Metallica have shared pro-shot footage of “The Call Of Ktulu” from their October 1 show at the Sphere in Las Vegas, NV. You can find that below. The track appears on their 1984 album “Ride The Lightning.”
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Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe: “I Deleted My Social Media”
During an appearance on The Break Down With Nath & Johnny, Lamb Of God vocalist Randy Blythe was asked about fans who leave negative comments on social media. He responded with the following:
“They can’t, ’cause I deleted my social media. [The Internet trolls] don’t exist. Bad news for you guys. You don’t exist. I’m not on social media. I have a Substack, but only paid subscribers can comment. And if someone were to step… Cause if you’re gonna insult me, you gotta pay me. And then I’m gonna still block you. But you’re still paying me. Pay me, motherfucker. This is a business.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Megadeth Vocalist/Guitarist Dave Mustaine’s “In My Darkest Hour” Is A New York Times Best Seller
Megadeth vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine’s new memoir, “In My Darkest Hour,” is officially a New York Times best seller. The book, which focuses on the frontman’s past battle with cancer, hit No. 4 on the Hardcover Nonfiction best sellers list.
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Arch Enemy Are “Slowly Working On A New Album”
During a recent interview with Fox 31 Denver, Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott discussed the band’s plans for new music. According to him, the group are “slowly working on a new album.”
Amott said the following:
“We did kind of put together one song [‘To The Last Breath’] very quickly when [vocalist] Lauren [Hart] joined ’cause we felt it was important to showcase her voice on her own song and have that out there for the fans to enjoy before we hit the road. And then since then, now we’re booking… There’s been such an enormous interest in booking us for live stuff, for touring all over the world, and the reaction was so strong, so now we’re just kind of doing that. And I think it’s kind of cool to go out on the road and really become a really solid unit and solidify that partnership. I compare it… It’s like we’re getting to know each other before we buy a house. And then we’re slowly working on a new album as well. So that’s in the works. But we’re doing that in between in the little gaps. But we are working on it. But I think it really has to be a great album. It should be great songs, great music and just feel right. So, yeah, it takes a bit of time. It doesn’t just happen like that.”
He continued when asked if he gets inspired to write new material on the road:
“Well, speaking for myself, I think it’s more like I collect a lot of energy and impressions on the road, but I need to get back home to sort of just sort it all out and decompress. And then I always think, ‘I’m not gonna play guitar for a month,’ but two days later I’m there in my little studio playing guitar. And it just is what it is. But, yeah, it’s definitely inspiring to travel around and see different… meet people, different people and cultures and everything. It’s cool. It all comes out somehow in the end.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Slash Says Guns N’ Roses Were Discussing A Potential Las Vegas Sphere Residency But Decided Not To Do It
During a recent interview with Audacy, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash revealed that the band were discussing the possibility of a Las Vegas Sphere residency. However, they decided not to do it.
Slash said the following:
“I’m gonna go see Metallica over there. That’s one of those things — I think Joe Walsh turned me off of it. [Laughs] Because it’s not set up where you can set up a bunch of amps and really play live like the way we normally do. It’s really about the production, and it’s not so much about the band, although the band is playing. It’s really about the visual and all that kind of stuff. And we were talking about doing it last year before this tour, this U.S. tour that we just did, and we opted for just doing a U.S. tour and not just focusing on that one thing.”
He continued:
“Anyway, so it might happen down the road, but it’s not something I’m aspiring to because I think it might be a little bit too controlled. But I’m dying to see Metallica do it. It’s hard to be beholden to a whole theatrical thing like that, especially for us. And also, the way Joe was telling me, is you have to put your amps somewhere else. The Metallica guys use the — what do you call it? Amps. They’re not real. And so we don’t do that. And they gotta figure out some place elsewhere to put the amps and all that kind of stuff, and the more we talked about the details of it, the more, like, ugh. I don’t know.”
He also added the following after it was mentioned how Metallica use a “No Repeat Weekend” format:
“Lars [Ulrich] told me about this. I went to a party a few months ago, and he was telling me this whole thing that those guys are doing, which is really cool. I love that Metallica’s always doing something new. It’s great.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Aaron Lewis Reveals Title Of New Staind Album
During an interview with Audacy, Staind frontman Aaron Lewis revealed the title of the band’s upcoming album. According to him, the effort will be called “The Space Between The Darkness And The Light.”
