Month: August 2023

A wild situation occurred yesterday while metalcore band We Came As Romans was out on their tour down in Australia, as a robbery could have turned into a suicide, but thankfully everyone survived the incident. According to guitarist Josh Moore, a 37-year-old man broke into and barricaded himself in Moore’s Adelaide hotel room, locking the…

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In a pair of posts on the band’s Instagram from earlier this week, Slaughter to Prevail revealed that they’re in the studio and working on some new music. At this time, it looks like they’re laying down the drum tracks, which typically happens early on in the process. We don’t know any more information about…

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Back in June, we were saddened to hear that the hardcore outfit Year of the Knife was involved in a serious accident while out on tour in Utah. Though everyone survived the crash, vocalist Madi Watkins suffered the worst of it as she was in critical condition due to her injuries. Though the rest of…

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If you’ve been to Kings County, New York, you’ve probably experienced the magic that’s continuously happening in the Brooklyn scene over the past number of years. Stretching across multiple decades and subgenres, the New York City borough’s contribution to metal has given us some amazing bands to follow. And while some may not be the…

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With just a little less than a month left before their upcoming studio effort Jailbreak is released, Nervosa dropped the title track and accompanying music video earlier today. Featuring a classic thrash metal attack that’s undeniable, “Jailbreak” is the kind of track that’s sure to get you in the mood to open up a pit….

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Ever since June when they dropped “Dreams Always Die With The Sun,” supergroup Eye Am has been one of the more highly anticipated acts on my radar — and frankly they should be on yours too. Featuring Type O Negative guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly, along with Crowbar’s frontman Kirk Windstein and ex-Crowbar…

Read More “Eye Am (Feat. Crowbar and Type O Negative) Say Their Next Single “Cryptomnesia” Will Be Out in November” »

We all grow attached to the music we loved growing up, but there’s always a time in music when a particular genre really pops off. Some examples include the explosion of thrash in the early to mid 80s and nu metal having its thing in the 90s/early 2000s, but what about death metal? Sure it’s…

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Some of our readers may be too young to remember, but there once was a time when MTV played music videos almost non-stop. From 120 Minutes to Total Request Live to Headbanger’s Ball, music and the artists behind said music were front and center. But then something changed and MTV stopped becoming the land of…

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With their tour set to kick off tonight, gore-laden death metal grind monsters Exhumed dropped a surprise digital EP titled Beyond The Dead yesterday. Featuring four unreleased songs and four live tracks taken from recent shows, it’s effectively the iron-tinged dessert to the flesh-filled buffet that was last October’s To The Dead. Exhumed frontman Matt…

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Portuguese black metal outfit Gaerea are planning something “truly special” for fans out in the Windy City near the end of September and it’s not just all about the unique burger they have in their name. On Thursday, September 28, the band will be on hand to host a free event at the original Kuma’s…

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Last night in London, the largest wrestling event ever took place in London at Wembley Stadium, as scrappy upstart turned massive promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) hosted their ‘All In’ pay-per-view. As is wont to happen during this kind of thing, some wrestlers get special entrances that more align with their personal interests or that…

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Two east coast death metal stalwarts are joining forces later this year for a co-headlining tour of destruction, as Suffocation and Incantation prepare to unleash their Ancient Unholy Uprising Tour throughout the U.S. and Canada. Over the course of 26 dates, the tour will feature some killer tunes and insane crowds, with the trek starting…

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Next year, alternative metal outfit Sevendust will be celebrating their 30th year as a band. It’s a huge milestone for any group and to get the party started a little early, they’re releasing a special boxset to celebrate more than half of their entire discography. The set, titled Seven of Sevendust will be available as…

Read More “Sevendust’s Huge Boxset Seven of Sevendust to Feature Most of Their Albums This October” »

Lock up your spaghetti and say a prayer for your braciole — Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine announced yesterday that he’s moving to Italy. Yes, one of metal’s most outspoken firebrands is trading the west coast for the Amalfi coast, Napa Valley for Aosta Valley, and San Francisco for San Francesco al Campo. The news came…

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Next month, Manii’s third album Innerst i Mørket will drop via Terratur Possessions. It comes five years after the band’s sophomore effort, Sinnets Irrganger and is a transcendent experience. Personally, it’s almost intimidating to try to review, but let’s explore it along with a bit of the band’s history anyway. Manii’s Innerst i Mørket became…

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Nü-core band Tallah are not longer collaborating with turntabalist, sampler, and keyboardist Alizé “Mewzen” Rodriguez due to grooming allegations. These claims, which were initially reported by New Fury Media, reveal that Mewzen, who joined the band in 2020, will now no longer be involved with the project. The band’s statement says: “We have just been…

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Royal Thunder will be joining Alice in Chains on their West Coast tour this late September and October. “We are beyond stoked to announce that we’ll be joining the legendary Alice In Chains on their headlining shows next month on the west coast!” writes Royal Thunder of their coming tour dates. “All dates listed below and ticket links in…

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CJ McCreery, formerly of Lorna Shore and Signs Of The Swarm, has released new music with his band Immortal Disfigurement. You can watch the video for “King” below. The band is also made up of Josh Freeman from A Wake In Providence, Leo McClain on drums, and bassist Shane Slade from Winds of Plague. The…

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Bernie Marsden, the original guitarist of Whitesnake, has died at the age of 72 and will be missed. This was confirmed via social media posts at the end of last week. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the death of Bernie Marsden,” reads the statement. “Bernie died peacefully on Thursday evening…

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We’re keeping the bloated playlist alive this week, so you’ve still got an additional five songs to play with for another seven days. To make use of that extra playlist space, we crammed the shit out of it with new songs from Knife, The Word Alive, and The Devil Wears Prada. All good stuff that’s…

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In Flames have a new bassist, Liam Wilson, formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan. In a recent interview, vocalist Anders Fridén joked that they found him on Tinder after former bassist Bryce Paul left the band. Fridén tells EMP, “[Bryce] wanted to focus on family. And we’re still good friends, so there’s no bad blood…

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Even if you’re living under a rock, you’re surely familiar with the current debate about AI and how it will impact art and life. Recently, Alex Skolnick of Testament chimed in with his two cents on the matter. In an interview with Ultimate Guitar, he claims that AI is a danger to pop music, a genre…

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Though today’s thrash metal scene is full of killer bands and absolute bangers being produced on the regular, for many people the peak moment of the genre came in the early 80s. For German thrash stalwarts Sodom, who’ve been around since the early days, they’re looking to take it back with a new EP aptly…

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Attention all those St. Anger fans that have been in hiding since 2003 — now is your time in the sun. Slipknot vocalist and heavy metal arbiter of everything Corey Taylor has deigned it reasonable to at least accept the album for what it is, if not enjoy it wholesale. Or something like that. The…

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Days after saying he was going to quit social media after people called him out over some gross anti-trans comments he posted online, Thy Art Is Murder vocalist CJ McMahon returned to make a weak-ass attempt at an apology. The move comes roughly two days after his bandmates offered an equally milquetoast statement in a…

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It’s been a dark couple days for the wrestling world, as less than 24 hours after the world learned of hardcore legend Terry Funk’s passing, the fan base was shocked yet again by the unexpected loss of WWE superstar Bray Wyatt (Windham Lawrence Rotunda) at 36 years old. News of his death was completely unexpected,…

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A terrifying situation took place yesterday morning in Sweden, as Killswitch Engage‘s tour bus was involved in a collision with an elk, causing significant damage to the vehicle and minor injuries to the driver. No one else was harmed in the accident. The band was on their way to In Flames’ Dalhalla Brinner festival in…

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