Slipknot fans in Arizona started a bonfire in the mosh pit of their Knotfest sideshow at the the Ak-Chin Pavilion this week.

READ MORE: Corey Taylor: “If I can wear a mask for a two hour Slipknot show, people can wear one for five minutes in a grocery store”

The band were performing ‘All Out Life’ when the blaze erupted on Tuesday evening (November 2), with concertgoers keeping it alive by throwing the venue’s lounge chairs onto the pile. The concert was stopped for 30 minutes while the fire was put out, forcing Slipknot to cut ‘Duality’ and ‘Spit It Out’ from their setlist.

Take a look at some fan-shot footage of the crowd’s mid-pit bonfire below:

Earlier this week, Slipknot teased snippets of what appears to be new music. The previews came via The Chapeltown Rag, an online marketplace for the band’s own collection of NFTs. It came after frontman Corey Taylor confirmed last month that a new album was almost done, with the release of its first single imminent.

Taylor also promised fans some “cool surprises” when Slipknot performs in Los Angeles tomorrow (November 5), which will also be available to watch as a livestream.

“[We] worked on a pretty fucking killer set to put together, which we kind of pieced together over some rehearsals – just kind of trial and error, putting the show together and really got it locked tight,” he said.

The band’s most recent album, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’, was released in August of 2019.

NME gave it a five-star review, writer Jordan Bassett saying that “Slipknot have somehow remained true to their core as everything around them (and even their line-up) has changed”, with the record presenting them “more experienced, equally effective and similarly drunk on rage, self-disgust and lacerating, redemptive nihilism”.

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Hollywood’s annual awards season is officially underway with the Nov. 3 announcement of the nominations for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs). The awards honor composers, songwriters, and music supervisors for their work in music for film, television, and videogames.

Kid Cudi has two songs in the running for song — feature film. He is nominated for co-writing “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall and “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up. His co-writers on “Guns Go Bang” are Jay-Z and Jeymes Samuel, who directed, scored, co-wrote and co-produced the acclaimed Western. His co-writers on “Just Look Up” are Nicholas Britell, who scored the film, Ariana Grande and Tara Stinson. Kid Cudi also sang both songs for those films as collabs. He and Jay-Z sang “Guns Go Bang.” He and Grande sang “Just Look Up.”

The 12 film awards are divided into five categories for songs and seven for scores.

Three films — King Richard, Don’t Look Up and No Time to Die — are nominated for both song — feature film and score — feature film. Britell is the only individual nominated in both of those marquee categories. He is nominated for scoring Don’t Look Up and for co-writing that film’s stand-out song, “Just Look Up.” Kris Bowers is nominated for scoring King Richard; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Dixson are nominated for co-writing that film’s key song, “Be Alive.” Hans Zimmer is nominated for scoring No Time to Die; Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connor are nominated for co-writing that film’s title song.

The HHMA added a new category this year, outstanding onscreen performance in a film. The category recognizes an on-screen performance of an outstanding song (original or pre-existing). Grande is nominated both in that category and for song – feature film for “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up.

Jennifer Hudson is also nominated in both categories, but with different songs from Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic in which she stars. She is nominated for song – feature film for “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),” which she co-wrote with Carole King and Jamie Hartman, and for outstanding onscreen performance in a film for her rendition of Franklin’s 1967 classic, “Respect.”

The other nominees for song – feature film not already named are “Every Letter” from Cyrano (Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger and Carin Besser) and “My Father’s Daughter” from Flag Day (Glen Hansard & Eddie Vedder).

The other nominees for score – feature film not already named are Nightmare Alley (Nathan Johnson), Stillwater (Mychael Danna), The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat), The Last Duel (Harry Gregson-Williams) and The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood).

Recent HMMA winners who went on to win Oscars include Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste for Soul, Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker, Ludwig Göransson for Black Panther and Alexandre Desplat for The Shape Of Water, as well as songs from Judas & the Black Messiah, La La Land, A Star Is Born and more.

The awards will be presented Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. (PST).

For a list of nominees in all categories visit hmmawards.com.

Here are the nominations in the 12 film categories.

