Sleep Theory have shared a new cover of Paramore’s “My Heart.” You can check that out below. This news comes after the band recently released a new cover of *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye.”
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Shinedown Earn First-Ever Billboard Country Airplay Entry
Shinedown have scored their first-ever Billboard Country Airplay entry. The band achieved the feat with their single “Searchlight,” which hit No. 54 on the chart. That track is from their latest album “Ei8ht.”
Singer Brent Smith told Billboard the following:
“It was a bit more of a power ballad, and then the guys let me come back in the studio, and I re-sang it with kind of a different intention built around more of that authentic country, really old-school country vibe. But at the end of the day, we always say that Shinedown is everyone’s band, and it’s been incredible to see the country format and just the audiences embrace the song. Everything we did with it was built from authenticity.”
Guitarist Zach Myers added:
“We’ve always felt a good song is a good song. It doesn’t matter where it comes from. A good song with a good lyric and a good hook and a good melody is gonna catch on.bIt means a lot to us. The fact that we can even be accepted by another format is really cool to us. So, thank you to country radio for playing the song. We know they’re a group of people who are very proud of what they do, so thank you very much for letting us in.”
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Social Distortion Are Using Fully Upcycled Merch Items On Their European Tour
Social Distortion are selling 100% upcycled merch on their current European tour. Shirts and hoodies were printed on blanks Universal Music Group’s merchandising division, Bravado put together from unsold merch in their Nashville warehouse.
The unused items were sent to Tangier in Morocco. Hallotex then broke them down and spun them into new yarn. The initiative, which was proposed by Billie Eilish’s mother Maggie Baird, was launched to create 280,000 recycled cotton merch items for musicians to sell on their European tours.
Social Distortion’s Mike Ness commented:
“It’s important to everyone in the band that we always do what we can to reduce our footprint on the environment, and using these 100% recycled blanks for t-shirts on our tour is an easy way to do just that. We hope that our fans will love them.”
Matt Young, CEO of Bravado, continued:
“There are a huge number of artists that have been waiting for this kind of sustainable option for merch on their tours. We’re thrilled that Social D will be among the first bands to take these new t-shirts and hoodies out on the road with them. This is an important innovation as we continue to decrease the impact made by touring and merch.”
Dylan Siegler, head of sustainability for Universal Music Group, added:
“Merch gives fans a tangible way to connect with artists, and this project gives them a way to connect with sustainability at the same time. These are pieces fans will feel good about purchasing.”
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Dreamwell Premiere “Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance” Music Video
Dreamwell have premiered a new video for their new song “Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance.” This track is from the band’s new album, “Hymns For The Denial Of God,” which will be released on August 28.
Vocalist Keziah “KZ” Staska commented:
“We wanted to embrace the more mosh-y early two-thousands style we’d been ignoring for a while. We hit it here. I wrote ‘Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance’ at a time in my life when things were going pretty well for me. If I discussed being miserable in the lyrics, it would’ve been disingenuous. I don’t know how to write the songs I’ve come to be known for when things are okay though.
It was scary to not know what my creative process was going to look like. I’m basically saying, ‘I wish I knew how to write songs about being happy, but I don’t. I don’t know what to do with my writing when I’m not miserable.’”
He also added the following about the album:
“The title embodies the theme. In the past, I was so inwardly focused; most of our songs were about myself and whatever I was emotionally dealing with. I wanted to make a record that wasn’t extremely introspective. The album interrogates the negative impact of organized religion when it’s misused to justify violence, genocide, and hatred of others. It’s not a purely atheistic statement either.
I’m choosing not to believe in a God who’s invoked to validate evil. The prevailing narrative in heavy music is often, ‘If you believe in God, you’re stupid.’ This isn’t our narrative. Believing in God isn’t wrong. I don’t think the mainstream God in the political landscape is the one we should be looking for though.”
“Hymns For The Denial Of God” Track Listing:
01. “Hypercrucifixation“
02. “Sissy Hate Machine“
03. “Anti-Christ’s Testimony“
04. “A Crisis Of Realization“
05. “Apostates & Gentiles“
06. “Plath Vs. Kafka Vs. Romance“
07. “I Dreamt I Survived An Extinction Event“
08. “Carrion Birds On The Ark“
09. “Your Ichthys Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore“
10. “Cherub Rock Of Gibraltar“ -
Electric Callboy Apologize For Misinterpreted Joke Post About Pinkpop Festival Crowd
Electric Callboy recently made a post related to concertgoers sitting through their Pinkpop Festival set to see another artist. The clip showed footage of several people unamused by the band. Despite the obvious joke, a number of fans misinterpreted the band’s intentions and started causing issues in the comments. As such, the band have now apologized.
The group said the following:
“HEY GUYS,
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE DELETED OUR LAST POST.
THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN DURING OUR SET AT PINKPOP.
WE FOUND THE SITUATION FUNNY AND SHARED IT BECAUSE IT MADE US LAUGH.
THE JOKE WAS ABOUT THE SITUATION, NOT THE PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE INTERPRETED IT DIFFERENTLY, WHILE OTHERS USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE HATEFUL COMMENTS AND BE UNKIND TOWARDS PEOPLE IN THE CROWD.
THAT WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION, AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING WE SUPPORT.
MUSIC IS FOR EVERYONE. WE’VE SUPPORTED ALL GENRES OF MUSIC SINCE DAY ONE, AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS US KNOWS HOW MUCH WE LOVE BRINGING DIFFERENT INFLUENCES TOGETHER.
THOSE PEOPLE WERE THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE EXCITED TO SEE AN ARTIST THEY LOVE, JUST LIKE MANY OF YOU COME TO OUR SHOWS BECAUSE YOU’RE EXCITED TO SEE US.
AND HONESTLY, IF WE WERE STANDING IN THE FRONT ROW WAITING FOR AN ARTIST OUTSIDE OF OUR USUAL GENRE, WE’D PROBABLY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
IT’S CLEAR THAT THE POST CAME ACROSS DIFFERENTLY TO SOME OF YOU THAN WE INTENDED, SO WE’VE DECIDED TO TAKE IT DOWN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE’D RATHER HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS WELCOMING AND RESPECTFUL THAN A POST THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE.
TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.”
Metal Anarchy 
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