Scar The Martyr: listen "Dark Ages"

A taste of "Dark Ages", a new song Scar The Martyr, is available for streaming on Scarthemartyr.com. The debut album of the new band of Joey Jordison is published Oct. 1 on Roadrunner Records.

Joey Jordison: talks to Scar The Martyr and new album

Scar the Martyr / Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s show this past weekend. Jordison talked all about Scar the Martyr’s upcoming debut album and more. If you missed Jackie’s show, check out the full interview below:

Scar the Martyr is a new band led by Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, who is a guest on the show this week. Joey, how are ya?

I’m good, how are you?

Great thanks. Excited to talk to you about this new project of yours. You’re constantly playing in different bands and musical projects. Is it simply passion, or does compulsive-obsession better describe your 24-7 immersion in music?

I think both do. It is passion and it is an addiction. The thing about doing this band is, with Slipknot’s time off, I was compiling so many songs that I had so much material. I just wanted to see what else I can do, and I just stayed in the studio. So, I just started compiling a bunch of songs that didn’t really have a home, until I decided to start thinking about who I’d like to have play and perform on the stuff, and that’s when I started thinking about making it a full-time thing.

Joey, as the songs developed, what became most important for you to do with Scar the Martyr that you haven’t done with any other band or project?

That’s a good question. I wanted to know and work on the different influences I’ve had from the post-punk movement, and meshing that with a lot of droning tones, as well, that I’ve never experimented with. I wanted it to be really hypnotic, but in a vocal sense I wanted it to have a lot of melody, especially chorus. I wanted to encompass all the heavy stuff too, but I wanted it sounding completely unique. So, when I was looking for vocalists, a friend of mine recommended Henry Derek, and I sent him ‘Blood Host,’ ‘Dark Ages,’ ‘Soul Disintegration,’ ‘Never Forgive Never Forget,’ ‘Last Night on Earth’ — those are a few of the titles from the record — and he instantly got them back to me.

When I first heard ‘Dark Ages,’ I think that was the first song that he sent; it was everything I was looking for. It was perfect. So, from then is when I think I started taking it really seriously, because sometimes vocalists are one of the harder things to find — especially someone who sounds fresh and exciting. After that, Henry and I started exchanging songs and working on everything, I went in the studio and started the record.
Joey Jordison with us on the show with us talking about the new project Scar The Martyr, self-titled debut album will be out on Oct. 1. You heard the song ‘Blood Host’ on the show and it’s available, you can hear it online, as well. Joey, you guys are going to be doing this tour through the end of August with Danzig and Huntress. Are you a Danzig fan?I’m a big Danzig fan, yes.Have you ever toured with him before?

Never have, no. We had one show in now but we’re glad to be a part of the tour. It’s special because it’s 25 years; Doyle is also playing with him. It’s the perfect tour for us. We couldn’t ask or anything better. They’re treating us very well so far. It’s been a great tour to be on. We’re so lucky and grateful to have the opportunity to get our music out to Danzig fans. Hopefully fans of all our other projects will dig it too, from all the other guys’ bands that we play in. It’s a great opportunity. We’re having a great time so far.

Joey Jordison on the show with us talking about the new project Scar The Martyr. Rhys Fulber is highly regarded for his work with Fear Factory and Front Line Assembly. What do you hear in his work that made it so important that he should produce Scar The Martyr?

It was a weird thing. I had a bunch of producers I was looking at. I had my choice of a lot of people. First of all, I wanted to work with someone I had never worked with before. Also, I wanted to work with someone I think would capture the sound I’m looking for. Of course I’m a Fear Factory fan, I love his work. Also, he’s doing the new Mindless Self Indulgence record too, so he crosses a lot of barriers. He’s very good a honing in on the drum sound I want, keeping the guitars super heavy and tight. Even with the low tuning, he really captured it perfectly. He really pushed Henry and got a great vocal performance from him. I couldn’t be happier with him. Rhys did an amazing job.

The album won’t be out until October but again; you’ll be spending this month on tour supporting Danzig. Is there exhilaration or a rush to performing new music for an audience completely unfamiliar with it?

Yeah, it is cool. It almost pushes you harder a little bit. Right now, they’re deer in headlights. What’s this sound? Who are all these people? This guys from this band, it’s an overload to people right now. Plus not having the record out, there’s not a lot to latch onto besides “Blood Host.” It was cool, after we finished the first few songs; we run a lot of songs back to back. When we had some breaks the other night, in between songs the crowd was really receptive. That’s a good starting point. We’re working and we’re here for the long haul. So, we’re proud of the record and can’t wait to get it out to as many people as possible.

Scar The Martyr: listen to "Cruel Ocean"

Scar The Martyr – the new band formed by Slipknot’s Joey Jordison – have previewed another new track from their self-titled debut album, out September 30.

Check out Cruel Ocean here

Slipknot drummer Jordison wrote all the songs along with vocalist Henry Derek Bonner of Blood Promise. They were joined in the studio by keyboardist Chriss Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails) and guitarists Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad) and Kris Norris (Darkest Hour). The touring version of the band also features In This Moment bassist Kyle Konkiel.

Joey Jordison recently said of the album: “I’d been working on new Slipknot material but I ended up with so much stuff I had to take a step back and stop working on it – the time wasn’t right.

“I came up with a bunch of material that was really killer and heavy, and started taking some of it in a different direction. I started focusing on a lot of the post-punk and industrial stuff that I’ve always loved. That’s how it started."

Tomas Haake vs. Joey Jordison. Vote here

from: Loudwire

Meshuggah‘s Tomas Haake battled ex-Suffocation drummer Mike Smith in Round 1 of our Technical Masters Division, and despite Smith’s blueprinting of the brutal death metal genre, Haake secured a win. Meshuggah’s music has been tagged as “crushing” for many years, and Haake’s polyrhythmic pacing vitally contributes to that sentiment. Haake makes his way into Round 2.

It’s truly unique when one of the world’s most popular bands employs a drummer who is a technical trailblazer. Slipknot‘s Joey Jordison is one of modern metal drumming’s brightest stars, transplanting a blistering death metal technique into a band which has been embraced by the masses. Jordison blew away Nile’s George Kollias, a phenomenal player, in Round 1. Now, Jordison meets Haake in Round 2.

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Corey Taylor talks on his new book, religion and Ghosts

Best known for heading ghoulish Midwest nu-metal outfits Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor has made a career of stomping across stages in demonic Halloween masks and prison-issue jumpsuits, belting out songs with names like “Pulse of the Maggots,” “Butcher’s Hook,” and “People = Shit.” But just because Taylor rages like a bat out of hell on stage, doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a quieter, more reflective side to match.

The 39 year-old Des Moines native is also a New York Times’ Bestselling author, a distinction he earned for his 2011 debut title Seven Deadly Sins. A couple weeks ago, Taylor released a follow up to that book, entitled A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Heaven (Or, How I made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process). A Funny Thing is in large part a collection of ghost stories (personal stories from Taylor, as well as stories he’s collected) and an attempt to provide “’armchair science’ and possibly formulate some soft of scientific reasoning for these mysterious things we call spooks.” But beyond tales of “padded shuffles on hardwood floors where there should be no noise,” “shadows in the corner of your eye when you are sitting home alone,” and “doors that go nowhere,” A Funny Thing is an earnest spiritual investigation by an author who can’t stomach the hypocrisies of organized religion.

Bullett recently caught up with Taylor to discuss religion, things that go bump in the night, and the sci-fi novel he’s waiting to write.

Towards the beginning of A Funny Thing, you discuss church and disillusionment with organized religion. Do you come from a religious background?
Not really. My grandmother has gone to church her whole life, so her family was quite religious. Mom wasn’t. Religion is not something that’s supposed to be forced on someone. You either find it or you don’t. I just never bought into it. For me, going to church was just a chance to hang out with my grandma. That’s really all it came down to. The older I got, the more I realized this wasn’t for me. No offense to anybody, but it wasn’t something I could subscribe to.

