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2 weeks ago | 
kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell |Travis Shinn
April 30, 2025Words:Nick RuskellPhotos:Travis ShinnRobb Flynn doesn’t do things the easy way. Even when he doesn’t have to fight for something, there’s an impulse that makes him want to earn it. Though he says he’s “never really looked at myself as an ambitious dude”, the burly Machine Head frontman – ‘The General’, as his apt X handle has it – has also never been a man to back down or go easily against his gut. As a kid he was obsessed with Chinese kung-fu movie legend Bruce Lee.
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1 month ago | 
revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams |Travis Shinn
This seems like a good omen for 2025: Lamb of God have just announced a handful of headlining U.S. arena and amphitheater shows, and they’re bringing the likes of Body Count, Power Trip and Hatebreed along with them.
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2 months ago | 
revolvermag.com | Dan Epstein |Travis Shinn
“The last two months have been chaos,” exclaims Jesse Leach. “Nothing bad,” the Killswitch Engage vocalist assures us with a laugh, “but between me getting married and the band touring in Australia and New Zealand, and playing the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest, and going down to Mexico [for the We Missed Ourselves Festival], it’s just been chaos.
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2 months ago | 
l8r.it | Dan Epstein |Travis Shinn
“The last two months have been chaos,” exclaims Jesse Leach. “Nothing bad,” the Killswitch Engage vocalist assures us with a laugh, “but between me getting married and the band touring in Australia and New Zealand, and playing the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest, and going down to Mexico [for the We Missed Ourselves Festival], it’s just been chaos.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams |Travis Shinn
While Glenn Danzig is all set to hit the West Coast this spring for a rare run of shows with his eponymous band, a recent interview on the Full Metal Jackie radio show found the iconic metal vocalist wondering aloud whether his album-making days are numbered.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
revolvermag.com | Gregory Adams |Travis Shinn
TOOL played a surprise, two-song set last night (January 23rd) at the Bass Magazine Awards in Santa Ana, California, where god-tier bassist Justin Chancellor received a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award for "his bass wizardry and alchemy in TOOL," as the band put it themselves.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
kerrang.com | Nick Ruskell |Travis Shinn
In just under a month, Killswitch Engage will drop their long-awaited ninth album, This Consequence. Back in November, they announced the new record via an exclusive interview for the cover of Kerrang!, and unleashed lead track Forever Aligned. Now, they're serving up the next taster, the I Believe. "I Believe is about undying hope," explains singer Jesse Leach. "During difficult times perspective is everything. Knowing deep down that 'this too shall pass' has been a beacon of light for me.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
kerrang.com | James Hickie |Travis Shinn
November 20, 2024Words:James HickiePhotography:Travis ShinnRemember last year, when people started asking how often men think about the Roman Empire? Well, as it turns out, Jesse Leach ponders it a lot. Particularly when Killswitch Engage’s frontman is discussing the band’s forthcoming ninth studio album, This Consequence – a brutal opus examining everything from mental health to toxic relationships to love being the most compelling evidence for the existence of a higher power.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
kerrang.com | Travis Shinn
This week's episode of Kerrang! In Conversation, powered by KILLSTAR, is a special live edition with Black Veil Brides. Recorded at the Kerrang! x Black Veil Brides pop-up event in London ahead of their OVO Arena Wembley headline show, K! Editor Luke Morton is joined by Andy, CC, Jake, Jinxx, Lonny and 30 of their biggest fans for a lively, laughter-filled chat about horror movies, time-travel, Gene Simmons and so much more. Plus, when we might get to hear new music.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
kerrang.com | Steve Beebee |Travis Shinn
October 28, 2024Words:Steve BeebeePhotos:Travis ShinnAndy Biersack is used to turning the impossible into the possible. From taking a perhaps unfashionable route into the rock world, and drawing no small amount of criticism from self-appointed gatekeepers, Black Veil Brides now stand on the brink of headlining their biggest-ever UK show.