Song – feature film:
“Be Alive” from King Richard (Warner Bros.) – written by Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter; performed By Beyoncé
“Every Letter” from Cyrano (United Artists) – written by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger and Carin Besser; performed By Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett & Kelvin Harrison Jr.
“Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall (Netflix) – written by Jeymes Samuel, Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi), Shawn Carter (Jay-Z); performed by Kid Cudi and Jay-Z
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect (MGM) – written by Carole King, Jennifer Hudson & Jamie Hartman; performed By Jennifer Hudson
“Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up (Netflix) – written by Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi and Tara Stinson; performed by Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi
“My Father’s Daughter” from Flag Day (MGM) – written by Glen Hansard & Eddie Vedder; performed By Olivia Vedder
“No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (MGM) – written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell; performed by Billie Eilish

Song – animated film:
“Good Mood” from Paw Patrol (Paramount Pictures) – written by Karl Johan Schuster, Savan Kotecha, Oscar Gorres and Adam Levine; performed by Adam Levine
“Fearless (Valiente)” from Spirit Untamed (Universal Pictures) – written by Amie Doherty; performed by Isabela Merced & Eiza González
“Follow Me Home” from Arlo the Alligator Boy (Netflix) – written by Ryan Crego & Alex Geringas; performed By Mary Lambert & Michael J. Woodard
“On My Way” from The Mitchells Vs. the Machines (Iconic Events) – written by Alex Lahey, Sophie Payten and Gab Strum; produced by Gab Strum with Alex Lahey; performed by Alex Lahey.
“Together We Stand” from The Boss Baby: Family Business (Dreamworks) – written by Gary Barlow; performed by Ariana Greenblatt
“Your Song Saved My Life” from Sing 2 (Universal Pictures) – written by Bono; performed by U2

Song – documentary film:
“Breathe” from The First Wave (Neon) – written and performed by Jon Batiste
“Looking Up” from World Woman Hour (Internet) – written by Ryan Shore & Elizabeth Russo; performed by Angelica Hale
“(Never Gonna) Tame You” from The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses (Virgil Films) – written by Diane Warren; performed By Blanco Brown.
“Right Where I Belong” from Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Screen Media Films) – written by Brian Wilson & Jim James; performed by Brian Wilson
“Secret Sister” from Rebel Hearts (Discovery+) – written and performed by Rufus Wainwright
“The Other Side Of The Rainbow” from Cured (Singer & Deschamps Productions) – written by Ian Honeyman and Tucker Murray Caploe; performed by Tucker And Ian Honeyman

Song – independent film:
“After Our Dawn” from After We Fell (Vertical Entertainment) – written by George Kallis, Castille Landon, Nicolas Farmakalidis, Ryan Steffes, George Solonos, Taylor Conrod; performed By Taylor Conrod
“Because Love” from Love Is Love Is Love (Blue Fox Entertainment) – written by Rita Wilson and Laura Karpman; performed By Rita Wilson
“Beyond the Shore” from Coda (Apple TV+) – written by Nick Baxter, Siân Heder, Marius De Vries, Matt Dahan; performed By Emilia Jones
“Down to Joy” from Belfast (Focus Features) – written and performed by Van Morrison
“Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days (Vertical Entertainment) – written by Diane Warren; performed by Reba McEntire

Song – onscreen performance (award to on-screen performer):
Amandla Stenberg – “The Anonymous Ones” from Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Pictures) written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Amandla Stenberg
Anthony Ramos and Leslie Grace featuring Marc Anthony – “Home All Summer” from In The Heights (Warner Bros.) written by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Anya Taylor-Joy – “Downtown” from Last Night in Soho (Focus Features) written by Tony Hatch
Ariana Grande – “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up (Netflix) written by Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi and Tara Stinson
Emilia Jones – “Both Sides Now” from Coda (Apple TV+) written by Joni Mitchell.
Glen Hansard, Sam Amidon, Scott Folan & Chorus – “Whenever I Fall” from Cyrano (United Artists) written by Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Matt Berninger and Carin Besser
Jennifer Hudson, Hailey Kilgore & Saycon Sengbloh – “Respect” from Respect (MGM) written by Otis Redding

Score – feature film:
Don’t Look Up (Netflix) – Nicholas Britell
King Richard (Warner Bros.) – Kris Bowers
Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures) – Nathan Johnson
No Time to Die (MGM) – Hans Zimmer
Stillwater (Focus Features) – Mychael Danna
The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures) – Alexandre Desplat
The Last Duel (Walt Disney Studios) – Harry Gregson-Williams
The Power of the Dog (Netflix) – Jonny Greenwood

Score – animated film:
Spirit Untamed (Universal) – Amie Doherty
The Addams Family 2 (MGM) – Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna
The Loud House Movie (Netflix) – Philip White
Vivo (Sony Pictures) – Alex Lacamoire
Luca (Walt Disney Studios) – Dan Romer
The Mitchells Vs. the Machines (Iconic Events) – Mark Mothersbaugh

Score – sci-fi/fantasy:
Black Widow (Walt Disney Studios) – Lorne Balfe
Dune (Warner Bros.) – Hans Zimmer
Cinderella (Amazon) – Mychael Danna & Jessica Rose Weiss
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Walt Disney Studios) – Joel P West
The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) – John Murphy

Score – horror film:
A Quiet Place II (Paramount Pictures) – Marco Beltrami
Army of the Dead (Netflix) – Tom Holkenborg
In the Earth (Neon) – Clint Mansell
Last Night in Soho (Focus Features) – Steven Price
Old (Universal Pictures) – Trevor Gureckis

Score – documentary film:
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (Netflix) – Nainita Desai
Becoming Cousteau (Picturehouse) – Daniel Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
Julia (CNN Films) – Rachel Portman
Operation Varsity Blues (Netflix) – Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross
Oslo (HBO) – Jeff Russo and Zoë Keating
Strip Down, Rise Up (Netflix) – Lili Haydn
The Rescue (Natgeo) – Daniel Pemberton

Score – independent film:
C’mon C’mon (The Searchers) – Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner
Coda (Apple Tv+) – Marius De Vries
Nine Days (Spe) – Antonio Pinto
The Card Counter (Focus Features) – Robert Levon Been & Giancarlo Vulcano
The Green Knight (A24) – Daniel Hart
The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24) – Carter Burwell

Score – independent film (foreign language):
A Cross in the Desert (Aleksandrija Film) – Ana Krstajic
Beneath the Banyan Tree (Lerfilm) – Wei-San Hsu
Blast Beat (Vertical Entertainment) – David Murillo R.
El Hoyo en la Cerca (Cine Canibal) – Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures Classics) – Alberto Iglesias

Billie Eilish is set to visit Sesame Street, with the singer appearing as part of the long-running children’s show’s upcoming 52nd season, which premieres on November 11.

READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ review – an artist secures her status as a generational great

Eilish is one of many celebrity guests who’ll appear on the series’ upcoming iteration, which will also feature fellow musicians Anderson .Paak, Kacey Musgraves and Jon Batiste, actress Keke Palmer, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis player Naomi Osaka.

According to USA Today, Eilish’s appearance on the show will feature the pop star share a scene with Sesame Street‘s number-loving vampire, The Count. Anderson .Paak, meanwhile, will perform a song written for the show’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day episode.

Sesame Street has welcomed many other artists to its neighbourhood in recent years. Last November, Maggie Rogers got its residents ready for bed with a song titled ‘It’s Nighttime’. Other musical guests have included Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Chance the Rapper.

Last weekend, Eilish played the role of Sally in a Nightmare Before Christmas live-to-film concert that took place at Los Angeles’ Banc of California Stadium. Eilish performed ‘Sally’s Song’ and a duet with Danny Elfman’s character Jack Skellington, ‘Simply Meant To Be’.

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CLC‘s Sorn and f(x)‘s Amber are set to team up with influencer Emily Mei on her upcoming debut single ‘My Domain’.

READ MORE: f(x)’s Luna’s lofty ‘Madonna’ ambitions falls short in comeback digital single

On November 3, Mei took to social media to announce her first-ever single titled ‘My Domain’, which she dubbed “episode 1” of an as-yet-undisclosed “music project”. The single will feature CLC member Sorn, as well as f(x)’s singer-rapper Amber.

Alongside the announcement, Mei also released teaser images for the forthcoming song, with both Emily Mei and Sorn posing in sleek black outfits. Mei noted in her Instagram post that separate teasers with Amber are set to be released “soon”.

