Hell Yes Metallica Were Streamed 1.3 Billion Times on Spotify In 2021 January 3, 2022 9:07am It’d be hard to argue that Metallica are not the biggest metal band of all time. When the City of San Francisco honors you with your own holiday and Elton John talks about how you’ve […]
News Atreyu Frontman Brandon Saller Posts Brutal Injury Story: “It All But Took Off My Left Hand” January 3, 2022 8:25am In the age of the Internet and social media, we often think that if it wasn’t posted online, it didn’t happen. These days, when we discover that someone’s life underwent a drastic change and they […]
RIP Remembering Those the Rock and Metal Community Lost In 2021 December 30, 2021 11:30am A new year is always a great moment of clarity — a fresh start, a clean slate, a starting point from which the cycle of life can continue. But while it’s important to renew ourselves […]
Hell Yes Artist Reimagines Metallica’s ‘Ride the Lightning’ As a Series of Oil Paintings December 29, 2021 9:31am There are few albums as influential on the world of heavy music as Metallica‘s 1984 sophomore effort Ride the Lightning. Not only did the record break the band through to a more widespread audience, it also expanded […]
News Born to Lose, Live to Win: Remembering Lemmy 6 Years Later December 28, 2021 10:17pm There is a tendency among rock fans to immortalize their heroes. The most common way to do this is to portray one’s favorite dead musicians as angels, with ivory wings spread behind them as they […]
RIP Motörhead’s Former Production Managers Get Tattoos With Lemmy’s Ashes In Them December 28, 2021 11:20am Back in March, it was revealed that Lemmy Kilmister, late frontman for speed metal forefathers Motörhead, had his ashes put into bullets which were distributed among his friends. Now, two longtime members of the band’s […]
News Alice Cooper: “We Put Money Aside for Our Crew (During the Pandemic)…I Think All Responsible Bands Did That” December 28, 2021 9:37am Think whatever you want about Alice Cooper‘s music and public persona, but let no one say that the dude is not a good person. Not only is the Coop a hard-working rock star who’s helped […]
News Nirvana Seek to Dismiss ‘Nevermind’ Baby Lawsuit, Claim Model “Spent Three Decades Profiting from His Celebrity” December 23, 2021 12:51pm Back in August, Spencer Elden, the baby from the cover of Nirvana‘s massive 1991 album Nevermind, filed a lawsuit claiming that his appearance on the album cover counted as child pornography and sex trafficking. He later […]
Hell Yes Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Posts Touching 30th Anniversary Tribute to His Wife Genevra December 23, 2021 8:55am We like to think of metal musicians as tough, surly character, but most of them are total muffins on the inside. So often, that comes out when they talk about their partners and families, instantly […]
News Members of Dream Theater, Cradle of Filth and More Perform a Christmas Version of Slayer’s “Seasons In The Abyss” December 23, 2021 8:39am Raise your hand if you’ve received a novelty holiday item with the joke ‘SLEIGHER’ on it. This author himself has gotten beers, T-shirts, sweaters, and socks with that same gag printed on them, all of […]
