‘The Path of Totality’ is an experimental album, which finds Bakersfield metallers KO퐌¿N shifting gears and exploring a new sonic territory. The band have collaborated with some of the world’s leading dubstep and electronic producers, including Skrillex, Excision, Downlink, Datsik, Noisia, Kill the Noise and 12th Planet – and you can hear the results of those collaborations from the 5th of December, when the album is released. In anticipation of the release, we will be revealing a series of Spotify playlists, compiled by the DJs and Jonathan Davies himself. You will also be able to find out more about each DJ and discover how they contributed to this incredible album.

Today’s Spotify playlist comes courtesy of EXCISION:

“Making tracks with Korn was insane, I didn’t really know what to expect flying down to make tracks with my favorite band”.

It should come as no surprise that the sounds behind this name are just as filthy, brutal, and unforgiving as the namesake suggests. Excision shows are like no other- a virtual apocalypse of twisting and morphing sounds turn massive crowds into a frenzy, as virtual walls of bass are relentlessly impaled time and time again upon their fragile bodies and ears. Your ears will ring and your eyes will roll into the back of your head as you are suspended in what can only be called a true sensory overload. Bass will rain down from above for hours as Excision’s skills as a DJ and producer shine like an unholy light from the underworld.

EXCISION worked on the track ‘Illuminati’ with fellow DJ, Downlink, and the third track on the album, ‘My Wall’.

Click here to see EXCISION’s playlist and read more about his work.

The members of MEGADETH took part in a press conference in Bolivia before their show the other day. The footage is now online and you can now watch the clips below:

Pick up a copy of MEGADETH’s new album, TH1RT3EN, by pointing your mouse in this direction.

French website Rock n’Live interviewed Chris Robertson and Jon Lawhon of BLACK STONE CHERRY while the band were in Paris on tour with ALTER BRIDGE recently and you can see that interview below. Watch as they discuss how they got started playing their respective instruments, recording their most recent album, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and much more. Check it out below:

ALTER BRIDGE’s Mark Tremonti and Brian Marshall were interviewed by CAMSTAS recently and they spoke about plans for a new album, how touring differs in across the world, why there was a Creed reunion and much more. Check out the video interview below:

ALTER BRIDGE recently released their album, AB III.5, and you can find out more about that album by clicking here.

Yup, you heard right: THEORY OF A DEADMAN discover what ‘The Truth Is… (see what we did there?) by taking part in a lie detector test. The band dropped in on Fuse TV earlier this month and frontman Tyler Connolly was roped into taking part in a polygraph test. Obviously they asked him various embarrassing questions and filmed the results. We don’t want to give too much away so check out the video below to see how it all went down:

Pick up a copy of THEORY OF A DEADMAN’s latest album, ‘The Truth Is…’, by clicking this link. You can also see the official videos for Lowlife and The Bitch came Back below:

Remember a week or so ago when we told you about that clip of MACHINE HEAD’s Phil Demmel showing off his tattoos? Click here to refresh you memory. Well, MACHINE HEAD frontman was filmed by Metal Hammer in Germany showing off his tats and you can see that clip below:

MACHINE HEAD are coming to the UK this year for The Eighth Plague tour and you can find details on our tour page by clicking this link.

Find out more about the band’s latest album, Unto The Locust, by pointing your mouse in this direction.

The 23rd of November saw BLACK STONE CHERRY arrive at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff as the main support for label mates, ALTER BRIDGE, on the latest leg of their world tour.

Whilst in town frontman Chris Robertson and guitarist Ben Wells took the time out to walk and talk MusicRadar through their live rigs. Check out the video over on MusicRadar’s website for the inside scoop on their pedalboards, guitars and backline! Click here to be redirected to the video…

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‘The Path of Totality’ is an experimental album, which finds Bakersfield metallers KO퐌¿N shifting gears and exploring a new sonic territory. The band have collaborated with some of the world’s leading dubstep and electronic producers, including Skrillex, Excision, Downlink, Datsik, Noisia, Kill the Noise and 12th Planet – and you can hear the results of those collaborations from the 5th of December, when the album is released. In anticipation of the release, we will be revealing a series of Spotify playlists, compiled by the DJs and Jonathan Davies himself. You will also be able to find out more about each DJ and discover how they contributed to this incredible album.

Today’s DJ under the spotight is SKRILLEX:

“I went to their studio for two days and we wrote, we did, three tracks together and it was all written on the fly, right there. Jon did vocals out in the main room, in front of us, wrote ‘em right there, I had bits and parts and stuff that were flown over, so we were there in the studio together and wrote everything right on the fly…I didn’t want it to sound like a Skrillex remix or some Skrillex tracks or some Skrillex sounds or whatever, if we’re going to do a collaboration, let’s do a collaboration, become a band for these two songs and make music together.”

“I’ve been deep into electronic music my entire life. The first records I ever owned were ‘Fat of Land’ by the Prodigy and ‘Come To Daddy’ by Aphex Twin,” raves Sonny Moore, better known as emerging electronic visionary SKRILLEX. “Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails were also early influences. I’ve been dabbling in making electronic tracks on programs like Fruity Loops since I was 14 years old.” SKRILLEX is part of a new generation of artists that refuse to be restricted by preconceived notions or outside expectations. “Genre has never been important to me,” he insists. “I’ve never thought about music that way.”

You may recognise SKRILLEX (aka Sonny Moore) as the former frontman for the American band From First to Last. He worked on the ever popular ‘Get Up’, the opening track ‘Chaos Lives in Everything’ and ‘Narcissistic Cannibal’.

Click here to see SKRILLEX’s playlist and read more about his work.

You can pre-order KO퐌¿N‘s upcoming album, The Path Of Totality, by clicking this link – and if you order from Play.com, you can get your hands on an exclusive KO퐌¿N headphone winder!

The other day it was band mate Corey Beaulieu’s birthday and TRIVIUM decided to sing him happy birthday to him whilst they were on stage. It was an awesome moment between friends and fans and you can see a clip of it below:

Chris Broderick and Dave Ellefson from thrash titans, MEGADETH, did a signing in Mexico recently and they filmed their short trip to the signing. We don’t want to give anything away so check it out for yourself below: