Hell Yes Artist Reimagines Metallica’s ‘Ride the Lightning’ As a Series of Oil Paintings December 29, 2021 9:31am There are few albums as influential on the world of heavy music as Metallica‘s 1984 sophomore effort Ride the Lightning. Not only did the record break the band through to a more widespread audience, it also expanded […]
News Born to Lose, Live to Win: Remembering Lemmy 6 Years Later December 28, 2021 10:17pm There is a tendency among rock fans to immortalize their heroes. The most common way to do this is to portray one’s favorite dead musicians as angels, with ivory wings spread behind them as they […]
News Alice Cooper: “We Put Money Aside for Our Crew (During the Pandemic)…I Think All Responsible Bands Did That” December 28, 2021 9:37am Think whatever you want about Alice Cooper‘s music and public persona, but let no one say that the dude is not a good person. Not only is the Coop a hard-working rock star who’s helped […]
News Nirvana Seek to Dismiss ‘Nevermind’ Baby Lawsuit, Claim Model “Spent Three Decades Profiting from His Celebrity” December 23, 2021 12:51pm Back in August, Spencer Elden, the baby from the cover of Nirvana‘s massive 1991 album Nevermind, filed a lawsuit claiming that his appearance on the album cover counted as child pornography and sex trafficking. He later […]
Hell Yes Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Posts Touching 30th Anniversary Tribute to His Wife Genevra December 23, 2021 8:55am We like to think of metal musicians as tough, surly character, but most of them are total muffins on the inside. So often, that comes out when they talk about their partners and families, instantly […]
News Members of Dream Theater, Cradle of Filth and More Perform a Christmas Version of Slayer’s “Seasons In The Abyss” December 23, 2021 8:39am Raise your hand if you’ve received a novelty holiday item with the joke ‘SLEIGHER’ on it. This author himself has gotten beers, T-shirts, sweaters, and socks with that same gag printed on them, all of […]
News Chino Moreno’s Crosses (✝︎✝︎✝︎) Sign Global Deal with Warner Records December 23, 2021 8:16am Way back in October of last year, we heard that Chino Moreno‘s Deftones side-project Crosses (often stylized ✝︎✝︎✝︎) were working on new material. Now, the band has announced that they’ve signed a worldwide deal with […]
Hell Yes Wham!’s “Last Christmas” as a Rammstein Song Will Have You Marching for Santa December 22, 2021 11:16am There are plenty of pretty metal Christmas carols out there, but very few of them are pop tunes. The truth is that pop Christmas songs are often really, really bad, and are basically typical radio […]
News Meshuggah Reschedule 2022 U.S. Tour Due to Band Member’s “Skin Condition,” Converge Drops Off December 21, 2021 10:01pm Back in June, we were stoked to learn that Swedish mind-benders Meshuggah would be embarking on a 2022 U.S. tour with Converge and Torche. Now, the band have issued a statement saying that they’re rescheduling […]
News Sammy Hagar Says Pantera’s Management Once Asked Him to Replace Phil Anselmo December 21, 2021 9:50pm Though absolutely legendary as a whole entity, Pantera were very much a sum of their parts. The band’s powerful presence wouldn’t be the same without their disparate influences — the virtuosic insanity of Dimebag Darrell, […]
