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Faith No More ‘We Care A Lot’ (Deluxe Band Edition) Review: FNM’s long out-of-print début gets the reissue it deserves. [rating=4.5] Out of print for 20 years, Faith No More’s début release We Care A Lot is getting a long overdue reissue. Released on Bassist Billy Gould’s Koolarrow Records (due out August 19th),We Care A […]
Concert Review: Faith No More at Austin Music Hall. Alt-metal pioneers deliver a transcendent, soaring set to a rapt Austin, TX crowd. [rating=5] Faith No More bassist Billy Gould joked to the packed house at Austin Music Hall, that “it’s been like 30, or 25, or 35 years since we’ve been here! How have you […]
Faith No More’s long-awaited comeback album Sol Invictus has reached wide critical acclaim (including this site) and it’s clear their fan base has been receptive. The band’s first release since 1998 landed at #6 on the American Billboard charts (and $14 on their top 100, #1 on Billboard’s Hard Music and Independent Album charts and #2 on […]
Faith No More ‘Sol Invictus’ Review: Alternative rock iconoclasts return proudly unbowed. [rating=4] To say Faith No More’s comeback album Sol Invictus is highly anticipated is an understatement. It’s their first album in nearly two decades. To put that into perspective, their previous release (1997’s Album of the Year) came out when people still used beepers, […]
Faith No More Extend North American Summer Tour Dates: Swedish hardcore legends Refused to open for band at NYC Madison Square Garden concert. Faith No More just announced additional tour dates for their 2015 North American tour which will support their upcoming album Sol Invictus. The added July and August dates will take the band from […]
Faith No More are set to release their new single Superhero this month on vinyl and digital. And the band just debuted the track via YouTube. Check it out below: Bassist Billy Gould discussed the new track’s meaning on Marvel Comics official website: “Superhero” actually just started from the sound of the song, where it has […]
Faith No More début new track ‘Cone Of Shame’ at Tokyo gig. Faith No More debuted a new song at concert this week in Tokyo. The track, entitled Cone of Shame is dark and simmering, with a mix of bluesy shuffle and angular guitar figures. Mike Patton alternates between creepy omniscient whispers, soulful bellows, anarchic shrieks, […]
New Faith No More Album title and release date officially announced. Faith No More have announced the official name and release date of their first new album in 18 years. Entitled Sol Invictus, the 10 track album is due for release on May 19th, on the band’s own Reclamation Records. Frontman Mike Patton’s Ipecac label […]
Faith No More have just given fans a very happy hump day: the band have just released Mother****er, the first single from their upcoming 2015 album (on singer Mike Patton’s Ipecac Recordings, and the band’s recent imprint Reclamation Records)which was first available to stream via Rolling Stone. But now you can also listen to it below: A […]
New Faith No More Album Set For 2015 Release: Band plot first new release since 1997’s ‘Album of The Year’ and a full U.S. tour for 2015. Faith No More recently posted a subtle hint on their Twitter page that “in 2015 things are going to change.” And today they made it official; the band will […]
