Metal

Earlier this week, we reported that Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe had tested positive for COVID, and would have to sit out of the band’s Grand Rapids stop with Megadeth, Trivium, and In Flames. In his stead, Mark Hunter of Ohio metalcore forefathers Chimaira screamed along with the band in Grand Rapids. Unfortunately, Lamb of God have since been

The beauty of 4/20 is also the holiday’s curse, in a way. On the one hand, everyone’s down with weed on this day; on the other, suddenly everyone’s acting like they know weed. But if any band has captured the true essence of being a pothead in these trying times, it might be Connoisseur, the

Back in September, Swedish groove experimentalists Meshuggah were forced to postpone their U.S. tour due to what turned out to be severe eczema on the hands of drummer Tomas Haake. But now, the band have revealed the rescheduled dates for this fall, and are bringing emotional wrecking balls Converge, Gothenburg hook machine In Flames, and

We’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is that life is a fucking cesspool of heartbreak and anxiety. The good news is, there’s weed. Since its first recorded use by a Chinese emperor with rheumatism in 2727 BC, cannabis has been a medicine to some and a huge distraction to others. And

It’d take a lot to keep Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe from pleasing an audience, but a COVID diagnosis is no joke for a tour, both medically and legally. The band have announced via social media that Randy tested positive for COVID this weekend and will sit out of tonight’s show in Grand Rapids,

We’re a little baffled by whatever the fuck is wrong with the people over at Marvel. Sure, they’re shaping pop culture as we speak, but seriously: why is there never any Amon Amarth in the Thor franchise? There exists in this world a Viking death metal band who write songs that literally sound like flying

Earlier this month, the Bay Strikes Back Tour landed in Anaheim, California, to the tune of a few thousand moshers losing their shit in unison. The tour was headlined by thrash legends Testament, with patron saints of the Bay Area Exodus rounding out the bill. The entire lesson in violence was captured by the great

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, are back with the latest entry in their ongoing “Sunday Lunch” series of cover videos. This time around, Fripp and Toyah are covering “Give In to Me,” the song that Michael Jackson performed with Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. As you see, the duo

Last night saw Behemoth‘s current tour with Arch Enemy and Napalm Death kick off in Tempe, Arizona. The Polish death metallers celebrated this event by performing a brand new track, titled “Ov My Herculean Exile,” to the audiences at the show. You can catch video of the performance below. As you’ll hear via the live

We can admit that Amazon is the evil company from every sci-fi movie, right? At this point, they’re the place where we buy almost everything and anything, they employ over a million Americans alone, and their owner is a bald man with an unsettling smile who seems way too interested in going to space. That’s

Man, these days rock artifacts are becoming a little economy unto themselves. In 2019, a pizza plate Kurt Cobain wrote a setlist on went at over $20,000 at auction, and this week it was announced that the Fender Mustang that Kurt played in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video was going up for auction. Now,

Getting sick is expensive in America. Our healthcare system is inherently more fucked up than that of other countries, and as such, even insured people often need help paying hospital bills. Now, it appears that Jesse Bartz, drummer for Columbus stoner rock act Lo-Pan, has cancer. To help him with his medical bills, a GoFundMe

It’s safe to say that Amon Amarth frontman Johan Hegg is not taking Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine lightly. Last month, Hegg chose to boycott UFC for allowing Russian fighters to compete. Now, the Viking metal frontman and his wife are actually hosting Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homeland. Hegg told Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn

Damn, it sounds like Scorpions’ Rudolf Schenker and former UFO member and guitar legend Michael Schenker have very different ideas about their sibling relationship. Quotes from each of the brother popped up on our newsfeeds this morning, and damn if they don’t kind of cancel each other out. In a recent interview with Guitar World,

Sad news for the rock world today, as Dance Gavin Dance bassist Tim Feerick has died. Tim’s exact age and cause of death are currently unknown. The news was confirmed by the band, who tweeted the following: “We are absolutely devastated to share the news that our friend and bass player, Tim Feerick, passed away

Last year saw contemporary goth-metallers Unto Others drop their new album Strength to great acclaim. Now, the band have released a video for the track “Heroin,” which you can check out below. What’s most impressive about the “Heroin” video is that like everything Unto Others does, it feels like a really solid throwback to the

Updated 4/13, 2:27pm: Initially, we thought that Eddie Trunk assumed Archie’s calling out of lip-syncing accusers was an apology to him. But as Trunk has informed us on Twitter, Archie did apologize for calling him names on his Instagram, as per the picture below. We have left our original post below as a testament to

It’s been about seventeen seconds since you’ve gotten a new piece of news from the set of Rob Zombie‘s reboot of horror-comedy TV show The Munsters, so we know you’re in withdrawal. But fear not, because Zombie has now announced that he’s added another new name to the cast: Dee Wallace, star of E.T., The

Sad news for the comedy world today, as Gilbert Gottfried, the gratingly-voiced comedian who once claimed that he was secretly Slipknot’s Tortilla Man, has died. He was 67. The news was confirmed by Deadline, who posted the following statement from his family: “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after

In early February, it was revealed that groove metal bar-raisers Machine Head had wrapped up work on their new album. Now, the band have revealed the details for that record, and have dropped a brutal new single from it via a disturbing music video. Machine Head’s 10th studio album will be called Øf Kingdøm and