Industrial
Deftones’ Chino Moreno Joins HEALTH and Tyler Bates on New Song “Anti-Life”: Stream
HEALTH and composer-musician Tyler Bates have shared the new collaborative song “Anti-Life” featuring Deftones singer Chino Moreno. The track is the latest single from the forthcoming Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack from DC Comics and Loma Vista Recordings. The electro-industrial intensity of HEALTH combined with the cinematic sheen of Bates’ production makes “Anti-Life” an aural powerhouse. The sheer sound and fidelity is jaw-dropping. Topping it off are pristine vocals by Moreno, whose singing always works well in an electro/experimental context. Like the previous singles we’ve heard from the soundtrack — including Mastodon’s “Forged by Neron” and Chelsea Wolfe’s “Diana”, “Anti-Life” is inspired by the storyline of DC’s Dark Nights: Death Metal comic series. In the third issue o...
Gary Numan Announces 2021 North American Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T19:00:40+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 3:00pm ET Gary Numan is ready to bring his new album Intruder to life onstage. The new-wave icon has just announced a North American tour for later this fall that will see him trekking across the US and Canada where he will finally get to play those songs for his fans in person. The tour will begin and end in California, starting on September 17th in Los Angeles and wrapping up on October 23rd in Santa Ana. In between, he will stop in major cities like Austin, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Portland, and Seattle. Check out the complete list of dates below. Tickets for Numan’s 2021 tour are current...
Rammstein Reschedule First-Ever North American Stadium Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-24T15:15:18+00:00“>May 24, 2021 | 11:15am ET Rammstein fans will have to wait another year before the German band brings its dynamic live show to North America. For the second year in a row, the industrial-metal veterans have postponed the stadium outing, with a new itinerary now set for 2022. Originally, Rammstein were set to stage their first-ever full stadium tour of North America in 2020, but that was postponed due to the pandemic and initially rescheduled for this year. While a number of bands have recently announced summer and fall outings, there are still restrictions in place for European acts who want to tour in the States. Thus, Rammstein aren’t taking any chances, inst...
Gary Numan on His New Album, Intruder, and His “Fascination with Emotion”
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Guitarist Sin Quirin Quits Ministry Following Last Year’s Allegations of Underage Sexual Relations
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-17T15:39:27+00:00“>May 17, 2021 | 11:39am ET Sin Quirin has exited Ministry a year after two women alleged that the guitarist engaged in sexual relationships with them when they were underage. The veteran industrial band will have a significantly different look the next time they hit the road, having recently announced a drummer change, as well. In January 2020, an investigative report by Spin told the stories of two women, one named Kelly Longoria and another who chose to remain unidentified. Longoria maintained that she met Quirin (then a member of the industrial band Society 1) in 2002 when she was 15 years old, and that the two had sex several times while she was still a...
Riot Fest 2021 Lineup: Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More, Pixies, DEVO, and More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T17:39:00+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 1:39pm ET Chicago’s annual Riot Fest has unveiled its updated 2021 lineup, with an impressive list of bands that includes headliners Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Run the Jewels, along with such acts as Faith No More, Pixies, DEVO, and many more. The four-day event takes place September 16th-19th at the Windy City’s Douglass Park. The main event takes place Friday through Saturday (September 17-19th), with a preview party on Thursday (September 16th). Joining the aforementioned bands on the bill are Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, GWAR, Dirty Heads, Sublime with Rome, Lupe Fiasco (performing The Cool), Vic Mensa, NOFX, Circl...
Trent Reznor “Planning on Working on New Nine Inch Nails Material” Immediately Following Oscar Win
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T15:36:07+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 11:36am ET Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross aren’t taking time to bask in the glory of Sunday night’s Oscar win for Best Original Score. Instead, they’re turning their focus immediately on a new Nine Inch Nails album. Reznor, Ross, and Late Show With Stephen Colbert bandleader Jon Batiste took home the prestigious honor for their work on the animated film Soul at last night’s Academy Awards. During the acceptance speech, Batiste did all the talking, as the two NIN members stood by his side. However, during the post-win backstage meeting with press, Reznor let his NIN plans be known when a journalist asked how they separate their work in the band f...
