News Meshuggah Announce 2021 European Tour December 16, 2020 8:18am With the quarantine that originally should’ve been a few months leading into the new year, it’s hard to imagine that live music will ever return. But now, as the availability of a vaccine quickly approaches, […]
News Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Says This Song Defined 2020 For Him December 15, 2020 12:43pm We like to think of metal subgenres as inherently at odds with one another. For instance, some people might imagine that the high-flying acrobatics of Judas Priest are at odds with the muscular, hard-hitting tunes […]
News Motörhead’s Phil Campbell Recalls Finding Out That Lemmy Had Died December 15, 2020 10:50am This December 28th marks the fifth anniversary of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister’s untimely death. For countless fans, Lemmy passing was the end of an era; for the ultimate indestructible rock god to die meant they, […]
News Wacken World Wide Was 2020’s Most Viewed Livestream Across Any Musical Genre December 15, 2020 8:34am To some, the coronavirus has put metal in its place. With livestreaming taking over where touring once ruled, bands’ sizes can now be determined by the production they can put on for a streamed performance. […]
News Lamb of God Announce Second Coffee Roast, ‘Overlord’ December 14, 2020 11:39am Earlier this year, Richmond groove metal legends Lamb Of God announced their first signature coffee blend, named ‘Memento Mori.’ The coffee was a collaboration with Nightflyer Roastworks, spearheaded by guitarist and self-proclaimed coffee nerd Willie […]
News Late Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng’s Spoken Word Album To Be Released Next Month December 14, 2020 10:47am In 2013, founding Deftones bassist Chi Cheng passed away of cardiac arrest after being put in a coma by a 2008 car accident. But while fans may never hear Eros, the album that Deftones were working […]
News Hellyeah’s Chad Gray Says The Band Will “Hopefully” Write A New Album In The Coming Year December 14, 2020 10:09am In 2018, the metal world was shaken by the death of Pantera and Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A force for good cheer in the scene and brother to the late, great Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie […]
News Amigo The Devil Pours His Drunken, Rotten Heart Out In Video For “Another Man’s Grave” December 11, 2020 2:56pm Last month, murder-folk artist Amigo The Devil announced that he would be releasing a new album next year. Now, Amigo (Danny Kiranos to his mom) has dropped a video for the first single from the […]
News Metalhead Wakes Up From Coma to Discover His Favorite Band’s Bassist Is His Respiratory Therapist December 11, 2020 1:54pm We’ve all imagined what it would be like to wake up from a coma. The fantasy usually involves having grown a beard, and finding out the world is all futuristic, and maybe uttering something like, […]
New Music Hear Chris Cornell Sing Guns N’ Roses, Prince, and More On Surprise-Released Posthumous Covers Album December 11, 2020 8:24am In May of 2017, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell passed away at the age of 52. For many, Cornell’s unique voice and vocal style defined a generation of hard rock, bridging the gap between metal, punk, […]