Interviews Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: “I Was Just Getting Really F*cking Depressed About Things…So I Started Being Creative Again” April 29, 2021 11:37am If there’s one thing metal fans know about Charlie Benante, it’s that he works his ass off. Not only does the drummer play in thrash pioneers Anthrax, he’s also a dedicated artist and designer who […]
Why Not Let This Ozzy Osbourne/Beach Boys Mash-Up Ring In Your Summer of Doom April 29, 2021 10:28am After the long, cold, COVID-laden winter we’ve all suffered through, summer is finally on its way, ready to bathe the world in sunshine and metal bloggers in nacho-sweat. But even though vaccinations are going to […]
News Corey Taylor Promises His New Slipknot Mask “Is Gonna F*cking Scare Kids…It’s So Gnarly, Dude!” April 29, 2021 8:10am When Slipknot revealed their new masks in the lead-up to 2019’s smash hit We Are Not Your Kind, many fans expressed some distaste for frontman Corey Taylor‘s new face covering. Given that it was designed by […]
Hell Yes Cannibal Corpse’s ‘Violence Unimagined’ Crushes the Sh*t Out of International Charts April 28, 2021 11:39am Earlier this month, death metal goremongers Cannibal Corpse released their 15th studio album Violence Unimagined to critical acclaim and a hell of a lot of windmilled hair. Now, the band’s chart positions are in, and all […]
News Darkthrone Announce New Album for June April 28, 2021 9:00am Of all the bands who emerged from Norway’s second wave of black metal in the early ’90s, Darkthrone have remained the most genuine, prolific, and consistently rad. Where other acts have eaten their own chewed […]
Why Not Here’s How It Would Look If Mudvayne Performed “Dig” at The Oscars April 28, 2021 8:36am This year’s Academy Awards was full of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments, lifetime achievements and questionable wins. But what everyone can agree it lacked was the harsh, all-elbows nu-core sounds of Mudvayne, everyone’s favorite […]
Interviews Chthonic’s Freddy Lim: “If Taiwan Can Do It, I Believe the Whole World Can Have Live Music Back Soon” April 27, 2021 10:06am It can be hard to believe Freddy Lim’s story. In 1995, the Taiwan-born musician started Chthonic, whose sweeping, hard-hitting symphonic black metal incorporated traditional Taiwanese folk music and instruments. The band slowly built a dedicated […]
Hell Yes GoFundMe for Exodus Drummer Tom Hunting’s Cancer Treatment Makes $80,000 In Less Than a Week April 27, 2021 8:19am Earlier this month, we were saddened to announced that Tom Hunting, drummer for thrash metal legends Exodus, had been diagnosed with a rare gastric tumor. Like many musicians in need of medical assistance, Tom launched […]
Wait...What? Whoops: Baby Is Legally Named “Korn” After Hospital Screw-Up April 26, 2021 10:49am The hours after having a baby are a little like a drug trip. Between the hormones flooding your system from seeing your child enter the world, the adrenaline spike and drop after the intense moment […]
New Music Gojira Release Laid-Back New Single “The Chant” April 26, 2021 8:44am Even at their most spiritual and thoughtful, French groove metallers Gojira have always brought a level of furious heaviness to the table. But with the band’s upcoming new record Fortitude, one thing Gojira are experimenting […]