bina Ahmad added:
“We are obviously pleased. We truly take the inspiration to keep fighting from our client. She’s the brave one.”
As previously reported, Manson has been facing allegations from multiple women who came forward after being inspired by Evan Rachel Wood, who claimed that he “horrifically abused [her] for years.” Among those who shared their stories were Walters as well as Ashley Morgan Smithline, who accused him of sexual assault before recanting her statements, Esmé Bianco, who settled a lawsuit in which she accused him of abuse and human trafficking, Bianca Allaine Kyne, who filed a lawsuit after claiming he sexually assaulted her when she was a minor, and one unidentified woman, who settled a rape and death threat lawsuit.
For his part, Manson has continued to deny the allegations, while also lamenting the impact they have had on his career. He also filed a lawsuit against Wood for defamation, but has since been ordered to pay her legal fees. Despite all this, the L.A. District Attorney previously confirmed that Manson won’t be facing any criminal charges.
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