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About Biography Formed in 2012, Love and Death is a Christian alt-metal band spearheaded by nu-metal pioneer Brian "Head" Welch, best known for his work as a founding member of Korn. Featuring Welch on guitar and vocals, as well as guitarist J.R. Bareis, drummer Dan Johnson, and bassist Michael Valentine, the band merges the detuned, guitar-heavy sound Welch helped to popularize with a more inspirational message. While the band made their debut in 2012 with the digitally released EP, Chemicals, in 2012, their first full-length effort, Between Here & Lost, arrived on Tooth & Nail in early 2013...

The concert encore is nearly guaranteed at any show you attend (well, back when shows were still a thing, at least). What was once a courtesy extended to the most rabid fans who clamored for more after the set had finished is entirely commonplace and Korn guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch has opened up on why the band isn't fond of the practice. "We never have been an encore band," Head said as a guest on the "Bringin' It Backwards" podcast (audio below, transcription via Blabbermouth). Expressing how the band has a conflicted view of the encore concept, Head continued, "We would debate about it, ...

Brian ​‘Head’ Welch: ​“I struggled with my thoughts, I struggled with my looks, so I found things to help me like comedy and music” Brian ​‘Head’ Welch discusses his formative years, his destructive streak at the height of Korn’s fame and how he was saved by spirituality Solo photos: Matt Matheson Growing up in Bakersfield, California, Brian Welch had no idea how his life would turn out. Never fully fitting in at school, bullies gave him the nickname ​‘Head’ because ​“puberty made my head grow big and my body stay short,” he remembers today, chatting to Ke...

Christian rock group RED have officially announced the departure of drummer Dan Johnson in a public statement. Johnson's tenure with the band dates back to 2014, when he originally joined as a session musician and touring member. He maintained these roles for a number of years before his position as RED's drummer was made permanent at the beginning of 2019. In the statement, the remaining members of RED — singer Michael Barnes, guitarist Anthony Armstrong and bassist Randy Armstrong — cited undisclosed personal reasons for Johnson's dismissal, which they argued were present many years ago...

He’s a nu-metal icon, a guitarist and songwriter who has seen the inside of three decades as a professional musician. He’s a pioneer in the heavy music world – a word often misattributed or overused but fitting of the legendary Brian “Head” Welch – a pioneer who crashed into his career with Korn in the early ’90s, and now, at 50 years old, is welcoming some of his most fruitful professional years yet. More specifically, he is welcoming back Love and Death, the side-project-slash-passion-project he fronts, now set to release their second full-length album, Perfectly Preserved, n...