News See Fever 333 Lead Protest Against Corrupt System in Incendiary New “One of Us” Video February 13, 2019 8:04pm They may be out on tour with British heavyweights Bring Me the Horizon, but that hasn’t stopped politically-minded activist group the Fever 333 from dropping a new video for “One of Us,” a hard-hitting, pissed-off […]
Interviews Songs to Live by: Employed to Serve’s Sammy Urwin February 13, 2019 12:44pm U.K. post-hardcore crew Employed to Serve are one of the most exciting young bands around, as their blistering latest single, “Force Fed,” testifies. Ahead of the group’s forthcoming third album, Eternal Forward Motion, due May 10th, […]
News Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale Comments on Vinnie Paul’s Omission From Grammys In Memoriam Tribute February 12, 2019 2:16pm Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale has spoken out on social media about the Grammys’ conspicuous exclusion of Pantera’s Vinnie Paul and other metal musicians from the award show’s televised “In Memoriam” tribute this Sunday (February 10th), […]
Interviews Tattoo Stories: Wage War’s Seth Blake on First, Worst, Most Painful Ink February 12, 2019 1:48pm Floridian metalcore outfit Wage War wear their hearts on their sleeves. The band’s last album, 2017’s Deadweight, pulled no punches, hitting intense emotional chords with the musicians themselves and their fans alike, and the group’s […]
News System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Talks Visual Art, New Film ‘Truth to Power’ February 11, 2019 8:37pm In a recent sit-down with the Vivian Gallery in Matakana, New Zealand — which is displaying an exhibit of his work titled “Teetering on the Edge” — System of a Down singer and solo artist Serj Tankian opens […]
News High on Fire, Greta Van Fleet, Chris Cornell Win at 2019 Grammys February 11, 2019 3:51pm In a win that no one seemed to see coming but that everyone in the metal underground was super stoked about, stoner-metal titans High on Fire took home the trophy for Best Metal Performance at […]
News See Mastodon and Neurosis’ Scott Kelly Play Insane Tiny Show for 50 Fans February 8, 2019 4:34pm Atlanta prog/sludge behemoths Mastodon go way back with Neurosis singer-guitarist Scott Kelly. The dude sang on the song “Aqua Dementia” on the band’s 2004 breakthrough full-length Leviathan and has made guest appearances on all their albums […]
Interviews Vespera Guitarist Cairn Tse-Lalonde: 5 Riffs That Made Me February 8, 2019 3:48pm Rising Seattle act Vespera have been steadily gaining momentum thanks to their mix of brooding sounds and technical virtuosity, as heard on singles like “Deafening, Dissonant,” from their forthcoming debut The Thoughts That Plague You. […]
Interviews Bring Me the Horizon on Death Cults and Twisted Love That Inspired “Mantra” February 7, 2019 3:45pm The latest album, amo, from U.K. rockers Bring Me the Horizon may be a polarizing affair, with its headbanger-trolling dalliances with pop and dance music, but it’d be difficult for anyone to deny the infectiously […]
Interviews Anthrax and Altitudes & Attitude’s Frank Bello: My Dream Supergroup February 6, 2019 5:55pm Anthrax bassist Frank Bello knows something about supergroups. He was part of one of the greatest and most historic metal all-star collectives in history: the Big 4 jam that saw members of thrash OGs Metallica, […]
