Groove metal legends Pantera are the hot item these days with their reunion and upcoming tour dates but it wasn’t long ago that frontman Phil Anselmo was under some pretty heavy fire for racist and white supremacists behaviors at a concert in 2016. At a Dimebag Darrell tribute event, Dimebash, Anselmo was captured on video…
Having siblings can be tough. The expectations of blood bonds combined with familial traditions and differences in personality can be a lot to manage, and that’s before you’re in a band with not one but two of your brothers. Still, Hammerhedd are making it work and they’re making it work in a big way. The…
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Stoner metal kings Weedeater will hit the road again this month, covering areas they missed on their 2022 tour schedule and making their way across the pond for a few dates. Support comes from some combination of Rebelmatic, Telekinetic Yeti, High Tone Son of a Bitch and Adam Faucett, depending on the date. Tickets are…
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Despite the fact that they’ve made some of the genre’s touchstone albums, thrash metal legends Exodus still have a desire to make new music, according to guitarist Gary Holt. While speaking to Full Metal Jackie, Holt explained that he just doesn’t have the interest in Exodus existing solely so that they can tour and play…
Let me say that when I first read that two members of Paradise Lost were starting a new project, I was quite intrigued. I was thinking that we were in line for something a bit akin to traditional death and doom, but with a bit of subtly different twist. Imagine my surprise when I put…
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Oakland opera singer Mia Dean (Antler Family) and English punk-rocker Steve Lake (Zounds) have a long history of various collaborations under their respective names, but for their latest incarnation, they have united as the fascinating duet Blood Moon Wedding. The second single and video from the upcoming self-titled album, due on the 7th of April via…
In the dark, seedy underbelly of Illinois, there nests a clutch of Chicago Glampires. Their name? Plasmata. The latest ritual offering in a series of remixes from their 2021 Portraits of Pain EP was conjured and overhauled by The Sisters of Mercy guitarist Ben Christo and Aly Jados (Blood People). “You Call Him the Devil”,…
Legendary music icon, Siouxsie, has expanded further her 2023 live itinerary with two additional UK Dates. Siouxsie will play Wolverhampton and Glasgow this Summer. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday 10th February via links on siouxsie.com There are now seven dates in total mark Siouxsie’s return to the stage after a decade-long…
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Skinny Puppy made a surprise announcement this morning via social media revealing their final North American tour in celebration of the seminal Canadian Industrial EBM band’s 40th Anniversary: “Withered bE this rope that smothers any hope and banG .. it’s been 40 Years .. ! .. all doGeared by memories formed through memory folds …these…
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After playing a special, surprise show in California last week and then playing a special 20th anniversary set of their debut album Focus on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise, the band is gearing up for a 12-date tour through Latin America this April. Just as they did on the aforementioned cruise, Cynic will play…
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There’s optimism and then there’s Chris Poland, former guitarist of Megadeth, levels of optimism. The guitarist has been playing with fellow ex-Megadeth members David Ellefson and Jeff Young from time to time with the Kings of Thrash and he thinks it’s about time Dave Mustaine join ’em on stage. Nevermind that Dave runs the actual…
It’s hard to be vulnerable in a genre built on aggression and anger, but that’s exactly what Negative Blast did on “The King in Vancouver,” the latest offering from their sophomore LP, Echo Planet. At any point on the album, Negative Blast could be compared to Pissed Jeans, Gel or The Rival Mob with their…
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Things could get even harder for international artists and bands looking to tour the U.S., thanks to a pair of massive fee increases for working visas if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gets its way. In the DHS’ written proposal, both the O visa and the P visa would be affected. The O visa…
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There’s been a lot of activity in the Linkin Park camp as of late. There’d been rumors of a Meteora re-release for some time to celebrate its 20th anniversary and that’s been confirmed. Then their website turned into a puzzle and fans began working to decode whatever shenanigans the band had going on. Now, the…
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At your feet, on my knees, you are my religion Washington, DC darkwave band VOSH announces their first single “Pray,” off their forthcoming album “Vessel” via Trash Casual. Led by Chris Moore (Repulsion, Coke Bust, The Rememberables), and Josephine Olivia (Blacksage), VOSH namechecks Bauhaus, early Ministry, Sisters of Mercy, Zounds, and Killing Joke as influences….