You talk about knowing versus believing, where religion is something you’re asked to believe, but you don’t necessarily know anything about it.
Exactly, these stories are handed down from generation to generation, and with every passing, it becomes even further away from the source material because everything is about interpretation—whether it’s this conversation we’re having right now, or someone reading it. People are going to take it differently every time, no matter what. I think that’s the real issue that I had with religion for the longest time: the fact that these stories, while they may be very nice and wonderful moral stories, they’ve gone through a filter every time. There is no unified vision of what religion is, even inside the same factions of religion. What bothers me is that there’s no one philosophy that you can jump behind and have it be correct, nevermind the fact that man’s fingerprints are all over religion in one way or another. If it works for you that’s fine, and how you want to live your life, that’s fine, but for me, I just can’t buy it.

Speaking of interpretation, how can you be certain that you’ve had a spiritual interaction from the beyond?
When something weird happens, the first thing I try to do figure is out what it was. My reaction to something that may or may not be a paranormal experience is a lot like hearing something move downstairs when you’re in bed at night. It could be the house settling, or it could be someone breaking into your house. You won’t know until you go and check it out. And that’s kind of my approach. There are a lot of things that I’ve seen that I’ve been able to figure out right away. But then there’s this whole other subsection of things that I just can’t explain—whether it’s seeing a person walk through a locked door in a bedroom in a mansion in LA, or a furnace flying across the kitchen and scaring the crap out of me at seven in the morning when no one is awake. The things I talk about in the book are things I can’t just dismiss away. And it’s from that point of view that I honestly Ito figure things out for myself. I’m not trying to convince anyone that what I’m saying is true or false, what I’m trying to do is work out what these things could be and why they stick around with us. And if you subscribe to that, that’s fine, if not, it’s okay. Like I said, I’m not trying to change the world. I’m just trying to make up my own mind.

Personally, I haven’t experienced any paranormal interactions. Meanwhile, it seems like you have them all the time. Why is that? Do you think you have your eyes open to it?
I was doing a lot of research and I was trying to come at it from a scientific point of view, and the thing that I found in all the research that I was doing is that energy, or a certain bundle of energy, is attracted to one another. We know that as scientific fact. And I was able to take that and apply it in various instances, whether it’s humans talking about soul mates—which we hear all the time—or souls being attracted to other souls. Why couldn’t this apply to spirits being attracted to a person giving a certain type of energy? I think that’s one of the reasons why, especially in the last 10-12 years, a lot of things have become more prominent around me. That’s the only thing that’s really made sense.

Is there one paranormal episode you’ve experienced that stands out above the rest as the scariest?
The one that kind of sticks out for me was the one time that I really had a physical confrontation. I got pushed down the stairs at my old house while I was holding my son. That was the one that freaked me out because up until that point, I’d had experiences. I’d seen things. I’d heard things, but there was no physical contact. I could always kind of put it in perspective and convince myself that there was no real malevolence behind it. But when I got shoved down the stairs I was shoved so hard my head flew back. Luckily, I was able to turn myself in mid air and land on my back and my son didn’t get harmed, but that was like the first time where I was like, Wow, what the hell was that?! It was the one time that gave me pause, but I haven’t let that one encounter color the way I look at it. I don’t try to say whether one thing’s a good spirit or another thing’s a bad spirit. I think these things are…I won’t give too much away since I talk about it in the book, but I don’t reserve judgment for these things. I think they’re just trying to get our attention.

With Slipknot and your music there is this a similar theme of fear and horror, right?
Fear, aggression, embracing individuality—it kind of hops back and forth between the positive and the negative.

Were you drawn to the darker side of life from a young age?
Yeah. I grew up in a pretty gnarly household so you would think that the adverse affect would be that I would be more drawn towards puppies and kittens and all that pretty crap, but for the most part, I’ve always been more fascinated by the aberrant side of humanity. Ever since I was young, I can remember being fascinated by things that scared me. I think that’s become an unconscious reason for why I’m so devoted to Slipknot. It’s one of the reasons why I take things like spirits and the paranormal from a fairly removed standpoint. I don’t let it freak me out. I don’t know what it is that fascinates me about that side of things, especially from a psychological point of view, but I know that I’ve tried to understand it from a more creative standpoint. There’s something in all of us that can trigger craziness at any second. We’re all walking, talking bundles of cells that could really go off the deep end with the right push and the wrong set of circumstances. Because of that, I look at is as the spontaneous nature of humanity as we know it.

