Bullet for My Valentine Release "Riot"

Metal band, Bullet for My Valentine have just released a new music video for their single "Riot".

I never really listened to them before but they are not half bad. They take the classic heavy metal sound and make it relevant for today. Because metal is always relevant...

The Sony Music band will be coming out with their latest LP Temper, Temper on February 12th.

PRE-ORDER HERE!!

For Today Anti-Gay Drama

As of lately there has been crazy drama happening because of the former guitarist of metalcore band For Today, Mike Reynolds.

On January 10th, he made posts on Twitter that "there is no such thing as a gay Christian" and that "homosexuality is a sin".

Fans and music lovers were offended and hurt by what he said so frontman, Mattie Montgomery made a video of apology to everybody.

Along with the post for the video on Facebook, Mattie wrote that Reynolds has left the band and is going to go to Bible college with his wife to become missionaries in the Middle East.

To me that sounds like he wanted to get out of this drama as fast as it started by flat out quitting.

The next day the Rou Reynolds, the frontman for Enter Shikari got wind of the news and was pissed off about the whole thing. He wrote a long blog post on the band's website saying that Mike Reynolds is an "insult to music and spirituality".

Now today Mike Reynolds is finally coming out to clarify what he said and attempt to save his ass.

He reiterates that homosexuality is a sin but not worse than any other sin mentioned in the Bible. He continues to say that with Christianity one cannot continuing living a sinful life and say that they are a Christian. So changing oneself is necessary to be a follower of Christ.

Personally, I think that homosexuality is okay but I understand where Mike is coming from with his perspective.  I am glad that things are getting cleared up but I don't think that it will really effect their fan base or anything like that. Non-Christian bands may not want to play with them anymore but that is probably the only negative effect.

Paramore Teaser

Fulled By Ramen trio, Paramore have released a teaser for their anticipated single "Now".

The teaser is 58 seconds long of footage of the band shot with a low quality camera phone. There is basketball, clapping, and a cute doggie.

The track is expected to be out on January 22nd while their new album will be out on April 9th.

Read up on their upcoming fourth album here!

The Almost Release New Track

The Almost has not put out a full length release since Monster, Monster in 2009. The Tooth and Nail Records rockers have finally put out a new track and are currently on tour.

Their song is called "Ghost" which will appear on their upcoming album Fear Inside Our Bones which will come out on April 16th.

The song sounds like The Almost with a more bluesy and southern sound. I am not in love with it after the first couple listens but it is certainly a good song.

They are currently on tour through January with supporting acts All Get Out and Makeshift Prodigy (dates and tix here).

Frontman, Aaron Gillespie will be on To Write Love on Her Arms' Heavy and Light Tour for select dates with Fiction Family.

The Almost is back and they are ready to show their fans what they have been working on.

Ian Watkins Accused of Child Pornography

Ian Watkins, lead vocalist for Lostprophets, appeared in court at the end of December for child rape and child pornography.

Check out my previous post about this for the back story!

The court in Cardiff is charging him with 6 accounts of sex abuse, says The Guardian. They are: plotting to rape a child under 13 years of age and two other children and four accounts of making, downloading, and distributing child pornography.

The next court hearing will be on March 11th and Watkins will remain in custody of the court.