Interviews Konvent’s Rikke Emilie List: 5 Albums That Changed My Life January 21, 2020 2:08pm Drawing influence from the crushing likes of Candlemass, Cult of Luna and Nails, Copenhagen, Denmark–based doom-death upstarts Konvent are set to release their debut album, Puritan Masochism, on January 24th via Napalm Records. (You can […]
News Hear Melodic Hardcore Upstarts Higher Power’s Moody New Song “Lost in Static” January 17, 2020 2:05pm Leeds, England–based melodic hardcore powerhouse Higher Power are one of the most buzzed-about bands in the underground, with an infectious sound that evokes everyone from Deftones to Jane’s Addiction to Bad Brains while still maintaining […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Rush Songs January 17, 2020 1:48pm 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 Hear Chester Bennington Sing on New Single From Pre-Linkin Park Band Grey Daze January 16, 2020 3:08pm Diehard Chester Bennington fans know the story already: Before the singer became famous with Linkin Park, he fronted what was his first proper band, Arizona post-grunge quartet Grey Daze. Bennington sang in the group from […]
News See Trailer for New Documentary ‘Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne’ January 16, 2020 2:50pm Ozzy Osbourne has had an extraordinary life — in fact, he may have had more than just one extraordinary life, as the title of a new documentary on the heavy-metal godfather suggests. Biography: The Nine […]
News Nine Inch Nails Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame January 15, 2020 2:33pm Back in October, when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its 2020 class, metalheads were somewhat heartened: The Hall has typically given heavy music the cold shoulder, but with the […]
News See Slipknot Play “Nero Forte,” “Birth of the Cruel” for First Time at 2020 Tour Kickoff January 15, 2020 1:42pm Last night (January 14th), Slipknot played their first show of the new year — and the new decade — at Dublin, Ireland’s 3Arena. Earlier in the day, the band had premiered their surprise short film “Pollution,” […]
News Watch Slipknot’s Surreal New “Pollution” Short Film January 14, 2020 9:32pm After flooding social media with an array of cryptic teaser clips, Slipknot have unleashed “Pollution,” a 20-minute short film directed by the band’s own M. Shawn Crahan. The colorful, creeptastic cinematic experience expands upon the […]
News Hear Myrkur’s Hypnotic New Song” Ella” Off Folk Album ‘Folkesange’ January 14, 2020 4:00pm Across two acclaimed and polarizing albums, 2015’s M and 2017’s Mareridt, Myrkur — the project of prodigious multi-instrumentalist Amalie Bruun — has pushed the boundaries of what is and isn’t extreme metal, winning over famous fans including Smashing […]
Lists Mandatory Metal: 5 Essential Black Label Society Songs January 14, 2020 2:45pm 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, […]
