Enterprise Earth have released a new single titled “Neo-Promethean.” You can find a music video for that track below:
-
Twin Temple Premiere New Song “Love You To Death”
Twin Temple have premiered a new song titled “Love You To Death.” This track is from their new album, “Doomed Lovers,” which will be released on October 9. The band said the following about the single:
“With ‘Love You to Death,’ we wanted to put our own spin on two distinctly American musical traditions: the romantic innocence of 1962 RCA-style pop and the darkness and brutality of the traditional murder ballad. We’ve always loved the gritty, macabre storytelling of songs like ‘Knoxville Girl,’ as much as the polished elegance of the Nashville countrypolitan sound. The song isn’t really about murder itself, it’s about jealousy, desire, betrayal, and the tragic consequences of all-or-nothing love. It’s about devotion taken to its most dangerous extreme, to madness, and crimes of passion.”
-
The Funeral Portrait And The Howling Added To Black Veil Brides’ European/UK Tour
The Funeral Portrait and The Howling have been added to Black Veil Brides’ upcoming European/UK tour. That trek will take place early next year.
Tour Dates:
01/07 Dublin, IRE – 3Olympia
01/08 Glasgow, UK – Barrowland
01/10 Newcastle, UK – O2 City Hall
01/11 Leeds, UK – O2 Academy
01/12 Bristol, UK – O2 Academy
01/14 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
01/15 Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
01/16 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
01/19 Tilburg, NET – 013 Poppodium
01/20 Cologne, GER – Carlswerk Victoria
01/21 Brussels, BEL – Ancienne Belgique
01/23 Hamburg, GER – Docks
01/24 Wiesbaden, GER – Schlachthof
01/25 Zurich, SWI – X-TRA
01/27 Vienna, AUT – Raiffeisen Halle im Gasometer
01/28 Prague, CZE – SaSaZu
01/30 Warsaw, POL – Klub Stodola
02/01 Riga, LAT – Palladium
02/02 Vilnius, LIT – Loftas
02/04 Wroclaw, POL – Centrum Koncertowe A2
02/06 Budapest, HUN – Barba Negra
02/08 Bucharest, ROM – Laminor Arena
02/09 Sofia, BUL – Hristo Botev Hall
02/11 Athens, GRE – Floyd
02/13 Istanbul, TUR – JJ Arena -
The Matrix’s Lauren Christy Reflects On Working With Korn
During a recent appearance on the “Behind The Wall” podcast, Lauren Christy, one third of the pop production and songwriting trio The Matrix, reflected on contributing to Korn’s 2005 album “See You On The Other Side.” According to her, Korn songs are some of the hardest she has ever worked on.
Christy said the following:
“That was just a really interesting blend of us being brought in to work with them and almost being thrown out of the room [laughs.] Like when we got there I think they just thought, ‘Oh, these guys are like pop guys.’ And so quickly, Scott [Spock] and Graham [Edwards] and I were like, ‘What should we do? They don’t like us.’
We said, ‘Let’s let them play and we’ll just record them.’ We listened to them playing and they came up with this [hums riff]… And that night, we went home and our engineer Chris Holmes and Scott stayed up all night cutting up Korn and all the pieces that they played and made it into kind of a traditional pop song, and we wrote this song ‘Twisted Transistor.’
In the morning, we came up with like the, ‘Hey you, hey you, devil’s little sister.’ We went to the studio, they were like not really looking at us. And I went up to Jonathan [Davis] and I said, ‘I’ve got something to play you, listen to this.’ So I played it for him, and he said, ‘What the fuck is this?’
And I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ And he loved it. They absolutely loved it. So I said to him, ‘Hey I just want to slip an idea into your head,’ and I said, ‘If you want, we could just make a record.’ That night they called us and said, ‘Yep, come on in, 3 weeks, let’s do it.’ And so we made 23 songs in 3 weeks with Korn.
And they did this huge deal with Live Nation, they were on Capitol before and they were up for a new deal. And there’s an energy when a band’s looking for a new deal. Even though it’s Korn and they were huge, there was just this energy, and we had the best fucking time with the band.
Like I love Jonathan. Those guys, Fieldy, Munky, all of them. They’re so awesome, we’re still friends to this day. I still work with them. It was just a happy moment, where we just took it, and we were like, ‘Let’s do this this!,’ and it all worked out.”
She also added:
“I mean, Jonathan writes all his own lyrics. So for for me to walk in and say, ‘I’ve got this idea for this song.’ And he was really open to it. You know, in more recent years he just does everything himself and I just help with melodies. But back then he was he was cool with us, with me, like doing lyrics with him.
