At a recent press conference in Mexico City, thrash metal immortals Metallica confirmed that they are intent on beginning the writing process for a new album. During the press conference, the band made a couple comments on writing a new record, and the will to get the process started. “We’re not going to start recording, we’re going...
Author: Matt Bishop (Matt Bishop)
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Warping Fire: Interview with Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire
Memphis May Fire are a huge addition to the Warped Tour roster this year. In January 2011, the band signed their first major-label contract with Rise Records. The band’s major label debut, The Hollow, followed in the spring and debuted at #130 on the Billboard Top 200. Their latest album, Challenger, was released about a month ago and...
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Exploring The Depths with Austin Carlile of Of Mice & Men
Of Mice & Men are back for another round of Warped Tour as headliners in 2012. I got a chance to catch up with frontman and founder Austin Carlile backstage in Camden, NJ to see how the tour is going and to talk about the band’s new release, the deluxe reissue of their second LP, The Flood....
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Rising To Warped Tour with Austin Dickinson of Rise To Remain
Rise To Remain are one of the fastest rising acts in heavy music. In their young career, they are no stranger to playing on the world’s biggest stages. In addition to playing this year’s Vans Warped Tour, the band has played Soundwave, Download, Sonisphere, and Graspop. Throughout their career, they have tour with the likes of Sevendust, Hatebreed, Trivium, Machine...
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Mayhem Festival Brings Chaos to Camden
The fists were flying and the adrenaline was pumping last night in Camden, NJ as the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival steamrolled into the Susquehanna Bank Center to celebrate it’s 5th Anniversary. Despite the brutal heat, Whitechapel kicked things off on the Jagermeister Stage and showed no mercy. After that, the crowd was treated to an onslaught of heavy hitters. The...
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Miss May I Bring Metal to the Main Stage on Warped Tour
In the midst of a huge melting pot of genres on Warped Tour 2012, I sat down with Levi Benton of Miss May I to get a heavy dose of metal. When I asked how the tour was going, Levi replied, “It’s been awesome. It’s our first year on main stage, so I’m pretty nervous, but...