“This idea has been in my head for over 2 years and [it’s] finally coming to life,” the Los Angeles-based singer wrote in the caption of her announcement posts. ‘My Domain’ is set to arrive on November 9 at 7am PT.

Finally announcing my music project episode 1 featuring my friends @sssorn_clc and @ajol_llama This idea has been in my head for over 2 years and finally coming to life. Welcome to #MyDomain 11.09.21 pic.twitter.com/P2hHWqpA3Y

— Emily Ghoul (Emily Mei) (@emilyghoul1) November 3, 2021

The forthcoming arrival of ‘My Domain’ will mark Mei’s first official music release. Prior to her debut in music, Mei had dabbled in acting and modelling. She also founded the jewelry company Kapsul, which was launched in collaboration with 2PM’s Nickhun.

Meanwhile, Sorn had previously teased in August that she had new solo material arriving “really soon” alongside the re-launch of her YouTube channel Produsorn, however, there have been no updated on her upcoming projects since.

After departing from longtime agency SM Entertainment in 2019, Amber went on release her second mini-album ‘X’ in full the following year, which consisted of a total of six tracks.

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NCT 127 have opened up about the eclectic and sometimes polarising style of their music releases.

READ MORE: NCT 127 – ‘Favorite’ review: a sweet spot amidst controlled chaos

The nine-member NCT sub-unit recently spoke to Hypebae about the strengths of NCT 127 as a music act and the innovation they bring to the table in the K-pop industry.

“I think our team’s strength is that we’re always taking on new challenges,” said Doyoung. “The fact that we constantly try out new genres is a challenge in itself, and something I feel our fans love about us.”

Jaehyun later doubled down on Doyoung’s sentiment, explaining that one thing that sets the boyband apart from the rest is that “we’re always trying out new concepts and songs, rather than going with something a bit more obvious or familiar.”

This is most evident in the group’s most recent release, ‘Favorite’, which is a repackaged version of their third studio album ‘Sticker’. On the title track of their re-release, Jaehyun also noted that ‘Favorite (Vampire)’ was their first time trying a love song with a tragic bend. “We tried to express this dramatic love in NCT 127’s own way,” the singer said.

Mark added that he was “more excited for the opportunity to show a new side of NCT 127 through this track. It’s a fatal love song we haven’t tried before, and I’m very curious to see what our fans will think.”

During a previous interview with Clash, the K-pop group admitted they “haven’t been able to fully celebrate” the release of ‘Favorite’. “But just from being able to see how far we’ve come is enough to make us happy”.

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South Korean entertainment agency HYBE, home to K-pop juggernauts BTS, has unveiled plans to debut new groups in the United States and Japan.

READ MORE: BTS live in Seoul: a dynamic dance through poignancy and party-starting power

On November 4, HYBE held an event dubbed the “2021 HYBE Corporate Briefing with the Community”, which was live-streamed on YouTube, where it shared future plans and goals for the company, as well as its trajectory based on its current business model.

During the event, HYBE America revealed that it is set to launch of a new girl group in collaboration with Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records. Through the implementation of a “US local training system”, HYBE America says it will will reach heights that “transcend national, cultural, and artistic boundaries”. Both labels will be accepting audition applications here until November 28.

Meanwhile, HYBE Japan also shared similar plans, revealing that a boyband consisting of some former contestants from 2020 survival reality series I-LAND – namely K, Nicholas, EJ and Taki – is also in the works. There will be an additional selection of members through an audition programme titled &Audition, to be broadcasted via YouTube in 2022.

As the first phase of the HYBE LABELS JAPAN Global Debut Project, the audition program “&AUDITION” will be broadcast in Japan and streamed worldwide on YouTube in 2022.
For more details → https://t.co/pOV4129fRE#andAUDITIONboys #K #Nicholas #EJ #Taki#andAUDITION pic.twitter.com/NhpMRtC2V7

— HYBE LABELS JAPAN (@HYBE_LABELS_JP) November 4, 2021

In addition, HYBE has also announced a brand-new partnership with financial-technology company Dunamu for a new business model involving the combination of intellectual property and NFTs.