You recently did a Q&A in Rolling Stone and you mentioned that you were considering writing a novel. Can you share anything else about that?
I’ve got a pretty good idea for a really great story. It’s one of those things that I want to do so much, but I don’t want to rush it. I’ve got the beginning, middle, and the end figured out, but I need to work out the details before I get into it. It’s set in the future, but it’s a more realistic future than maybe your Star Treks and your Star Wars. It will have a slightly sci-fi vibe to it, but more from a psychological sense, and it will deal with how we handle our penal system and with our fascination with the human mind. It’s going to be something that is fairly fantastic sounding but at the same time, it’ll be a really good murder mystery. I’m just kind of looking for the time to really sit down and start hashing it out.

This is your second book, you have two bands, you’re thinking about writing a novel—is there any other art form that you haven’t experimented with that you’d really want to?
Let’s put it this way: I can’t draw to save my life, but I’ve thought a lot about taking painting classes and getting into that, because there’s a difference between drawing and painting. I think I could get my mind around painting. Other than that, I still love to write. There’s a lot of different things I would love to do from a writing standpoint. I would love to write a script for a movie; I would love to write another comic book someday, a completely original comic book, maybe do a mini-series from that. Other than that, I’m still searching for the next quickening of the creative side of me basically. As long as I love to do it, and as long as I’m still coming up with ideas that are fresh, unique, and smart, I’ll try to take advantage of all of the opportunities that come my way.

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Pre-order the new album and merch of Scar The Martyr

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You can now pre-order the upcoming Scar The Martyr debut album with 4 digital bonus tracks and exclusive merch.

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Corey Taylor presents Top 10 Ghost Movies

Corey Taylor shares his top ten ghost movies with Nerdist. Here's the video:

Slipknot/Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor recalls first paranormal experience, talks future books

Slipknot / Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor recently released his second book, ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Heaven,’ which offers a glimpse inside his paranormal experiences.

Taylor recently stopped by the Loudwire studio for an in-depth interview about the book and his music, and in the video segment above, he discusses his first paranormal experience, which occurred when “all hell broke loose” during an incident when he was about 10 years old.

He also discusses whether he’ll continue to write books from the unique perspectives of his first two releases – ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ and ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven.’

Check out Corey Taylor talking about his new book in the video segment above, and stay tuned for more from our interview, in which Taylor discusses the latest on Stone Sour and Slipknot. In the meantime, you can pick up ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven’ at Amazon.

Watch the interview here

Joey Jordison vs. George Kollias. Vote here

from Loudwire:

Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison‘s influences are from the bowels of the underground and his stickwork is far beyond your standard metal group. Constantly adding little flourishes to his playing, the drummer gives Slipknot the edge that pushed them ahead of their contemporaries. Jordison’s executes a large amount of fills that make Slipknot’s music anything but stagnant. As Slipknot fans await a new album, the multitalented drummer is at it again with his brand new band Scar the Martyr.

George Kollias may have the toughest job in all of metal. Nile are known for their lengthy songs, usually dominated by some of the fastest blast beats ever committed to record. Karl Sanders even confessed that former Nile drummers could not keep up with the physical demands of touring with the band after so many years. Kollias has been at it for nine years now with Nile. The band recently performed a tour of double sets, where the Greek drummer showed no signs of tiring. Is he human?

Joey Jordison or George Kollias? Cast your vote for the Greatest Metal Drummer in the poll below! Voting for this round closes on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 11:59PM ET. Fans can vote once per hour, so keep coming back to make sure that your favorite metal musician wins!

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Slipknot's Mick Thomson and Jim Root talk gear, tone and being flat broke

Slipknot is not a band; Slipknot is a phenomenon. Since their debut album crashed into the public consciousness in 1999, they've cut a swath through terrified parents and baffled critics to become one of the biggest bands on the planet.

Quite aside from their uniquely terrifying image, flair for courting controversy and punishingly heavy sound, a huge part of their success has been the twin guitar attack of Mick Thomson and Jim Root.
In part one of our Mick Thomson/Jim Root double header, we're chatting to the pair about the gear, the riffs and the recording techniques that established Slipknot as one of the most successful metal bands in a generation.
Don't forget to check back next week for part two of our mammoth interview, where we'll be turning our attention to their formidable live show, Slipknot’s killer riffs, digital gear and just how Jim juggles two mighty metal behemoths...

