Metal

Last week, SpiritWorld dropped their long-awaited DEATHWESTERN album via Century Media. To get listeners pumped, they also released a video for the track “U L C E R.” You can check it out below and get ready for the full record, if you haven’t already. [embedded content] Those who have been lucky enough to catch

Last night, the WWE hosted its 36th annual Survivor Series pay-per-view and livestreaming event, dubbed WarGames and in order to properly kick it off, they recruited Ozzy Osbourne to participate in the opening video clip. In the video, which you can see below, Ozzy “sings” along to Black Sabbath‘s “War Pigs” as various wrestlers concernedly

This Friday, Finish doom metal band Saasta rolled out their debut full-length, Crucial to None. For fans of heavy European doom, this is one for the books. [embedded content] Their press release boldly claims: “Although not a concept album, the pit of despair that is their sound does share common themes, such as the inner

Hardcore fans, prepare to lose it and start crowd killing in your living rooms. Why? Because Furnace Fest 2023 has just announced its first four bands, and the lineup is already worth getting excited about. [embedded content] The first four bands announced for the fest are The Callous Daoboys, Foreign Hands, Gorilla Biscuits, and Training

Even though it’s more electronic in nature, some synthwave and dark wave can still be pretty metal. Case and point, Host, which features Paradise Lost‘s Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh. With a debut album IX on the way, the brooding act released a new single and accompanying music video earlier today for the track “Hiding

A few late-year album of the year contenders this week. Listen to these while you try not to get trampled at Walmart. Available via Gimme Metal. Elder Innate Passage (Stickman) Progressive doom and heavy psych peddlers Elder have made massive leaps of growth on each record and Innate Passage is no different. Marrying technicality and

Hatebreed are one of those bands that definitely feels like they’re always on the road. Constantly taking their music to the stage and blasting people in the face with it, the metalcore stalwarts have earned a reputation of killing it live behind Jamey Jasta on the mic. Now that their 20 Years of Perseverance tour

With the holidays right around the corner, you’re probably wondering what to get your friends and loved ones that shows you’ve totally been paying attention to their interests and not just waiting for your next chance to speak. We understand and have you covered with this insanely cool limited edition variant of Machine Head’s classic

In the early ’90s, Spread Eagle was, in many ways, the east coast’s answer to Guns N’ Roses. Sure, you had Skid Row hailing out of Jersey, but no band harnessed the street-tough grizzle of NYC like Spread Eagle. Featuring elements of hard living and danger, inherent aggression, and general badassery, 1990’s Spread Eagle was

The early 2000s were a pretty fucked up time, when you think about it. Metal was in a crazy weird spot, terrorism hit U.S. soil, and everyone was on edge. So naturally, we were given the likes of Creed and Nickelback to become cultural anchors for a bit there. And while Nickelback is saving some

What is it with creepy dudes in metal and trying to make their case or complaining about the way people perceive them? In the last month, we’ve had Tim Lambesis admitting that maybe he shouldn’t have tried to get his wife killed, washed up Brian Warner complained that his career was over thanks to allegations

Last week, we ran a story in which Dave Mustaine said he was close to collaborating with James Hetfield again, but ongoing publishing disputes killed that effort. It was shocking. It was disappointing. And mostly it was another opportunity for the Megadeth frontman to shit on Metallica a bit. It was par for the course,

Two extremely exciting performances by the prog masters Cynic were announced earlier today that should be an absolute must-see for any fan, as the band has committed to performing the entirety of Focus live. That incredibly important piece of music will be performed at ProgPower USA and 70,000 Tons of Metal not only to celebrate

Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria joins us this week to talk about his latest project L.S. Dunes. Thoughout the rest of the episode we discuss the origin of the project that eventually would become a supergroup, the energy and excitement of all the songs and how important that is to any project, and the

In addition to dropping a record last week, HUMAN. :II: NATURE. (Tour edition), Nightwish also dropped a video for “Last Ride Of The Day” from their An Evening with Nightwish in a Virtual World live, recorded show. [embedded content] Of their special livestream performance, now even further memorialized in this video, the band say: “This

This January, get the body bags ready: Defeated Sanity and Malignancy are slated to go out on tour in the new year with Prophecy and Strangle Wire in tow. [embedded content] Tour Dates: 1/5 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction1/6 Las Vegas, NV – Divebar1/7 – Phoenix, AZ – Pub Rock1/10 Oklahoma City, OK – 89th

Classic thrashers, get stoked. Last week, it was officially announced that Sadus of thrash metal fame and 80’s veteran notoriety have become part of the Nuclear Blast Records roster. The band is fronted by vocalist and guitarist Darren Travis alongside drummer Jon Allen, and known for their heavy riffs and shredding bass lines, considered well

Progressive black/viking metal band Enslaved have summoned the bifröst and are returning with their 16th studio album, Heimdal. Set for release on March 3, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records, the Norwegian quintet also released the album’s first single and accompanying music video for “Congelia,” which you can check out below. According to the band, the

As the fateful day draws nearer and the world gets a glimpse of what Pantera sounds like with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante filling in for the late “Dimebag” Darrell and Vinnie Paul, metal artists continue to express their support for the effort. The latest to share his feelings on the matter was Anthrax bassist

Just yesterday, fans of Armored Saint learned vocalist John Bush would not be on stage at a couple of the band’s upcoming shows on its U.S. tour due to an undisclosed “illness” that’s affecting his “nasal and chest area.” Fingers crossed that it’s not COVID, but it is flu and cold season, so here’s hoping