News Peaceville Records Founder Paul Halmshaw Is Terminally Ill, Starts Online Fundraiser March 3, 2021 11:10am Though never a mainstream favorite, Peaceville Records has always been one of metal’s most important and interesting labels. The UK independent released many of underground and extreme metal’s greatest records, among them Autopsy’s Mental Funeral, […]
Lists Every Song on Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets,’ Ranked March 3, 2021 8:47am 35 years ago today, Metallica left a crater in the metal world that no other band has ever been able to replicate or fill. Coming off of the mounting success of 1984’s monumental Ride the Lightning, […]
News Texas and Mississippi to Allow Full-Capacity Concerts with No Mask Requirement March 3, 2021 8:13am Since the coronavirus pandemic and the quarantine that came with it first swept over the world, music fans have had one thing on their minds: when will shows start up again? Without live music, everything […]
BOOOOOO This Blows: Dave Lombardo’s Classic Slayer Drum Kits Were Stolen March 2, 2021 10:55am Among metal drummers, Dave Lombardo will always stand atop an especially high pedestal. While Slayer‘s guitars and vocals are immediately identifiable, it was Dave’s explosive, Latin-inspired playing that wowed a lot of the technical musicians […]
New Music Watch Lzzy Hale and Members of Code Orange, Baroness, and More Cover Pantera’s “Mouth for War” March 2, 2021 9:44am It’s been a hot second since we checked in with those rambunctious nose-pickers over at Two Minutes to Late Night, whose insane, star-studded cover song series made our quarantine worthwhile. And while we know what you’re […]
News Lamb of God Release Trailer for New Concert Film ‘Lamb of God: Live in Richmond, VA’ March 2, 2021 8:23am Though not necessarily a city one usually associates with metal as a whole, Richmond, Virginia, has a rich history of loud, in-your-face bands. You’ve got the alien perverts of GWAR, you’ve got the high-energy thrashers […]
Why Not Here’s a Compilation of Every Time James Hetfield Laughs In a Metallica Song March 1, 2021 2:01pm Perhaps the most fun part of any Metallica song to imitate is James Hetfield’s weird little vocal injections. But while the ol’ “OOOOH, YEAH-HEAH” is great, and the the extra syllable on words like “LIGHT-UH” […]
Interviews Thirdface’s Kathryn Edwards: “We Just Don’t Focus On The Rules of Hardcore” March 1, 2021 11:30am In a modern hardcore scene that often appears like a well-oiled machine, Thirdface are the snapped belt that takes out someone’s eye. The Nashville quartet have built a solid fanbase over the past four years […]
News Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Win Golden Globe for Pixar’s ‘Soul’ March 1, 2021 10:19am Over the past decade, Nine Inch Nails have gone from terrifying industrial rock powerhouse to award-winning cinematic tour de force. Ever since the band’s creative duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won an Oscar […]
News Rammstein Have Recorded A New Album In Quarantine March 1, 2021 8:12am The COVID-19 lockdown has proved creatively stultifying for some artists, fertile for others. While some musicians can’t get their work down without life on the road or the promise of the traditional album cycle, others […]
