News Metallica to Play Epicenter, Louder Than Life, Sonic Temple, Aftershock and Welcome to Rockville Fests in 2020 October 10, 2019 7:34pm Metallica have announced an unprecedented collaboration with premier independent producer Danny Wimmer Presents: The thrash pioneers will not only exclusively headline all five of Wimmer’s hard-rock festivals next year, but they will also — for […]
News Power Trip Announce Return of the Evil Beat Festival Featuring Insane Cutting-Edge Lineup October 10, 2019 1:11pm In 2018, crossover thrash heroes Power Trip threw the Evil Beat, Vol. 1 festival in Dallas — their hometown — and it was a smash success. Today, October 10th, the band announced a follow-up event, […]
News See Lars Ulrich Discuss Metallica’s Roots With AC/DC’s Brian Johnson October 10, 2019 12:21pm As you may or may not know, longtime AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson (he stepped down from the band in 2016 due to hearing problems) hosts his own globetrotting television show dubbed Brian Johnson’s A Life on the […]
News Tattoo Reveals Identity of Static-X’s Mystery Singer Xer0 October 9, 2019 1:33pm When iconic Static-X frontman Wayne Static passed away in 2014, fans had every reason to believe that the band was dead, too. But then the group’s surviving original members — guitarist Koichi Fukuda, bassist Tony Campos […]
News Slipknot, Jinjer, Dio, More Announce Black Friday Record Store Day Releases October 8, 2019 7:23pm Record Store Day has just announced the lineup for this year’s Black Friday event, which kicks off on November 29th, 2019 — and it contains a bunch of limited-edition goodies that are sure to get […]
News Sepultura Detail New Concept Album ‘Quadra,’ Perform New Song “Isolation” October 7, 2019 6:20pm While performing at mega-festival Rock in Rio last Friday, October 4th, long-running extreme-metal act Sepultura announced they will be releasing their next full-length, a concept album titled Quadra, in early 2020. “The experience was like […]
News Hear Tech-Death Masters Nile’s Ripping, Groove-Heavy New Song “Vile Nilotic Rites” October 7, 2019 4:55pm Technical death-metal experts Nile are famous for their Egyptian themes and crushing, mid-tempo grooves, and on their latest single “Vile Nilotic Rites,” the North Carolina brutes deliver all that inside a vessel of ever-shifting tempos […]
News Watch Iron Maiden’s Epic Hour-Long Rock in Rio Performance in Full October 7, 2019 1:44pm Iron Maiden are in the midst of their massive Legacy of the Beast world tour, which features the NWOBHM icons performing a selection of some of their biggest hits along with a next-level stage show […]
News Hear Norma Jean Rage on Thrashing, Unhinged New Song “Safety Last” October 4, 2019 7:26pm For over two decades and several lineup changes, Norma Jean have remained stalwarts in delivering dirty-as-hell, relentless metalcore. On October 25th they’re releasing their highly anticipated eighth album, All Hail, via Solid State Records. We’ve already gotten […]
News Hear Life of Agony Throw Down on Intense Riff-Heavy New Song “Black Heart” October 4, 2019 4:35pm Few records in the world of alternative metal have had the staying power of Life of Agony’s 1993 debut River Runs Red. It’s remained a touchstone of heavy angst and emotion due to its concept-album nature […]
