Interviews Songs to Live by: Dream Theater’s John Petrucci February 20, 2019 1:23pm Dream Theater fanatics prepare yourselves: the band’s new album Distance Over Time drops this Friday, February 22nd (you probably already knew that) — and the progressive metal icons will hit the road shortly after that in […]
Interviews Candlemass’ Leif Edling: 5 Surprising Albums I Love February 18, 2019 2:51pm The Door to Doom — the latest album from Swedish doom lords Candlemass — is kind of a big deal. Not only is it the band’s first album to feature vocalist Johan Längqvist since the group’s […]
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, […]
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 Songs to Live by: A Pale Horse Named Death’s Sal Abruscato February 6, 2019 12:23pm As the original drummer of both Type O Negative and Life of Agony and the frontman of A Pale Horse Named Death, Sal Abruscato (pictured above, second from the right, with APHND) has had his […]
Lists Slipknot’s 9 Most Insane Music Videos February 4, 2019 1:18pm Ever since 1999, when they first set the metal world on its ear, Slipknot have made it very clear that their creativity extends well beyond freaky masks and brutal music. The band’s videos have often […]
Lists How to Slay Download 2017 June 8, 2017 12:48pm June might just be another summer month for anyone around the world, but for 80,000 British metalheads and rock fans, June means making a sacred pilgrimage to the hallowed grounds of Donington Park, June means […]
Lists 17 Ways That Mastodon Revolutionised Metal March 22, 2017 11:59am On January 1, 2000, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor, friends since adolescence and musical collaborators first in death metal act Lethargy then noise rock heroes Today Is The Day, left their hometown of Rochester, New […]
Lists The Pit Albums of 2016 December 20, 2016 3:02pm While 2016 has been a bit of a stinker for the world at large, it’s been an amazing year for all things heavy! Keep reading to see our top 10 albums of the year. 10: […]