Metal

Soulfly have been on the road with Fear Factory axeman Dino Cazares on guitar, replacing Marc Rizzo, who recently parted ways with the band after eighteen years under very dramatic circumstances. Fan-filmed live footage of the band performing Fear Factory’s 1995 hit “Replica” (from their Demanufacture album) has now surfaced. You can watch that clip, which

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has provided another glimpse into what fans can expect on the band’s next album, which they have been recording since the beginning of this year. What’s more, he has revealed the tracking process for the follow-up to We Are Not Your Kind, which came out in 2019, is nearing completion. In

Pathology have announced that they’ll release a new album, The Everlasting Plague, on November 19. The album was produced, engineered, and mixed by Zack Ohren (Machine Head, All Shall Perish, etc.). You can check out the first single, “Engaging in Homicide,” via the below music video. Also below: view the cover art by Par Olofsson

Guitarist Gus G., best known for his work with Firewind and as Ozzy’s guitarist for a number of years, has released a new solo track, “Enigma of Life.” You can check it out via the below music video. Gus G.’s new album, Quantum Leap, is out October 8 on AFM. Pre-order it here. [embedded content]

Lucifer have released a new single, “Bring Me His Head.” True to Lucifer’s usual sound, it’s a ’70s throwback track. Appropriately, then, the video is a very convincing recreation of television performances in that era. Like, I bet you could convince people this is real. The clip is actually intended as an homage to Brian

Corey Taylor has tested negative for Covid-19 two days in a row after falling ill with the virus last week, and he has returned home after quarantining. The update again comes from his wife, Alicia (of rock n’ roll dance troupe The Cherry Bombs), who offered a similar update earlier in Corey’s recovery. Posting on

No anniversary celebration is complete without getting hammered. Anthrax clearly understand this basic, inarguable fact of life, because the band is continuing their much-deserved 40th anniversary celebration with the release of “Anthrax XL,” a 115 proof “Solera-aged, single-barrel bourbon finished for 40 days in a 20-year old Oloroso Sherry cask.” That all sounds real classy! “I

After 10 years, Fred Durst will finally allow new music from Limp Bizkit to reach his fans’ ears “very soon,” according to a post on Instagram. Just a few months after guitarist Wes Borland described Fred Durst as a “perfectionist” who kept recording, trashing and re-recording vocals on an estimated 35 otherwise finished new songs

Crossover metal/pop star Poppy has released a new single and video, “So Mean,” continuing the dive into ’90s alt-pop she’s displayed on her upcoming album’s two previous singles. Is it even fair to associate her with metal anymore?? I don’t care — I’m along for the ride, I’m fully into it — but it’s so

You should all be familiar with Cattle Decapitation’s logo, because the band is fucking awesome. But on the off chance you’re not, it looks like this: So imagine that you’re driving down the road in Rover, Missouri, and you see that logo being used on a billboard for Newberry Farms, “Sellers of Purebred Bulls.” It

Two Minutes to Late Night are back with the latest in their bedroom cover series, and they’ve once again pulled in top-tier talent from throughout the metalsphere for an extraordinarily fun performance video, this time of Toto‘s 1978 hit “Hold The Line.” Here’s the crew for this one: Vocals: Rody Walker (Protest The Hero)Guitars: Alex Skolnick (Testament, etc.)Guitars: Devin Shidaker (The

Francesco Paoli, the 36-year-old guitarist and vocalist for Fleshgod Apocalypse, has been hospitalized after suffering “severe injuries,” including “several fractures,” as the result of a rock climbing accident. Says the band in a statement: “Last Saturday, August 21st, our singer Francesco Paoli suffered severe injuries while rock climbing the Gran Sasso mountains in Abruzzo, Italy.

Between the Buried and Me guitarist Paul Waggoner is our guest this week! We discuss why he feels the time was right to make a sequel to their classic album, Colors, the difficulty of being in the right mental state to write music during the pandemic, all the work that went into the animated video

The Skull singer Eric Wagner, formerly of doom pioneers Trouble, has died after a battle with Covid-19. He was 62 years old. The Skull dropped off their tour with The Obsessed earlier this month citing “the ongoing and growing COVID situation sweeping the nation again, particularly in the South.” On August 17, they issued another

Pop star The Weeknd is best known for his irresistibly singable R&B and synth-pop jams such as “The Hills” and “Save Your Tears,” the former of which has racked up over one billion YouTube views. But the Canadian-born singer, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, credits an unexpected influence on his early material on

The writer/producer of a recent movie starring Body Count frontman Ice-T was shot and killed this past Thursday night (August 19) in New York City. According to The New York Post, Joseph “Taheim” Bryan, age 50, lived in Jackson Heights, Queens. Equal Standard, his action film about racism in the NYPD, was released last May.

Code Orange have released a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ theme for the 1996 video game Quake. You can check it out via the below music video. The band also participated in this weekend’s QuakeCon celebrating the game, The PRP reports. A remastered edition was released earlier this week. Code Orange will be part of

Flotsam and Jetsam’s show at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on Wednesday, August 25 has been called off. The reason? According to the venue, a member or members of the band are unvaccinated. The PRP notes that this is a violation of San Francisco’s new mandate, which requires proof of vaccination (and the mandatory

When we typically think of the rise of grunge we associate it with the downfall of metal. And indeed, when Nirvana, Pearl Jam and their ilk burst upon the scene in 1991/1992, the fall of a certain type of band with big hair and even bigger machismo was fast and furious. But not all metal

Hair metal was a uniquely American phenomenon. Why, then, are the only recent bands doing it well from other countries? RIDDLE ME THAT, INTERNET! From Girish and the Chronicles (India) to today’s Swedish exports, Crazy Lixx, the kids are alright… everywhere but here. Crazy Lixx, who have been pumping out quality hair-inspired metal since the