Formed: 1996
From:
Peoria,
IL,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Heavy metal quartet Mudvayne formed in Peoria, IL, in 1996, its members adopting the unusual pseudonyms Kud (C. Gray) (vocals), Gurrg (G. Tribbett) (guitar), and sPaG (M. McDonough) (drums). The group's original bassist was replaced after two years by Ryknow (Ryan Martinie). Always concerned with the visual aspect of their performances, the band developed bizarre stage identities, while their sound (dubbed "math metal" in an attempt to explain its intricacies) had little in common with most of their peers. Characterised by challenging arrangements and with influences ranging from new wave, electro to metal, the result was a compelling mix of staccato riffing, raging vocals, and electronica with jazzy flourishes.
Despite great reviews in the press, Mudvayne has seemed to take the roll of Slipknot follower. Both wearing make-up and use many pseudonyms. But considering the circumstances, Mudvayne has been a major draw at metal festivals and tours.
Mudvayne reached fame through the release of their sophomore album, LD. 50. (L.D. 50 referrs to the pharmacological count for lethal dosages) Through good reviews and worthwhile record sales, the band has created a following of their own.
Latest Mudvayne News
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Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Vended Premiere New Live Music Video
More live footage from alternative metal band Vended has surfaced, taken from their October 25th, 2025 performance at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, MA. The show found the group opening for Mudvayne and Static-X, with the newly uploaded clip showcasing their live rendition of “Am I The Only One.”
Mudvayne Premiere New Single & Music Video
Mudvayne’s second comeback single, Sticks And Stones, just premiered online, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. The track follows last month’s Hurt People Hurt People, which marked the progressive nü-metal outfit’s first new music in 16 years. A lyric video for the new song has been released, while a 7'' vinyl featuring both tracks is available now via mudvayne.lnk.to/SticksnStones, with shipping expected in January 2026.
Frontman Chad Gray shared the following statement: More...
Mudvayne Premiere First New Single In 16 Years
Gold-certified progressive nü-metal outfit Mudvayne have returned with their first new single in 16 years, “Hurt People Hurt People.” The track features production from Nick Raskulinecz (Deftones, Foo Fighters) and mixing by Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Korn), and marks the band’s debut release under Alchemy Records, the new label co-founded by festival promoter Danny Wimmer.
Hints from past comments by frontman Chad Gray’s wife suggest that additional songs may already be in the pipeline. Addressing this long-awaited single, Gray shared: More...
DED Premiere New Single & Visualizer "Eraser"
Nü-metal outfit DED have locked in a September 19th release date via UNFD for their upcoming album, “RESENT.” Accompanying the announcement is a visualizer for the album’s latest single, “Eraser,” streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
“RESENT” will feature several notable guest appearances, including Chad Gray (Mudvayne/HELLYEAH) on “You Want Honest?”, Danny Leal (Upon A Burning Body) on “Rise Above It All”, and Chris Motionless (Motionless In White) on the previously released “Until I Die.”
Speaking on the new single, DED frontman Joe Cotela offered: More...
Louder Than Life 2025 Announces Full Lineup
Louder Than Life 2025 promises one of the biggest and loudest festivals in North America this year. Over 160 bands will perform on 6 stages September 18, 19, 20, and 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY for the 11th edition of Louder Than Life. Louder Than Life 2025 also marks the largest lineup in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents.
In addition to the return of metal legends Slayer, the four-day destination event will also feature Rob Zombie in a global exclusive performance of Astro-Creep: 2000 in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary, plus Marilyn Manson on Thursday; Avenged Sevenfold, Sleep Token and Breaking Benjamin on Friday; Deftones, Bad Omens and A Perfect Circle on Saturday; and Bring Me The Horizon, $uicideboy$ and Evanescence on Sunday.
The festival will also feature performances from Knocked Loose, Three Days Grace, Lamb of God, Mudvayne, I Prevail, Spiritbox, All Time Low, Dream Theater, Stone Temple Pilots, Motionless in White, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, DOWN, Lorna Shore, Bruce Dickinson, and many more.
“Louder Than Life has always been about showcasing the future of rock and heavy music while honoring the legends who paved the way. Bands like Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, Bad Omens, $uicideboy$, Motionless In White, Spiritbox, I Prevail, Slaughter To Prevail, Lorna Shore, Wage War, Dayseeker, and Knocked Loose aren’t just performing—they’re defining the next generation of headliners,” says Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents. “At the same time, pioneers like Slayer, Deftones, A Perfect Circle, and Avenged Sevenfold have set the standard, proving that this music is always evolving. This is where the past, present, and future of heavy music collide.”
“We’re coming back to Louder Than Life in Louisville. Get ready f*ckers!” says Slayer’s Tom Araya.
“We are very thrilled to finally be returning to America. We have missed our fans dearly and LOUDER THAN LIFE is one of our favorite festivals to play,” adds Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes.
“Louder Than Life 2025 will bring electrifying beats and bold bites to the Commonwealth,” says David S. Beck, president & CEO of Kentucky Venues. “As one of the nation’s largest and most celebrated music festivals, it continues to grow at the Kentucky Exposition Center, solidifying its place as a uniquely Kentucky experience and a must-visit event.”
While festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have unveiled some of the Louder Than Life 2025 bands in recent weeks, the full music lineup--including several reunions and rare performances--is as follows for the 11th year of the fan-favorite event: More...
All That Remains Premiere New Track “No Tomorrow”
All That Remains remain tight-lipped about their upcoming album, but they’ve just dropped a surprise single titled “No Tomorrow.” This marks the third track released from the platinum-certified melodic metalcore band’s already finished tenth studio album, although specific details regarding the album’s release are still being kept under wraps.
For now, fans can catch them live on tour alongside Megadeth and Mudvayne: More...
All That Remains Premiere New Single & Music Video
All That Remains have just released their new song "Let You Go" online. The platinum-certified melodic metalcore band is gearing up to drop their tenth studio album later this year, with full details yet to be announced.
"Let You Go" is the second track released in advance of the album and is accompanied by a video directed by Tom Flynn. The recording sessions for the upcoming album were conducted with producer Josh Wilbur (Lamb Of God, Gojira).
2024 live dates: More...
Butcher Babies Premiere New Music Video
Butcher Babies have unveiled that their double album, titled "Eye For An Eye..." & "...'Til The World's Blind," is set to be released on July 7th. This release marks the celebration of the tenth anniversary of their debut album, "Goliath." While further details about the double album are yet to be revealed, the band has recently premiered an official music video for their single "Red Thunder."
Frontwoman Heidi Shepherd shared her thoughts on the single, stating: More...
Rob Zombie Premieres New Animated Music Video
Rob Zombie premieres his new animated music video for “Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass“, taken from Zombie‘s latest studio full-length “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy“.
Rob Zombie will be out co-headlining the ‘Freaks On Parade Tour‘ with Mudvayne this summer. Static-X and Powerman 5000 will join as support acts on the below booked dates: More...
Rob Zombie To Tour With Mudvayne
Rob Zombie has announced that he will be teaming up with the recently reunited Mudvayne for the Freaks On Parade tour. Also joining them on the trek will be Static-X and Powerman 5000.
Produced by Live Nation, the 21-city tour kicks off on July 20 at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights making stops across the US in Tampa, Holmdel, Tinley Park, and more before wrapping up in The Woodlands at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on August 21.
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, March 25 at 10 AM local time on livenation.com.
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Headline News
Mudvayne Play First Live Show In 12 Years
This past Saturday, September 11th saw Mudvayne's their first live performance since 2009. The show took place at the annual Inkcarceration Festival‘ at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. Mudvayne have released the below live footage from that event.
The setlist included the below tracks: More...
Headline News
Mudvayne Returns After 12 Year Hiatus
Mudvayne--one of the most creative and distinctive bands in the aggressive music world--has announced that they’re reuniting after a 12-year hiatus, and will be performing at all four Danny Wimmer Presents U.S. festivals in 2021: Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival (a headlining performance) in Ohio, Louder Than Life in Kentucky, Aftershock in California and Welcome To Rockville in Florida. These dates mark the band’s first shows since 2009 and their only dates this year.
Watch the Mudvayne announcement video below.
Mudvayne formed in 1996 and has sold over six million records worldwide, earning Gold certification for three albums (L.D. 50, The End Of All Things To Come, Lost and Found). The band is known for their sonic experimentation, innovative album art, face and body paint, masks and uniforms. Mudvayne is Chad Gray (vocals), Greg Tribbett (guitar, backing vocals), Matthew McDonough (drums, synthesizer) and Ryan Martinie (bass).
Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents recalls, “In our fan surveys, Mudvayne has consistently been one of the most requested bands – even though they weren’t an active band! We’ve been working for years to make this happen, so when I got the call that they’d finally take a meeting, [DWP Executive VP & Talent Buyer] Gary Spivack and I jumped at the chance to fly to Vegas. We sat down for dinner with Mudvayne, their lawyer Eric German, manager Diony Sepulveda and agent Ryan Harlacher – the band hadn’t even been in the same room together for 10 years – and pleaded our case for why the time was right for this to happen. We were hoping to announce this in 2020, we’re fortunate enough to be able to do it in 2021, and DWP is super pumped to have Mudvayne exclusively at all four of our festivals this year.” More...
Slam/Goregrind Tribute Album To Nü-Metal Streaming
Imploding Sounds Records‘ slam/brutal death metal/goregrind tribute to the nü-metal genre saw a release this past Friday, February 14th. You can stream it in its entirety via Bandcamp below.
Track listing: More...
Audiotopsy (Mudvayne) Premiere New Song "War"
Audiotopsy‘s new single “War” has premiered and is now streaming below. The track is from the group’s impending new album, “The Real Now“, which is scheduled for a November 02nd release via Megaforce. Audiotopsy feature Mudvayne‘s Greg Tribbett and Matt McDonough, as well as ex-Skrape frontman Billy Keeton among their ranks.
Says Tribbett of this latest song: More...
