Metal

Anyone who regularly buys concert tickets knows how steep the fees are when buying from Ticketmaster or Live Nation—as well as how customers feel about those fees. Ever since Ticketmaster and Live Nation merged in 2010, folks have been claiming that the conglomerate holds an unfair monopoly over the industry. Now, Ticketmaster is hoping to

According to a Facebook post made by his wife, Annie, Dark Angel guitarist Jim Durkin died on Wednesday, March 8. “With a broken and heavy heart, I want to share that the love of my life, my best friend and husband, Jimmy, passed away Wednesday morning. He was not alone as I was with him along

We’ve known for a while that Swedish extreme metal outliers Meshuggah were going to release a remastered version of their seminal album ObZen, but today’s drop of the title track from that version has us almost unreasonably excited for its release on March 31. Celebrating the album’s 15th anniversary, the album’s been given another pass

The world may be getting some new music from Converge, according to a recent Instagram post by drummer Ben Koller. It turns out that as they get ready for an upcoming headlining spring tour, the metalcore four-piece from Massachusetts may be putting together the beginnings of their followup to 2017’s The Dusk In Us. In

Sometimes, you want metal to rip you apart and blast you into the stratosphere with insanely fast, technical precision and apocalyptically demonic vocals, It’s only natural. But what about those times when you want to just want to lay back, turn on the tunes, and melt into your sofa? Well, that’s where doom, sludge, and

Ever since it was announced last year, the Pantera reunion/tribute act has generated a massive shitstorm within the metal community. Sweaty fans on both sides of the conversation have been screaming about whether it’s actually Pantera or not and if it properly respects Dime and Vinnie Paul’s legacy like some greasy Ship of Theseus debate.

Hope you’re ready for an evening of stoner doom metal from Yob starting this May, as they’ll be hitting the road with select support dates handled by either Pallbearer or Cave In. The Oregon-based trio are known to put on one hell of a show, which is great since they haven’t toured the U.S. in

As metal fans, we all feel something when we hear our favorite bands. The rush of the pit, the release of pent up anger/frustration/anxiety, the camaraderie we feel with our fellow metalheads. It all can be pretty theraputic. For Steve-O, his formative years were shaped on metal and in one particular instance, curbed his sex

Have you ever listened to Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos or Lacuna Coil’s Christina Scabbia do their thing and thought “man, I wish I could kill demons to this music” before? No? Just me? Okay. Well, at least I’ll get my wish later this month, as the rhythm-based shooter Metal: Hellsinger will get new downloadable content

It’s been a minute since we’ve all collectively wondered what Corey Taylor thought about a topic, so it was only fitting that we’d finally get to hear his opinion on something: his upcoming album. Titled CMF2, it’s going to be the follow up to his 2020 solo effort CMFT and has been in the works

After months away gallivanting with Demi Lovato, guitarist Nita Strauss will be returning to the stage with iconic shock rocker Alice Cooper for his upcoming “Too Close For Comfort” North American tour. Kicking off this April in Michigan and ending in late September, the tour will be the first time the two will share the

Dorthia Cottrell, the vocalist of doom band Windhand, has announced her next solo album, Death Folk Country, will be out April 21 via Relapse Records. The record takes on themes of home inspired by her rural upbringing in King George, Virginia and the mixture of boredom, not fitting in fear and terror, and love and

Epic doom band Smoulder just announced a new record, Violent Creed of Vengeance, out April 21 via Cruz Del Sur Music. This is their first record in four years, following Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring. Frontwoman of the band Sarah Ann relocated from Canada to Helsinki, Finland, where she enjoys nature hikes set

The ever-theatrical Lordi just unleashed another lyric video, this time for “Thing In The Cage,” in advance of their forthcoming album Screem Writers Guild. The album will be released March 31 via Atomic Fire Records.  About the song and video, Mr. Lordi says: “This song was inspired by the old side shows, or freak shows, if

Man, I don’t know about you, but it felt like the first three days of the week went by super fast and then the last two took forever. Don’tcha just hate when shit like that happens? It’s like — I’m trying to get to the weekend, let’s go. That being said, there were some huge

It’s no secret that things have gotten significantly harder for touring bands in recent years. The perfect storm of a crippling pandemic, increased inflation, the general unavailability of transportation, and other factors have resulted in bands either deciding not to travel abroad for shows or to cancel entire tours that had already been planned. Now,

When it comes to being a collaborative force in the metal scene, both Full of Hell and Primitive Man are known for mixing it up with bands and putting out some killer music. So when it was announced that they were teaming up to put out an absolutely devastating album in Suffocating Hallucination, my excitement

The boys in Metallica sure like to keep themselves busy. On top of putting out a new album next month and then kicking off a two-year world tour, Metallica frontman James Hetfield is jumping back into his fledgling acting career with a new project. According to film industry publication Deadline, Hetfield has been tapped for

Gothic metal outfit Tribulation are paying homage to one of the great rock bands that inspired metal around the world with the release of their version of “Vengeance (The Pact)” by the Blue Öyster Cult. Originally found on their 1981 album Fire of Unknown Origin, Tribulation’s version of the song will be featured on their

Imagine Judas Priest frontman and heavy metal’s greatest statesman Rob Halford grabbing a mic and belting out both Ozzy-era and Dio-era Black Sabbath with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. If that sounds like the best kind of heavy metal fever dream, then wake up because it actually happened — twice. While speaking with