Lists The 17 Greatest Dimebag Darrell Riffs of All Time December 8, 2021 9:00am It’s hard to imagine any guitarist being as important to metal’s identity as “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot. As one fourth of Texan groove metallers Pantera, Darrell changed the genre as we know it with his mixture […]
News Video: Venue Where Dimebag Darrell Was Murdered Gets Torn Down December 8, 2021 8:22am Today marks the 17th anniversary of metal’s greatest tragedy, the murder of Pantera and Damageplan guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot. On December 8th, 2004, a mentally ill fan named Nathan Gale attacked Damageplan mid-set during their […]
News Tenacious D Announce 2022 Summer Tour December 7, 2021 2:02pm On the list of explicitly non-metal acts that metalheads will tolerate, Tenacious D might be at #1. The zaftig comedy duo will forever be loved by headbangers for their focus on rocking, never stopping, Satan, […]
News Hell Yeah: Fuming Mouth Frontman’s Cancer GoFundMe Crushes $50K Goal In 24 Hours December 7, 2021 12:53pm Sometimes, it feels like metalheads don’t care about their own, and the entire scene all a lot of infighting and whining. But every so often, when it really matters, the metal community comes together to […]
News W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless Claims He Was the Original Choice to Play the T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2’ December 7, 2021 11:01am Of the many spandex-clad bands who proliferated the hair metal scene of the 1980s, W.A.S.P. were one of the more metal, and much of that came from frontman Blackie Lawless. From singing satanic sex ballads […]
New Music Exclusive Video Premiere: Killer Hill (Helmet) Hearken Back to the Golden Age of ’90s Groove Metal on “Frozen Head” December 7, 2021 11:00am It’s unsurprising that Killer Hill‘s music feels like it could come out either today or in 1993. The LA-based trio feature two members of alt-metal heavyweights Helmet, making their connection to the heyday of alternative […]
News Fuming Mouth’s Mark Whelan Diagnosed With Leukemia, GoFundMe Started December 7, 2021 8:37am In the past couple of years, Fuming Mouth have become a respected mainstay in the extreme metal underground. The band’s 2019 full-length debut The Grand Descent was a ferocious, powerful mixture of metal and hardcore […]
Hell Yes Lil Nas X Rocked A Death Metal Shirt During a Promotional Interview December 6, 2021 3:35pm More and more, mainstream celebrities are showing their love for metal. Whether it’s North West repping Black Sabbath, Demi Lovato promoting metalcore and black metal, or Nicolas Cage supporting his black metal-playing son, big names […]
News Black Veil Brides, Motionless In White, Ice Nine Kills Announce 2022 Co-Headlining Tour December 6, 2021 12:36pm In modern metalcore, few bands are as massive as avowed antiheroes Black Veil Brides, goth immortals Motionless In White, or horror hounds Ice Nine Kills. And now, fans can have their minds blown live, as […]
News Skillets Frontman Calls Himself a Revolutionary for Being Unvaccinated, Calls RATM Government Rock for Supporting Vaccine Mandates December 6, 2021 10:17am Recently, Skillet frontman John Cooper has been overwhelmingly outspoken about his Christian faith and the politics that come with it, specifically his refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Now, he’s called himself a revolutionary for […]