Jesse Leach reveals his favorite Nü-Metal bands, Sergio Vega discusses his departure from Deftones, Danzig’s next tour may be his last and Archspire lands a major reward this week in Midnight Metal News!

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• Jesse Leach of KSE Reveals His Favorite Nü-Metal Band

  During a conversation with Metal Hammer, Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage gave his opinions on the Nü-Metal genre saying, “I can take or leave some of it, but I really love Deftones.”

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• Bassist Sergio Vega Talks About His Departure from Deftones

  Former Deftones bassist Sergio Vega sat down with Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta for his latest podcast episode, where Vega revealed just how things broke down with the band.

  “At the beginning, I was up for anything. I was just, like, ‘my friends are in trouble, and I just wanna help,’ but I got a call that was, like, ‘we’re hemorrhaging a lot of money on storage space and you,’ and I was, like, ‘that’s my problem. I’m compared to a storage space. I’m a line item.’” Vega said he has no ill will towards the Deftones but had to do what he felt was right.

   

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• Danzig’s Next Tour May be His Last

  Glenn Danzig just wrapped up a tour last week and, while speaking to Revolver magazine, said he doesn’t see the need to do another. “I don’t think I’m going to tour anymore. I’m just going to fly out to a show here or there. I’ll maybe be down to do some one-offs. But I just don’t see myself getting on a tour bus anymore.” Danzig also said he’s not interested in doing much writing either these days other than soundtracks for his movies. “I’ve got to be excited about working in order to go do it. And right now I’m not that excited.”

   

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• Archspire Wins a Major Award

  Archspire won this year’s JUNO award for Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year last week. They were up against Spiritbox, Brand of Sacrifice and Danko Jones, but their album ‘Bleed the Future’ took home the award, which they found out about as they were wrapping up their latest tour with a sold out show in Vancouver.

   

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• Midnight Metal News as Heard on This Week’s Episode

  Here’s Midnight Metal News, as heard on this week’s show!

   

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