Former America’s Got Talent contestant Jay Jay Phillips has passed away due to COVID-19.On Friday (Dec. 3), TMZ reported that the rocker died at 30 due to complications from COVID-19. A family member told the outlet that the musician was battling the virus during Thanksgiving week at his home.His health worsened and when his friends and family called him and suggested that he go to a hospital, he declined and told them that he just needed to sleep. That…
The state of society and the world often comes into play when an artist is writing is music, and that’s definitely been the case for Three Days Grace with their upcoming seventh studio album Explosions. Drummer Neil Sanderson recently joined Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez to explain how today’s social climate inspired the record.Last week, the band dropped the brand new single “So Called Life,” and revealed that Explosions will arrive next spring.”There is a common thread of theme going…
August Burns Red are hitting the homestretch of their current tour leg, but they’ll play the remaining dates on the run without the services of frontman Jake Luhrs. The band cited an “emergency situation” for the singer’s absence, but revealed that he was expected to return for their “Christmas Burns Red” shows later this month.In their statement, the band revealed that Convictions vocalist Michael Felker will fill in for the remaining shows on the current…
Canadian hardcore favorites Comeback Kid enlist the mighty voice of Joe Duplantier, the singer and guitarist of French metal heavyweights Gojira, for their new song “Crossed.” Issued Friday (Dec. 3), it’s the latest single from Comeback Kid’s first studio album in five years, Heavy Steps, which arrives on Jan. 21, 2022.Could Gojira fans have ever guessed the group’s throaty frontman would moonlight on a blistering punk track from one of melodic hardcore’s most low-key influential combos? Maybe not,…
Although COVID-19 certainly doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon, plenty of bands went back out on the road during 2021, including Korn. Brian “Head” Welch explained the band’s mentality behind touring during a pandemic, and while he’s aware the virus is a serious issue, he argued you still need to live your life.”It’s crazy, because it’s a serious thing. I know people — young people I even know — that have died from COVID.…