My Chemical Romance have scored new platinum awards in the U.S. The band’s 2010 album, “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys,” and two singles from it, “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” and “Sing,“ were certified by the RIAA on May 14. This news comes as the group are preparing to release a deluxe edition of “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys” on July 10.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive In) has blasted Backline for partnering with Spotify during a mental health and songwriter summit in Nashville, TN. The frontman said the following:
“With Spotify? How are we supposed to take you fucking serious? Ain’t nobody at Spotify give a fuck about mental health. Fuck outta hear with this shitty propaganda. This is like forced religious arbitrations with your gremlin abusers. Wake. The. Fuck. Up. While they sit there listening to your humanity, Spotify contributes financially to death of children via military war applications they invest in.”
[via Reddit]
Famous doppelgangers Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Will Ferrell came together once again during last night’s (May 16) episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Ferrell was serving as the show’s host. However, his monologue ended up getting hijacked by the drummer. You can see footage of that below. Notably, Smith also performed with musical guest Paul McCartney. Footage of that is available as well.
During a recent interview with Rauta, The Kovenant vocalist/bassist Stian “Nagash” Arnesen offered an update on the band’s new record. According to him, about “half of the album is finished.”
Arnesen said the following:
“Well, we started THE KOVENANT again now. But the whole thing was we basically just wanted to do some shows, some festivals and just have a little bit fun with it. And then it turned out that we all remembered how fun it was to play together and how good we play together. So suddenly Hellhammer [THE KOVENANT drummer, also of MAYHEM] was, like, ‘Dude, we have to do a new album. We have to do new music.’ So we started writing new material, and now we have, like, maybe half of the album is finished, and it’s a mix of all THE KOVENANT albums. The four first [songs] we finished now, it sound very [much like a] mix of the first album and ‘Nexus Polaris’ — very aggressive, very dark, very atmospheric. [There’s] a lot of keyboards and stuff, but very black metal. And then, of course, me, I have to put in all the electronic stuff, all the symphonic things in there. And so we’re gonna see what it ends up as, but for now it’s not like going back, but it’s like mixing everything together.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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