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Hi I’m Anthony! I’m a big fan of metal/rock music, as well as seeing what’s new and upcoming from bands and artists alike.

MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Revealed He Had COVID-19 In February

The TOOL frontman has revealed that back in February he contracted the novel CoronaVirus. Adding that several of his friends contracted it as well.

This was about a month earlier that TOOL, in support of “Feat Inoculum”, cancelled all tour dates to allow fans to receive refunds from LIVE NATION.

Adding insult to injury, the Puscifer frontman added that he is still suffering the residual effects of the virus as well. Such as a coughing and lung damage. Whether permanent or temporary, all we can say is…GET WELL SOON MAYNARD!

A recent study has confirmed that approximately 10% of all infections cause residual effects, with the study carried out by BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, over in England

KEENAN recently spoke out against antimaskers calling it ridiculous and “absurdity”. Adding, “We wear seatbelts. We don’t smoke in trains, planes or taxis anymore, or even restaurants. There’s reasons for those things,” he continued with: “There are some compromises that come along with freedom. I’m not sure why that’s so difficult to grasp.”

Meanwhile, TOOL released “Fear Inoculum”, their first record in 13 years, vis TOOL DISSECTION in August 2019. Hear the title track below:

Earlier this year, another one of his projects, PUSCIFER, announced the release of “Existential Reckoning, tentative for release October 30th via PUSCIFER ENTERTAINMENT/ALCHEMY RECORDS a collaboration with BMG. Listen to “The Underwhelmed” below:

Preorder “Existential Reckoning“ here.

A Perfect Circle released “Eat The Elephant” April 2018, via BMG, listen to “The Doomed” below:

I’m other news, WEAR A MASK PEOPLE!

COREY TAYLOR Has Released a Video Game

The SLIPKNOT frontman has released a wrestling game playable in most internet browsers. The path to victory in the “CMFT” video game is winning the “CMFT” belt.

The “Battle For The Belt” includes characters aptly names after songs, such as BILLY “BLACK EYES” BLUE, CULTUREHEAD and a few others. Of course the obvious here is it includes COREY MF TAYLOR.

And of course the soundtrack is based on the “CMFT” album and features tracks such as “Meine Lux”, “Culture Head” and “HWY 666”. In order to access and play the game you must log in through either Apple Music or Spotify, depending on your preferred teaming service.

Check out the Tweet below from TAYLOR himself:

Access the game by going here.

“CMFT” was released on October 1st, via ROADRUNNER RECORDS and on October 2nd, he had a Livestream “record release party”.

The livestream called “FORUM OR AGAINST EM”, streamed from the FORUM ARENA in LA, featured his solo band. The set list included songs from “CMFT” as well as covers from SLIPKNOT and other artists.

You can listen to “CMFT Must Be Stopped” below:

And purchase the album here.

Give a listen via Spotify or Apple Music, and leave your thoughts in the comments.

AC/DC Gets Their Own Coin Collection

The Australian Rockers have announced the release a coin collection producers by the ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT) (AKA the MINT). The Government Agency, which supplies the country with physical currency, will release this box-set in collaboration with AC/DC.

While this may not be the first time that AC/DC releases its own coin set with the MINT, similar coin set was released for their 45th anniversary as a band 2 years ago. The unique reality is that it is to commemorate their newest album, featuring the great Brian Johnson, called “Power Up”, being due out November 13th.

Each coin will set you back $15 AUS, while the road case type box, to put your collection will cost you $110. Both of which can be purchased here

The album, which took 6 weeks to record between August and September 2018, will feature long time producer BRENDON O’BRIAN. It was recorded at WAREHOUSE STUDIOS in Vancouver.

Preorder the album here.

Listen to the first single, “Shot In The Dark” below now:

What do you think about it? Leave your comments below:

SLIPKNOT’s “Unsainted” Certified Gold by RIAA

Big day for SLIPKNOT, as the RIAA or (Recording Industry Association of Artists) has announced that “Unsainted” has been Certified Gold in the U.S.

For those that do know know, that means that the single, from the Iowa metal band has sold 500,000 units. One unit is the equivalent of one digital sale or 150 audio/video streams via your favorite streaming services.

