AVTT/PTTN, the project featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, etc.) and The Avett Brothers, have premiered a new video for their latest single “Eternal Love.” You can check that out below. The track will appear on the band’s new self-titled album, which will be released on November 14.
The initial lineup has been revealed for next year’s Hellfest West. The event will take place at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California on February 20-21 and it will feature the following: The Path Of Resistance, Mindforce, Disembodied, Elysia, Turmoil, Twitching Tongues, It Dies Today, Day Of Suffering, Beyond Repair, Balmora, Kids Like Us, Shattered Realm, Morning Again, Skycamefalling, No Innocent Victim, Bayway, Recon, Crush Your Soul, Fatal Realm, I Promised The World, Years Spent Cold, Outta Pocket, Frozen Ground, Start Today, Sin Against Sin, and Bloodshed.
As previously reported, GWAR recently faced backlash from MAGA influencers after “sacrificing” Donald Trump and Elon Musk onstage at Riot Fest in Chicago, IL. The ridiculous complaints claim the “killings” were “normalizing violence” despite the band’s long history of farcical “assassinations.” Blöthar The Berserker has since responded, saying “the idea that GWAR is normalizing violence is patently absurd.”
Blöthar told Billboard the following:
“The idea that GWAR is normalizing violence is patently absurd. We’re not millionaires that are afraid of what people are going to say when they see what we do… Yeah, it pissed me off! We’re a group of artists that makes art, and it’s really the idea that what we have done is normalizing violence… there’s nothing normal about the violence that goes on at a GWAR show. It’s a cartoon, it’s Looney Tunes.”
He continued:
“It’s a parody of violence. It’s trying to make violence into a spectacle and show humanity’s absolute absurdity. That’s what GWAR is, it’s absurdism. To say it’s normalizing violence is really reaching.”
Blöthar also added:
“Like I know this is a rage bait engagement farming twitter account, but ‘GWAR crossed a major line’ is one of the funniest f–king things I’ve ever heard. The dumbest people on the internet are still mad today. Got to love it. As long as they keep posting that awesome video and mentioning our name for the free publicity it’s a win for me.”
Tailgunner have signed with Napalm Records. With this news, the band have also revealed that K.K. Downing (ex-Judas Priest) will be producing their new album.
Tailgunner commented:
“There are iconic partnerships — like denim and leather, Jack and Coke, and swords and tequila. Now we hope to add Tailgunner and Napalm Records to that list.
We’re proud of being pure heavy metal, with zero apologies or compromise. That’s why joining the world’s biggest independent metal label feels right at home.
The blitzkrieg of our first three years as a band continues full throttle — with our upcoming sophomore album, and together with the incredible team at Napalm behind us and the great and legendary K.K. Downing producing the record, we’re taking on the world n’ planting the flag for British metal right at the top of it. Heavy metal for eternity!”
Downing continued:
“Tailgunner is a band we should have seen emerge years ago from the U.K. They personify everything that is heavy metal. They are loud and proud, and totally descended from everyone in metal that has gone before — their energy and rawness, together with their brand of metal, incorporates all of the godfathers and much more. Maiden, Priest, Motörhead, Def Leppard — the list is endless. The band has a youthful freshness and a uniqueness that will no doubt elevate them to being a true Metal favourite of the fans.”
Napalm Records senior A&R Sebastian Münch added:
“Over the past few months, I’ve been fortunate enough to witness the development of the new album, and it’s simply incredible. K.K. Downing has already said everything perfectly here. Tailgunner are not a copy or nostalgically drawing on Iron Maiden, Judas Priest or Def Leppard, but are creating their own fresh, authentic heavy metal universe.”
American Nightmare have announced a 25th anniversary vinyl pressing of “Year One.“ The effort can be pre-ordered HERE and it is expected ship in December.
Further information was shared in a press release:
“American Nightmare‘s Year One collection is finally available on 180 gram vinyl for its 25th anniversary via Heartworm Press. Originally released in 2001, the Boston hardcore band’s 25th anniversary release of Year One pays tribute to their formative years. This collection unites their first two 7”s, originally released by Bridge 9 Records founder and then-roommate Chris Wrenn, on a 180-gram LP, with all tracks recorded by Kurt Ballou at God City. Originally designed by Jake Bannon (Converge), this edition has been reimagined by Del Jae (Futurismo Records) and Wesley Eisold, and comes packaged in a gatefold with an insert of handwritten lyrics and collaged images.
Year One doesn’t just celebrate a milestone; it reaffirms American Nightmare’s enduring legacy. Their music raised the bar for emotional depth in hardcore, adding a distinctly poetic and existential lyrical approach that set them apart and changed the rules of the scene, paving the way for countless bands that followed. The result was something harder, darker, and more emotionally resonant than anything the scene had yet produced.
They pushed hardcore into uncharted territory, borrowing influences from youth crew, street punk, and even the aesthetics of the late-’90s mod revival and Britpop subcultures. The fusion created a new blueprint—fast, traditional hardcore delivered with dire, venomous lyrics that demanded a visceral crowd response. Their impact was immediate, and their influence continues to reverberate. Twenty-five years later, the venom still cuts as deep.
After these recordings the band signed to Equal Vision Records, releasing two albums with the label, and went on to reach new audiences worldwide. But Year One captures American Nightmare at their most unhinged, violent, and youthful, as if they were taking on the whole world with no care for consequence, touring like they didn’t care if they lived or died. Every show was a confrontation, a test of endurance, and a communal release of fury and catharsis.”
Ben Koller (Converge, Mutoid Man, etc.) and royalty expert, musician, educator, etc. Dan Hegarty (Conflict One Zero) have announced the launch of the Heavy Music Collective. The company, which is a division of Word Collections, will assist artists with royalty collection. It’s worth noting that their clients already include Metallica, Baroness, Converge, The Offspring, Greta Van Fleet and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Koller commented:
“If you have music on the streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify, you probably want to hear about this. In 2018 the Music Modernization Act was passed. This law created an agency called the MLC, the Mechanical Licensing Collective. When you put your song on Spotify, it has two royalty halves. One is the sound recording, one is the musical composition.
The musical composition generates a mechanical royalty. Spotify and Apple Music, and everybody else has to pay that money to the mechanical licensing collective. Once it’s there, it’s your job to go and find it and fill out all the paperwork and claim the money that’s rightfully yours.
But guess what? If you don’t claim that money in three years, they are legally allowed to take it all back and give it to the major music publishers. So, with the Heavy Music Collective, it’s our job to find all that money that’s rightfully yours and get it before they do.
But hey guess what? That’s only in the United States. If your music streams in England, France, Australia, Japan — you get mechanical royalties there too. But guess what? All those countries have different organizations you have to get your money from, and if you don’t get it, it goes to the major music publishers. Noticing a trend here?”
[via The PRP]
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