Interviews Misery Loves Co.’s Patrik Wirén: 5 Weirdest Places I’ve Slept on Tour November 20, 2019 1:36pm Tour life might seem glamorous and fun, but it ain’t for the faint of heart. Between the homesickness and long drives, there’s also the issue of where to rest your head each night. Up-and-coming bands […]
News Tool Tap Author & Punisher to Open 2020 Tour Dates November 19, 2019 3:58pm Prog-metal titans Tool are currently on the road behind their record-setting album Fear Inoculum, joined by U.K. industrial-metal and post-punk pioneers Killing Joke playing in support. Maynard James Keenan and Co. recently added another leg to […]
News Hear Rodrigo y Gabriela’s Mind-Blowing Acoustic Cover of Metallica’s “Battery” November 19, 2019 3:23pm Acclaimed Mexican acoustic-guitar group Rodrigo y Gabriela are diehard, lifelong metalheads. Natives of Mexico City, the duo’s Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero first played together in Tierra Acida, a heavy-metal band that gig’d on the […]
News Mötley Crüe to Play 2020 Stadium Tour With Def Leppard and Poison November 18, 2019 3:44pm According to Rolling Stone, Mötley Crüe will be tearing up their own “cessation of touring agreement” to tour next year with Poison and Def Leppard on a U.S. stadium run. Specific dates and venues have […]
News See Dethklok Play Triumphant First Show in 5 Years November 18, 2019 3:07pm Last Friday night (November 15th), Dethklok — the real-life incarnation of the animated stars of Adult Swim cult favorite Metalocalypse — re-formed to play a beyond-highly anticipated headlining show at Los Angeles’ Adult Swim Festival. […]
News See Cliff Burton Pages from New ‘The ABCs of Metallica’ Book November 15, 2019 4:08pm On November 26th, Metallica will release their first-ever children’s book, The ABCs of Metallica, a “rhyming, illustrated history” of the band written by Howie Abrams (The Merciless Book of Metal Lists, Misfit Summer Camp: 20 […]
News Hear Abigail Williams’ Blistering, Intricate New Album ‘Walk Beyond the Dark’ November 14, 2019 6:56pm Olympia, Washington’s Abigail Williams have been kicking around the heavy-music underground for 15 years, making stellar black-metal-inflected music throughout that time. Tomorrow (November 15th), the band — led by songwriter, vocalist and mastermind Ken Soceron […]
News KISS Announce Dates for Last Leg of “The End of the Road” Tour November 14, 2019 4:54pm Much like Slayer, KISS have been busy criss-crossing the globe on their farewell tour, which the disco-demon horde have dubbed The End of the Road tour, and now they’ve announced the final, final dates that […]
News Down Announce First Show for 20th Anniversary of ‘NOLA’ November 13, 2019 4:40pm Southern sludge supergroup Down have been chugging along at a staggered pace for the better part of 30 years now, but this decade has seen the Philip Anselmo- and Pepper Keenan-led act remain relatively quiet […]
News Tool Announce New “Expanded Book Edition” of ‘Fear Inoculum’ November 13, 2019 3:49pm Tool thrilled fans when they finally, after 13 years, unleashed Fear Inoculum on August 30th of this year and introduced their long-suffering fans to a new crop of artfully crafted prog jams. Now, for collectors […]
