Search results for 'ken mode'

News

THE HALO EFFECT Feat. Former IN FLAMES Members: Third Single 'Days Of The Lost' To Arrive Next Week

THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iwers (bass),Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — will release its third single, "Days Of The Lost", on Wednesday, April 13....

News

GRAMMY AWARDS Producer Apologizes For 'In Memoriam' Snubs

A producer of this year's Grammy Awards has apologized for the exclusion of a number of notable names from the televised portion of the ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. After the 2022 Grammy Awards were broadcast on Sunday, April 3 live on CBS from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, many hard...

Review

They Seek My Head

Thanks to the undeniable fact that big riffs and a touch of the blues are always going to resonate with a lot of people, there is unlikely to ever be a shortage of stoner-friendly, sludgy metal bands. That's good news, of course, but the future would look even brighter if a fraction of those bands h...

News

Watch: DEE SNIDER Performs Acoustic Version Of 'We're Not Gonna Take It' At 'Concert For Ukraine'

Dee Snider performed an acoustic version of the TWISTED SISTER classic "We're Not Gonna Take It" last night (Monday, April 4) at a concert to raise funds for refugees from Ukraine in Agoura Hills, California. Video of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of California Rock News). All proceeds...

News

TAYLOR HAWKINS Gets Extended Tribute, JOEY JORDISON Is Excluded From GRAMMY AWARDS' 'In Memoriam' Segment

FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away at 50 a little over a week ago, was honored during the televised portion of the Grammy Awards ceremony's "In Memoriam" segment. "This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the FOO FIGHTERS," host Trevor Noah announced be...

News

ROB HALFORD 'Would Love' To See JUDAS PRIEST Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME While He Is Still Alive

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that he "would love" to see his band get inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame while he is still alive. PRIEST was previously on the ballot for Rock Hall induction in 2020, but failed to receive enough votes to make that year's class. Having been eligible...

News

IAN HILL Says 'It Would Be Great' If JUDAS PRIEST Finally Got Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME This Year

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill says that "it would be great" if his band finally got inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this year. PRIEST was previously on the ballot for Rock Hall induction in 2020, but failed to receive enough votes to make that year's class. Having been eligible for indu...

News

ANVIL Announces Spring/Summer 2022 U.S. Tour

Canadian metal legends ANVIL will embark on a U.S. tour in June. They will hit the road in support of their new album, "Impact Is Imminent", which will arrive on May 20 via AFM Records. ANVIL guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow stated about returning to the stage: "Hell and high water has come an...

News

JUDAS PRIEST's GLENN TIPTON On K.K. DOWNING: 'He Never Approached Any Of The Band And Asked To Rejoin'

Glenn Tipton says that Kenneth "K.K." Downing never approached any the members of JUDAS PRIEST about rejoining the band before the launch of the "Firepower" world tour. K.K. left PRIEST in 2011 amid claims of band conflict, shoddy management and declining quality of performance. In 2018, Downing rev...

Review

Leaders And Liars

There are plenty of musicians out there who could reasonably be described as a force of nature, but few of them make music as naturally forceful, and therefore as convincing, as Billy Graziadei. Whether as co-frontman with BIOHAZARD or as six-string foil to Sen Dog in POWERFLO, the New Yorker always...

News

GHOST's 'Impera' Lands At No. 2 On BILLBOARD Album Chart

According to Billboard, GHOST's fifth album, "Impera", sold 70,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release to land at position No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. It marks the third top 10 album — and fifth top 40-charting set — for the Swedish occult rock act. The Billboard 20...

News

GHOST's 'Impera' Tops Charts In Germany And Sweden

"Impera", the fifth album from Swedish occult rockers GHOST, has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe, according to the band's record label, Loma Vista Recordings: * Germany: #1 (the band's highest-ever position in Germany) * Sweden: #1 * U.K.: #2 (the band's highest-ever po...

News

STATIC-X Cancels 2022 European Tour Dates 'Due To The Ongoing Situation' On The Continent

STATIC-X has canceled all of its previously announced 2022 tour dates in Europe "due to the ongoing situation" on the continent. Earlier today (Friday, March 18),the California-based outfit released the following statement via social media: "Due to the ongoing situation in Europe and Russia, STATIC...

News

SKUNK ANANSIE Releases New Single 'Can't Take You Anywhere'

British rock icons SKUNK ANANSIE have released their brand new single "Can't Take You Anywhere", a deliciously sinister slice of tense drama, powered along by a roaring chorus. Channeling the same dark power as DEPECHE MODE and PLACEBO, with pummeling rhythms, twisted electronics and crystalline gui...

Review

Chasing Ghosts

There was a time when bands like STABBING WESTWARD sounded like the future. Purveyors of a bombastic but streamlined strain of industrial rock, the Illinoisian crew released three major label records in the '90s and received plenty of critical acclaim in the process. Heavily influenced by NINE INCH...