Metal

Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is the latest notable metal musician to publicly address last week’s tragedy at the Astroworld festival. On Friday, November 5, there was a crowd surge during Scott’s headlining set at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas. Eight people, ages 14 – 27, were crushed to death, and hundreds more were

Bleed from Within have released a new single, “I Am Damnation.” You can check it out via the below music video, which was directed by Pavel Trebukhin. Catch Bleed From Within at their forthcoming UK headline tour, where they will be debuting “I Am Damnation” live: Nov 23 – The Fleece, Bristol – UK [tickets]Nov 24 –

Following their Awake EP released this past spring and their recent cover of Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted,” doom-pop progenitors Som (comprised of current and former members of Constants, Junius and Caspian) have unveiled plans for a new full-length album and released its first single, “Animals.” Vocalist and guitarist Will Benoit explains of the song, a shimmering

Press release: In the lead up to Wild Thing’s 10th anniversary in 2022, Wild Thing Presents / Wild Thing Records have today announced rebranding as Wild Thing Music Group. [embedded content] The changes announced today see Wild Thing’s structure shift to a four-pillar model under the one banner; encompassing Management, Label – Wild Thing Records, Merchandise – Wild Thing Music Store,

August Burns Red hadn’t released a new song in a whole month, and that simply would not do. So now they’ve unveiled a cover of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” I haven’t listened to it. I won’t listen to it. I refuse to keep participating in this “Christmas starts in November” bullcrap. Lemme get

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Architects will be performing an exclusive global streaming event from the legendary Abbey Road Studios on December 11th. The performance will be backed by Parallax Orchestra, made up of some of England’s best and most versatile classical musicians, arranged and written by Simon Dobson, Parallax Orchestra’s conductor and a three-times British Composer award (BASCA) winner for his compositions.

Volumes frontman Michael Barr has tested positive for COVID-19. As a consequence, Barr sat out the band’s show last night, November 10, in Minneapolis, MN. In a statement, Barr says he will “go into isolation for the next few days.” It’s not presently clear when he’ll return to the band’s current run with Varials, UnityTX,

The European and American legions have had their day in the press, so it’s now time to shine a scorching mid-day light on some of the black metal acts who call rainforests home instead of snow-capped ones. The bands from these countries can not only stand toe to toe with their Western counterparts when it

Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows promised this past summer that the band’s new album would come out before next summer. Will the band stick to that self-imposed timeline? According to a new interview with the frontman, maybe… but maybe not. Speaking to the Tuna On Toast With Stryker podcast, Shadows revealed that Covid-19 restrictions preventing an

As our civilization continues its inexorable devolution back into the Dark Ages, there are now lunatics on the Internet who believe that last week’s Astroworld tragedy was part of a deliberate Satanic sacrifice performed by Travis Scott and/or Live Nation. Furthermore, they think that Scott went to fairly substantial lengths to broadcast this information. For

I think it’s safe to say when it was recently announced that five former members of In Flames were launching a new band, The Halo Effect, a lot of us were hoping it would sound more like In Flames than In Flames does these days. Because these days In Flames sounds like they should be

After a long wait, melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity have just announced an extensive North American tour for early 2022! The band’s first visit to our shores in over three years will bring with it the crushing grooves of Kataklysm and the progressive death metal of Nailed to Obscurity. A little something for everyone

Welp, this is rich: you can now watch beloved ’80s/’90s movie star and comedian Gilbert Gottfried say the word “Christfucker.” And it’s all thanks to death metal-noise-hardcore face-melters Portrayal of Guilt. Someone in the band’s camp, or perhaps just a zealous supporter, saw fit to hire Gottfried on Cameo to record a plug for the

[embedded content] A riff may not be a song – but you CAN make a whole song starting from a single riff. I’m gonna show you how – but I need a riff. ONE riff. Not just any riff – I need the HEAVIEST RIFF IN THE UNIVERSE. And one of you is going to

Japanese doom-mongers Boris have released an upbeat, punk-flavored new single and video, “Reincarnation Rose.” The band commented of the track: “The title song ‘Reincarnation Rose’ is a song using Wata’s signature FUZZ ‘Hizumitas’ released worldwide from the American pedal brand ‘EarthQuaker Devices.’ Tokie, known for activities such as Rize, Ajico, and Losalios, participated in bass.” “Reincarnation Rose” comes from

Korn are now offering what The PRP describes as “a brief snippet of what appears to be a new song” via, of all things, a new Instagram filter. The the QR code for the filter is available here. You can go here to view posts by fans using the filter. Additionally, a fan has spotted

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Metal singers Dez Fafara and D. Randall Blythe abide by the maxim to “put your money where your mouth is” with Chakra Coin, a new cryptocurrency designed to foster community and invest in charitable causes. Longtime friends, both frontmen earned gold records with their respective bands and share unwavering commitments to artistic

Exodus’ third-best singer, Steve “Zetro” Souza, has outed himself as an anti-vaxxer while once again voicing support for former president Donald Trump. Souza first got The Don’s back in 2018. Now, in a new interview with the podcast Scars and Guitars, Souza doubles down on endorsing MAGAism, trotting out every tired argument in the Defend

Gang, I know I’m usually grumpy about everything. But I truly believe that what we’re witnessing with Marilyn Manson right now may be the schadenfreude comedy event of the decade. To be clear: there’s nothing funny about Manson’s alleged crimes against a cadre of former romantic partners. But now it looks like after 25 years

Cult of Luna have announced their new full-length album, The Long Road North, set for release on February 11th, 2022 on Metal Blade Records. Pre-orders will begin on December 1st, 2021 at this link.  Vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson comments: “The long road north is a long road home. A direction dictated by a call that penetrates rock and