Lists The 15 Ugliest-Sounding Metal Bands of All Time March 18, 2021 8:55am Any band can sound pretty. A few twinkling keys, some shimmering minor chords here and there, and bam, you’ve got a song that feels like the appropriate soundtrack to a sunrise in an indie teen […]
New Music Born of Osiris Release New Single “White Nile” via Music Video March 18, 2021 8:24am It’s been a hot second since we heard from progressive metalcore act Born of Osiris, whose 2019 album The Simulation was met with solid reviews. The band have apparently had a new album in the chamber […]
News GWAR Announce New ‘Bud of Gods’ CBD Product Line March 17, 2021 12:44pm If anyone understands the human condition, it’s the pervert space aliens in GWAR. The Antarctican smeg-thrashers have long observed the homo sapiens in their natural habitat, and have rightfully concluded that even without their intervention, human […]
News Corey Taylor Reveals Dates for Socially-Distanced Solo Tour March 17, 2021 9:53am Last week, Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor revealed that he had plans for a socially-distanced solo tour in the works. Now, Taylor has announced the dates of the tour, which will adhere to […]
Lists Happy St. Patrick’s Day: Here Are 10 Killer Irish Bands You’ve Probably Never Heard Of March 17, 2021 8:18am In America, St. Patrick’s Day is most commonly celebrated with an explosion of Guinness and The Pogues. For us, the day is to Ireland as Halloween is to goth — a celebration of all the […]
Features Gama Bomb’s Philly Byrne: Why The Northern Ireland Peace Process Was Great For Thrash Metal March 17, 2021 7:58am As a band we’ve never made a big deal of the fact we’re from Northern Ireland, probably because we didn’t see the Troubles as an appropriate topic for thrash metal — we just never wrote […]
News Sevendust Will Play ‘Home’ and ‘Seasons’ In Their Entirety for New Livestream Performances March 16, 2021 2:08pm While many bands of the nu-metal era are remembered with either rolling eyes or lengthy explanations of why they actually rule, Sevendust have come out of that movement relatively unscathed. The band’s early material remains […]
News Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci Nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Oscars for ‘Sound of Metal’ March 16, 2021 12:37pm Earlier this year, Amazon released their new film Sound of Metal, in which a metal drummer copes with the loss of his hearing. The movie received critical acclaim from most publications (even though its use of […]
News Wolfgang Van Halen Declined Grammys’ Invitation to Play “Eruption” During Ceremony March 16, 2021 10:22am Sunday night saw the 2021 Grammy Awards go down to much acclaim, occasional derision, and huge excitement from metal fans after Body Count won the Best Metal Performance Grammy. But one part of the show […]
RIP ‘Metal Edge’ Magazine Editor Gerri Miller Has Died March 16, 2021 8:10am Sad news for the metal and rock community today, as Gerri Miller, the longtime editor of heavy metal magazine Metal Edge, has passed away. She is believed to have been 67 years old, though this has […]
