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 […]
News Alice in Chains Playing Battle Concert in ‘AdventureQuest 3D’ and ‘AQWorlds’ Video Games November 12, 2019 8:04pm Non-stop between now and November 30th, Alice in Chains are playing a continuous “virtual battle concert” in the multiplayer video games AdventureQuest 3D and AQWorlds. Players are able to fight monsters and score loot all while watching […]