Metal

Back in January, thrash titans Testament revealed that their longtime drummer Gene Hoglan would be leaving the band. Though there was no beef between the two — in fact, guitarist Alex Skolnick took a moment to compliment Hoglan’s wang (man, did THAT joke piss off Instagram for some reason) — many wondered who in metal

The crisis in Ukraine has plenty of people taking sides and doing their best to help the Ukrainian people. So far, the efforts have been appreciated, but distant — Pussy Riot launched an NFT campaign, while Dee Snider gave Ukrainians his full approval to blast “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as their rallying cry. But

Among the bands from the Norwegian Second Wave of Black Metal, Darkthrone have always been one of our favorites. While they started off as questionable and mired in controversy as any of their peers — the whole “obviously Jewish behavior” bit from Transilvanian Hunger was not a good look — frontman Fenriz has since displayed

There have been speculations abound about the new vocalist for industrial metal act Fear Factory following the departure of founding vocalist and shipwreck warning system Burton Seabell. Now, former Nightrage frontman Antony Hämäläinen reveals that he auditioned for the slot, and didn’t get it — and that the person who did is from Italy. Here’s

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 Sunday, Fripp and Toyah take on the Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy.” This cover features Toyah wearing more clothing than we’re used to, though she definitely makes sure the

This week saw Russia launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, resulting in Ukrainian acts like Jinjer condemning Vladimir Putin and the Eurovision Song Contest dropping Russia from its 2022 competition. Now, Russian punk activists Pussy Riot have teamed up with several cryptocurrency companies to launch an NFT campaign to help aid Ukraine during these unprecedented

This week, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, resulting in loss of life and significant property damage. In response, Ukrainian acts like Jinjer condemned Vladimir Putin, the Eurovision Song Contest dropped Russia from its 2022 competition, and Russian punk activists Pussy Riot launched an NFT campaign to raise relief funds. Now, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has

Every year, countries from around Europe compete in Eurovision, which is basically a gigantic song contest where nations compete with pop tracks. Metalheads might remember that Finnish shock rockers Lordi won the contest in 2006 with their track “Hard Rock Hallelujah.” But after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine took place yesterday, Russia has been booted

Fun fact: Cannibal Corpse were definitely a band you’d get made fun of for listening to once upon a time (not so much that they made our list of those bands, but still). The idea was that Cannibal just made the same album again and again, and were therefore death metal for a stupid or

For those of you who don’t remember, I Am Morbid are a Morbid Angel split-off band fronted by former Morbid Angel members David Vincent and Tim Yeung. Now, in the wake of Morbid Angel refusing to tour, the band have announced a European tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of Blessed Are The Sick, Morbid Angel’s

Today, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of the Ukraine, causing loss of life and economic disparity. Now, two Ukrainian acts, hard rockers Jinjer and death metal act Selfgod, have issued statements on the crisis. As reported by Loudwire, Jinjer issued the following statement today, stating that they’re all safe and condemning Putin’s invasion: “Dear all,

Given that frontman CJ McMahon made it very clear that he was tired of COVID restrictions, it was only a matter of time before Thy Art Is Murder found their way back to our shores. Now, the band have announced a North American trek with After The Burial, and are bringing Currents and anime-lovin’ deathcore

Hot DAMN, Aftershock 2022 just got announced, and every band in the fuckin’ world is on there! The final count for the festival is 90 bands, including everyone from Slipknot to Meshuggah to Ice Nine Kills to Wargasm to Dirty Honey to fucking KISS! Jesus, this is going to be an insane fest if there

There are moments you wish you could travel back in time to stop, in the hopes of making the future brighter. And now, we know one of them: Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has revealed what album got him into metal as a youth. Responding to podcast Sobre La Dosis via Cameo, Sykes

Sad news for the rock and metal world today, as Mark Lanegan, the musician, author, singer and songwriter known for his pivotal work with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age, has died. He was 57 years old. The news was confirmed in a statement via Mark’s social media: “Our beloved friend Mark Lanegan passed away

Are you a Tool fan? Do you have more money than sense? Then friend, have we got a deal for you! As reported by our second family over at Metal Injection, the experimental nu-metal band (or whatever) have just revealed details for their ‘tour edition’ of 2019 smash album Fear Inoculum. The good news is

If you told us that Dave Grohl was somehow invulnerable, we wouldn’t be surprised. The dude has fallen off stage several times, including that one time where he broke his leg, and drinks like a fucking superstar. But now, Dave has revealed the extent of his hearing loss, and man, the dude’s eardrums have definitely

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 Sunday, Fripp and Toyah have covered Smashing Pumpkins‘ ’90s alt-rock hit “Bullet with Butterfly Wings.” It’s exactly what you’d expect, mainly a bizarre take on

So far, what we’ve seen of Foo Fighters‘ Studio 666 has proven that it’s more metal than we thought it’d be. Not only does the movie include a cameo from Slayer’s Kerry King, it also features an entire album of killer blackened thrash written by Dave Grohl himself. Now, the uncensored red-band trailer for Studio

Does anyone think Ghost‘s Tobias Forge is a union-friendly, group-hug kind of guy? Come on, the dude created his band with all the focus on him and his entire backing crew relegated to ‘Nameless Ghoul 1 – Whatever.’ And in a new interview, Forge comes clean, saying he is definitely the control freak people think