April 01st is once again upon us and with it comes the expected posts from bands and such looking to pull a fast one. Below you can check out a collection of some of today’s antics:
311 and convenience store chain 7-Eleven swapped their social media accounts:
All mixed up, you don't know what to do. Next thing you turn around and find you’re being followed by something blue… pic.twitter.com/3WzDVu4FCp
— 3-ELEVEn (@7eleven) April 1, 2021
Melvins announced an all-bass album:
“30 albums deep into a career of bottom-heavy surrealistic sludge, the Melvins are leaning into their lower frequency proclivities with the announcement of their new album “THUD!,” set to drop this weekend as an ultra-limited vinyl edition on Amphetamine Reptile Records with artwork by HAZE XXL.
The full length release bears the first fruit of a newly-minted all-bassist lineup, something that Buzz Osborne says was inevitable: “Over the years Dale and I have played so many ear-splitting live shows, it’s sheared the higher frequencies out of our hearing range. I’ve been writing songs for 5 years now that I can’t even hear. It’s mostly just by feeling the vibrations these days. Writing exclusively for basses gives us a chance to actually listen to what we’ve done”
Dale Crover says that he wanted to retain his percussive identity for the record, and studied slap-bass techniques for weeks on end: “Thank Christ for Flea.”
In addition to the core lineup, the record features recent bass-mongers Steven McDonald, Trevor Dunn and Jeff Pinkus, with a special noise bass solo emailed in from former bassist Kevin Rutmanis.
Osborne says that the biggest challenge was writing songs where listeners could differentiate the parts from each other: “By the time we were ready for Toshi to hit the record button, my strings were so loose that they were literally falling off of my bass if I strummed too hard. This is the most brown-note-laden album ever recorded.””
Trivium once again kicked out their drummer Alex Bent:
It is with a heavy heart that Trivium must once again announce, Alex Bent is no longer the drummer of Trivium. Live Press Conference Now. https://t.co/Zhb3WxIMhv
— Matthew kiichichaos Heafy (@matthewkheafy) April 1, 2021
Converge guitarist/noted producer Kurt Ballou found the ‘original versions’ of Cave In‘s “Jupiter“, featuring no clean singing:
“@stephenbrodsky stopped by today to transfer the tapes with the original versions of @cave_in_boston Jupiter featuring #nocleansinging. I’m honored to help unearth this insane version from before they went soft. Recorded and mixed by @saladdaysstudio back in 2000.”
Eagles Of Death Metal began selling individual strands of their frontman Jesse Hughes‘ moustache:
Cattle Decapitation launched a new music video to outdo their infamously NSFW one for “Forced Gender Reassignment“:
For an honorable mention, Metal Archives replaced the majority of their band promo shots with pictures of cats.
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