Rammstein Endorse Potential Lego Set of Their Massive Stadium Stage
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T20:06:03+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 4:06pm ET A Rammstein fan with a lot of time and creativity on his hands has designed a Lego set based on the band’s massive stadium stage, and he has the industrial metal outfit’s seal of approval. The design is competing for consideration as part of the Lego Ideas initiative, with Rammstein urging their fans to vote on the project. It’s not the first time a notable music act’s stage setup has been in consideration for a Lego set. Last year, we reported on an entrant who submitted a design for an elaborate Tool stage, complete with awesome figurines of the band’s four members. Another contender presented a similar idea for Daft Punk. Whi...
Kwara governor appoints 24-year-old as SSA on youth engagement
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has appointed 24-year-old Kaosarah Adeyi as his Senior Special Assistant on Youth Engagement. Malam Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, said this in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday. Similarly, the governor has appointed Hajia Fatima Audu as Special Adviser on Women Affairs. Adeyi, an author who is renowned for her extensive reach within the youth constituency, is a graduate of the University of Ilorin where she is a mentor for the varsity’s empowerment beneficiaries. A youth entrepreneur, her roles entail sharing practical examples with mentees, giving mentorship on entrepreneurship and advising on how to manage school activities with their business goal-setting, planning and implementation. According to the statement, the mille...
Ministry Announce Fall 2021 US Tour with Helmet and Front Line Assembly
With the hope that touring will resume in earnest by the fall, Ministry have announced new dates for their “Industrial Strength Tour”, which will feature support from Helmet and Front Line Assembly. The twice-delayed outing commemorates the 30th anniversary of Ministry’s 1989 album, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. The month-long trek kicks off October 3rd in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The route veers east before looping back across the South and West Coast, hitting most major U.S. markets. The tour was originally set to launch in July 2020, with Front Line Assembly and KMFDM supporting. It was then moved to spring 2021 due to the pandemic. Now. with Helmet in place of KMFDM, the band is banking on finally embarking on the outing in the fall. KMFDM had to drop from the bill due to the ...
NGA chief: Nigeria’s gas reserve can sustain West African market
Nigeria has abundant gas resources which, if harnessed, will meet the energy demand of over 350 million people and the industrial needs in the West African sub-region. According to the newly inaugurated president of the Nigeria Gas Association (NGA), Ed Ubong, “Nigeria, which ranks as the 9th largest gas reserve in the world and clearly the largest in West Africa, needs to develop this resource base and connect the existing local supply and demand with physical and virtual pipeline infrastructure, while also exploring closer integration of roads, seaports and rail infrastructure.” Speaking, at the just concluded NGA’s 12th International Conference and Industry Awards in Lagos last week, Ubong who is also the managing director, Shell Nigeria Gas Limited, however, advocated an improved inves...
Blue Stahli Premieres New Single “Catastrophe”: Stream
Blue Stahli, the one-man electro-industrial act masterminded by Bret Autrey, returns with the new album Obsidian this Friday (January 15th). In advance of its release, Heavy Consequence is presenting the exclusive premiere of the track ‘Catastrophe”. Under various names, Autrey has been releasing music since the late ’90s, recording under the Blue Stahli name beginning in 2006. Obsidian marks the the third in his new “deadchannel_Trilogy” of albums, preceded by Quartz in October and Copper in November. The themes of the albums revolve around Autrey’s own tragic loss of his mother to brain cancer in 2018. Regarding the song “Catastrophe”, Autrey tells us, “My songs range from being purely electronic to having more of an electronic rock feel, and ‘Catastrophe’ is a track that will hopef...