An NFT-related venture is expected to arise from the partnership, which will allow content and products based on artist-related IP that will be able to be digitally-owned by fans and consumers.

The multi-national corporation also shared plans for their existing roster of acts moving forward. TXT and ENHYPEN are to receive their own series of webtoons, short films and animations as an expansion of their respective concepts, as well as a new BTS video game set to be released in early 2022.

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The nominations for the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) have been revealed, with BTS and IU leading the way.

READ MORE: Eight K-pop songs from October 2021 you need to hear, from IU to SEVENTEEN

Mnet had hosted a global YouTube livestream on November 3 to announce its list of nominees across 15 categories. The ceremony is set to take place on December 11 in Paju City, South Korea and will be hosted by veteran musician Lee Hyori.

During the livestream, Mnet announced changes to its voting system for the awards this year. Unlike previous years, fan votes will not be counted for the categories of Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year awards.

Instead, the winners for these categories will be determined by judges’ evaluations, digital performance, physical sales, music video reception and global music platform streams. On the other hand, the winners for the Worldwide Icon of the Year and Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 categories will be determined solely through fan votes.

BTS have bagged the most number of nominations, with a total of four. Among them are Best Male Group, ‘Butter’ for Best Dance Performance Male Group and ‘My Universe’ alongside Coldplay for Best Collaboration, also making it the British band’s first ever nomination for MAMA.

IU has also made her mark on this year’s MAMA, having been nominated under three different categories: Best Female Artist, alongside two entries in the Best Vocal Performance category for ‘Celebrity’ and AKMU’s ‘NAKKA’, the latter of which is also up for Best Collaboration.

Meanwhile, EXO members Baekhyun, Kai and D.O are among the five nominees for Best Male Artist this year, following their respective solo projects in January and March 2021, November last year and July this year, respectively.

Two BLACKPINK members who made their solo debuts this year, Lisa and Rosé, both bagged two nominations each in the categories for Best Female Artist and Best Dance Performance Solo.

Fans can begin voting online from November 4 at 6pm KST onwards here. The voting period will end on November 22 at 4:59pm KST.

See the complete list of nominations below:

Best New Male Artist

DRIPPIN
ENHYPEN
EPEX
MIRAE
P1Harmony

Best New Female Artist

aespa
Jo Yu-ri
Kwon Eun-bi
LIGHTSUM
STAYC

Best Male Artist

EXO’s Baekhyun
EXO’s D.O
EXO’s Kai
Kang Daniel
Lee Mu-jin

Best Female Artist

Heize
IU
BLACKPINK’s Lisa
BLACKPINK’s Rosé
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Best Male Group

BTS
NCT 127
NCT DREAM
SEVENTEEN
Stray Kids
TXT

Best Female Group

(G)I-DLE
Brave Girls
ITZY
OH MY GIRL
Red Velvet
TWICE

Best Dance Performance (Male Group)

‘Butter’ – BTS
‘Sticker’ – NCT 127
‘Hot Sauce’ – NCT Dream
‘Ready To Love’ – SEVENTEEN
‘Don’t Call Me’ – SHINee
‘Thunderous’ – Stray Kids

Best Dance Performance (Female Group)

‘Next Level’ – aespa
‘In the morning’ – ITZY
‘Dun Dun Dance’ – OH MY GIRL
‘Queendom’ – Red Velvet
‘ASAP’ – STAYC
‘Alcohol-Free’ – TWICE

Best Dance Performance (Solo)

‘Bambi’ – EXO’s Baekhyun
‘I’m Not Cool’ – HyunA
‘Lalisa’ – BLACKPINK’s Lisa
‘On The Ground’ – BLACKPINK’s Rosé
‘Weekend’ – Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

Best Vocal Performance

‘NAKKA’ – AKMU feat. IU
‘Just Hug Me’ – Davichi
‘Happen’ – Heize
‘Celebrity’ – IU
‘Traffic Light’ – Lee Mu-jin

Best Band Performance

‘Sleepless in Seoul’ – 10cm feat. AKMU’s Lee Su-hyun
‘Then, Now and Forever’ – CNBLUE
‘You Make Me’ – DAY6
‘A thought on an autumn night’ – Jannabi
‘Moonshot’ – N.Flying

