News Judas Priest, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Thin Lizzy Nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame October 15, 2019 2:20pm The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2020 class have been announced, and among the 16 candidates stands hard-rock and heavy-metal royalty such as Judas Priest, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Thin Lizzy, […]
News Watch Tool Play “Fear Inoculum” and “Pneuma” Live for First Time Ever October 14, 2019 11:39am Just two days before the kickoff of their big North American tour with Killing Joke, Tool headlined Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California, and treated concertgoers there to the live debuts of “Pneuma” and “Fear Inoculum.” […]
Interviews Infected Rain’s Lena: 5 Albums That Changed My Life October 14, 2019 11:13am Moldova may not be a hot bed of heavy metal, but it is the homeland of rising stars Infected Rain. The heavy-music veterans are set to release their fourth album, Endorphin, on October 18th via […]
News Hear Machine Head’s Savage New Song “Do or Die” October 11, 2019 12:36pm Machine Head are a few dates into their big Burn My Eyes 25th anniversary tour. The run features the metal stalwarts playing two separate sets each night, the second of which sees bandleader Robb Flynn […]
News Metallica to Play Epicenter, Louder Than Life, Sonic Temple, Aftershock and Welcome to Rockville Fests in 2020 October 10, 2019 7:34pm Metallica have announced an unprecedented collaboration with premier independent producer Danny Wimmer Presents: The thrash pioneers will not only exclusively headline all five of Wimmer’s hard-rock festivals next year, but they will also — for […]
News Power Trip Announce Return of the Evil Beat Festival Featuring Insane Cutting-Edge Lineup October 10, 2019 1:11pm In 2018, crossover thrash heroes Power Trip threw the Evil Beat, Vol. 1 festival in Dallas — their hometown — and it was a smash success. Today, October 10th, the band announced a follow-up event, […]
News See Lars Ulrich Discuss Metallica’s Roots With AC/DC’s Brian Johnson October 10, 2019 12:21pm As you may or may not know, longtime AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson (he stepped down from the band in 2016 due to hearing problems) hosts his own globetrotting television show dubbed Brian Johnson’s A Life on the […]
News Tattoo Reveals Identity of Static-X’s Mystery Singer Xer0 October 9, 2019 1:33pm When iconic Static-X frontman Wayne Static passed away in 2014, fans had every reason to believe that the band was dead, too. But then the group’s surviving original members — guitarist Koichi Fukuda, bassist Tony Campos […]
Interviews Kobra and the Lotus’ Kobra Paige: 5 Surprising Songs I Love October 9, 2019 1:05pm Canadian heavy-metal crew Kobra and the Lotus recently released their sixth album Evolution (which is available for streaming and purchase here), which sees frontwoman Kobra Paige leaning into the full range of her musical influences with her emotive and bombastic […]
News Slipknot, Jinjer, Dio, More Announce Black Friday Record Store Day Releases October 8, 2019 7:23pm Record Store Day has just announced the lineup for this year’s Black Friday event, which kicks off on November 29th, 2019 — and it contains a bunch of limited-edition goodies that are sure to get […]
