by Bram Teitelman | Jan 26, 2015 | News, WTF?!
The old saying goes what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Thankfully, that’s not the case in Los Angeles, and this past Friday, Fear Factory headlined the Whisky a Go Go there. The band were, oddly, introduced by Dennis Haskins, who you might know better as Mr....
by Nick DeSimone | Dec 15, 2014 | New Music, News, Video
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAXX0PSq1EM[/youtube] It’s an interesting time to be a Ministry fan. Not long after frontman Al Jourgensen went back on his plans to break the long-running industrial metal group up after the death of guitarist Mike...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 9, 2014 | In The Studio, New Music, News, Touring
Coal Chamber, who younger metal fans might know only as the band that Dez Fafara was in before Devildriver, have been resuscitated since 2011, but so far, only have several tours under their belt. However, they’ve announced that they’re in the studio...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 13, 2014 | Metal Musical Chairs, News, Touring
It’s been a long, strange trip for Ministry. Al Jourgensen broke up the band up in 2007, then reformed them to put out another album, Relapse, in 2012. Then, in 2013, the band released From Beer to Eternity, but before then, guitarist Mike Scaccia died onstage...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 16, 2014 | News, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/TsvyBiFA-fI[/youtube] Before Ministry became a late ’80s and ’90s industrial metal hybrid juggernaut, a guy named Alain Jourgensen started a synthpop band. Jourgensen isn’t too fond of that era of the band, which spawned the...