Napalm Death have been tracking demos for their uocoming album. Bassist Shane Embury confirmed the news via Instagram:
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Snot Have “Five New Songs Already Completed”
Snot are continuing to work on material for their first album with singer Andy Knapp. Notably, the band have “five new songs already completed.”
The group issued the following statement:
“Snot is excited to announce that the band has been writing and recording brand-new music, and the momentum is strong! The process has been going exceptionally well with five new songs already completed.
The energy coming out of the studio has been undeniable says Mikey Doling, we’ve been working hard writing & recording… When I listen back to what we’ve been doing, I get chills and fill up with crazy excitment!
More details, including the official single release date, album information, and additional announcements, will be shared soon.
Stay tuned”
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Stet Howland Says Marc Lopes’ Comments On Metal Church Were “100% Accurate”
As previously reported, ex-Metal Church singer Marc Lopes recently opened up about his departure from the band, calling the whole situation “pretty disgusting.” Now, ex-drummer Stet Howland has taken to social media to back up his claims.
Howland said the following:
“I have to release a statement regarding the Metal Church situation. I know it’s overdue, I’ve just been too busy with positivity and making money to deal with negativity & drama.
But after seeing recent interviews, Marc’s statement, and Kurdt’s response. There’s clearly MANY things that need to be said. But in short, Marc was 100% accurate. Tho[ugh] he barely shared the tip of the iceberg of the bullshit, and he was much more kind than I’m going to be.
There’s truths that need to be told and facts that need to be shared. I’ll be as kind as I can, but I’ll be dissecting and explaining a shitshow. Hang tight, you’ll see it right here very soon.”
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Falling In Reverse’s Ronnie Radke Files Lawsuit Against Alleged Online Impersonators
According to TMZ, Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke has decided to file a lawsuit against alleged online impersonators. The complaint claims John Doe 1 was using his identity on Snapchat for “purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening and/or defrauding” and John Doe 2 was using his identity on Instagram for similar purposes. Radke took legal action as a step to subpoena Snapchat for metadata and IP addresses to prove he never sent messages from anonymous accounts. This news comes after Brittany Furlan, the wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, claimed he was messaging her. Radke claims she was being catfished.
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Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) Passes Away
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Dead & Company, etc.) has sadly passed away at the age of 78. The guitarist, who beat cancer, died as a result of “underlying lung issues.”
His family issued the following statement:
“It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.
For over sixty years, Bobby took to the road. A guitarist, vocalist, storyteller, and founding member of the Grateful Dead. Bobby will forever be a guiding force whose unique artistry reshaped American music. His work did more than fill rooms with music; it was warm sunlight that filled the soul, building a community, a language, and a feeling of family that generations of fans carry with them. Every chord he played, every word he sang was an integral part of the stories he wove. There was an invitation: to feel, to question, to wander, and to belong.
Bobby’s final months reflected the same spirit that defined his life. Diagnosed in July, he began treatment only weeks before returning to his hometown stage for a three-night celebration of 60 years of music at Golden Gate Park. Those performances, emotional, soulful, and full of light, were not farewells, but gifts. Another act of resilience. An artist choosing, even then, to keep going by his own design. As we remember Bobby, it’s hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived. A man driftin’ and dreamin’, never worrying if the road would lead him home. A child of countless trees. A child of boundless seas.
There is no final curtain here, not really. Only the sense of someone setting off again. He often spoke of a three-hundred-year legacy, determined to ensure the songbook would endure long after him. May that dream live on through future generations of Dead Heads. And so we send him off the way he sent so many of us on our way: with a farewell that isn’t an ending, but a blessing. A reward for a life worth livin’.
His loving family, Natascha, Monet, and Chloe, request privacy during this difficult time and offer their gratitude for the outpouring of love, support, and remembrance. May we honor him not only in sorrow, but in how bravely we continue with open hearts, steady steps, and the music leading us home. Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.”
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AJ Channer (Ex-Fire From The Gods) Comments On His Child Endangerment & Assault Arrests
As previously reported, it was recently revealed that AJ Channer (ex-Fire From The Gods, etc.) was arrested for child endangerment in 2025 and the assault of a pregnant person in 2024. As such, the frontman has now commented on the incidents, while also accusing his former bandmates of using the story to promote their latest single.
Channer said the following:
“It is unfortunate that we live in a world where a band uses the struggles of someone they used to call a friend to promote the release of their new single. The timing of the release of this information is not a coincidence.
That said, the 2024 charges have been addressed by my wife thoroughly on social media. There is no more to add. I have been in the midst of the recovery process ever since.
The new charges were triggered by someone who has no idea of what we are going through calling authorities. Because I’m in recovery and past substance use shows up in hair analysis (and substance use endangers children) those charges were laid. That is all these charges are about.
