The Week in Metal

This week’s episode of “The Week in Metal with Whitney Moore” is dedicated to remembering the life and work of Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, who tragically took his own life at his home in Los Angeles last week.

Kid Rock has decided to get into politics, Nine Inch Nails are releasing a new EP, and Fallujah vocalist Alex Hofmann is leaving the band.

The 10 best selling albums of 2017 (so far…), Roope Latvala claims Alexi Laiho fired him from Children of Bodom without reason, and Slipknot will not be playing Ozzfest/Knotfest.

Dragonforce lead singer Marc Hudson jumps out of a moving van, Otep Shamaya talks about the closeted LGBTQ members of the metal community, and Jason Becker speaks out against Trump’s proposed healthcare act.

Otep kicks The Convalescence off her tour, Corelia still have nothing to show for fans who crowdfunded their debut album, and Corey Taylor beefs with Chad Kroeger.

Tons of Five Finger Death Punch drama, Steve Vai and Devin Townsend are reuniting, and Gene Simmons tries to trademark the devil horns hand gesture.

A Suicidal Tendencies show in LA was shut down by the cops, Tobias Forge publicly responded to the Ghost lawsuit, and the Motörhead video game is finally here!

Brent Hinds gets hitched, System of a Down’s new album is farther away than we’d hoped, and The Faceless cancel another tour.

Live from Rock on the Range, we speak to festival goers about Cornell’s career, their memories of him, and discuss what made his music so important to us.

It was a very shitty week in metal: Krisiun were detained in Bangladesh for their religious beliefs, Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling was arrested for allegedly abusing his mother, and The Faceless canceled their Australian tour amidst a flurry of drama.

Jason Newsted is rich, there’s Deftones/Korn tour drama, and the Sunset Strip loses one of its founding fathers.

Adam D pulls off the greatest guitar stunt of all time, Babymetal’s backing band has a new project, and Metallica replace a tribute band’s stolen gear!

Ghost frontman Tobias Forge speaks out about the lawsuit, Ivan Moody says he’s quitting Five Finger Death Punch, and the metal community is mourning the loss of members of Internal Bleeding and Nothingface.

Sleep released a secret message for fans, Mastodon had the best week ever, and Linkin Park beef with ESP Guitars!

Sleep post a mysterious photo to Twitter, David Silveria (ex-Korn) has a terrible new band, and more details on the Ghost / Tobias Forge lawsuit.

Kerry King talks about how bummed Limp Bizkit made him and Disney bans another metal band from the House of Blues but also releases a pretty great covers album of Disney classics.

The most metal tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall ever, Tool’s rumored negotiations to finally bring their music to streaming services, and Motley Crue’s The Dirt film adaptation coming to Netflix.

Revocation in the new Power Rangers movie, a former Chimaira drummer needs your help, and Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach has a new project!

H.I.M. are saying farewell, At The Gates are losing one of their founding members, and some sweet summer tour announcements!

A former member of Ghost reveals himself, the strangest moshpit move you’ll ever see, and Otep unleashes on Phil Labonte and Butcher Babies!