Scientist who helped discover water on Mars played in a death metal band
Nepalese-American grad student Lujendra “Luju” Ojha played a fairly significant role in the recent discovery of liquid water on the surface of Mars. To be succinct, he aided in uncovering recurring slope lineae, which are lines of flowing salt water. Read more: Orange Is The New Black actress fronted a punk band in the ‘70s While you...
Burn and Orange 9mm frontman releases music video as Ghost Decibels
Chaka Malik is best known as a superhuman hardcore singer—both during NYHC's heydey in Burn and after in Orange 9mm, who rode the alternative and post-hardcore wave of the mid-'90s. This year, not only have Burn reunited after a decade-plus dormancy, but Malik has gone synth, debuting his solo self under Ghost Decibels. Freddy Alva of...
Rage Against The Machine bassist on Limp Bizkit: "I feel bad that we inspired such bullsh*t"
Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford apologizes for Limp Bizkit, everyone. Is he to blame? Probably not, but Fred Durst is very open about his love for RATM and the band's influence on him and the music of Limp Bizkit, so Commerford feels at least somewhat responsible. “I do apologize for Limp Bizkit,” Commerford says...
Shai Hulud cover Propagandhi with Stick To Your Guns' Jesse Barnett (exclusive)
Eternal hard/metalcore fixture Shai Hulud will release a “hate”-themed EP this winter of originals (both new and re-recorded) and cover songs. They're calling it Just Can’t Hate Enough X 2 – Plus Other Hate Songs and it'll be delivered by No Sleep Records – click to preorder. Meant to bridge the gap between 2013's Reach Beyond The Sun...
State Champs offer an acoustic duet with “Around The World And Back”
New York's State Champs are sharing the title track from their upcoming sophomore LP, Around The World And Back; it serves as a nice change of pace from the singles we've heard thus far and marks a first or two for the band as well. Featuring Ansley Newman of fellow Pure Noise Records band Jule...
The Devil Wears Prada begin work on new album
The Devil Wears Prada frontman Mike Hranica has revealed that the band have begun writing for what will be their sixth full-length album. Below, you can see an Instagram post from the frontman confirming the news. Read more: Motionless In White, the Devil Wears Prada announce co-headlining tour with the Word Alive, more Near the end...
Here's the first look at 'Avatar 2'
It's been nearly six years since James Cameron's Avatar first hit the big screen in December of 2009, and at this point it looks like it'll be two more years (at the least) before we finally see its follow-up, which is expected around Christmas of 2017. As Cameron has expressed his desire to shoot the...
"This is the most important time for me." Geoff Rickly on No Devotion and future of Collect Records
“Okay, I’m gonna lay down right here and take a nap,” jokes No Devotion’s beefy bassist Stuart Richardson as frontman Geoff Rickly politely agrees to start the interview with the controversy that hit his Collect Records label a few days before. Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager and current CEO of a pharmaceutical company,...
Gerard Way in the studio with Andy Biersack
Yesterday, Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack shared a photo of himself and producer John Feldmann (Sleeping With Sirens, 5 Seconds Of Summer) alongside the ever-enigmatic Gerard Way. “Thank you so much to Gerard for coming in today, it was an absolute pleasure working with you and talking about music, comics and life,” shared Biersack....