Like he’s crazy. He took me into his lyric writing room and it was like a full-size altar with Jesus, like a life-sized Jesus lying on the altar in a loin cloth. I was like, ‘I can’t write the lyrics in this room. I’ll write them in my car outside the studio.’
…We collaborated on it together and Graham and Scott helping with melodies. Scott, came up with that, ‘Wait, I’m coming undone.’ I was like, ‘Whoa! That’s so awesome.’ And you know, it was just a really cool combination.”
[via The PRP]
-
King Diamond Says Andy La Rocque’s Departure Had Been “Coming For A While”
During a recent interview with Metal Injection, King Diamond opened up about parting ways with his guitarist Andy La Rocque. According to him, the surprising split had “been coming for a while.”
Diamond said the following:
“We are certainly still friends. That’s never gonna change. I think it’s a gradual thing that’s just been going different directions for a while. And it got to a point where it’s just, like, ‘Okay, something has to change. It’s not right.’ I wish him and his wife all the best possible in the world. The whole thing about the other band that he plays with now [LEX LEGION], the side project and stuff like that, it was never a part of any reasons for anything.
When it was decided [it] was over two days. [But] it [had] been coming for a while. And it’s not one thing or ‘you said this’ or ‘did this or that.’ It’s not like that. It really is like moving apart a little bit here, a bit there. And I had a feeling recently that when Andy heard the new touring plans and the new plans overall, that it was not something that was, ‘Yay,’ but more like, ‘Oh my God. Are you kidding me?’ I don’t think he likes touring that much as we’re doing now. I’ve seen that many times before, where [MERCYFUL FATE guitarist] Michael Denner stopped [playing with the band] because he could not handle touring. There was too much frictions at home whenever he did that. For him, he was missing it too much and all this stuff. I totally understand it. I think others — [former KING DIAMOND bassist] Chris Estes was the same. And [former KING DIAMOND guitarist] Herb Simonsen… Most of those people that are not playing or stopped playing with us along the road was for that reason — family. We tour longer now these days, and we are gonna continue going that way because it’s very, very important.”
He also discussed recruiting Gus G.:
“I talked to Hank [Shermann, MERCYFUL FATE guitarist] and told him [that I was looking for a new guitarist to replace Andy in KING DIAMOND], and then he said, ‘You should check out Gus G’. And I did not know who Gus G was. [Metal Blade Records founder and CEO] Brian Slagel said to me, ‘Oh, Gus G, man.’ And then I didn’t respond to it because I wasn’t aware. So he was the second one recommending Gus to me. And then when we talked more about it and this and that, then I started listening and doing all the stuff that I got very interested, of course. He’s the first person we talked about for this. We never talked about having an audition or anything like that. We talked about him, and then got in depth about him because it seemed, ‘Wow, wait a minute here. Okay.’ Then I said to Brian Slagel, ‘Can you hook us up? Can you ask him if he would be okay with me calling him?’ or something like that.”
He continued after is was mentioned how “some things are just meant to be”:
“It really feels like it. You’re right. That’s really what it felt like the whole time. And that’s also why it doesn’t feel [like it’s] this horrible thing, because it’s something that is good for both me and Andy. And we played for 40 years. Think about it. It’s, like, crazy that you think about it has been that long.”
He went on to discuss Gus’ approach:
“First of all, he’s gonna copy Andy as close as he can [on the classic songs] and fully honor that. That’s what people want to hear and see. So, that’s one thing. But this is not like a hired hand. He’s in the band — 100%. And that’s why also he’s playing, recording, touring with us for as long as it works out — hopefully till we don’t play any longer. That’s what I hope. ‘Cause he’s so down to earth, so nice person, so skilled. He has the right attitude for getting the style correct with what I want. So we are already talking a lot. But I want him to play his own style, but it must also fit with what we’re doing. So [you’re] not gonna be hearing Gus, what he does with FIREWIND. It’ll be some of that, I’m sure, but there’ll be a new side of him that maybe he has not even explored himself. He might get into a new addition in his vast technique, because of how I put things together, what I might ask him to try and do.”
Diamond also eased some concerns voiced by fans:
“Some people might think that, ‘Oh, Andy’s leaving now, It’s the songwriter [exiting the band]… What are they gonna do now?’ It’s, like, wait a minute. You’re forgetting something. I have written by far the most in KING DIAMOND. Just the music I have written on an average 70%. And then all the lyrics. So, that’s an average through all the albums we’ve done together. And it’s kind of a natural thing, I guess, that it would be the guitarist or a keyboardist that wrote the music. But not with us. That was never the case.