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Dublin’s Scattered Ashes are an abrasive and angular indie four-piece defined by urgent guitars and prophetic vocals. Their latest single, ‘Feral,‘ is a visceral scream at addiction and dependency. It delves into raw, personal subject matter, engaging the listener head-on with a swelling smouldering slow burn. We hear shades of Editors, Interpol, and Joy Division…
Industrial titans Ministry will be hitting the road with headlining tour dates this spring, bringing Gary Numan and Front Line Assembly along for the ride. Additionally, frontman Al Jourgensen is currently beginning work on the band’s sixteenth album – more details forthcoming. The 2023 appearances come after a wildly successful “Industrial Strength Tour” throughout 2022, continuing the…
The Sisters of Mercy have announced their first US tour in over 14 years, with a 19-date US tour beginning on May 10th, 2023. For over four decades, The Sisters of Mercy have been an iconic force in dark underground music; defining, defying…and denying…several genres of dark rock and roll. Their unique blend of punk-psychedelia,…
Classic Metallica fans and Cliff Burton stans, get ready to celebrate the 6th annual Cliff Burton Day, made official by his home town of Castro Valley, and his home county, Alameda County. Limited-edition shirts for the event are on-sale now, with 100% of the proceeds going to support the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship awarded by The Cliff Burton…
Doom giants Conan just shared that they will be touring the U.S. this spring in support of their record Evidence of Immortality. The album is out via Napalm Records, and the tour starts May 5 in Chicago, IL and ends May 25 in Seattle, WA. They will be joined on the tour by special guests…
Mötley Crüe have announced that guitarist Mick Mars will no longer tour with the band, but they already have a replacement with guitarist John 5. They just dropped a picture of the brand-new lineup. Mötley Crüe also made a statement about their guitarist stepping down: “While change is never easy, we accept Mick’s decision to retire…
Channeling low-budget B-movies, punk anarchy, and a Crazy World of Arthur Brown show, punk legends The Damned unleashes a spooky new song and video: “The Invisible Man”. Rife with the band’s signature fiery drums, garage rock guitar fuzz, The Captain’s smokin’ basslines, and maniacal laughter, it’s classic Damned with their classic wry humour intact. Likewise,…
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Grind band .giffromgod just announced a new EP, Digital Red, their first new music since 2019’s approximation_of_a_human. According to the band’s press release, the music focuses on “the group’s fragmented nightmares, anxious days and nausea toward waking life.” About the EP announcement, the band say: “Digital Red is anxious music written during a particularly anxious…
A lotta shit happened this past week. So much that it’s hard to even put it all into a single sentence, really. Ozzy retired from touring due to his ongoing health issues and that wasn’t even our top story. That shit’s just wild. Still, it turns out you gremlins love watching Vince Neil just be…
Another week, another buncha new additions to the revamped Top Tracks playlist on Spotify. This time around, we added some killer tracks from bands like Sanguisugabogg, Slipknot, Chat Pile, and more. As previously announced, we’re keeping our playlist to just 20 tracks, so be sure to keep up with it every week since we’ll be…
Death metal gurus Suffocation just announced their “The Warmth Within The Dark” tour across Europe. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 6 at 11 a.m. CET here. Lucky fans in Europe will get to catch the classic band across multiple countries this spring, bringing their music to the masses once more. Suffocation say, “Join us this…
Jason Newsted of Metallica fame just announced that he is working on a new, heavier band after finishing up the first album from his long-time project, The Chophouse Band. While the band formed back in in 1992, they started off as a more acoustic-drive band, Newsted said in a recent radio interview with Gator 98.7…
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From the glorious metropolis of Athens Greece, darkwave project Reflection Black announces a searing darkwave single, “No Stars In The Sky.” The song is taken from their upcoming full album Last Stop to Nowhere out on March 3rd via Swiss Dark Nights. “No Stars In The Sky” is a gloomy composition with strong emotions; composer…
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You can tell the folks in Chat Pile love their B-movie schlock, as the music video for their latest sincle “Tropical Beaches, Inc.” is chock full of it. Released ahead of their upcoming sold out tour with Lingua Ignota that’s set to kick off on February 17 in Portland, Oregon and come to an end…
For the last 18 years, Austrian self-described purveyors of “Russian turbo polka metal” Russkaja have leveraged a Soviet-era look and wild sound to ply their craft. They even released their latest album Turbo Polka Party via Napalm Records today. Yet not even hours after their newest release was made available to the public, the band…
Who knows what it is about Furnace Fest that makes long-defunct bands set aside their differences and come back together to get on their stage, but they’ve landed yet another reunion set for this year’s show. Last year, we saw the return of Shadows Fall at the festival, this past December we learned that It…
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Bust out your JNCOs and find your Kangol bucket hat — it’s time for more Korn. The nü-metal icons released a new live album titled Requiem Mass today, which features the plugged-in part of a show they recorded last February at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Accompanied by backup singers and instrumentalists,…
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In a super sad turn of events, it looks like MTV badboy and the “Britney Spears of Jackass” Bam Margera has fallen back off the wagon. Only this time, he did it while receiving a second chance from his buddy and fellow Jackass alum, Steve-O. Last month, Margera revealed on a recent episode of Steve…
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“I have been through the gamut of what this industry can offer, and I’ve learned that nothing is more stable than deep family and community.” In June of 2022, Zola Jesus (aka Nika Roza Danilova) released a ten-track album following an intense period of writer’s block, called Arkhon, an ancient Greek word for “power” or…
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I’m stuck in the blue light void with all the trendy kids from high school I tried to avoid Buck Gooter was formed in 2005 as the duo of Terry Turtle and Billy Brett. Over the next fourteen years, the project performed hundreds of shows and released over a dozen records until Tuttle’s tragic passing…
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Manufactured memories. Interlink an empty vessel. Circuit crashed, I have no needs. A replicant, I do not bleed. Los Angeles darkwave duo Male Tears have unleashed a new, “unapologetically goth” video for the hypnotic single “I Expire” via Avant! Records. This banger comes off their third LP, Krypt; and with it, the band, consisting of…
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Depeche Mode suffered a tremendous loss last year when Andrew Fletcher suddenly passed of an aortic dissection in May. Martin Gore and Dave Gahan are forging on with the band, however, with Memento Mori, their fifteenth studio album, set to drop on the 17th of March via Columbia Records. Today, Depeche Mode teased the much-anticipated…
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If I could surf the black tide, that’s drowning me from the inside.I’d stagger away, with a streetwalker’s pride.But I’m on Rockaway Beach, floating with the hollow men.Falling through the days again. Cult new wave/indie pop band My Favorite have had a rather benchmark year in 2022. After nearly ten years apart, the band reunited…
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Let’s face it — our modern lives are cluttered with a ton of useless bullshit that will just be a major burden to our loved ones when we finally shuffle from this mortal coil. So much of that useless bullshit is plastic that we as a species have plastic floating around in our systems. We’re…
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The month of May’s got a lot of killer shows to choose from, but that’s not stopping tech/melodic death metal outfit Allegaeon from adding themself in the mix. For 11 dates that month, the band will be criss-crossing the American and Canadian west at various venues and even Vancouver’s Modified Ghost Festival. Coming along for…
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