News Hear Asking Alexandria Throw “Middle Fingers Up High” With New Song “Antisocialist” March 5, 2020 3:29pm U.K. rockers Asking Alexandria have announced their forthcoming sixth studio album, Like a House on Fire, for a May 15th release via Sumerian Records, and unleashed a new single off the LP, the hard-hitting “Antisocialist,” […]
Interviews Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk: 5 Surprising Songs I Love March 5, 2020 2:32pm Jinjer — Ukraine’s leading progenitors of djent- and R&B-inflected metalcore — never seem to leave the road, and they’re doing everything they can to keep their schedule book jam-packed since the release of their 2019 […]
News Metallica Launch Vinyl Club Featuring Rarities, Demos and Rough Mixes March 4, 2020 8:18pm Having already launched their own record label, whiskey, watches, ski gear, surfwear and more, Metallica have now announced their latest endeavor: the band’s official vinyl club. The new service — available only to members of […]
News Ghost Introduce Papa Emeritus IV at Final ‘Prequelle’ Show March 4, 2020 3:52pm All hail, Papa Emeritus IV. After a full album cycle without a new Papa fronting the band, occult-rock antiheroes Ghost have finally anointed Cardinal Copia as their new papal leader. Copia’s surprise promotion was revealed […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Pig Destroyer Songs March 4, 2020 3:40pm Heavy music is full of legendary bands boasting deep catalogs stacked with iconic songs — sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, or what to consider their best. With that in mind, […]
News See High on Fire Go Record-Shopping in New “What’s in My Bag?” Video March 3, 2020 5:30pm Stoner-thrash juggernaut High on Fire are gearing up to hit the road in the U.K. and Europe later this year, and ahead of those dates, vocalist-guitarist Matt Pike and bassist Jeff Matz stopped by celebrated record store […]
News See Lamb of God’s Mark Morton, Kreator’s Mille Petrozza Discuss Being “Unified Through Thrash” March 3, 2020 5:18pm U.S. metal stalwarts Lamb of God and German thrash veterans Kreator are set to join forces this spring for a European trek fittingly titled the “State of Unrest” tour. Texan rising stars Power Trip will […]
News Hear Myrkur’s Gorgeous New Folk Song “Gudernes Vilje” March 3, 2020 4:01pm Danish extreme-metal firebrand Amalie Bruun has fearlessly rankled corpse-painted trve believers with her project Myrkur and its adventurous mix of ethereal folk and blackened riffery, as heard on critically acclaimed albums like 2015’s M and 2017’s Mareridt. Myrkur’s […]
News Carcass Title New Album in Homage to Original Drummer Ken Owens March 2, 2020 9:42pm U.K. extreme-metal trailblazers Carcass are gearing up to release their highly anticipated seventh album — the follow-up to 2013’s Surgical Steel — on August 7th via Nuclear Blast, and in a recent interview with Australia’s Heavy, […]
Interviews Tattoo Stories: Polaris’ Daniel Furnari on First, Worst, Most Painful Ink March 2, 2020 1:08pm Australian metalcore outfit Polaris wear their hearts on their sleeves. On their new, sophomore album, The Death of Me — the follow-up to 2017’s The Mortal Coil — the young rising stars veer adventurously between […]