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

‘Melody’ – ASH ISLAND
‘GJD’ – Changmo
‘What Type of X’ – Jessi
‘Run Away’ – WINNER’s Song Mino
‘9ucci’ – YUMDDA feat. DOGE

Best Original Soundtrack

‘Borrow Your Night’ – 10cm (Romance 101)
‘I Like You’ – Jo Jung-suk (Hospital Playlist 2)
‘Wish’ – Choi Yu-ree (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha)
‘Rain And You’ – Lee Mu-jin (Hospital Playlist 2)
‘Love Day’ – HIGHLIGHT’s Yoseob and Apink’s Eunji (Romance 101)

Best Collaboration

‘NAKKA’ – AKMU feat. IU
‘My Universe’ – Coldplay and BTS
‘I Feel Like’ – Gaeko and Kwon Jin-ah
‘Summer or Summer’ – Hyolyn and Dasom
‘Switch To Me’ – Rain feat. Park Jin-young

This is a developing story – check back for further updates

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Beach Ball felt flat during Wednesday night’s (Nov. 3) episode of The Masked Singer, when not one but two guests were revealed to hiding behind that massive orb.

Tonight, for it was the “Giving Thanks” episode, it was the turn of Group B’s Mallard, Queen of Hearts, Caterpillar, and Banana Split and a Wildcard entry, Beach Ball.

After rolling in and performing Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA,” Beach Ball was quickly bounced out of the party.

Inside the bubble was a mother-and-daughter duo of reality TV star Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson and her mom, June “Mama June” Shannon.

It was surely a deflating end for the pair.

They join Rob Schneider (Hamster), Ruth Pointer (Cupcake), Larry the Cable Guy (Baby), Tyga (Dalmatian), Toni Braxton (Pufferfish), Vivica A. Fox (Mother Nature) and Dwight Howard (Octopus) as unmasked celebrities in this 6th season of Fox’s surprise hit.

Massachusetts hardcore outfit Converge have shared a new song titled ‘Coil’, an eruptive new preview from their forthcoming collaborative album ‘Bloodmoon: I’.

‘Coil’ begins with a sparse, hauntingly beautiful melody, upheld by a pulsating bass line, that paves the way for a cataclysmic peak.

Listen to the rollicking track below:

The single arrives a little over a month after Converge announced ‘Bloodmoon: I’, set for release on November 19 via Epitaph (with a vinyl pressing set to arrive on June 24, 2022 via Deathwish). The band’s 10th full-length effort, ‘Bloodmoon: I’ sports input from goth-rocker Chelsea Wolfe, multi-instrumentalist Ben Chisholm and Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky.

Upon the album’s announcement, Converge shared lead single ‘Blood Moon’. Explaining that song (and the collaborative project at large), frontman Jacob Bannon said: “We wanted to do something grander than the typical four-piece Converge music. Our dynamics are pushing and pulling in all different directions on this record, and I find that to be creatively rewarding.”

The band began working on ‘Bloodmoon: I’ in late 2019. Early demos were spearheaded by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, producing the sessions from his own studio, God City, in the band’s batting grounds of Salem. As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, however, the album was finished remotely.

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Promotion executive John Fagot died Tuesday at the age of 78 following complications from a stroke. Fagot was a beloved executive who worked for Columbia, Capitol and Hollywood Records over the course of his more than 40 years in the industry.  

“John was the consummate record man, beloved by everyone in the industry. But he was so much more than that; he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend to so many,” Capital Records said in a statement provided to Billboard. “He played an important role in establishing the legacy of Capitol Records and his contributions will endure. As sad as we are today, thinking of John can’t help but make us smile. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. John will be missed.” 

Fagot got his start in the industry in the 1970s working in the mailroom for CBS Records in Atlanta. His career then took him to the role of promotion manager for Columbia Records, serving Atlanta, Dallas and the Carolinas. By 1984, Fagot became Columbia’s national director of singles promotion before being promoted to vp promotion two years later. Capitol hired Fagot in 1987 to take on a similar role at the label. In 1995, Fagot moved from senior vp promotion at Capitol to the same role at Hollywood Records.  

