Interviews Northlane’s Brendon Padjasek: 5 Surprising Albums I Love June 23, 2020 4:27pm Aussie metalcore outfit Northlane recently released their fifth studio album, Alien, an intense record that delves into frontman Marcus Bridge’s violent upbringing living with drug-addicted parents. While there are important, heartfelt and serious tones and influences in […]
News Killswitch Engage Celebrate 20 Years with Interactive In-Depth Timeline and Limited Retro Merch June 23, 2020 3:38pm When New England-based metalcore OGs Killswitch Engage began posting killer old-school photos from their history to the band’s official Instagram feed recently, we knew they were up to something. Sharing one image per year per day, […]
News See Lamb of God Play “Checkmate,” “New Colossal Hate,” “Laid to Rest” in Quarantine Performance June 22, 2020 4:28pm Lamb of God have only played one show so far in 2020: a free concert at the House of Vans in Chicago joined by industrial hardcore outfit and hometown favorites Harm’s Way. The Virginian metal […]
News Watch Slipknot, Royal Thunder and More Members’ Badass Cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Candy’s Room” June 22, 2020 3:14pm Two Minutes to Late Night’s “Bedroom Covers” series has been one of the best things to come out of the COVID-19 shutdown. The series sees Gwarsenio Hall — a.k.a. Two Minutes’ corpse-paint-slathered master of ceremonies, […]
News Hear Enterprise Earth Cover Lamb of God and Necrophagist on Surprise EP June 19, 2020 3:46pm Technical death-metal up-and-comers Enterprise Earth have paid tribute to two of their core influences — Lamb of God and Necrophagist — with a surprise-released five-track EP, titled Foundation of Bones. Dropped today (June 19th), the […]
News See Lamb of God’s New “Gears” Video: Big Brother Surveillance Gone Wrong June 19, 2020 1:20pm Lamb of God‘s new, self-titled album is a big one for the metal veterans. It’s the Virginian heavy-hitters’ first without founding drummer Chris Adler (also, the older brother to guitarist Willie Adler) and their first […]
News See Creeper’s Haunting Animated Video for New Song “Be My End” June 18, 2020 6:41pm Theatrical U.K. goth punks Creeper have the fifth and latest single, “Be My End,” off their forthcoming sophomore album, Sex, Death & the Infinite Void, which is due on July 31st via Roadrunner Records. The […]
News See Filter’s Blood-Soaked Video for Heavy New Song “Thoughts and Prayers” June 18, 2020 3:04pm Back in 2018, Filter main man Richard Patrick revealed that he’d reunited with Brian Liesegang — his collaborator on the 1995 milestone industrial-metal album Short Bus, the source of the blistering smash single “Hey Man […]
News Watch Fever 333’s Jason Aalon Butler, Primitive Man’s Ethan McCarthy, & Author Laina Dawes Discuss Racism in Metal June 18, 2020 3:00pm On a special episode of our heavy-metal talk show LAST WORDS, we gave the regular hosts the week off and spoke to Jason Aalon Butler (Fever 333), Ethan McCarthy (Primitive Man, Vermin Womb, Many Blessings), […]
Interviews Black Orchid Empire’s Paul Visser: 5 Weirdest Places I’ve Stayed on Tour June 18, 2020 2:46pm 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 […]
