News See Megadeth Play First Show Since Dave Mustaine’s Cancer Diagnosis January 21, 2020 2:26pm Last night (January 20th), thrash pioneers Megadeth made their triumphant return to the stage to play their first show in 15 months and their first since main man Dave Mustaine was diagnosed with throat cancer. […]
News Hear Melodic Hardcore Upstarts Higher Power’s Moody New Song “Lost in Static” January 17, 2020 2:05pm Leeds, England–based melodic hardcore powerhouse Higher Power are one of the most buzzed-about bands in the underground, with an infectious sound that evokes everyone from Deftones to Jane’s Addiction to Bad Brains while still maintaining […]
News Hear Chester Bennington Sing on New Single From Pre-Linkin Park Band Grey Daze January 16, 2020 3:08pm Diehard Chester Bennington fans know the story already: Before the singer became famous with Linkin Park, he fronted what was his first proper band, Arizona post-grunge quartet Grey Daze. Bennington sang in the group from […]
News See Trailer for New Documentary ‘Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne’ January 16, 2020 2:50pm Ozzy Osbourne has had an extraordinary life — in fact, he may have had more than just one extraordinary life, as the title of a new documentary on the heavy-metal godfather suggests. Biography: The Nine […]
News Nine Inch Nails Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 15, 2020 2:33pm Back in October, when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its 2020 class, metalheads were somewhat heartened: The Hall has typically given heavy music the cold shoulder, but with the […]
News See Slipknot Play “Nero Forte,” “Birth of the Cruel” for First Time at 2020 Tour Kickoff January 15, 2020 1:42pm Last night (January 14th), Slipknot played their first show of the new year — and the new decade — at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena. Earlier in the day, the band had premiered their surprise short film “Pollution,” […]
News Watch Slipknot’s Surreal New “Pollution” Short Film January 14, 2020 9:32pm After flooding social media with an array of cryptic teaser clips, Slipknot have unleashed “Pollution,” a 20-minute short film directed by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan. The colorful, creeptastic cinematic experience expands upon the […]
News Hear Myrkur’s Hypnotic New Song” Ella” Off Folk Album ‘Folkesange’ January 14, 2020 4:00pm Across two acclaimed and polarizing albums, 2015’s M and 2017’s Mareridt, Myrkur — the project of prodigious multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun — has pushed the boundaries of what is and isn’t extreme metal, winning over famous fans including Smashing […]
News See Disturbed’s “Down With the Sickness” Sung in Style of Metallica, Faith No More, Pink Floyd January 13, 2020 4:36pm Sure you know the OG song, but have you heard it as a Tears For Fears track? Virtuosic parody-singer Anthony Vincent has done it once again on his 10-Second Songs YouTube channel, this time taking […]
News Tool’s First Show of 2020: See Rush Cover, Videos, Setlist January 13, 2020 3:27pm Tool carried their immense 2019 energy into the new year with a powerful kickoff show on January 10th in San Diego that saw the prog-metal behemoths rev up the second leg of their North American […]