News Watch Metallica’s Entire Rain-Drenched June 2019 Show in Manchester, Part of Concert Series June 9, 2020 2:25pm Thank goodness for Metallica. The band’s “Metallica Mondays” concert series — which has seen the band digging up standout footage of shows from across their career and broadcasting it on the group’s YouTube channel and […]
News Hear Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin’s New Epic Collaborative Doom Song “The Bastard Wind” June 8, 2020 2:02pm Back in April, Dylan Desmond and Jesse Shreibman, of the acclaimed doom-metal duo Bell Witch, and dark folk musician Erik Moggridge, a.k.a. Aerial Ruin, unveiled “Heaven Torn Low II (the toll),” the lead single off […]
News See Code Orange’s Unhinged Performance on WWE’s NXT TakeOver: In Your House June 8, 2020 1:50pm When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, shutting down the live music industry in its wake, just as Code Orange were releasing their highly anticipated new album, Underneath, the fast-rising heavy-music trailblazers could have […]
Interviews Smackbound’s Netta Laurenne: 5 Albums That Changed My Life June 8, 2020 11:53am Signed to expansive metal label Frontiers, Finnish metal band Smackbound have recently released their debut album 20/20. But the quintet are not new to the game — founded by singer and actress Netta Laurenne (you […]
News In Flames Debut Re-Recorded Version of “Clayman” Off 20th Anniversary Album Reissue June 5, 2020 3:07pm 2020 is a big year for In Flames. The Swedish metal pioneers are celebrating not only their 30th anniversary as a band, but also the 20th anniversary of their fan-favorite album, Clayman. They have major […]
News Hear Mr. Bungle’s Blistering Cover of the Exploited’s “USA” June 5, 2020 2:16pm In February, Mr. Bungle blew fans’ minds by playing their first shows in nearly two decades, momentous concerts that saw original members Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn and Trey Spruance joined by thrash legends Scott Ian […]
News Corey Taylor’s Solo Album Includes Song Written in High School June 4, 2020 2:53pm Rumors have been rumbling about a Corey Taylor solo project for years, but the singer has always been too occupied with Slipknot and Stone Sour to make it happen beyond a few shows, songs and […]
News Periphery’s Misha Mansoor to Release 10 Solo Albums as Bulb This Year June 4, 2020 12:08pm Chances are you know Misha Mansoor as the virtuosic guitarist and founder of Periphery, the leading band in the polarizing djent movement that has followed in the footsteps of prog-metal masters Meshuggah. But Mansoor has […]
News Trash Talk Delay New EP ‘Squalor’ Due to Black Lives Matter Protests June 3, 2020 3:24pm Last month, Los Angeles hardcore leaders Trash Talk — who have a long history of genre crossover with hip-hop — announced their new EP, Squalor, the band’s first release in four years. The five-track EP […]
News Fever 333 to Livestream “Long Live the Innocent” Benefit Concert June 3, 2020 2:33pm You didn’t really expect politically outraged rap-metal rabble-rousers the Fever 333 to be quiet right now, did you? The agit-rock outfit — led by outspoken frontman Jason Aalon Butler, formerly of letlive. — have announced […]