Slipknot Release Live 'Custer' Video

The track comes from their latest album .5 The Gray Chapter which launched last year - their first release since the death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 and the departure of drummer Joey Jordison in 2013.

They've just announced a run of North American shows with Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine and Motionless In White starting in July. Before that, they'll headline the main stage at Download at Donington Park on June 12. Watch the video here.

The Offspring Release New Song 'Coming For You'

As for whether or not more music will follow? The band hasn't said yet. They simply dropped "Coming for You" with a note that said "We are excited to announce the release of our brand new song."

But given that their last album Days Go By was released in 2012, it seems likely that more music will follow. Aside from the time in between their 2003 album Splinter, 2008's Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, and 2012's Days Go By, the band has stuck to a relatively regular release schedule, dropping an album every few years or less.

Listen to the new song here.

Protest The Hero Frontman Pokes Fun At Asking Alexandria In Spoof

English metalcore outfit Asking Alexandria split with singer Danny Worsnop last week and it has been speculated that Down & Dirty frontman Denis Shaforostov is to be named his replacement.

But Walker took the opportunity to put himself forward for the job, saying he could cook and clean for the band and describing himself as "a stay-at-home boyfriend." He also insists AA is his favourite band, before admitting he'd never heard any of their songs.

Walker's track includes lyrics such as "I can sing high, I can sing kinda low..I can't sing that low," and "If I was in Asking Alexandria I might actually be okay, I won't default on my mortgage when I'm finally getting paid."

Watch the video here.

The Black Keys' Austin City Limits Performance Goes Online

The band's 6-song, 30-minute set included three tunes from their current release, "Turn Blue" - "Weight of Love", "Fever" and "Gotta Get Away." Recorded on November 17, The Black Keys were paired on the January 31 episode with a set by J. Roddy Walston & The Business.

The Black Keys recently cancelled their upcoming UK and European tour dates following an injury sustained by Patrick Carney over the holidays that saw the drummer dislocate his shoulder when a wave slammed him to the ocean floor on the island of Saint-Barth�lemy.

The group are planning to resume the Turn Blue World Tour on April 2 in Brisbane, Australia. Watch the Austin City Limits video here.

At The Gates In Latest Ghost On The Road Episode

In the latest short film, guitarist Anders Bjorler reflects on seeing bands live when he was younger, treating fans the right way and why they decided to keep their day jobs outside of the group.

He says: "We don't tour that much any more. This was a compromise since vocalist Tomas Lindberg and bassist Jonas Bjorler still have their day jobs and we work around that.

"I do some film - advertising stuff, Jonas is an accountant, guitarist Martin Larsson does bookings for our small rock club and drummer Adrian Erlandsson has a big photo studio in London, so we all have things apart from At The Gates.

"We decided to keep our day jobs to have some kind of security and let music be a professional hobby for us. It's very hard to make a living through music and we realised that pretty early. It's good to have your feet in the normal world to connect with real people."

Watch the episode here.

Guy LeMonnier Explains Trans-Siberian Orchestra Cow Costume

Question: One event that seems to have gone down in TSO lore is your appearance on stage in a cow costume. For years, TSO fans talked about this as one of the funniest things ever witnessed on the TSO stage. Tommy talked a bit about it in my interview with him. Can you explain how you wound up on stage wearing a cow costume? [Laughs]

Guy: Well, I found a cow costume in my size and it was all over from there, Dan. [Laughs] When you find an XXXL cow costume, you hang on to it!

Part of the reason that the audiences loved us so much is because we were always taking it to the next level and hamming it up. Audiences like to feel that they are being let in on something or they are part of a joke. During the introductions, we would really ham it up and show the charisma of this group. Those kinds of actions were very much frowned upon by the organization.

Anyway, I had found this cow costume and I brought it with me to rehearsals as a joke for Halloween, but never used it. So now, I had this costume in my luggage. We let Tommy know what was up, but we didn't tell him when. We get to Omaha for a show and I decided that I was going to get into this costume for the intros. I walked out on to stage in this head-to-toe cow costume, with a straight face as if nothing was wrong. Tommy basically spit water across the stage. [Laughs] He put a towel over the udders, which made it look like a bunch of erections. Everyone on stage and in the audience was cracking up - it went on forever. I just walked to the mic with a complete straight face and said "What?". The crowd roared. It was a lot of fun. Of course there was a phone call from the office waiting for us after the show.