While the song, off of the record “We Are Not Your Kind”, has been Certified Gold, the record itself sold 118,000 units in its first week out in August 2018. That even landed it No. 1 on Bilboard’s Top 200. Sales for the album were inflated tremendously as the band gave the album away via redemption offer with ticket sales. Although that does not takeaway from what will end up being just as excellent an album as the rest of them.

Listen below to “Unsainted”:

GHOST To Release New Album This Winter

GHOST has announced that a new album will be released this Winter! While this is not entirely new news, the projected release timeframe is. Last year, FORGE stated that 2020 would be a no touring year for them and would instead enter the studio January 2020 to write the follow up to “Prequelle”.

“Prequelle” was the record that we were introduced to CARDINAL COPIA, the alias of TOBIAS FORGE. With this new record in the works, GHOST and FORGE already announced that PAPA EMERITUS IV would be fronting this to be announced album and next touring cycle.

Take a listen to “Rats” below:

While traditionally GHOST writes about the current times were in, the rumors are they did not write about the current global pandemic we’re in. And although GHOST has stated that dates were in the works for Spring 2021, rumors have it they will be pushed back to later in the year or even 2022 when this pandemic subsided….Hopefully sooner rather than later….

What do you think? Are we ready for new GHOST music? Did you enjoy CARDINAL COPIA fronting the band, or will you enjoy the return of PAPA EMERITUS?

Could SEETHER be writing new music so soon?

In a recent post on their social accounts, SEETHER said “Working on some new stuff”, tagging Monster Energy Drinks in their post. See the post below…

This is rather quick given that they just released “Si Vis Para Bellum” on August 28th on Fantasy Records. The record features hits such as “Beg” and “Dangerous”. You can listen to “Beg” below via YouTube.

Meanwhile, SEETHER also recently did a livestream on August 30th, which featured full production and multi-camera view. This gave the SEETHER fan base a live show during this COVID-19 Pandemic, all for the low price of $20. Although they did have bundles which included a T-shirt.

What song from the new album is a favorite? Let’s us know below. Are you excited for new SEETHER already?

PANTERA Pays Tribute to EDDIE VAN HALEN

The Dallas metal band posted two updates on social media on Wednesday, paying tribute to the late, great VAN HALEN axeman himself.

The first post was a picture of the ABBOTT brothers with EDDIE VAN HALEN, which you can see below.

https://t.co/XtnL33aGsd

Then late Wednesday night, they posted their cover of “SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR”, live from a 2001 show in New Zealand. You can listen to that cover below and leave your thoughts

Meanwhile, artists such as OZZY OSBOURNE, DAVID LEE ROTH, SAMMY HAGAR and many others have all paid their tribute to the axeman.

EDDIE VAN HALEN passes away October 6th, 2020 due to complications of cancer.

VAN HALEN’s U.S. Music Sales Soared After EVH’s Passing

Softly after the passing of legendary guitarist EDDIE VAN HALEN, the band’s music has soared by over 6000% in music sales. A recent check of the APPLE MUSIC’s charts show that 8/10 of the top 10 singles were VAN HALEN Songs, and for Top Albums the band had just as many in the Top 10.

The VAN HALEN guitarist passed away at the age of 65 on October 6, 2020 due to complications of cancer.

KING DIAMOND Has Entered The Studio

Talking with Knotfest.com, KING DIAMOND has confirmed not 1, but 2 studio releases. He confirmed one releases with his solo band KING DIAMOND, as well as one with MERCYFUL FATE.

KING DIAMOND realized a DVD/Blu-Ray “Song of the Dead Live”, which included two performances of “Melissa, one from Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting in June 2016 and the other from the Philly Fillmore in November 2015. This was released January of 2019, and was the last official release of the solo band.

“9”, MERCYFUL FATE’s last studio record was released in 1999, making this the first studio release from MERCYFUL FATE in the 21st Century. Tell us what you think, or tif you’re excited.

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Announces “Purple” Livestream

The STONE TEMPLE PILOTS announced a live stream featuring the entirety of their 1994 album “Purple. The album sold more than 8 million records and won a Grammy Award. After the release of their debut album “Core”, expectations were set high for them to deliver another banger of an album. This album debuted at number 1 on Billboard’s album charts.

The livestream will occur at Friday, October 16 @ 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST over at watch.stonetemplepilots.com.

Tickets for this epic livestream event can be purchased here, and if you purchase a ticket, you will be able to purchase exclusive STP items.