Metal

Skunk Anansie songs really only come in two categories — angry and sad. Their new single, “Piggy,” falls squarely in the former category. And, no shock here, it’s friggin’ excellent. Like, it makes me wish I had a pair of steel-toed Doc Martens. I don’t know what I’d do with them, but that’s what the

Vein.fm, formerly known as Vein, have dropped another single from their forthcoming album, This World Is Going To Ruin You, which will arrive on March 4. Its first single, “The Killing Womb,” arrived in early January, and now a new track has appeared called “Fear in Non Fiction” that features a guest vocal spot from Thursday’s

I’ve been re-watching the original Lord of the Rings trilogy over the past few weeks (I can only handle about an hour per sitting!), and so much of it still holds up 20 years later. That’s certainly true of the score, which has a handful of iconic themes that have become synonymous with the franchise.

If you’ve been a metal fan for any amount of time, chances are — whether you know it or not — you’re already familiar with the work of Jeremy Saffer, who has photographed seemingly every active metal band of the past decade-plus. Saffer’s work is not only ubiquitous, but iconic: you know his work when

There was a period in the early 21st century when Guns N’ Roses, as a visual, made no goddamn sense whatsoever. Axl Rose replaced the classic line-up with a cadre of brilliant professional sidemen — and they all showed up dressed for their old jobs. Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck sported black-and-white make-up, a

Industrial rockers Stabbing Westward have released a new single, “Ghost,” from their forthcoming first full-length album in 20 years, Chasing Ghosts, arriving in March. The first single, “I Am Nothing,” dropped in November. Stabbing Westward’s last album, a self-titled affair, came out in 2001. The band released the Dead and Gone EP of new originals in 2020 as

Mastodon drummer and vocalist Brann Dailor has revealed that he started experiencing Covid-19 symptoms the day he got home from the band’s fall co-headline tour with Opeth, suggesting he likely contracted it while on the road. Dailor said he “got pretty sick” and remained so for roughly two weeks before feeling better. He did not

Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has weighed in on the band’s recent, since-rescinded decision to tour as a quartet without a second guitar player. Calling it “very strange” that Judas Priest would “even think aboutSpeaking about the initial announcement with  “Rock of Nations with Dave Kinchen,” Downing said: “I’m like everybody else. I’m totally

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Wolves at the Gate have announced their fifth album Eulogies. It arrives on March 11 via Solid State Records. Pre-order Eulogies here.  Today, the band has shared the video for the new track “Lights & Fire.” Watch the video for the dynamic track, which boasts anthemic choruses and a cinematic and quiet mid-section that builds to an epic crescendo, below. “While

We’ve been hearing about the new black metal project from Trivium’s Matt Heafy for damn near close to a decade — and now, at long last, it has finally arrived! Now dubbed Ibaraki, after “a terrifying Japanese demon taken from feudal legend,” the project has released its first single, “Tamashii No Houkai.” Heafy, who is

Testament are parting ways with drummer Gene Hoglan. Says the band in a statement: To all our Testament fans around the world, First off, we are beyond grateful to have had Gene Hoglan ”Official Page” behind our drum throne for ten years, several albums and countless tour dates. Unfortunately, our brother Gene’s additional tours and

Midnight’s new song is called “Szex Witchery.” I was wondering if “szex” really meant “sex” in another language or was a made-up word, so I Googled it. A bunch of Hungarian pornography came up. So I guess it’s a real word. ANYWAY, “Szex Witchery” is the first single from Midnight’s newly-announced fifth full-length, Let There Be

Progressive melo-death marauders Allegaeon have released a new single from their forthcoming album, Damnum. It’s called “Of Beasts and Worms,” and it’s some fuckin’ A++++ WDBWA-level shit. There’s a few different semi-obvious influences here including Opeth, Soilwork, and a version of Insomnium from another reality in which Insomnium have had a fire lit under their

While the dust is still settling from the shocking breakup of Every Time I Die, at least one of the band’s former members is already optimistically looking towards the future. In a series of Twitter replies to fans, guitarist Jordan Buckley (brother of vocalist Keith) asserts that he and the other three non-Keith members want

Every Time I Die bassist Steve Micciche has shared a lengthy statement detailing his side of the band breakup that went public earlier this week following a public spat in December. The band’s four members other than frontman Keith Buckley — Micciche, guitarists Andy Williams and Jordan Buckley (Keith’s brother), and drummer Clayton “Goose” Holyoak

Krallice, consistently one of the most envelope-pushing acts in all of black metal (if not all of metal period), have premiered a killer new song, “Crystalline Exhaustion.” Clocking in at a brisk 14+ minutes, “Crystalline Exhaustion” finds Krallice somehow continuing to break new ground — nearly half of the song goes by before the more

Clutch have announced a spring headline tour of the U.S. and Canada. Support on the first leg of the trek will come from Eyehategod and Tigercub; support on the second leg will come from The Sword and Nate Berman. Dates are below (via Lambgoat): dates w/ Eyehategod and Tigercub 3/16 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City3/18

Following disagreements between band members that spilled into the public eye in messy fashion late last year, Every Time I Die have just announced that they have broken up. The band’s four members other than singer Keith Buckley — guitarists Andy Williams and Jordan Buckley (Keith’s brother), bassist Stephen Micciche and drummer Clayton “Goose” Holyoak

HBO debuted the first three episodes of James Gunn’s new series, Peacemaker. Hopefully, you’ve already watched it, or already have plans to watch it. If not, you’re missing out: Peacemaker is Gunn at his Gunniest. Featuring John Cena reprising his role from this past summer’s The Suicide Squad, the show is by turns hilarious, violent,

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has a new tattoo, and he’s excited to show it off to the world. The back piece depicts actor Christopher Lee as The Creature in the 1957 classic horror film The Curse of Frankenstein. Taylor explained on Instagram that it was done by Shane Munce of PussyKat Tattoo in Las Vegas, saying: