News Blink-182 Plays Matt Skiba-Era Songs With Tom DeLonge May 6, 2023 11:52am Lineup shifts are strange. Even in the most civil of alterations, playing music that someone else recorded can feel a bit awkward. Ronnie James Dio notoriously hated playing Ozzy Osbourne-era Black Sabbath songs in concert, […]
News American Football Purchases The House On The Cover Of Their Records May 6, 2023 10:55am Gentrification is real. As time marches onward, more and more space is bought up by developers and turned into ghastly condominiums. Families become displaced in the process. Cultural landmarks are destroyed. Skylines become littered with […]
News How A Series Of Violent Black Sabbath Pranks Almost Killed Bill Ward May 6, 2023 10:02am Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a dark side to Black Sabbath. It’s not their lyrics or aesthetic. They never tried to convince anyone to practice necromancy or plunder a graveyard or kill their parents or any […]
News Misfits vs. Satan? Hear Jerry Only And Doyle’s Weird Christian Metal Band May 6, 2023 10:00am Band breakups are surreal experiences. When you put blood, sweat, and tears into a body of work with other people, moving on is never as simple as just starting over. A band is a family. […]
News Baby Got Black Sabbath: Sir Mix-A-Lot And Metal Church’s “Iron Man” May 6, 2023 9:55am By the late 1980s, heavy metal and hip hop were graduating from the underground to the mainstream. Over the course of the decade, these burgeoning youth movements were reaching sonic maturity and social relevance. Different […]
News Every Slayer Album Ranked Worst to Best May 6, 2023 9:40am This past Tuesday marked ten years without Jeff Hanneman. Although his absence created a void that can never be filled, Slayer left a body of work that will be revered until the end of time. […]
News ‘What Is This? This Is Amazing!’ – How Pantera Won Over Rob Halford May 6, 2023 9:19am They say never meet your heroes, but what if your heroes seek you out? This is what happened to a young Pantera when Rob Halford came calling. […]
News NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Shares That a New Metallica Song Has Him Itching To Drive May 5, 2023 4:58pm NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks about a new Metallica song that has him itching to drive. Which track do you think it is? […]
News Watch: Carrie Underwood Covers Ozzy’s ‘Mama, I’m Coming Home,’ Received Blessing From Sharon May 5, 2023 4:09pm After receiving Sharon Osbourne’s blessing to cover the song, Carrie Underwood performed a beautiful cover of Ozzy’s “Mama, I’m Coming Home.” […]
News Rock Hall CEO Alludes To Iron Maiden ‘Eventually’ Entering Hall of Fame May 3, 2023 4:22pm Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO Greg Harris believes that “eventually” Iron Maiden will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. […]