Features How Spawn Gave ’90s Metal Fans A Champion All Their Own May 4, 2021 10:51am In the ‘90s, heavy music and comics were both fighting hard to prove their legitimacy. The former was trying to shed the sparkly cheese and/or softcore satanism of the ‘80s, and embrace either tough-guy realism […]
Take Our Money Sacred Reich Frontman Starts GoFundMe to Help Pay for Wife’s Brain Injury Recovery May 4, 2021 10:21am Though Sacred Reich are known for their no-nonsense, hard-hitting thrash metal, frontman Phil Rind is one of the kinder souls out there. A soft-spoken Buddhist with an iconic smile, Rind has become one of those […]
News Rob Zombie, Megadeth, Lamb of God, Chevelle and More Scheduled for Michigan’s Riff Fest in September May 4, 2021 8:25am As the COVID vaccination effort becomes more and more widespread, music fans’ ability to finally attend live shows again is slowly becoming a reality. In response, it appears that artists and organizers are pushing fests […]
News Gojira Announce 2021 American Tour Dates with Knocked Loose and Alien Weaponry May 3, 2021 10:50am Last week saw French experimental groove metallers Gojira release Fortitude, their most accessible and nuanced album to date. Now, the band are celebrating by announced a North American tour for this October, with hardcore upstarts Knocked Loose […]
BOOOOOO Serpents of the Light: Catholic Group Pickets College Radio Station for Playing Metal May 3, 2021 10:38am Back in September, we wrote about how a Catholic fundamentalist group was trying to shut down WSOU, the radio station of New Jersey’s Seton Hall University and one of American metal’s most important allies. For […]
RIP Death Comes Ripping: Drummer’s Corpse Propped Up Behind Drum Kit at Memorial May 3, 2021 8:32am A favorite pastime of any metalhead worth their salt is imagining their own funeral. Whether it’s having one’s corpse interred at a gothic cathedral while “Hand of Doom” plays in the background, or having it […]
News Killer Be Killed (Mastodon, Soulfly, Dillinger Escape Plan) Release Intense New Music Video, “Animus” April 30, 2021 12:50pm Last year, Killer Be Killed made significant waves with their new album Reluctant Hero. The record proved that what started as a star-studded supergroup — featuring Max Cavalera of Soulfly, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Greg Puciato […]
News The 10 Greatest Hard Rock and Metal Songs About Asses April 30, 2021 10:45am Few body parts have warranted the kind of musical worship that asses have. While lips get a lot of service (ha!), and deep eyes are always a good look (we’re on fire!), butts has consistently […]
News At The Gates Triumphantly Return With Epic New Single “Spectre of Extinction” April 30, 2021 10:24am Earlier this month, Swedish melodeath titans At The Gates announced that they’d be releasing a new album titled The Nightmare of Being later this year. Now, the band have dropped the first single from that record, […]
News At The Gates’ Tomas Lindberg Talks Death Metal’s Future On This Week’s Last Words April 30, 2021 9:14am Death metal: a genre in which fans of heavy music can explore the depths of their aggression and depravity, or a scene of Cookie Monsters making music about slicing and dicing the girls who wouldn’t […]