I have enough for the first one and a half albums on KING DIAMOND, on that story that’ll be [told] over [the next] three [KING DIAMOND] albums, of just my stuff, that is now musically ready to be recorded, fully written. Lyrics, I have the whole story, all three complete. Also up in my head I have what it will look on stage like. When we finish the last note on the third album on stage live, I know what it’ll look like there at this point already. So I’m very far with everything. But with regard to Gus, I also said to [KING DIAMOND’s other guitarist] Mike Wead and to Pontus [Egberg, KING DIAMOND bassist], ‘If you have something you feel like should be listened to, we can listen to it.’ I will always be writing the majority. That’s how it is. That style cannot be changed. But I said the same to Gus. I said, ‘Well, I know you write music. I’ve listened to all your FIREWIND albums.’ I want him to write some of his own, but he wants to do something that was very nice for me to hear, that he wants to have me tell him the story as the first part to get into that mood, find out what kind of horror it is that’s going on, and then he wants to send some stuff to me. I can listen, I can pick and choose, if there’s anything that feels interesting to me, and then we’ll take it from there, see how we do that. If I suggest something for him to go try, he could go try that. Maybe write something together, this and this and that. But there’s open doors for this stuff.”
He also added the following about his new album and Mercyful Fate’s new album:
“I said to everybody, ‘I’m not gonna do one more show without us knowing that we have new albums out.’ Both bands are in the studio, 100%, right now. And MERCYFUL FATE is the one that will get the tiny priority, because the deadline for MERCYFUL FATE is December [of 2026]. We have plenty of time. I mean, somebody has to break an arm or a leg or something like for that not to hold up. But we are far with the album. We have worked for quite a while on these things. But that album will be finished by that time so that Metal Blade have all the time they need to get everything ready, including vinyl and everything. And then it’s supposed to be released, I would imagine, a good guess is May [of 2027]— somewhere around that, because MERCY start touring that brand-new album in Europe in the summer coming ’27. And then after that, going straight over and doing a U.S. tour in the autumn, I would imagine, from mid-October to mid-December, if everything goes well. The KING DIAMOND album will be finished to be released when we leave for Europe to play with MERCYFUL FATE. That album will just sit there and wait. We come back — it will be December ’27, probably, when MERCY is finished [touring]. Then we might do a little South American fling before KING DIAMOND start touring in the spring [of 2028]. That’ll be late spring [of 2028] for the new [KING DIAMOND] album. I can imagine the new [KING DIAMOND] album could be out around April [of 2028]. Mid-April [of 2028] is when I see us start rehearsing in Europe for the tour, for a brand new full album. And so the tour will start probably five weeks before the festival season starts in June [of 2028]. And then we’ll go into the festival season by a month or something. So we’ll be playing a bit over two months at that time in Europe. And then we need to get it back to the U.S. so we can get ready for a U.S. tour for that brand new album. And we have new stage productions for both bands. KING DIAMOND is getting a really extra step up for when we go out with that. It’s gonna get even more, I would say, theatrical.”
[via Blabbermouth]
-
Mötley Crüe Drummer Tommy Lee To Appear At 2026 Son Of Monsterpalooza Convention
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is among the special guests booked to appear at the 2026 Son Of Monsterpalooza convention. That event will take place at the Marriott Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, CA on October 9-11. The musician will be available for autographs and pro-photo ops.
-
Previously Unreleased Van Halen Demo To Be Included With Alex Van Halen’s Limited Edition Book
A previously unreleased Van Halen demo, titled “Glitter,” is set to be released on seven-inch vinyl. The pressing will be included with Alex Van Halen’s limited edition Van Halen book. That effort can be pre-ordered HERE. Books will ship in November.
More details were shared in a press release:
“Genesis Publications is delighted to reveal that the exclusive 7″ vinyl record accompanying Alex Van Halen’s official signed limited edition, VAN HALEN, will feature ‘Glitter’, a previously unreleased demo recorded in 1974. Created exclusively for the VAN HALEN signed limited edition, the 7″ picture disc features artwork based on the band’s iconic 1984 tour design.
