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You know what sucks? Having to not do something you like, really wanna do. Especially when that thing is continuing to play with one of the most influential metal bands ever. Sadly, that’s what happened to Ivan Moody and his band Five Finger Death Punch. (It’s not like this was a ~ once in a…
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It’s about time we heard some good goddamn news. Lou Koller, the vocalist for New York hardcore band Sick Of It All, was diagnosed was esophageal cancer earlier this year. The prognosis caused the band to quite obviously cancel their 2024 tour dates for Koller to get treatment and recover as much as possible. This…
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People really fucking suck. We all know that, but sometimes it takes a random act of bullshit for us to be reminded. No Cure vocalist Blaythe Steuer and bassist Jake Murnane were stabbed at their Nashville show on Wednesday, September 25 trying to break up a fight. Steuer and Murnane survived their wounds, but because…
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I love me a kitschy gimmick band. Especially when they happen to actually sound good. Like Nekrogoblikon, who not only have had a great name but have hilariously been making what I call melodic comedy metal for literal years. All of that goodness of John Goblikon, the band’s lead singer and resident goblin, was put…
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We’re not all jocks and meatheads here, but Green Day—more specifically, the band’s singer Billie Joe Armstrong—feel some type of way about the Nevada spot getting something he really loves: the Oakland A’s. Because Las Vegas isn’t a town full of lil bitches, two Vegas radio stations responded to Armstrong’s “fuck you” with an even…
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Remember how excited we all were when it was announced that Slayer would be reuniting at this year’s Louder Than Life fest? Well, because we legit can’t ever have nice things, the reunion was canceled along with the rest of the Friday (September 27) shows due to goddamn Hurricane Helene. Slayer wasn’t the only one…
In 1985, while the Cold War loomed as a constant threat, the notion of authoritarianism extended beyond Russian dictators for many young Americans. For the teenage members of bands pushing back against societal constraints, authority figures took shape in more immediate forms: parents, principals, and the police. These local tyrants, like their global counterparts, wielded…
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The world may know Post Malone as a massively successful hip-hop/pop star, but real ones know the truth. This dude’s a massive metalhead that’s made the incredibly smart decision to make hits for public consumption so he can live a comfortable life, unlike the rest of us schlubs trying to be the next Metallica or…
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Are you a fan of Tool that has far too much money but doesn’t have their 1993 debut effort Undertow for some reason? If that’s the case, you might be interested in a copy of the album in an insanely pretty CD set commemorating its 30th anniversary that’s got a $250 price tag attached. Being…
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Some more insight into how the reformation of Linkin Park came to be was shed during a recent interview with BBC Radio 1‘s New Music Show With Jack Saunders. In the conversation (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), vocalist Mike Shinoda revealed that things started rolling back in 2019 after he met the band’s new vocalist Emily…
Weeks after dropping their latest single “Soft Spine” on digital streaming platforms everywhere, Canadian alternative metal act Spiritbox dropped the accompanying music video for it. And while I don’t know about you, but I think it’s weird to drop a single and then the music video weeks after the fact, it’s how bands are doing…
To say people were shocked when Dave Grohl announced that he’d fathered a daughter outside of his marriage of more than two decades would be an understatement. Foo Fighters fans have been vocal online expressing their disappointment that the seemingly nicest dude in rock music might have a dark and untrustworthy side. The situation’s gotten…
As a collective, we unconsciously adapt to society’s unspoken rules, surrendering our individuality to fit within its structured confines. The invisible hand of social expectations shapes us, turning us into casualties of conformity. The world’s ways demand obedience, suppressing personal freedom and authenticity until we scarcely recognize our own desires. The pressure to conform overwhelms…
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Through the gates, through the walls to the steeple Cause we have reached the sequel Diversity of people take your place cause we are equal The façade of unity conceals an insidious truth: control. Society often encourages compliance under the guise of collective harmony, suggesting that resistance is not only futile but dangerous. Those who…
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It’s a strange feeling when a friendship slips through your fingers. What was once open, easy, and full of trust is now a locked door with no key in sight. You shared your thoughts, your worries, your bad jokes – and now you wonder if you overshared—if you missed the signs that things were shifting….