When Slipknot released their self-titled debut album in 1999, the metal world darn near imploded. The band that would go on to define the next decade for the genre, but as they took these first steps with gear dictated by the loose change in their wallets rather than any grand plan...

Mick: “On the first record I was limited by finances, it was just use what you got. That was the deal. I ended up recording that record with a Rocktron Piranha into a [Mesa]Boogie 295, an old power amp.
"That combination sounded really good. I did EQ a little bit so I had a little more control. I couldn’t get the tone out of the Piranha that I wanted.
“Again, it came down to finances because the shop I used to teach at had a 31 Band Graphic with mono EQ in it so I had that running in the loop. It was goofy, but it sounded alright.
"I was playing through carbon cabinets at the time which didn’t cost much but they sounded fuckin’ great. The speakers in there were awesome. It was all just pieced together.
"I had my Jackson V, a custom that I had ordered when I was 19 or so. It was hand built with EMGs on it. That was my sound on the first record.”

Jim: “My approach in 1999 was basically to play what I had, that was all I could do. At the time I was broke. I think I only had one guitar, a flametop green Jackson and I had these DC-10 Mesa Boogie heads. I think I had a cheap Shure wireless.
"That was what I played with the whole time. I think Corey bought me a Jackson SL2 or something like that so I could have a back up. It was kind of just necessity, I didn’t pick what I played, I played what I had.”

That first Slipknot record saw Jim and Mick work with the godfather of nu metal Ross Robinson. Both guitarists are quick to pay tribute to the producer’s role in capturing Slipknot’s ferocious vibe onto tape...

Mick: “Ross had a couple of different modded Marshalls that Korn and Sepultura used on their records, but plugging in and playing them didn’t feel right. It has to feel right.
"Like I will grab Jim’s guitar and they feel so different to the way that mine feel. His amps sound so different to how mine sound and feel and it feels so foreign that I’m like, ‘I don’t know how the hell you play this!’ Guitars and tone are very personal things.
“Even when you’re dead broke you can find ways to make gear sound like you. That was what I did on the first record. In the end we decided that what we had sounded better than running through the shit that Ross had.”

Jim: “Every experience you have in life can be applied to different things. When I first went and worked with a real producer I listened to the things he was listening for when we were recording. I ended up using a Laney Pro Tube lead and one of the old ARs that had been modified by one of our techs.
"I was listening to the characteristics of that amp and what was coming through the reference monitors in the studio. I’ve kept that mentality. Every time we go into the studio and use a different engineer or producer I try to look, listen and learn their approach. That has helped with the gear I look for to use live and in the studio.”

By 2001, the success of Slipknot's 1999 debut - and the subsequent two years of touring - meant that Jim and Mick had some new toys to play with when recording the album that would launch the band into the stratosphere: Iowa.

Mick: “On the second record we had a little bit more money to play with. After we played Ozzfest I got a Marshall JMP1, which sounds miles better than the Piranha.
"Later on we had just played the Astoria for the first time and there was a guitar shop near there and they had VHTs in there. I finally got to play a PittBull Ultra Lead and I was just amazed. I picked a couple of those up and used them for a couple of years. I used those on the second and third records. “

Jim: “My tone and gear was dictated by the situation until somewhere in the middle of the Iowa cycle. That’s when I started making enough money so that I could reach out to different guitar companies and buy stuff at an artist price.
"The step up from the Boogie was the Rivera stuff, I was happy with that stuff for a whole. I rolled with the Rivera and then combined it with Diezel, a Diezel Herbert and a Rivera Knucklehead Reverb. That worked quite well.
"It’s weird, you can get into this tone chasing thing live but you also have to be aware of what is roadworthy and what will hold up. I didn’t want to sound like every other guitar player.
"There is so much processing that goes on between the mic and front of house and I wanted to play something I was comfortable with and everything that was comfortable sounded similar. I went through the Bogner stuff, Diezel, Rivera, all great amps and I still have them and use them in the studio.”

The evolution of Mick and Jim’s rig continued as Slipknot put out their third and fourth albums, The Subliminal Verses and All Hope Is Gone, while Stone Sour broke through with Come What(ever) May, Audio Secrecy and House of Gold and Bones I and II.

