News Slipknot Announce Free Virtual Festival Featuring Up-And-Coming Bands November 5, 2020 2:14pm By the time COVID-19 struck down the live music industry, masked midwesterners Slipknot had begun cornering the North and South American metal fest market with their various Knotfests. But now, with COVID-19 looming, the band […]
Interviews Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell: “We Have More Than Another Album’s Worth of Material Pretty Much Ready To Go” November 5, 2020 1:05pm The tragedy of Pallbearer‘s new album is how hard it hits. Forgotten Days, the Arkansas quartet’s fourth full-length release, opens with a punch and never lets up over the course of its eight tracks. That’s not […]
Premieres Listen To This Crushing Doom Cover Of Santana and Rob Thomas’ “Smooth” By Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis November 5, 2020 12:00pm If you grew up in the ’90s, there were a handful of songs you could not escape, and one of them was most definitely “Smooth” by Carlos Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas. The […]
RIP Founding Uriah Heep Keyboardist Ken Hensley Dead At 75 November 5, 2020 10:11am Sad news in the world of classic rock today, as Ken Hensely, the founding keyboardist behind British rockers Uriah Heep, died yesterday morning. He was 71 years old. Ken’s passing was announced via his brother […]
News AC/DC On Continuing With Axl Rose: “That Never Really Came Up” November 5, 2020 8:56am Earlier this year, when rumors of AC/DC‘s comeback started circulating, one question came to a lot of fans’ lips: what about Axl? The Guns N’ Roses singer had subbed in as the frontman of AC/DC […]
News Grunge Legend Tad Doyle Lends Music to Horror Film ‘The Boardwalk’ and Animated Show ‘Fundamentally Cynical’ November 4, 2020 3:25pm Though most people associate the Seattle grunge scene with acts like Nirvana and Alice In Chains, not as many know about the weirdo brilliance of TAD. Led by the inimitable Thomas Andrew Doyle, the band […]
Lists 10 Genres Everyone Hated That Are Now Popular Again November 4, 2020 12:02pm Music trends are cyclical. The wheels spins like this: a genre or sound starts off, and it’s novel, interesting, and experimental. After underground fans catch on, it eventually spreads to mainstream listeners who love the […]
News The Mayor of Albuquerque Voted In A Machine Head Hoodie November 4, 2020 10:41am Metalheads are an especially fun bunch when it comes to doing something ‘presentable.’ Whether it’s going to the airport, making a court date, or just taking their niece out for ice cream, metal fans will […]
News Paradise Lost To Play Livestream Show From Their Rehearsal Studio November 4, 2020 10:20am In the age of COVID-19, livestreamed performances have become the norm, with everyone from Metallica to Obituary broadcasting shows from their private studios and rehearsal hubs. But until now, these at-home concert experiences have been […]
News Papa Roach Tease New Material Via In-Studio Video November 4, 2020 8:59am Like many bands, nu-metal outliers Papa Roach got pretty screwed by the coronavirus, having to cancel big tours and lose precious writing/recording hours by having to quarantine themselves. Now, the band have posted a teaser […]
