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Influential Bay Area thrash band Vio-Lence has been without a drummer for at least a month as they’ve reportedly been in the studio, as co-founding member Perry Strickland left the band. Fans were unaware of the change until Strickland made an Instagram post showing a video of him playing with the band, stating that he

Stoner/sludge metal stalwarts Weedeater are going on a two month trip across the U.S. and they’re taking Adam Faucett and a slew of other bands along for the ride. Starting on February 22 in Carborro, North Carolina and ending in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 8, the U.S. tour spans two legs and features Rebelmatic as

The New York-based artist that created the cover art to Megadeth’s latest studio album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! is suing Mustaine and company after allegedly not getting paid or getting any credit for his work. According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, the complaint alleges that illustrator and designer Brent Elliott

Having siblings can be tough. The expectations of blood bonds combined with familial traditions and differences in personality can be a lot to manage, and that’s before you’re in a band with not one but two of your brothers. Still, Hammerhedd are making it work and they’re making it work in a big way. The

Groove metal legends Pantera are the hot item these days with their reunion and upcoming tour dates but it wasn’t long ago that frontman Phil Anselmo was under some pretty heavy fire for racist and white supremacists behaviors at a concert in 2016. At a Dimebag Darrell tribute event, Dimebash, Anselmo was captured on video

There’s optimism and then there’s Chris Poland, former guitarist of Megadeth, levels of optimism. The guitarist has been playing with fellow ex-Megadeth members David Ellefson and Jeff Young from time to time with the Kings of Thrash and he thinks it’s about time Dave Mustaine join ’em on stage. Nevermind that Dave runs the actual

After playing a special, surprise show in California last week and then playing a special 20th anniversary set of their debut album Focus on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise, the band is gearing up for a 12-date tour through Latin America this April. Just as they did on the aforementioned cruise, Cynic will play

Doom giants Conan just shared that they will be touring the U.S. this spring in support of their record Evidence of Immortality. [embedded content] The album is out via Napalm Records, and the tour starts May 5 in Chicago, IL and ends May 25 in Seattle, WA. They will be joined on the tour by

Classic Metallica fans and Cliff Burton stans, get ready to celebrate the 6th annual Cliff Burton Day, made official by his home town of Castro Valley, and his home county, Alameda County. Limited-edition shirts for the event are on-sale now, with 100% of the proceeds going to support the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship awarded by The Cliff Burton

A lotta shit happened this past week. So much that it’s hard to even put it all into a single sentence, really. Ozzy retired from touring due to his ongoing health issues and that wasn’t even our top story. That shit’s just wild. Still, it turns out you gremlins love watching Vince Neil just be

Grind band .giffromgod just announced a new EP, Digital Red, their first new music since 2019’s approximation_of_a_human. According to the band’s press release, the music focuses on “the group’s fragmented nightmares, anxious days and nausea toward waking life.” About the EP announcement, the band say: “Digital Red is anxious music written during a particularly anxious

For the last 18 years, Austrian self-described purveyors of “Russian turbo polka metal” Russkaja have leveraged a Soviet-era look and wild sound to ply their craft. They even released their latest album Turbo Polka Party via Napalm Records today. Yet not even hours after their newest release was made available to the public, the band

You can tell the folks in Chat Pile love their B-movie schlock, as the music video for their latest sincle “Tropical Beaches, Inc.” is chock full of it. Released ahead of their upcoming sold out tour with Lingua Ignota that’s set to kick off on February 17 in Portland, Oregon and come to an end

Let’s face it — our modern lives are cluttered with a ton of useless bullshit that will just be a major burden to our loved ones when we finally shuffle from this mortal coil. So much of that useless bullshit is plastic that we as a species have plastic floating around in our systems. We’re

The month of May’s got a lot of killer shows to choose from, but that’s not stopping tech/melodic death metal outfit Allegaeon from adding themself in the mix. For 11 dates that month, the band will be criss-crossing the American and Canadian west at various venues and even Vancouver’s Modified Ghost Festival. Coming along for

Listen, Jack — we’ve all been there. You and your buddy Corn Pop are lookin’ to get your hands on some Rotting Christ tickets for the show down at the old amphitheater in town and when you finally go to check out, those $20 tickets ballooned to $40 or $50 a piece after fees. That

The Dave Mustaine show is headed across the pond this summer for a string of tour dates and various festivals. Megadeth‘s still out here supporting their 2022 album The Sick, The Dying, …and The Dead, so you should probably expect some songs from that release, as well as their classic songs. Megadeth’s stint in Europe

Listen, the world’s quickly going to shit because we humans can’t stop burning fossil fuels and as a result, soon enough more people are going to have beach front property. Unfortunately, our love of metal and huge tours contributes to that planetary downward spiral. According to a recent study shows metal had the fourth largest

When it comes to Mike Patton projects, one that deserves a helluva lot more praise and recognition than it currently gets is the indomitable Tomahawk. Also featuring the killer bass of Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Melvins, etc), the tell-tale twangy guitar playing of Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard), and the frenetic bombast of John

When Tulus’ Fandens Kall drops on February 17, it’s sure to delight even the most curmudgeonly black metal purists. Formed in 1991, Tulus was not only among the first Norwegian black metal bands to emerge, but they were also one of the very best. Everything that Tulus does is imbued with the spirit, drive, and