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I’m not afraid of my shadow Sincerely thought that I could blame My inner sense will never shatter I’m willing to cast the strings, a place that couldn’t bend Matte Blvck, the San Diego trio composed of Alex Gonzales, Daniel Corrales, and Bidi Cobra, is known for blending brooding beats with industrial edge. Their sophomore…
Ein Volk eine Nation Vielen Dank das hatten wir schon! Flagge schwenken ist gut für das Land? … Applaudiert der rechte rand The latest no-nonsense anthem from XTR Human, Abgrund, hits like a brass-knuckled punch to the gut. The single and video – nay, battle cry – dropped today through Wie ein Gott Records. Set…
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They say no good deed goes unpunished and that couldn’t be more true than the fact that two members of hardcore act No Cure are recovering from stab wounds they received while trying to break up a fight. According to first hand accounts, as well as a report issued by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department,…
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I haven’t watched the latest trailer for the next season of The Last Of Us, but judging by the picture above, it looks like Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) is havin’ fun just strumming on a guitar. She looks happy! After the events of the first season, you’d expect shit to be dark and dreary…
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Who’s the celebrity or rock star that would make you instantly feel starstruck? For me, it’s probably James Hetfield or Mike Patton. For Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen, it was Halestorm‘s Lzzy Hale, and the admiration was real. Jansen explained her feelings on the matter during an interview with The Charismatic Voice‘s Elizabeth Zharoff. In the…
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Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like the frenetic, mad cap, and often irreverent attack of Atlanta-based mathcore outfit The Callous Daoboys. Knowing the potential they have to spread that holiday cheer to as many people as possible, they announced that they’ll be hosting a special show this December in down in A-Town. At this show,…
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For the first time in over two years, Black Map‘s got some new music for your earholes. And while that should be exciting enough for fans of the trio’s amalgamation of post-hardcore, alternative, and hard rock, they also revealed that they now call legendary record company Spinefarm their new home. Released yesterday, “Disintegrate” is the…
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I got a tin of greedy words I bought from the holy sea The chemical burns inside my hope Like the dog I feed Industrial icon and alternative music maverick Raymond Watts, a.k.a. PIG, delivers his debaucherous Feast of Agony EP via Metropolis Records alongside the new video for the lead single, Fallout. This EP…
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Today marks the monumental release of “Alone,” The Cure’s first new song in 16 years, which premiered on Mary Anne Hobbs’s BBC Radio 6 Music show. The track serves as the lead single from their eagerly awaited album, Songs Of A Lost World, and has been met with fervent excitement, especially after a 30-second teaser…
Love songs and drum machines… The Shallow Graves slunk into the scene in 2005, a brooding German goth duo conjured from the darkened minds of Julian Aust and Christian Rossbach. Veterans of Velinas and Madre Del Vizio, they struck a balance between familiar gloom and fresh grit, a nod to a bygone era while dragging…
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A little more than a month after ex-Bad Wolves frontman Tommy Vext stood in for Ill Niño vocalist Marcos Leal during the band’s European and U.K. tour, it’s come out that the band’s full-time vocalist is walking away. In posts on both Leal’s and Ill Niño’s social media accounts, neither party was willing to shed…
For a long ass time, Canadian prog metal giant Devin Townsend has said he’d love to do more shows with choirs and orchestras and the like. He’s already done it with the Devin Townsend Project, mind you, but now his rock opera The Moth is set to hit the stage in the Netherlands this coming…
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Eyeing a 2025 release for their sophomore album, the duo of Paula and Dave Lombardo that makes up Venamoris announced today that they’ve joined Mike Patton’s record label Ipecac Recordings. It might be one of the more predictable announcements, as Dave Lombardo’s been a friend and collaborator with Patton for years now. “Venamoris is such…
Ah, missile silos. Not only did you at one point threaten to rain nuclear death on people, but you also make for great music video locations — case and point: Mouth For War‘s new video/single “The Earth’s Cold Embrace.” Released as a standalone offering, “The Earth’s Cold Embrace” is metalcore as fuck, with the Colorado-based…
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When it comes to some of the more thoughtful minds in metal, it’s hard to come up with someone more fitting of the description than Cynic‘s Paul Masvidal. Recently, Frank Godla got to sit down with the man himself and they got to talking about what he would consider his worst shows ever. Ever the…
The Giraffes, Brooklyn’s brazen purveyors of ‘metal-tinged scuzz-rock,’ are back with their eighth album, Cigarette. Since crashing onto the scene in 1996, The Giraffes have carved their name with raw riffs and reckless abandon. Frontman Aaron Lazar growls with a vengeance, while Damien Paris slashes through each song with guitar licks sharp enough to cut…
The world’s burning, and everyone’s too busy looking in the mirror to notice. Every screen we scroll, every headline we devour, it’s all part of the racket. The flood of information isn’t to enlighten—it’s to distract, to manipulate, to make us think our own reflection is the only thing worth worrying about. Mass media and…
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In the latest episode of the Spotlight On podcast, synthpop legend Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark sat down with guest host Michael Donaldson to cover ground as diverse as the political bite of their latest work, post-modern society’s grip, the influence of krautrock, and the inspiration of the Bauhaus art school. OMD…
It was a truthful and somber message from Fever 333 vocalist Jason Aalon Butler earlier today that alerted fans to the cancelation of the band’s upcoming tour plans. In an intimate Instagram post, Butler revealed that the shows were no longer happening because he was dealing with his “most significant and challenging struggle with depression.”…
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Emergency surgery may have sidelined Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, forcing the band to put the kibosh on their 2024 tour plans, but that doesn’t mean they’ll never do another show again. In fact, they announced a number of rescheduled shows set to take place next June. The five dates are set…
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That headline’s referring to a time back in the 90s in which old farts like myself spent time fucking around testing our memory and defragging hard drives on old Windows 3.1 and DOS machines. You know, like cool kids did back then… For the uninitiated, MASTER BOOT RECORD (or MBR) is an electronic metal act…
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Swedish metal outfit Amaranthe are back with a new music video for their song “Interference” off their most recent album The Catalyst. You can check that out down below. Released back in February, The Catalyst is the band’s seventh full-length album and their first with vocalist Mikael Sehlin. Speaking of the album itself, as well as the…
They may be calling it quits following their recently announced farewell tour, but legendary Swedish band Refused were named to a pretty high honor in their home country, as they’ll be inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame. The news came from a translated posting online, which read as follows: “This induction brings the total to…
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On October 25th and 26th, the 2nd Annual Southern Gothic Festival will be creeping into the infamous 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia—a venue that is the perfect setting for a macabre underground music event. The timing’s no coincidence either; it’s set to go down during Athens’ Halloween blowout, The Wild Rumpus. Picture the streets…
Rue Oberkampf, the underground electronic music project spearheaded by DJ/producer duo Julia de Jouy and Oliver Maier, resides at the vibrant intersection of electronic subcultures. Their sound isn’t merely a blend of genres but a sharp synthesis of the abrasive energy of early industrial, the relentless drive of techno, and the melancholic undercurrent of darkwave….
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