News Listen to The Ghost Inside’s Aggressive New Song, “Pressure Point” May 12, 2020 2:52pm California-based metalcore group The Ghost Inside have released another new, pummeling track. On the heels of the emotional single “Aftermath” that revisits the group’s tragic bus accident in 2015, “Pressure Point” is about the types […]
Interviews Cryptex’s André Jean Henri Mertens: 5 Songs I Love That Would Surprise People May 12, 2020 12:27pm Germany’s Cryptex are a hard band to pin down, veering adventurously between soaring progressive rock and dark, violent metal on their just-released third full-length, Once Upon a Time. According to guitarist André Jean Henri Mertens, […]
News Watch Clutch’s Neil Fallon Cover AC/DC with Converge, Cave In Members May 11, 2020 4:09pm Two Minutes to Late Night have taken on AC/DC’s “Riff Raff” in their latest insane quarantine jam. Coming right after their memorable Type O Negative–esque star-studded lockdown cover of Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” fronted by the […]
News See Ice Nine Kills Debut Horror-Themed Parody of “Stacy’s Mom” May 11, 2020 1:13pm “Theatricore” stalwarts Ice Nine Kills are total horror fanatics, especially vocalist and bandleaders Spencer Charnas. Each of the songs on the group’s latest album, The Silver Scream, pays tribute to a different one of the […]
Interviews Tattoo Stories: Mantric’s Tor Magne Glidje on First, Next, Most Painful Tattoos May 11, 2020 12:50pm Solid State signees Mantric wear their hearts on their sleeves. The freewheeling trio — which includes former members of Norwegian prog-metal outfit Extol — are set to release their latest LP, False Negative, this spring, […]
News See Motörhead’s New “Ace of Spades” Lyric Video for First Annual “Motörhead Day” May 8, 2020 4:21pm Motörhead’s groundbreaking album Aces of Spades will turn 40 later this year, which is reason to celebrate, indeed, and metal fans around the world on doing just that today, “The 8th of May,” which was […]
News Code Orange’s Bassist and New Drummer to Deliver Virtual Performance in Latest Livestream Episode May 8, 2020 2:44pm Code Orange may be quarantined at home like the rest of it, but they’re not doing it quietly. Instead, the Pittsburgh-based heavy-music trailblazers have placed themselves at the cutting edge of music livestreaming. First, on […]
News Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer Debuts First New Song in 5 Years: “Apocalyptical” May 8, 2020 2:27pm With Tool currently sidelined from their Fear Inoculum tour due the coronavirus pandemic and resulting social-distancing restrictions, frontman Maynard James Keenan has revived his music and performance-art collective Puscifer. Last night (May 7th), the group […]
News Iron Maiden Cancel All 2020 Shows Due to COVID-19 Pandemic May 7, 2020 5:58pm NWOBHM icons Iron Maiden has cancelled all of the band’s previously announced shows in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will not be playing live again until June 2021. The group broke the news […]
News Watch Sepultura Play Metal Classic “Refuse/Resist” in Quarantine May 7, 2020 4:06pm While they’re stuck at home like the rest of us, Brazilian metal titans Sepultura recently launched a weekly online event they’ve dubbed “SepulQuarta,” which sees the band members looking back on their history, answering questions […]
