Metal

It looks like thrash titans Slayer aren’t going to get the $133,000 over which they sued Iceland’s Secret Solstice Festival. When the band sued the festival organizers in 2019, their lawyer Jón Gunnar Ásbjörnsson… “…wrote a letter to the city on the matter, stating, among other things, that in addition to having not paid the

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 cover “Celebrity Skin” by Courtney Love’s Hole. Their cover is pretty traditional overall, with Toyah upping her metal-esque behavior. Check out one of the

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to go see Slipknot, Cypress Hill, and Ho99o9 for their upcoming show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV on June 17. To make things even better, the winning person and their guest will also get a free room at the MGM Grand Las Vegas for two

Blind Guardian’s last release (under the Blind Guardian Twilight Orchestra banner), 2019’s Legacy of the Dark Lands, was their attempt at doing an orchestral concept record. It was not what any fan of the band wanted. Maybe some of the European ones? It totally lacked the fist-pumping sing-along fantasy anthems the German power metal institution

It’s easy to blow off tea as a drink for little old ladies and influencer moms holding mugs with two hands. But Satanic Tea Co. are here to remind you that Satan wants you relaxed. With their various unholy blends, the company has won over the likes of satanic royalty like Cradle of Filth, Cryptopsy,

It’s easy to forget how rad vampires are. The children of the night have been done dirty over the years, done to death over an eternity of embroidered petticoats, longing young adult stares, and harpsichord. But at the end of the day, the vampire is what so many of us wish to be, a satanic

The metal scene is one of society’s few remaining cultures where you’re allowed to wear a cape. Sure, even other fans might crack wise about your Draculean finery, but for the most part metalheads will accept a cape-wearer with little more than a shrug. That said, only a handful of bands have believably pulled off

People who hate on Swedish occult megastars Ghost often claim that the band is simply a rip-off of other, heavier acts, primarily those who also wear facepaint. A common comparison made is to the music of Mercyful Fate, though Fate frontman King Diamond has made it clear that he doesn’t believe that to be the

Right now, metal festival Psycho Las Vegas is working on putting out a covers album called Löve Me Förever: A Tribute to Motörhead, in which a swath of artists from the Psycho family have covered the kings of speed metal. Now, footage of the recording process of one of those bands’s cover tracks has been

There are certain extra-credit letters metalheads know by heart due to band logos. The Slayer ‘S,’ the Metallica ‘M,’ the Danzig ‘D,’ and weirdly enough the Iron Maiden ‘R’ all live in our brains rent free. For a generation of fans, among these symbols is almost certainly the Korn ‘R,’ written backwards in what looks

According to a new statement released by Aerosmtih, frontman Steven Tyler has voluntarily entered rehab. Because of this, the band will have to cancel their first set of Las Vegas residency dates, and have released a formal statement on the matter. Here’s what the band told everyone on social media: “As many of you know,

It’s interesting that Ice Nine Kills are such a polarizing band, with a huge legion of fans who’d commit seppuku for them and a massive number of metalheads who seem furious any time they’re mentioned (us? We just think that frontman Spencer Charnas is missing a big opportunity by not writing horror musicals for Broadway).

Their bassist, Tim McCord! So, wait, who’s their bassist now? Turns out it’s Emma Aznai, of Sick Puppies! After yesterday’s announcement that guitarist Jen Majura was no longer in the band, Evanescence announced the line-up shake-up via their Instagram: “Ladies and gentlemen, we have some very big news to share.Introducing our new guitarist…TIM MCCORD!! “After

Goth-metal hitmakers Evanescence will tour with Korn later this summer, but they’ll apparently be doing so with an altered line-up, as guitarist Jen Majura has departed from the ranks. The band posted the following statement to their Facebook: “It has been a very special chapter in the band with our dear friend Jen Majura, but

As someone who doesn’t play the instrument and never will, the relationship between a guitarist and their favorite ax is a bit of a mystery to me. But a lifetime of loving guitar-centric music has taught me that the bond is strong, and that the history a performer has with their guitars is nothing to

If you’re a pothead, as we are, you or at least one of your friends has watched this Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers reboot on Disney+. The movie’s got it all for a stoner — an all-star cast, constant references to cartoons you’ve seen before, and of course, varying animation styles that feel incredibly self-aware

MetalSucks and Napalm Records Present Beer Metal Updated May 21st, 2022 Right now, Napalm Records is one of the labels leading the way in terms of putting out music by bands who are fun to drink to. Between pirate metal acts like Alestorm and insane party metal crews like Trollfest, their roster’s output is tailor-made

How to describe the beauty that is Witchery? Okay, so: as nu-metal and eventually metalcore were enamoring most of the scene, thrash was coming back in an AWESOME way in Sweden. Bands who mostly played melodic death metal were taking those chops and applying them to their love of Dark Angel and Testament, and the

In their long and storied career, Metallica have two big instrumental tracks. “The Call of Ktulu,” from 1984’s Ride the Lightning, is a towering piece of metal magic that evokes images of the Lovecraftian god after which it’s named. “Orion,” off of 1986’s Master of Puppets, is a bluesy, progressive-leaning chugger that is more far-out

In the past, Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie and former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy haven’t always seen eye to eye (as Metal Injection notes, Portnoy once called James’ vocals “annoying,” which is a little rough). But lately, the two seem to have squashed the beef, with James offering Mike a shout-out when the drummer caught