Thanks to those who have supported my recovery. I am committed to being the best person I can for my family, friends and fans. Jah Bless”
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Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum Discusses Becoming A Multi-Millionaire After Investing In Apple
During an appearance on “The Hustle: Music & Money” podcast, Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum discussed his multi-millionaire status. The keyboardist earned his wealth after investing $12,000 into Apple during the early 1990s.
Bottum said the following:
“I talk about it in the book [‘The Royal We’]. It’s all laid out there pretty clearly. Part of the premise of who we were as kids and the buttons that we were pushing and the provocation that we were stewing in in San Francisco at the time was, like… I mean, you’ve gotta sort of, like, wrap your head around what San Francisco was at that time. It was bicycle messengers. It was punk rock kids. It was kids who wore black, kids who sort of were really pretty judgmental and stuck to their own lanes in terms of highbrow arts and highbrow punk rock ethics.
So us as kids, me and my crew, were about sort of pushing buttons and we were really about doing things that were considered outlandish or that rubbed people the wrong way. And one of those things, believe it or not, was, like, yeah, we were watching the stock market, just ’cause it was so uncool and so ridiculous and so over the top. Like, what punk rock, bicycle-messengering, dreadlocked, pot-smoking kid would follow the stock market?
But that’s the kind of provocative kids that we were, particularly this boyfriend that I had at that time, my first boyfriend… He was super smart. He was a little bit older than me and he kind of tutelaged me in that way. He showed me sort of the ropes and taught me how to read the stock market, just ’cause it was fascinating and also because I knew that it was provocative and it was like ridiculous.
We’d had no money. I had no money. I wasn’t gonna buy stocks, God knows, but we did follow the stock market just sort of in an obnoxious way and brag about it later just to kind of stir shit, if you will. So then when the time came when I made a little bit of money through Faith No More — I’d never made that much money before. I made $12,000 after touring for probably a year and a half straight.
And I was at my home in Los Angeles visiting my family for the holidays, and someone delivered that check from… Our management company, who was managing Faith No More at the time, was, like, ‘Oh, this is your compensation for what you made over the past year and a half. We have some overage, so everyone in the band is getting $12,000. And it was more money than I’d ever seen, of course. And my dad was super proud. He was, like, ‘Oh my God.’ He couldn’t believe that I was getting a check for $12,000.
And at the time I was living with that boyfriend in San Francisco. We lived in a studio apartment. I didn’t pay any rent, and I was still sort of working as a bicycle messenger and I would sort of, like… We were gonna go out on the road immediately. So I had no need for that $12,000. And the insane bipolar boyfriend convinced me to just take that $12,000 check and buy Apple stock with it.
And it was at the time when sort of Apple stock was at its absolute most base. Steve Jobs wasn’t back in the company yet. We were years and years away from the iPhone. And I just bought that stock and I just let it sit. And it’s kind of a weird thing to bring up in the book. A couple of people read it. Even my publishers read it. My boyfriend read it. The people who read it said, ‘Are you sure you wanna put that in the book?’”
He went on to discuss why he put it in the book:
“I’m not bragging about it. Honestly, it was like winning the lottery. It was just the craziest thing. Like, who would ever do that, for one? And it was just sort of like this crazy happenstance of luck that I happened to sort of like make that decision with this. I think the way that I bring it up in the book, too, it’s, like, I have had insane relationships my whole life.
I have been connected with and sort of friends with just absolute maniacal people my whole life. And I’ve been criticized for it and people have hated my friends and judged me for that, but I’ve always — that’s a talent that I have. I have sort of this talent of seeing the light through the darkness in all kinds of people.
And I say in the book, I say, well, oftentimes it bites me in the ass or whatever, but there’s always a payoff. There’s always a payoff for sort of the risks that I’m willing to take and the friendships that I make. And that is an example of sort of a payoff in terms of this boyfriend I had was unbearable. I loved him. He was amazing and so smart. And I could see that — I could see the light through the darkness in that regard. And in terms of real tangibility, yeah, he made me a millionaire. So there you go.”
He also added the following when asked if his wealth led to a lack of urgency to make new music:
“Well, there’s not an urgency to make money, I guess. I have that cushion. You’re right. That’s a luxury. But I make music every day. Imperial Teen just finished a record. We were just finishing a record, and we’re mixing it right now. I’m making another record in New York with Crickets. We start our record in January.
The past two years I’ve put out two records with Man On Man, and we’re gonna make another record in February. So it’s not like I am not doing something and I’m resting on my laurels and living off of Apple money. Sure, that’s a cushion and that’s sort of a luxury that I have. But I don’t make music for money. I haven’t written this book for the want for money. That’s not my motivation in what I do artistically.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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