Lewis said the following about release plans:
“I have no idea. I don’t know when the record comes out. I know it’ll come out soon. I know that it’s done.”
He continued when asked what fans can expect from the new material:
“I’m pretty confident in saying that it’s a hell of a record and I’m proud to put it out. And that’s kind of where I’ve needed to be at the end of every writing and recording process for Staind, is to be proud of it and feel like anybody could pick any song off the record and that could be a single, and I’d be perfectly okay with it. And that’s where we got, and I think this is a great record, and I think it’s a great continuation of the thread that you can follow in Staind’s music, which is my lyrical content. And it fits right in with everything before it perfectly.”
He also added:
“Basically, all the Staind records — start from the beginning and move forward — has been an adult man trying to navigate his way through the wreckage that was left behind from childhood trauma. And I’m 54 years old now, and I’m still trying to make my way through the wreckage that was left behind.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Old Man Gloom To Open For High On Fire In Brooklyn, NY
Old Man Gloom (Converge, Cave In, etc.) will be opening for High On Fire at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, NY on November 2. Tickets can be found HERE.
Old Man Gloom‘s Santos Montano commented:
“I was in advanced talks to host a once a month event at St Vitus where I brought in 17 couches, we all order dominos and watch full episodes of Headbangers ball from the early 90’s, commercials and all, but the stingy tightwads at Vitus wouldn’t accommodate my budget and I refuse to charge more than $320 a ticket, so instead we compromised on a regular old show where we play songs.
This may well be the only gloomery for a while, so get on In here! Tickets on sale at noon today! Which is…Wednesday? I took the trash out and thought it was Tuesday, so yeah, it’s Wednesday. Oh, and @highonfireband will be making everyone forget we just played because they’re awesome. YES.”
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Roger Waters Calls Metallica’s James Hetfield A “Prick” Over His Apolitical Comments
As previously reported, James Hetfield (Metallica) recently made headlines after criticizing entertainers who bring up politics during live shows. Now, Roger Waters (ex-Pink Floyd) has shared his thoughts on the controversy, while also calling Hetfield a “prick.”
Hetfield initially said the following:
“Unless you live in Vegas, you’ve come a long way to spend some time with Metallica. We’re grateful for that — your travels, the money you spend, the time it took, thanks for coming to celebrate with us. And I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other ‘entertainers’, to influence you with their bullshit, OK? We are here — no bullshit — we’re here to forget about all the outside shit, OK? Metallica’s agenda is love, energy and heavy music, baby!”
Upon hearing that statement, the host of the “The Katie Halper Show” brought up past comments Hetfield made about Metallica’s music being used to torture Iraqi prisoners. He said the following:
“If the Iraqis aren’t used to freedom, then I’m glad to be a part of their exposure… We’ve been punishing our parents, our wives, our loved ones with this music forever. Why should the Iraqis be any different?”
Halper’s guest, Waters then weighed in on Hetfield:
“He’s just showing that he’s a complete prick. He’s got an IQ of about three, and why we’re talking about him, I honestly don’t know, because he’s a nobody. He may have a few hundred million dollars or whatever, but he’s a prick. And he’s no musician. I told you, I heard them playing acoustic instruments and they couldn’t, it was appalling.
That’s neither here nor there, people like Metallica–I couldn’t care less. And obviously I wish he had grown up with a mama, or a dad, or a friend even, or a cousin, or somebody in the family who’d taken him to one side, you know, when he was little.
It’s a bit like… I mentioned this before, Charlie Mackesy, who’s an artist friend of mine. He draws pictures… he paints paintings of somebody, people playing the piano with angels behind them and stuff. So it’s a bit airy fairy, but he wrote a great book called ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse’. It’s a lovely cartoon book, people [should buy it.]
And on page three, he sent me a copy when he finished it. On page three, the mole and the boy are sitting on a branch on the tree, and the mole says to the boy, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ And the boy says, ‘Kind.’ Well, it’s a shame this prick [Hetfield] didn’t have somebody around him to explain that being kind is way more important than all that loud music and bouncing around and whatever.
Being kind, have some empathy for your fellow human beings, because that… We need that to spread through the across the whole world and there are billions of us and it will. It will. It’s going to spread. And Israel is over, right? And the people of Palestine will be home again and you know and it needs to happen in our lifetimes — Well, certainly in all yours. I don’t know about mine — but it’s so, so, so important, you know? So, I don’t know. I don’t care about him. I really don’t.”
[via The PRP]
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