News RIP to Jon Zazula, who helped discover Metallica & co-founded legendary Megaforce Records February 1, 2022 5:23pm Sad news to report. According to this piece from Variety, legendary Megaforce Records founder Jon Zazula has passed away. Zazula’s influence on heavy metal music as we know it can not be understated. He and […]
News Anthrax’s Scott Ian Posts Loving Memorial to His Father-In-Law Meat Loaf: “His Legacy Will Live On Through His Family” January 24, 2022 11:00am Last week, Meat Loaf, the bombastic rock singer best known for his best-selling record Bat Out of Hell, died at the age of 74. But while Meat Loaf is renowned for his epic rock opera tracks […]
Hell Yes Video: Anthrax’s Scott Ian and His 10-Year-Old Son Jam on Sepultura’s “Roots Bloody Roots” January 19, 2022 12:23pm There is nothing more wonderful than watching your child find joy in the things that you yourself love. Whether it’s something as simple as a book that inspired you or something as big as joining […]
News Anthrax’s Frank Bello Says Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Was “A Fun-Loving Friend…He Was The Real Deal” January 15, 2022 12:40pm To the outside world, late Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman was a misanthropic punk playing the Devil’s music. But even the most blasphemous and hardcore metal musician is human on the inside, and those […]
News Reader Poll: Should Slayer Reunite for More ‘Big Four’ Shows — Or Could Another Band Replace Them? November 19, 2021 9:07am Back in a September interview with Kerrang!, infamous thrash guitarist Dave Mustaine said that he would love to do more of the Big Four shows, in which the ‘Big Four’ of ’80s thrash — Metallica, […]
Lists The 30 Greatest Hooks In Heavy Metal History September 21, 2021 11:23am Nothing takes a song to the next level quite like an amazing hook. Technical ability and lyrical poetry are always welcome, but an infectious morsel of music that gets more exciting every time you hear […]
Interviews Charlie Benante Outlines Anthrax’s Mini Turntable for Record Store Day May 14, 2021 12:31pm In honor of this year’s Record Store Day, Anthrax have announced an inspired piece of merch: a 3″ miniature turntable, complete with several tiny Anthrax singles to play on it. But not content to simply […]
Interviews Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: “I Was Just Getting Really F*cking Depressed About Things…So I Started Being Creative Again” April 29, 2021 11:37am If there’s one thing metal fans know about Charlie Benante, it’s that he works his ass off. Not only does the drummer play in thrash pioneers Anthrax, he’s also a dedicated artist and designer who […]
News Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo Talk Bringing Metal to Netflix on This Week’s MoshTalks Cover Stories April 13, 2021 12:07pm Ah, theme songs: a chance for talented musicians to get together and work on a befuddling project from which their names might ultimately be removed. For years, TV networks have tapped a mixture of ultra-talented […]
Take Our Money Anthrax Releasing a 3″ Turntable for Record Store Day April 8, 2021 1:02pm If we’re being honest, buying records on vinyl is as much about the collecting as it is about the music. Sure, a lot of classic metal albums sound better on wax than they do digitally […]