News Supercross Team Honors Slayer with New Gear and Bike Design April 14, 2021 8:31am Though they may no longer be playing satanic murder metal for millions of screaming fans, Slayer still live on in their timeless musical legacy. Now, Team Solitaire, the supercross partnership between Nuclear Blast and Yamaha, […]
News Iron Maiden’s Mobile Game Announces In-World Collaboration with Amon Amarth April 14, 2021 7:52am Yesterday, Iron Maiden fans got the bad news that the band’s 2021 European tour dates would have to be postponed to 2022. But today, metalheads can rejoice that there’s some good news coming out of […]
BOOOOOO Exodus Drummer Tom Hunting Diagnosed with Rare Gastric Cancer April 13, 2021 12:28pm 2021 is looking like a big year for thrash titans Exodus, whose new album Persona Non Grata is due out later this summer. But now, drummer Tom Hunting had revealed some bad news: he’s been diagnosed […]
News Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo Talk Bringing Metal to Netflix on This Week’s MoshTalks Cover Stories April 13, 2021 12:07pm Ah, theme songs: a chance for talented musicians to get together and work on a befuddling project from which their names might ultimately be removed. For years, TV networks have tapped a mixture of ultra-talented […]
Interviews Smith/Kotzen’s Richie Kotzen: “You’ve Gotta Do the Work. You’ve Gotta Take Action.” April 13, 2021 11:11am For fans of heavy music, Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen need no introduction. The former is the longtime guitarist of high-flying metal legends Iron Maiden, while the latter’s pedigree includes acts like Poison, Mr. Big, […]
BOOOOOO Iron Maiden Postpone 2021 European Summer Live Dates to 2022 April 13, 2021 10:11am While the widespread vaccination effort has made future concertgoing seem infinitely more possible, we still have a ways to go. With certain European countries initiating second lockdowns, it’s obvious that some of the tours planned […]
News AC/DC’s Brian Johnson to Release His Memoirs This October April 13, 2021 7:49am It’s hard to imagine a hard rock band more universally loved than Australia’s AC/DC. Forty-plus years after the release of their debut album, the dudes are still kicking ass and taking names; last year’s Power […]
News Emperor Announce 30th Anniversary Livestream Show April 12, 2021 2:28pm Though not the flashiest black metal band of the Norwegian second wave, Emperor were arguably the best. What they lacked in destructive antics, the classically-oriented four-piece made up for in musicianship and grandiose scale, making […]
New Music Gojira Release Intense New Single “Into The Storm” April 12, 2021 12:25pm So far, Gojira have released three songs from their upcoming new album Fortitude, each one more crushing than the last. Now, the band has dropped another new single, “Into the Storm,” which takes a slightly speedier […]
News Kirk Hammett’s Signed Guitar From the “One” Video Went for $112,500 at Auction April 12, 2021 8:54am Last week, it was revealed that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett was auctioning off the guitar that he played in the video for Metallica’s massive hit single “One.” Now, that guitar, signed by Hammett, has been […]