News Megadeth Announce Second Leg of ‘The Metal Tour of the Year’ With Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames January 11, 2022 10:00am Last year saw Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, and Hatebreed hit the road on ‘The Metal Tour of the Year,’ which proved to be one of 2021’s most successful tours. Now, the bands have decided […]
RIP Burke Shelley, Frontman of Welsh Metal Forefathers Budgie, Dead at 71 January 10, 2022 9:25pm Sad news for the rock and metal world today as Burke Shelley, vocalist and bassist for Welsh proto-metal stars Budgie, has died. He was 71 years old. News of Burke’s death was confirmed by his […]
News Thrash Legend Dave Lombardo Posts Powerful Farewell to His Mom: “She Was My First Fan” January 10, 2022 8:51pm At this point in his career, Dave Lombardo needs no introduction to fans. As the founding drummer of Slayer, Dave took the band’s ripping satanism to new heights of technical legitimacy with his madcap Latin-influenced […]
News Suicide Silence and Carnifex Announce U.S. Co-Headlining Tour with Lorna Shore and Upon A Burning Body January 10, 2022 2:09pm Last year was a big one for deathcore legends Suicide Silence and Carnifex; the former went on a successful tour with Jinjer while the latter released what they were worried might be their last album. […]
Features Opinion: Metal Needs to Get Over Its ‘Name 3 Songs’ Gatekeeper Nonsense January 10, 2022 12:58pm Since it first climbed out of rock and roll’s primordial ooze, metal has been wary of what it considers the ultimate transgressor: the poser, someone who dresses metal and/or talks about the genre as if […]
News Judas Priest Will Tour as a 4-Piece for the First Time 48 Years January 10, 2022 10:22am Few bands have the storied history that world-conquering heavy metal gods Judas Priest do. Over the last fifty years, the British guitar-wranglers have wowed the world with their bombastic sound. But now, the band intend […]
News Video: Drummer Plays All 175 Rush Songs In Homage to Neil Peart January 10, 2022 9:06am Friday was the second anniversary of the death of Neil Peart, the groundbreaking drummer for Canadian band Rush who inspired a generation of percussionists to hit harder, faster, and with more unhinged precision than those […]
News Corey Taylor Promises a New Slipknot Album, His Indie Horror Movie, and “Secret ‘Homecoming’ Plans” for 2022 January 10, 2022 8:30am Back in December, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor told the world that March or April of 2022 was when fans could expected a new album from the band. Now, the singer has announced on social media […]
RIP Woodstock Organizer and Producer Michael Lang Dead at 77 January 9, 2022 9:51am Sad news for the rock world today, as Michael Lang, one of the organizers of the Woodstock festivals, has died. He was 77 years old. According to a representative, Lang died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s […]
News Metallica and Tool Are Using COVID-Sniffing Dogs for Their Shows January 9, 2022 9:25am The most frustrating part of the COVID pandemic is how quickly we’re learning about new effects, capabilities, and traits of this awful virus. One minute, we think we’re finally going to beat this thing; the […]