Mick: “The last record I mixed my KR7 signature head. I ran it on some stuff, on some I mixed it with the VHTs, some I mixed with a Rivera K-Tre. I think unless you’re born rich you evolve – you get a guitar and then trade it later for something better and step up in gear.
"That’s the way it was for me, over a long period of time I stepped up to some decent gear. Then we started doing well and people want to give you gear, ‘I can now afford it but now you mother fuckers are going to give it to me? Where the fuck were you 15 years ago?’ That’s the way it works I guess.
“Where I am now, I’ve got a Rivera RockCrusher Recording. This new one has this recording out section with an 11 band EQ, with shit tonnes of control over it. Rivera will go into the studio and scope various speakers, but they throw the mic on it with a real amp, real plate and find out what the speaker does.
"Then they found out how to EQ to get that same spectrum. I’ve always had my ISO cab which is miked and then Rivera came out with their Silent Sister ISO cab, with that you have a balance and the speaker isn’t just ripped to pieces, it’s allowed to vent and balance without putting a sound out.
"That was a big step forward. We did rehearsals at Brixton for a few days and I got to use the Rivera - I was so blown away with it.“

im: “At NAMM a few years back I found the Orange Rockerverb series and that blew my mind.

"It sounded different to your typical high-end boutique amp, there was just something special about it. Since then, those guys hooked me up and I have played them ever since.
“It’s been a journey. As you’re touring there are so many layers to a live show, it has always been important for me to have a guitar that I can use live and in the studio. In the early days the guitars I was using live didn’t sound the greatest in the studio so I would have to, like on the Iowa record I had to use one of Mick’s BC Rich guitars for all of my tracking.
"That’s not comfortable, I don’t want to play someone else’s guitar on our record. When I got settled in with Fender we started bouncing ideas for a signature model. That was really important to me to find a guitar that was comfortable to play, was roadworthy and could be played in the studio and live.
"That’s why I chose mahogany for the body of all my signature guitars. It seemed that whenever we were in the studio we’re always grabbing Gibsons because they sound the warmest and the brightest, so mahogany and rock maple…
"I do maple necks too because I was on the fence between maple and ebony, but I’ve been favouring the ebony a lot more, the darker fretboard woods are nice.”

Stream The First Track From Joey Jordison’s Scar The Martyr!

A brand new track from Slipknot legend Joey Jordison’s new project, Scar The Martyr!

Blood Host is taken from the band’s debut effort, it out September 30, and features Kris Norris, Kyle Konkiel, Henry Derek, Jed Simon and, of course, Joey Jordison. Listen to it right freakin’ now!

“It’s very coincidental that Blood Host is our first track and video because it was the first song I wrote for this project when it was nothing but a mere idea at best,” says our Joey. “Songs of course followed, and molded into an overall feel, concept and now a full length album. Blood Host has it all, hypnotic riffs, soaring choruses, pummeling breakdowns and the lyrics are infectious in every sense. We are very proud of the track and it pretty much lets you know where we are coming from musically and what we are all about live. Scar the Martyr up close and personal.”

Interview of Loudwire with Corey Taylor

In the midst of his recent East Coast book tour, Slipknot / Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor dropped by the Loudwire studio for a visit. The multitalented singer and author spoke about his many experiences with the paranormal, which have been compiled in his new book, ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven.’

Taylor can already claim the distinction of being a New York Times Bestselling Author with his first book, ‘Seven Deadly Sins.’ Continuing Taylor’s success in print, ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven’ was released on July 16, containing not only a number of fascinating non-fiction ghost stories, but also in-depth studies of religion, science and self.

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Scar The Martyr's Self-Titled Debut Coming 10/1

Scar The Martyr have revealed their full line-up in anticipation of their upcoming North American tour. The band's hugely awaited self-titled debut is set to arrive everywhere October 1. Scar The Martyr, which is headed by drummer and Slipknotmember Joey Jordison, have announced that the band’s full lineup will also feature lead vocalist Henry Derek, guitarists Jed Simon and Kris Norris, keyboardist Joey Blush, and bassist Kyle Konkiel. The band is set join Danzig, on their upcoming 25th Anniversary Tour, which will also include performances byDoyle from The Misfits, and Huntress. The North American trek kicks off August 9 at Sound Academy in Toronto, ON and wraps up on August 31 at Tempe, Arizona’s Marquee Theatre.

