Last Words Relive Your Favorite Metal Moments of 2020 with the Best of Last Words December 24, 2020 10:15am Look, we get it: 2020 is basically over. Sure, we’ve got two weeks and a couple of major holidays left in which this cackling demon of a year can throw us curveballs and make us […]
News 11 Metal Musicians Who Might Secretly Be Santa Claus December 22, 2020 9:50pm If you take a moment to think about it, Santa Claus is kind of metal. He’s an interpretation of Odin, Norse god of battle and wisdom, who uses enchanted deer to fly around the world […]
Lists In League With Santa: 10 Christmas Classics That Are Secretly Horror Movies December 21, 2020 9:17am There’s something nice about watching a classic movie on Christmas. The tree’s plugged in, the presents are opened, and there you are with a rocket-fuel eggnog, sinking into your couch and taking in a festive […]
News Congress Allocates $15 Billion For Live Music Venues In New COVID Relief Bill December 21, 2020 8:51am One of the COVID shutdown’s greatest threats is the permanent closure of America’s many independent live music venues. The death of concerts has revealed to music fans that most of their favorite venues live hand […]
News David Hasselhoff: “I’m A Major Fan of Metallica and Iron Maiden” December 18, 2020 12:36pm Last week, the world rejoiced when famed actor and musical sensation David Hasselhoff revealed his new metal song, “Through The Night.” For millions of fans (maybe), hearing the Hoff perform power metal vocals was a […]
News Ozzy’s New Album is Already Half Done, Features Metallica, Foo Fighters, RHCP Members December 18, 2020 9:34am This year saw Ozzy Osbourne release the monumental Ordinary Man, a record so risky, memorable, and rad that it topped our list of the 20 Greatest Albums of 2020. Part of what set the album apart […]
News System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Announces Release Dates for New Solo EP, Documentary December 18, 2020 9:01am In the past couple of years, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has been working on several projects that have unfortunately been delayed for various (but obvious) reasons. In 2019, Serj outlined Truth to Power, […]
RIP ‘Heavy Metal Movies’ Author Mike McPadden Has Died December 18, 2020 8:24am Sad news for the metal and underground cinema worlds, as Mike ‘McBeardo’ McPadden, author of renowned metalhead film guide Heavy Metal Movies, has passed away. He was 52. No cause of death has been revealed. Mike’s […]
Last Words The Black Dahlia Murder’s Trevor Strnad Talks Christmas Music on This Week’s Episode of Last Words December 17, 2020 1:29pm Ah, Christmas, that one time a year where metalheads utter their annual mantra of, “Fuck you, Mariah Carey. Fuck. You.” While metal fans generally don’t mind Christmas — let’s be honest, it’s a repurposed pagan holiday […]
Lists The 20 Greatest Albums of 2020 December 17, 2020 10:30am To say 2020 has been fun would be a lie so egregious, we’d choke on it before uttering it out loud. This year really showed up to the door with its arms full of plagues […]