News Ghost Introduce Papa Emeritus IV at Final ‘Prequelle’ Show March 4, 2020 3:52pm All hail, Papa Emeritus IV. After a full album cycle without a new Papa fronting the band, occult-rock antiheroes Ghost have finally anointed Cardinal Copia as their new papal leader. Copia’s surprise promotion was revealed […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Pig Destroyer Songs March 4, 2020 3:40pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
News See High on Fire Go Record-Shopping in New “What’s in My Bag?” Video March 3, 2020 5:30pm Stoner-thrash juggernaut High on Fire are gearing up to hit the road in the U.K. and Europe later this year, and ahead of those dates, vocalist-guitarist Matt Pike and bassist Jeff Matz stopped by celebrated record store […]
News See Lamb of God’s Mark Morton, Kreator’s Mille Petrozza Discuss Being “Unified Through Thrash” March 3, 2020 5:18pm U.S. metal stalwarts Lamb of God and German thrash veterans Kreator are set to join forces this spring for a European trek fittingly titled the “State of Unrest” tour. Texan rising stars Power Trip will […]
News Hear Myrkur’s Gorgeous New Folk Song “Gudernes Vilje” March 3, 2020 4:01pm Danish extreme-metal firebrand Amalie Bruun has fearlessly rankled corpse-painted trve believers with her project Myrkur and its adventurous mix of ethereal folk and blackened riffery, as heard on critically acclaimed albums like 2015’s M and 2017’s Mareridt. Myrkur’s […]
News Carcass Title New Album in Homage to Original Drummer Ken Owens March 2, 2020 9:42pm U.K. extreme-metal trailblazers Carcass are gearing up to release their highly anticipated seventh album — the follow-up to 2013’s Surgical Steel — on August 7th via Nuclear Blast, and in a recent interview with Australia’s Heavy, […]
Interviews Tattoo Stories: Polaris’ Daniel Furnari on First, Worst, Most Painful Ink March 2, 2020 1:08pm Australian metalcore outfit Polaris wear their hearts on their sleeves. On their new, sophomore album, The Death of Me — the follow-up to 2017’s The Mortal Coil — the young rising stars veer adventurously between […]
News Hear the Acacia Strain’s Pummeling New 7-Inch, Jesus Piece Singer Guests February 28, 2020 3:28pm New England-based punishing metal group The Acacia Strain have surprised dropped a brand new 7-inch, D, through Rise Records. It of course includes two pummeling, yet atmospheric tracks (both of which you can hear below) […]
News Hear Havok’s Insane New Thrasher “Phantom Force” February 28, 2020 2:41pm Colorado-based thrash crew Havok are back in a big way. The quartet have announced their forthcoming fifth album, simply titled V, unleashed the LP’s ripping lead single “Phantom Force” and dropped the song’s accompanying music […]
News See Toxic Holocaust’s Gritty Post-Apocalyptic “New World Beyond” Video February 27, 2020 3:10pm Joel Grind has been flying the old-school thrash flag high for the last 20 years with his mostly one-man project Toxic Holocaust. Last year, he released his sixth full-length under that name, the tellingly titled […]