Metal

Thanks to a collaboration with Opus Comics, Within Temptation are joining the ranks of Slayer, GWAR, and BABYMETAL as yet another metal act that’s getting their own comic book adaptation. Based on the band’s 2019 studio effort Resist, as well as their 2021 virtual concert Aftermath, the newly announced three-issue comic book miniseries from Opus

File this under “Didn’t See This Shit Coming,” but apparently rapper and auto-tune enthusiast T-Pain is going to do his own rendition of Black Sabbath’s 1970 classic track “War Pigs” for an upcoming covers album. Titled On Top of the Covers, the album will showcase the singer-rapper singing without any digital assistance on seven different

Pantera fans in Hungary are getting an extra night with the groove metal tribute act and it’s all thanks to the fact that promoters in Vienna canceled the band’s scheduled May 31 show. Earlier today, the band announced the additional date at Budapest’s Barba Negra. Though the band doesn’t explicitly say this is a makeup

If there ever was an award for the most metal video game soundtrack of all time, the work of Mick Gordon and both Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal would be right up at the top of the list. If you haven’t heard either soundtrack, you NEED to hear it. It’s heavy, it’s crunchy, it’d djent-y

Thirteen years ago, Gojira announced they were releasing a special EP featuring guest spots by some of metal’s biggest names, including Devin Townsend, Randy Blythe, Anders Fridén, and Max Cavalera. It was set to light the world on fire, especially after the song “Of Blood and Salt” that featured Townsend and Meshuggah‘s Fredrik Thordendal saw

When you think about all the lineup changes that’s happened in Dave Mustaine’s jilted lover project called Megadeth, there are few lineups that stand the test of time better than the one including Marty Friedman and Nick Menza. Sadly, we’ll never get that full lineup back together since Menza sadly passed away, but for one

French death metal band Gorod are coming out with their latest album, The Orb, on March 7. To get stoked on the record, check out the video for the album’s title track here: [embedded content] And the lyric video for the track “Breeding Silence” here: [embedded content] This is the follow-up to their latest album,

If you follow underground death metal right now, 200 Stab Wounds are one of the names that consistently pops up as one of the most promising and exciting bands of the underground. Now, a social media photo officially reveals that the band are working on their new record. The Cleveland band have a lot to

Sending a big ol’ f-you to folks who think a Black hardcore band need to keep hip hop out of the equation to prove their worth, Zulu just dropped the hip hop-tinged single “We’re More Than This.” The song is from the band’s forthcoming full-length album, A New Tomorrow, out March 3 via Flatspot Records.

I had to check my inbox twice like Ol’ Saint Nick when I saw this one come through because I truly couldn’t believe that Phobia dropped something new, but here we are. The California grind band released a single titled “Death to Leaches.” [embedded content] The song is out through Willowtip Records, and as of

Well, it’s finally here. After months of waiting, In Flames‘ latest album Foregone is in fans hands and if they’re like us, they’re enjoying the shit out of it. To celebrate the launch of the new album, the Swedish metal powerhouse put out a new lyric video for the track “End The Transmission.” It’s the

Next week marks the start of the previously postponed Kreator and Lamb of God0 ‘State of Unrest’ European tour. Now years in the making, the tour was originally supposed to take place in 2020 (thanks COVID) and Power Trip were supposed to open. Sadly, the tour got postponed multiple times and Power Trip frontman Riley

Hope your pockets are deep and your wallet’s fat, because if you’ve made your peace with Phil’s…checkered past…and have already bought yourself a Pantera ticket to one of their upcoming shows with Lamb of God, you can upgrade that experience by getting one of three VIP upgrades to meet Zakk Wylde, get a photo with

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