Metal

You could be forgiven for not having heard of Distention before. Why, you might ask? Well, that’s because the band has officially been around for one week. So why then, should you care? You should care because 1) this shit rips, and 2) Distention features Darren Liwen (ex-The Kennedy Veil), Nick Padovani (Equipoise), Dylan Potts

Last year, aging rap-rocker Kid Rock released a music video for his song with Canadian rockers Monster Truck, titled “Don’t Tell Me How to Live.” The video was a poorly-made conservative meme that made Kid Rock look like a dad on Facebook from five years ago; Kid Rock would later go on to act as

Everyone loves a good comeback, right? Well, it looks like Alexisonfire sure do, and to prove it, they’ve announced Otherness, their first studio album in 13 years, and a new single, “Sweet Dreams of Otherness,” to boot. The songwriting on “Sweet Dreams of Otherness” borrows elements of desert psychedelic rock to make for a relaxing,

So far, Ghost’s new album IMPERA has received generally favorable reviews (including a 4/5 horn review from our own Immodest Mouse). Now, the band are broadcasting their album release stream, Live from The Ministry, and you can watch for free below. We know Ghost is a divisive band, and by even posting this we’re inciting

We’ve been stoked for Rob Zombie‘s take on the horror-comedy show The Munsters for a while now. But we’re a little stunned to learn that the Peacock-hosted adaptation will be rated PG! According to Bloody Disgusting, the film has landed a solid PG rating for: “Macabre and suggestive material, scary images and language.” PG?! REALLY?!

Ghost always smack of ’80s horror movies, when the special effects finally caught up with the public’s sick thoughts and horrific fantasies. Listening to their music, one can hear the upbeat anthems, slow power ballads, and pop-influenced melodies of those first glimpses into animatronics, fake blood, and foam latex. Despite being one of modern metal’s

Last month, melodic death metal standard-setters Dark Tranquility laid siege to Austin, Texas. Along for the ride were Canadian steamroller crew Kataklysm, German face-rippers Nailed to Obscurity, and local death metallers Hinayana. The gig was captured in glorious detail by our own Drew Nesbitt of Njorodynphoto. Behold: Hinayana Nailed to Obscurity Kataklysm Dark Tranquility

One of the most exciting things in metal is when two powerful musicians get together and decide that although they’re brutal on their own, they could combine forces to make a sort of proverbial auditory wrecking ball with which to level our proverbial heads. That statement goes double when these musicians are Judas Priest‘s Richie

For a generation of rock and metal fans, The Prodigy were the gateway drug to electronic and dance music (in the UK, they’re regarded on the same level as, say, Korn or Guns N’ Roses — a massive, game-changing act). Much of that came from the volatile and compelling behavior and attitude of Keith Flint,

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 morning, Fripp and Toyah are covering Neil Young’s rebel anthem “Rockin’ In The Free World.” Whether or not this is in solidarity with Young and his war against

A big part of growing up is getting over the petty shit and respecting people even if you don’t like them. It’s easy to stay mad and keep beef alive, but nine times out of ten, when you’re confronted with someone you’re pissed at, you find that things aren’t nearly as bad as you thought

We consider Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier to be one of the modern masters of his craft. Now, Mario has posted video of a new composition on his Instagram, which is basically a three-minute drum solo that you can lose yourself in, and which proves us right, dammit. The dude rules. According to Mario: “‘Movement’ is

There are plenty of rock stars who we can’t imagine even existing before they were onstage screaming at thousands of people, much less serving burgers or changing oil. But despite his epic stage show and larger-than-life appearance, Rob Zombie‘s not one of them, if only because he’s always been incredibly vocal about all the hard

Yesterday, we reported that Ukrainian act Jinjer would be canceling their U.S. tour dates, including their run with Slipknot on the band’s upcoming Knotfest Roadshow tour, to focus on the crisis at home. This must have been difficult for Jinjer, and we commend them for it. Now, their replacement has been revealed, in the form

Today marks the 50th birthday of one metal’s two greatest men, Ted Arvid Skjellum, better known to the world as Nocturno Culto, the more reserved half of pioneering “True Norwegian Black Metal” band Darkthrone. The group was founded by the only other metal messiah of equal caliber, Leif Gylve Nagell, AKA Fenriz. Like Fenriz, Nocturno acts as

Last we heard from Swedish brain-pummelers Meshuggah was the release of the gorgeously cinematic video for “The Abysmal Eye,” their first single from their long-anticipated new album Immutable. Now, the band have dropped another single, and it’s definitely a little peppier than its predecessor. You’ll hear on the new track, “Light the Shortening Fuse,” exactly

For your average American metalhead, Jinjer are the band from the Ukraine. Which is why it’s unsurprising, if sad, to learn that the band are canceling their upcoming U.S. tour to focus on helping out with the crisis at home. According to a breaking report by Loudwire, one venue, St. Louis’ The Factor, has revealed

As a metal journalist, I get and listen to a lot of promos. Hundreds, thousands even. I myself keep a spreadsheet with notes on every album, including descriptions like, Typical Euro power-shrug, or, Hot damn, this busts nuts with the blinds up! But every so often, an album crosses my desk that makes me stop,

This hasn’t been a good year for shock rocker Marilyn Manson, what with his former girlfriend, actor Evan Rachel Wood, naming him as her abuser and inspiring others to come forward with similar claims. Now, Manson is going to do something about it: he’s suing Wood for defamation, and he’s making a lot of elaborate

You’d think that a merciless, oligarchical dictator would be the kind of guy that KISS‘s Gene Simmons would get behind. The dude was such a buddy of Trump, and it feels like Trump stared at a picture of Vladimir Putin every night, missing him and lamenting his inability to just poison whoever the fuck he