This year’s been brutal for touring bands. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused literally every tour across the globe to be cancelled, which has been a major drag for both artists and fans. But in the […]
This week, the rock and metal world was shaken to its core by the death of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. While it’s easy to see how Van Halen‘s music influenced mainstream hard rock, it’s […]
Nu-metal: a bizarre but fruitful time in metal’s history, or a pock-marked white boy shitshow in parachute pants? Towards the end of its reign as Earth’s dominant guitar-based lifeform, nu-metal was considered about as shitty […]
Metal vocalists: careful masters of their craft, or dudes reciting forensic case files through mouthfuls of Oreos? Other than the guitar, and maybe the drums (the bass has its merits, too), vocals are the most […]
“There’s two emo Batmans — WHAT’S GOING ON?!” This week was rife with absurd stories, and on today’s episode of our heavy-metal talk show Last Words, hosts Jordan Olds (Two Minutes To Late Night), Katy […]
Guitars: cool? A recent New York Times has suggested that the rise of guitar sales since the coronavirus lockdown heralded the ‘return of the guitar.’ But was the guitar and the music that relies on […]
Last week, the rock and metal worlds were shocked and crushed to hear that Riley Gale, frontman for Texas thrash act Power Trip, had died at 34 years old. As both the frontman of one […]
Every metalhead in the world has heard some insane story about Ozzy Osbourne. Whether it’s snorting more ants than Mötley Crüe, snorting more coke than David Lee Roth, or just going old-school and tucking his […]
A few million years ago, the planet Earth was introduced to perhaps the only worthwhile musical act to ever play a note — the collection of intergalactic conquerors, crack fiends, and thrash metal musicians known […]
Last year, the world was all a-tizzy about the identity of Slipknot’s new percussionist, popularly known as Tortilla Man (they aren’t even bothering with numbers and characters anymore, it’s just what your mask looks like). […]
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