Audiotopsy (Mudvayne, Etc.) Tease New Song
Audiotopsy - featuring ex-Skrape vocalist Billy Keeton as well as Mudvayne guitarist Greg Tribbett (ex-HELLYEAH) and drummer Matt McDonough among their ranks - are about to release their sophomore album “The Real Now” on November 02nd via Megaforce. The group produced the sessions for the effort outside of the vocals and mixing, which were done by Dave Fortman (Slipknot, Mudvayne).
A teaser of the first single “What Am I?” can be streamed below with an official release planned in early September.
Speaking of the album Tribbett comments: More...
Soften The Glare: Pre-Release Full-Album Streaming
Soften The Glare - featuring Mudvayne bassist Ryan Martinie among its ranks - premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Making Faces", which will be out in stores September 01 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Making Faces" in its entirety below.
Also available from the band is a video for the album track "March Of The Cephalopods" below . More...
Soften The Glare (Mudvayne) Debuts New Song
Soften The Glare - featuring Mudvayne bassist Ryan Martinie among its ranks - debuts a new song entitled "March Of The Cephalopods", taken from the upcoming new album "Making Faces", which will be out in stores this April.
Check out now "March Of The Cephalopods" below.
Mudvayne Members Form Audiotopsy
A powerhouse new band is about to emerge on the hard rock/metal scene: introducing Audiotopsy, featuring guitarist Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne, Hell Yeah), drummer Matt McDonough (Mudvayne), vocalist Billy Keeton (Skrape) and bassist Perry Stern.
The band recently completed the recording process for a debut album, expected out this Summer 2015. The album is currently being mixed.
"I'm extremely excited about Audiotopsy," says Greg. "The music has everything you want in a record...heavy/melodic/atmospheric/big hooky riffs/sing alongs as well. The guys in the band are great and we all feel as if this was meant to happen. Everyone is very artistic and we all felt an energy from our first meeting. We can't wait for the world to hear Audiotopsy and can't wait to get out there and tour the world. A/Y IS COMING! I'm Ready To Fuck Shit Up!"
Billy adds: "From the first few notes I knew this was going to be killer. The chemistry happening just took over and spawned this sound, this animal. I'm super stoked to get this music out, and to get this band on tour. Let the madness begin."
Fans of the members' projects should also brace themselves for a label signing announcement, as plans to release the yet-untitled debut are currently being finalized.
Black Friday Heavy Metal Deals Revealed
Looking for some quality metal for yourself or as a gift this holiday season? Many bands, labels, and music retailers currently have Black Friday and holiday sales going online for a variety of metal bands. Here's this year's roundup of Black Friday heavy metal and hard rock deals:
Instrumental metal act Odyssey is offering the "Schematics" EP as a free download Wednesday and Thursday only. Snag the digital download of the EP via the Odyssey Bandcamp page.
Savage Messiah has made the new album "Plague of Conscience" available online for free download. Download the album through Earache Records.
Mudvayne is offering a deal on merch through this location that lets fans order any three t-shirts for $40.
From today through this coming Sunday (11/20), Crucial Blast is offering a 10% off discount for any order placed through here or here over $25.00 by using discount code NOVCOMINGFIRE.
Hells Headbangers has a variety of special offers running, such as 10 CDs for $50 or three CDs for $15 on select titles. Check out the deals running right now at this location.
Throughout the month of November, Amazon is offering select MP3 albums for $5. While most of the titles aren't from metal bands, there are a handful of releases that may be of interest for metal fans, such as albums from In Flames, Volbeat, Suicide Silence, and more. See what's available by clicking here.
Xtreem Music has a deal running through the end of the month where all black metal cassette and CD titles available are 20% off. Check out the list of available titles here.
Every weekday until December 2nd, Relapse Records is offering one album for a mere .21 cents (with the purchase of an additional regular priced album). The album changes each day, and the offer today (Wednesday) is for Mastadon's "Leviathan." Head over to Relapse.com to check out each day's offer. More...
Hellyeah Finishing New Album, "Stampede"
HELLYEAH is currently in Dallas, Texas putting the final touches on their sophomore release titled-"Stampede" (Epic Records), due out July 13th. Once finished, the band will hit the road for a worldwide tour throughout the summer (dates below).
"Stampede," the follow up to the band's 2007 self-titled debut, is being recorded, produced and mixed by Vinnie Paul and Sterling Winfield. Vocalist Chad Gray says of the album “I couldn’t wait to write this record. I can’t wait for our fans to hear it and I definitely can’t wait to hit the fucking stage and play it! Stampede represents every emotion that you’ve ever had and everything that screams HELLYEAH! There’s no smoke and mirrors with what we are. What you see is what you get. And what your get is Five guys bringin’ it, a head full of music, bleeding ears and most likely….Drunk!”
Check out Vinnie and Sterling’s report from the studio and hear a snippet of a brand new song on the band’s YouTube page (and below).
HELLYEAH will debut the first track from STAMPEDE to fans on April 21st.
To promote their upcoming effort, HELLYEAH hits the road for the following tour dates: More...