Metal

A band calling themselves Pantera has been playing together again for two years now, and the inevitable question always seems to arise: will they have the gall to record a new studio album under the Pantera name without the late Abbott brothers? Well, it looks like a studio album isn’t on the horizon, but a

When he’s not working on his “Metal Hippie Workout” YouTube series or working on new Shadows Fall tunes, Brian Fair has apparently been plugging away at another project known as Downpour. Featuring Living Wreckage guitarist Matt Pebreton, Birch Hill Dam bassist Pete Gelles, and ex-Unearth drummer Derek Kerswill, the band’s got some serious talent on

New Jersey Latin metal band Ill Niño were scheduled to release a new single called “Beast Inside” on June 21 and a new EP called IllMortals Vol 1 on June 29 and fans were bewildered when both dates passed without the scheduled releases. Was the “Beast Inside” not quite ready to come out yet? To

This September, it will have been two years since iconic thrash metal outfit Megadeth released their 16th studio album The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! Not ones to rest on their laurels, the band is apparently hard at work on its follow up after all the extensive touring they’ve done in recent months. News

This September, doom/sludge band Amenra are heading back out on the road and this time they’re bringing the mighty Primitive Man and Blackwater Holylight. The tour will kick off on September 13 in Brooklyn, New York for this year’s Desert Fest and then will come to a close on September 27 in Montreal. Speaking of

Later this year, extreme progressive metal band Ne Obliviscaris will be touring Europe and as a special treat, they’re giving their fans a chance to see them play the entirety of 2023’s Exul and 2014’s Citadel. Set to start on October 9 in Athens, Greece and coming to a close on November 7 in Colmar,

All I wanted was an album. Just one new album. It’s been eight years now since Suicidal Tendencies put out their most recent album of new material, World Gone Mad. If Suicidal Tendencies thought the world had gone mad in 2016, boy were they in for a shock in the years to come. Back in

Metal may often be about death and destruction, but not of the rain forest. At least, that’s the philosophy behind metal band and 501(c)3 non-profit Savage Lands, both of which were founded by Megadeth drummer Dick Verbeuren. The non-profit was established in 2022 to raise money for reforestation efforts, and the band has now released

Capulet Fest was already looking to be a shitshow on Friday when the heavy music festival changed venues at the last minute to a new venue that was more than an hour drive away from the venue that was originally announced for the festival and had less than 10% of the capacity. As bands started

Mike’s Dead, dead serious about his new song that is! Industrial rap-rock solo artist Mike’s Dead released a new single on Thursday called “God’s Image” via Hopeless Records. The song deals with the artist’s personal relationship with religion and, judging by the track itself, that seems to be a rocky personal relationship. The accompanying music

In the debate over the use of backing tracks in live performances, lines have been drawn and many artists are very firmly entrenched in their side. Earlier this week we learned that Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns was firmly in the anti-backing track camp.  Meanwhile, John 5 of Mötley Crüe recently had to prove to

This week on a very special bonus “.5” episode of the podcast we have Ken Candelas of Homerik to discuss “The Circle Of Dead Children”, of which the album and art book will release on September 20 and the novel on October 31. We delve into the collaboration with artist David “Max” Millgate in the

You know, because blood has a metallic smell. What I’m saying in that headline is there’s a good amount of blood in death metal motherfuckers 200 Stab Wounds‘ music video for “Gross Abuse.” Released today as just one of the tracks on the band’s sophomore album Manual Manic Procedures is appropriately brutal. Which honestly is

There’s been plenty of time to reflect on Slipknot‘s hiring of ex-Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande as their Jay Weinberg replacement and it seems like the overwhelming consensus is that he’s the perfect fit. The dude just smashes behind the kit, as evidenced by all of the insane performance videos that have been making the rounds

With their forthcoming album Melodies of Atonement coming out on August 30, Leprous released the LP’s opening track, “Silently Walking Alone” and its accompanying music video earlier today. As the new album’s opening song, frontman Einar Solberg said it’s an immediate departure from the band’s previous effort, Aphelion. “[‘Silently Walking Alone’ is] very electronic, epic,

In a bit of unsurprising, but equally distressing news, the great Ozzy Osbourne was forced to cancel an upcoming appearance at a film festival in Arizona because he can’t travel in his current condition. Ozzy was slated to show up at Phoenix’s Mad Monster Party next month at the Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa

Don’t worry, Metallica fans, the band didn’t suddenly become crypto scammers. Or, at least, it seems unlikely that they were supporting the crypto scam company. Metallica may have done some questionable cross-promotions in the past (the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack comes to mind) but, so far, it seems that they haven’t stooped to actually scamming

Two of heavy music’s more… off-beat acts are going to release what should be a wild ride of a split album, as Boris and Melvins announced the upcoming release of Twins of Evil. Though these two bands are no strangers to one another — they most recently co-headlined the ‘Twins of Evil’ tour last year

Nearly two weeks after hitting us with the first single off their forthcoming album Servitude, The Black Dahlia Murder announced moments ago that they had even more live dates lined up for later in the year. And this time around, they were planning on crushing the U.S. and Canada with the likes of Dying Fetus,

Love ’em or hate ’em, Ghost simply prints money, man. From merch to ticket sales and now to movie releases, Tobias Forge’s brainchild is mighty successful thanks in large part to the rabid fanbase buoying the band’s success. The latest win comes after last weekend’s premiere of Rite Here Rite Now, the sort of Song