Furthermore, Scar The Martyr will be shooting a music video to accompany the album’s lead single, which will be announced in the coming weeks, along with a full album track listing.

Interview of Fuse with Corey Taylor

Corey Taylor was recently interviewed by Fuse, issued several statements.

Here's the video.

Shawn "Clown" make feauture film directing debut with "Officer Downe"

While the metal world waits for a new Slipknot album, the band’s members are keeping particularly busy in various forms. Joey Jordison’s new band Scar the Martyr will be opening up for Danzig; Corey Taylor has been busy with Stone Sour and has a new book; and now Deadline has reported that Shawn “Clown” Crahan has sealed the deal on his feature film directing debut with the moview ‘Officer Downe.

Corey Taylor recovers 98-percent of stolen gear

As we reported earlier this week, Slipknot / Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor was robbed of more than $36,000 worth of instruments and music gear, including two prized bass guitars from his late Slipknot bandmate Paul Gray. Now, there’s good news to report, as Taylor has let fans know that 98 percent of the equipment has been recovered.

The Des Moines Register had reported that a friend of the Taylor family had stolen equipment from both the singer’s West Des Moines, Iowa, home and his storage unit. The Slipknot frontman had been on tour at the time of the thefts. Apparently, suspicion arose when the purported thief tried to buy back some of the equipment from a local music store.

Taylor tweeted that the majority of the equipment has been returned, but did not specify whether that included the two Paul Gray bass guitars. Below is his Tweet to his fans:

PROUD to say we have 98% of the equipment back! Wouldn't have happened w/o the WDMPD, my wife and the goodness of people! Thank you! #trust
— The Boogie Knight (@CoreyTaylorRock) July 12, 2013

Stone Sour in "Best Rock Albums 2013"

The year is far from over, but already 2013 has seen a number of outstanding rock releases. This list will be updated throughout the year, but here are the artists and albums currently in the running to be among the Best 2013 Rock Albums
There is no ranking yet. The albums are listed with the newest releases first. We will continue to add to this throughout 2013, and at the end of the year — after an intensive discussion, a few beers and perhaps a fistfight or two — we’ll rank them accordingly as the Best Rock Albums of 2013. There are a variety of rockers on this list, from marquee names to underground favorites to up and comers. The one thing they have in common is that they have each released a top rock album of 2013

This is a review of album "House of Gold&Bones vol.2"

It’s difficult enough to write and record enough quality songs to make a good album, and even harder to do it for a double album. But that’s exactly what Stone Sour did with the concept album ‘House of Gold & Bones.’ The first half was released in late 2012, and the second part in the spring of this year. Both albums are outstanding, but ‘House of Gold & Bones Vol 2‘ is just a little bit better. The epic ‘The Conflagration’ is a highlight on an album with songs ranging from accessible rock to edgy metal.

Corey Taylor robbed of more than $36.000 in music gear

According to a recent police report filed in Wes Des Moines, Iowa, the home of Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was recently robbed by a “friend” of the couple while they were out of town. The Taylors had in excess of $36,600 in musical equipment taken from their property.

The police report states that Taylor and his wife returned from a monthlong Europe tour Saturday (July 6) to find that they’d been burglarized with belongings being stolen from both their home and storage units.

As if being ripped off by a friend isn’t bad enough, included in the stolen gear were two bass guitars that originally belonged to late Slipknot bassist Paul Gray.

Although no charges have been made just yet, several friends of the Taylors have made claims against the person believed to have committed the crime including hearing a conversation between the suspect and the local guitar store at which he/she tried to sell the stolen property.

The Des Moines Register reports that some of the Taylors’ stolen property has been recovered but it wasn’t made clear how much was still missing. Stay tune for updates as the details emerge and hopefully fans can help track down the stolen gear and return it to its rightful owner.

Mick Thomson presents the personal Ibanez Custom Shop Signature

Met by Total Guitar in the backstage of Download Festival, Mick Thomson presents and describes the personal Ibanez Custom Shop Signature.