10 Great Things In Metal This Week (8th Jan)
New year; new me(tal).
Coming back off of its Christmas break, WhatCulture's weekly "(At Least) 10 Great Things in Metal" feature is back and better than ever!
And we may only be eight days into 2017, but this year is already off to a fantastic start. First and foremost, there's been an absolute ton of album-related gossip.
In fact, a "ton" may be an understatement, considering that at least three heavy-hitting rock bands have confirmed that their next record is either totally finished and recorded, or scheduled to be very, very soon. They must be cashing in a couple new year's resolutions early.
There's also some endlessly exciting festival news for folks on the east side of the Atlantic, new music videos to jam into your luscious eyeballs and an intriguing new supergroup banding together. There's also one entry that is guaranteed to make you ask "WTAF am I listening to?", so look out for that one.
All this metallic brilliance and more awaits as you as you follow WhatCulture's dangerous head-first dive into the metal realm of 2017.
10. Five Finger Death Punch Confirms It Has Finished Recording Its Seventh Album
First of all, on Monday, American hard rock/groove metal stars Five Finger Death Punch confirmed that they have completely finished recording what is set to be their seventh studio album, which is set for release later this year.
Love them or hate them, the five-piece are undeniably one of metal's most popular acts, and this news is set to have a fair few elite fans worked into a frenzy. But the reason this announcement isn't higher on this list is that there's a catch.
And it's a pretty big catch: the band's current label, Prospect Records, is suing them, claiming the band tried to "cash in" on them "before the anticipated downfall of their addicted bandmate" Ivan moody, whom has had many private and personal issues made public last year, leading to him even having to be replaced on-tour by Phil Labonte.
Five Finger Death Punch fans can only hope the band-label issues are resolved as soon as possible so that new music can finally escape into the masses.