I got gifts for years from fans: cowbells, cow statues, anything cow related. It was good times, a lot of fun.

Question: Can you talk about the circumstances that led to your separation from TSO in 2007?

Guy: My ending was horrendous and life-changing, like many peoples were. All I want to say about it - and I do want to say this - is that I was fired over hearsay. And the hearsay came from an unreliable source, especially in light of the behavior that occurred afterwards. There was enough drama to fill a reality show.

I had just bought a house down the street from where Al Pitrelli owned a compound of six houses with Jane. I did this because I, along with the rest of the TSO cast, were all invited to stay up there and live there and contribute to and write the next TSO album.

Question: They asked the cast for creative input?

Guy: That sweetens the pot a little bit, right? I was a single guy and didn't want to live in their house with the others, so I bought my own place down the street. I was working for this multi-million dollar organization and it was great to be brought even more so into the fold - and with the promise of helping to create the next album. Of course, that promise never came through, and I was let go.

Read the full interview for a lot more here.

Dee Snider's Harley Show Performance Goes Online

Snider rocked classic tracks by Twisted Sister, AC/DC as well as Steppenwolf at the event, where he was joined by openers The Dawn Truth and Eagle Tears.

The 36th Harley Show saw over 50 Harley-Davidson and custom motorcycles riding around in the Bell Centre, a presentation of the most spectacular custom bikes in America and the 2015 Harley-Davidson apparel collection.

Last month, the singer wrapped up performances of "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", a play running at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place in Chicago.

Watch video from the performance here.

Confessions Of A Traitor Release 'The Wolf, The Pack' Video

"The Wolf, The Pack" is the final video to be taken from the band's latest EP Seasons available now from their Bandcamp. Speaking about the song, the band say:

"The song is about Confessions Of A Traitor's formation and the sacrifices we make for the band to work. But the main theme is the support we have from our fans, friends and family."

The band are also heading out on a UK tour with Malefice and Chapters. Check out the dates and watch the video here.

Black Peaks Streaming New Single 'Glass Built Castles'

Glass Built Castles follows the release of Say You Will from their as-yet-untitled album which is due to see the light of day later this year. Frontman Will Gardner says of Glass Built Castles: "It's the third part of a four-part, four-track story on the Black Peaks debut album. The song deals with a fictitious individual's thirst for revenge and the consequences of his actions viewed by an outsider."

Gardner, who is joined in the band by guitarist Joe Gosney, drummer Liam Kearley and bassist Andrew Gosden, previously released the three-track Closer To The Sun EP last year.

Steam the song and read more here.

Singled Out: Crash Midnight's 151

Shaun: It's funny, this song wasn't really intended to be a real song. We were out partying and pouring through bottles of 151. That song Nightrain came on by Guns n' Roses and we kind of were joking around like, "those guys were some of our biggest heroes and here we are drinking even harder stuff than them."

We thought we were being really cool and so we started spoofing on that song, singing about 151. The song was originally kind of a joke on that and then so many people kept telling us how much they liked it, we decided to make it into an actual song.

Bo: The stuff is jet-fuel!

Shaun: Yeah and we'd be going out emptying a bottle of it every night.

Alex: We started signing a bunch of empty bottles and giving them away to people.

Shaun: Even though we gave a lot of them away, we still had stacks of those bottles in our apartment. We found a place that would sell it for like $16 bucks and we pretty much ran them out of stock each week.

Alex: My uncle owns a bunch of bars in Columbus and when he heard about this song he said "You know that 151 is something you're only supposed to have a little of once every couple months or it destroys your body?" We probably went through a lifetime supply about every week, but I love this song, and I love this spirit. I remember being 18, in this band, and drinking nothing but 151 for a year. And that's About all I remember.

Shaun: This was the stuff that was the root cause of a lot of stories for this band. Bo passing out in the Boston Commons comes to mind.

Bo: I drank a lot of that

Soho: At this point, the song has more meaning to us. It brings back a lot of memories of the early days of this band when we were just carving out these songs. Five guys all crammed into a little two bedroom apartment in Boston's Kenmore Square with a real "us against the world" mentality.

Alex: And it's a cool nod to a band that was a big influence of ours, kinda carrying that torch in a way I guess

Bo: It's rock n' roll and the perfect Friday night song

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the band right here!

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