In a 1990 interview with music and radio trade publication The Network 40, when asked what makes a great promotion person, Fagot said, “You have to love music, and you have to love the music you’re working. But the most important thing is the willingness to work. You have to be very dedicated and willing to put in a lot of time and effort.” 

In the 2000s, Fagot began working for trade publication Radio & Records as senior director of digital initiatives. He also served as a consultant for peer-to-peer monitoring service Webspins.  

Survivors include his wife Lucy, children Mary and Chris and two grandchildren.

More names have been confirmed for Snowbombing 2022, including headliner Fatboy Slim, Honey Dijon, Maribou State and more.

The Austrian festival will return to the slopes of Mayrhofen in April after a two-year enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Snowbombing organisers had already confirmed the likes of Bicep, Camelphat, Andy C, Rudimental, Gorgon City, Eats Everything and more for the bill. Now, a host of other electronic music titans have joined the line-up.

As well as Fatboy Slim headlining the festival, Honey Dijon, Folamour and Melvo Baptiste will perform on the Glitterbox Street Party stage. Elsewhere, sets from Maribou State, TSHA, Sherelle, Kettama, Logic1000, Dombresky and more will also take place.

More artists announced for SB22! We asked you to get involved and send us videos of your squad dancing at Snowbombing, because we’ll always have this dance! Can you spot yourself?

Head over to FB or IG to win a huge VIP upgrade for 2! pic.twitter.com/tDszsDtGc6

— Snowbombing (@Snowbombing) November 3, 2021

The full list of new additions is as follows:

Fatboy Slim
Honey Dijon
Folamour
Melvo Baptiste
Maribou State
TSHA
Sherelle
Kettama
Logic1000
Dombresky
Absolute.
Big Miz
Catz ’N Dogz
Fabio & Grooverider
Joy Anonymous
Waze
Metrik
Grafix
Degs
Lens
Dynamite MC
Apexape
Daddy Nature
Jay Carder

Snowbombing 2022 will take place in Mayrhofen ski resort, Austria between April 4-9, 2022. Ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased here. All tickets can be split into monthly plans, to be paid off before April 2022.

Stage takeovers at the festival will come from the likes of Glitterbox, Defected Records, Sink The Pink, He.She.They and Bez’s Acid House. Festival-goers will also be able to take part in skiing, snowboarding, alpine yoga, paragliding, chairlift speed-dating and cable car raves, while comedy, talks and spas and saunas will also be a part of the event.

Had the 2020 edition of the festival gone ahead, it would have seen the likes of Liam Gallagher, Chase & Status, Foals, The Streets, Loyle Carner and more feature on the bill.

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U2 are back. The Irish rockers are lending their talents to the animated sequel Sing 2, with the release of their new track “Your Song Saved My Life” on Wednesday (Nov. 3).

The piano-and-strings-driven pop track sees frontman Bono singing about the transformative nature that music holds and pushing through life even in difficult times. “You know your song saved my life/ I don’t sing it just so I can get by/ Won’t you hear me when I tell you, darlin’/ I sing it to survive,” he sings on the chorus.

U2 first teased the song after joining TikTok on Monday, posting an official lyric video snippet of the track and alerting viewers that Sing 2 — in which Bono stars as the reclusive rock star lion Clay Calloway — will be in theaters Dec. 22. “Your Song Saved My Life” will appear in the closing credits of the movie.

Garth Jennings, director of Sing 2, told Entertainment Weekly that Bono was eager to sing on the movie’s soundtrack and didn’t need much convincing. After telling the celebrated rock icon that “some people sing for a living and some people sing to survive,” Bono was game to do a song for the soundtrack. Jennings said he “couldn’t believe [Bono’s] enthusiasm for it,” and added, “The band recorded this amazing U2 song. It’s just full of so much emotion and heart and literally did exactly what he said in that first phone call. It just says, ‘OK, here’s how we want your audience to feel as they leave the cinema.’”

U2 has received two Oscar nods for best original song, for “The Hands That Built America” from Gangs of New York (2002) and “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). Will “Your Song Saved My Life” become their third Oscar contender? We’ll find out when the 94th annual Academy Award nominations are announced on Feb. 8, 2022.

“Your Song Saved My Life” is U2’s newest offering since April’s The Virtual Road: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE (Live In Paris) EP. Listen to the track in full below.