Day in Rock Report for 11/11/2021

Korn have released a music video for their brand new single "Start The Healing" to celebrate the announcement that they will be releasing their new album, "Requiem", on February 4, 2022.

The video's director Saccenti had this to say about the video, which mixes animation and live action, "Our idea for this video was to mutate that aspect of the DNA of Korn, of what makes them so inspiring, their mix of raw power and transportive aesthetics and human emotion. (read more)

(hennemusic) Aerosmith's 1975 classic album, "Toys In The Attic", leads a new series of US sales milestones for the Boston band. The Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) has certified the group's third studio record as 9x platinum for sales of 9 million copies in the region.

Digital versions of two of the album's legendary singles were also recognized in the music industry association's latest update, with "Sweet Emotion" reaching 3x Platinum for sales of 3 million copies, and "Walk This Way" for 2x Platinum after reaching the 2 million sales mark. (read more)

(hennemusic) Led Zeppelin revisit the events leading up the 1971 release of their album classic, "Led Zeppelin IV", on the latest episode of the band's ongoing 50th anniversary video series.

After completing recording sessions for the project, the band played a brief series of European concert dates in early summer, including a festival in Milan, Italy in July that ended early, according to reports, after police fired tear gas into the crowd when the audience rose to their feet to clap along with the group's performance. (read more)

We are pleased to premiere Pink Fairies' brand new single "Bugman". The song comes from their forthcoming compilation, "Duo," which is set to be released on November 19th by Cherry Red.

"Duo: collects together songs from the recently re-released "Pleasure Island" and "No Picture" and also features two newly completed exclusive tracks, "Bugman" and "Do You Remember?", along with newly written liner notes on this two-man chapter of the band's history. (read more)

We Came As Romans have released a music video for their latest single "Daggers," featuring Zero 9:36. The band plans to release more music and hit the road next year.

They had this to say about the track, "'Daggers' was the song on the record that was written, and rewritten, over and over again. It was a wild ride of us just trying to create a song that sounded unlike something we've done before - a new journey for the listener that they weren't used to hearing from us. We couldn't think of a better way to do that than to introduce an entire verse of Zero, and try to make a genre-connecting bridge. (read more)

(hennemusic) Mastodon have scored a US Top 20 debut with their latest album, "Hushed And Grim." The band enter the Billboard 200 at No. 20 with their eighth studio set, which was recorded with producer David Bottrill in their hometown of Atlanta, GA.

Introduced with the lead track, "Pushing The Tides", the album was created during a period following the passing of longtime manager, Nick John, while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2018; as a result, an atmosphere of very real loss, loneliness, and longing permeates through the album as the group musically say goodbye to their old friend and confidant. (read more)

The Allman Betts Band have announced that they will be continueing on the road next spring for a U.S. trek that they will be calling the 'Trippin' into Spring 2022' Tour.

The tour is set to kicking off on March 1st at the Turner Hall Ballroom at the Milwaukee, WI and will wrap up on April 2nd at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului, HI. (read more)

Band of Horses have released a music video for their new single "Crutch". The song comes from their forthcoming album, "Things Are Great", which will hit stores on January 21, 2022.

The video was shot at Cat Therapy in Santa Barbara, a cat cafe who fosters, socializes and rehome rescued cats, and saw the band once again team up with director Ben Fee, who directed their 2016 video for "Casual Party". (read more)

Australian rockers Northlane have premiered a music video for their brand new single "Echo Chamber." The track comes from their forthcoming album, "Obsidian", which will arrive on April 1, 2022.

Frontman Marcus Bridge had this to say about the new song, "It's hard to be on the internet without seeing people get continuously angry about something. (read more)

Earthless have shared a 3-minute preview for their epic new 20-minute long track "Death To The Red Sun". It comes from their forthcoming album, "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons", which will be released on January 28th.

The record will feature two tracks, the afore mentioned "Death To The Red Sun", and the even more epic 41-minute long title track. Nuclear Blast sent over the following background details about the new effort: (read more)

Italian alt-rockers A Crime Called have released a music video for their brand new single "On These Days". The new track follows the group's late 2020 EP "A New Path".

Andrea Verdi had this to say, "Progress and technology have put us in a strange physical and mental condition, making life a sort of paradox; we can have it all and have nothing at the same time, feel alone despite all of the social activities. (read more)

Acclaimed Philadelphia songwriter Avi Wisnia just released his first new album in over a decade, "Catching Leaves", and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the song "Come Home To". Here is the story:

Over the past few years, I have been able to witness a lot of my childhood friends grow up to become parents for the first time. I get to see them transition into this totally new phase of life. I remember when the very first friend in our group had a kid, I went to visit him to meet his new baby boy. As his son was sleeping, we took a walk outside discussing what fatherhood had changed for him and how his priorities had changed since his son was born. A few years earlier, he had finally gotten his dream job, a job that fulfilled him, a job he loved. And then, once his child arrived, he found himself regretting leaving home every day. The career he had devoted himself to was now taking him away from his son, but that career was also making it possible to provide for him. It made me reflect on this time in our lives, when our priorities were shifting. How do you make time in your life for the things you love, for the people you love? What happens when things change? (continue)