Featuring Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen alongside David Lee Roth and original bassist Mark Stone, ‘Glitter’ captures Van Halen at the very beginning of their story. Released here for the first time, it will mark the earliest Van Halen recording ever to be officially released. The record will also feature a specially selected spoken-word recording from Alex Van Halen, drawn from the extensive new interviews conducted with Genesis for the book.
Written, curated and personally signed by Alex Van Halen, VAN HALEN is the official chronicle of the band, published by Genesis in a strictly limited edition of 1,500 signed and numbered copies worldwide.
Drawing on Alex Van Halen’s private archives, opened for the first time for this project, the book traces the brothers’ extraordinary journey from their childhood and arrival in California from Holland, through backyard parties in Pasadena and the band’s formative years on the Sunset Strip, to their landmark 1978 debut album and the release and world tour of the chart-topping 1984.
Across 312 pages, VAN HALEN brings together a dynamic collection of iconic photography, rare and previously unseen images, correspondence, tour memorabilia, album artwork, press material, musical equipment and other archival material, offering a personally guided tour through the band’s legendary rise. Photography spans the band’s earliest years through their first tours of Japan in 1978 and landmark performances including the US Festival in 1983 and 1984’s Monsters of Rock.
At the heart of the book is an original manuscript from Alex Van Halen, drawn from a series of extensive new interviews conducted especially for the project, his most sustained and detailed reflection on the band’s formative years. Alex’s account is joined by archival texts from Eddie Van Halen and contributions from fellow musicians, friends and artists inspired by the band.
The VAN HALEN signed limited edition comprises just 1,500 numbered copies worldwide, with every copy personally signed by Alex Van Halen. With the Deluxe copies now fully subscribed, copies 351 to 1,500 are presented as Collector boxed sets.
Each Collector copy is quarter-bound in black vegan leather with silver page edging and features a silver-debossed Van Halen logo drawn from the band’s 1978 World Tour. The book is housed in a black clamshell box featuring the Van Halen emblem surrounded by Alex Van Halen’s iconic burning-ring design.
Alongside the signed book, each Collector boxed set contains a specially curated collection of replicas and keepsakes drawn from the Van Halen archive: a 1979 Van Halen Productions keychain, three Eddie Van Halen guitar picks faithfully reproduced from his stage-used designs, six 6″ × 4″ art postcards and the exclusive 7″ picture disc, now revealed to feature the previously unreleased 1974 recording, “Glitter”.
Available only with Alex Van Halen’s signed limited edition, the record offers an extraordinary audio counterpart to the photographs, memories and archival material within the book: a chance to not only read the story of Van Halen’s beginnings, but to hear the band at the moment that story was taking shape.”
-
Motörhead Exhibit To Open At The Punk Rock Museum
The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, NV have announced a new Motörhead exhibit. Fans will be able to check out the display on October 2.
More information was shared via imotorhead.com:
“A new exhibition dedicated to Motörhead and Lemmy will open Friday, October 2nd, 2026, at The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Motörhead were a legendary force in rock and heavy metal, led by the unmistakable presence of Lemmy Kilmister. With their uncompromising sound, attitude and relentless approach, Motörhead built a devoted following across generations and around the world.
While the band helped define the sound of heavy metal, their roots ran just as deep into punk rock. Lemmy was a part of the British punk scene from its earliest days, including a stint playing bass with The Damned. Motörhead’s speed, volume and intensity would go on to influence generations of punk bands, including Pennywise, Rancid and Lagwagon, among countless others.
At the center of Motörhead’s sound was Lemmy’s Rickenbacker bass, driven through towering Marshall stacks. The combination produced the immense volume and unmistakable intensity that became synonymous with the band. For generations of fans, Motörhead weren’t simply a band you heard—they were a band you felt.
The new exhibition will feature personal items from Lemmy’s collection, including photographs and handwritten lyrics, offering visitors a closer look at the man behind the music.
One of the exhibition’s most unique features will give museum guests the opportunity to actually play Lemmy’s bass through the very stack he used.
Rather than simply viewing the equipment behind glass, visitors will be able to plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that helped create Motörhead’s unmistakable sound. It is a rare opportunity to interact directly with an important part of the band’s history.
Motörhead albums will also be available through Vinyl Threat, The Punk Rock Museum’s record store, while exclusive Motörhead merchandise will be available in the museum’s gift shop.
To mark the opening, Three Star Punk Bar will host a special evening featuring Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records behind the decks as DJ. Guests will be invited to raise a glass to Lemmy while celebrating the music and legacy of Motörhead.”
Metal Anarchy 
You must be logged in to post a comment.