Premieres FRIDAY: Watch Our Interview with Pantera’s Rex Brown on 20 Years of ‘Reinventing The Steel’ November 11, 2020 12:10pm When Pantera released Reinventing The Steel in 2000, they had no idea how the album would cement their legacy. A perfect mixture of the band’s steely heavy metal off of albums like Cowboys From Hell and their […]
Premieres Listen To This Crushing Doom Cover Of Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” By Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis November 5, 2020 12:00pm If you grew up in the ’90s, there were a handful of songs you could not escape, and one of them was most definitely “Smooth” by Carlos Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas. The […]
Premieres Heads For The Dead (Revel In Flesh, ex-Hail of Bullets) Drop Bloodthirsty New Rager “Into The Red” October 28, 2020 10:49am When it comes to dread, gore, and the looming specter of death, Heads For The Dead are all-in. The British/German three-piece add gnarly old-school cruelty to their death metal, merging both infectious melody and murderous […]
Premieres Johnny Nocash and The Celtic Outlaws Provide Whiskey For The Soul With Their New Single and Video October 27, 2020 12:00pm There’s something of a country boy inside of every hard rocker, and Johnny Nocash and The Celtic Outlaws are speaking right to ’em. The quartet hail from Canada, but they sound like they could call […]
Premieres Oxalate’s New Video Is A Gory Celebration of Death Metal Horror October 21, 2020 11:00am When Oxalate roll through, you can taste murder in the air. The New York/New Jersey death metal quartet have quickly made a name for themselves within the scene by going full grotesque with their music. […]
Premieres Watch Jeff Loomis and Lost Symphony’s Kelly Kereliuk Engage In A Guitar Solo Stand-Off October 21, 2020 11:00am For classical-metal collective Lost Symphony, virtuosity isn’t just a way to show off — it’s a way of life. On their new album Chapter II — which features guest stars including Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy/Nevermore) and […]
Premieres Vanik (Midnight, Ringworm) Provide The Perfect Halloween Kick-Off With Their Bloodthirsty New Album October 1, 2020 11:30am ‘Horror metal’ usually implies either ruffly period-piece goth or Jason-worshipping gore overload, but Vanik have found a way to distill that label into something totally pure. The Cleveland-based band communicate the chill of autumn and […]
Premieres Sarcator’s Ripping New Video Proves That They’re Extreme Metal’s Future September 29, 2020 12:00pm Metal lifers who complain about kids today not going hard enough obviously need to plug their pie-holes with a healthy dose of Sarcator. The Swedish four-piece, whose ranks include the son of The Crown’s Marko […]
Premieres Exclusive Stream: Second to Sun’s New Album Is A Captivating Mixture of Groove and Hostility September 15, 2020 1:58pm The beauty of Second to Sun lies in how scathing their sound remains. The St. Petersburg, Russia-based quartet’s music has plenty of what most folks love about metal — churning riffs, eerie moments of atmosphere, […]
Premieres Intoxicated (feat. Members of Andrew W.K.’s Band) Will Thrash You to Pieces With Their New EP August 27, 2020 11:00am All genres of metal deserve their due, but let’s be honest, you really just want some thrash to knock you on your ass, and Intoxicated are here to deliver it to you. The Florida three-piece […]