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Earlier this week, Exodus made the shocking announcement that they and long-time vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza were parting ways. It’s probably safe to say that no one outside of the band saw that coming at all, but even less expected was the fact that the band reunited with Rob Dukes to fill the now vacant…
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The full lineup for this year’s Rock Fest was released earlier today and it’s absolutely loaded. For three days this July, attendees will be able to hang out and enjoy days full of music, headlined by Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, and Bad Omens. But the rest of the bill’s got some killer acts…
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You know that GIF that shows Matt Damon transforming into an old man from that movie Saving Private Ryan? That’s how I feel right now thanks to the fact that Disturbed‘s debut album The Sickness is turning 25 years old this year. It doesn’t feel like a quarter century since that released, but 2000 was…
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Escuela Grind will kick off a short slate of tour dates starting next month that includes support from Chain Gang and Decayer. Set to kick off on February 16 in Pensacola, Florida and coming to a close on March 2 in Chicago, the tour will also make stops in Dallas and Austin, Texas, Denver, and…
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Hours after footage of As I Lay Dying‘s Tim Lambesis hitting his dog surfaced online, his soon to be ex-wife Dany Ciara released a statement outlining the abuse she’s experienced at his hands. Which isn’t too much of a shocker to read because… well… he’s been too much of a piece of garbage for too…
There’s a coldness not explainedMakes this world a jokeIf it passed me by, I wouldn’t knowIt lies in me Toronto’s internationally acclaimed TRAITRS has emerged as one of the vanguard acts powering the current post-punk and darkwave resurgence, enthralling crowds from North America to Europe with their melancholic mystique and relentlessly catchy hooks. Now, as 2025 dawns,…
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don’t take her even though you can. Dolly Parton’s enduring classic, “Jolene,” has long radiated a certain poignant charm despite its somewhat upbeat arrangement—each lyrical plea teeming with yearning and unspoken anxiety. Beneath its iconic country twang lies an emotional core of profound insecurity, an anxious refrain repeated like prayer….
Try to give the answers I owe Why I failed again to let you know How I fight my alter ego When I myself become my biggest foe We are strange creatures, burdened by the weight of our own contradictions. At times, we stumble, dragged down by tempers too quick, words too sharp, and hearts…
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Automatic Noise Festival celebrates its fifth edition on January 25th and 26th, 2025, at the intimate yet electrifying Cinetol in Amsterdam. Presented by Automatic Music, the festival also marks the beginning of the label’s 20th-anniversary celebrations—a fitting tribute to two decades of championing boundary-pushing sounds. The festivities kick off early with an official pre-party on…
Her Absence Fill The World, a Berlin-based post-punk duo that specializes in what they dub Neue Türkische Welle, arrives once again bearing a new taste of longing and luminosity. “One by One”, the latest preview from their forthcoming album Unknown Territories, echoes the gentle hush of midnight roads—where each streetlamp flickers with memories half-formed and…
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Earlier today, death metal stalwarts 200 Stab Wounds took to Instagram to hit their fans in the face with a one-two punch of possible teases of new material. Sure, they released Manual Manic Procedures this past June, but that doesn’t mean our boys from Ohio can’t churn out the brutality for something new in 2025….
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Castle Rat might look and sound like they’d fit right into the background of a Dio music video, but they’re actually a fantasy doom metal band hailing from the mystical lands of Brooklyn, New York. For the first time ever, they’re getting all of the spotlight as they announced their first-ever headlining tour earlier today….
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This year’s iteration of Hell’s Heroes Festival is only two months away and earlier today the folks behind it all released the daily lineups, giving everyone that’s already got a ticket — and you jokers that can make it out that yet haven’t already gotten a ticket — an idea of how shit’s going to…
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It’s been a long time coming, but Snot is about to play their first show since Lynn Strait’s death in 1998 tomorrow. Though there’s still a ton of mystery surrounding who they’ve got handling vocals this time around, there’s one thing that’s for certain — fans around the world will be able to catch at…
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Trailblazer. Visionary. Icon. There are so many words that honestly could describe the filmmaking career of David Lynch. Sadly, the auteur known for crafting wildly odd, yet strangely familiar pieces of surrealist art like Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet has passed away at 78 years old. News of his passing was made public in a…
In heaven, everything is fine. You got your good thing and I’ve got mine. David Lynch, the maverick artist who turned American cinema inside out with his surrealistic vision in films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and who redefined television with Twin Peaks, has crossed over into the white lodge at 78. In 2024, Lynch shared his diagnosis of…
Earlier today, He Is Legend revealed their plans for the ‘I Am Hollyweird’ U.S. tour that’s set to kick off this April. Coming along will be Cancer Bats and Strawberry Girls on every stop on the tour, while Crush++ will open the first half and The Requiem will open the second half. The tour will…
A legal dispute between former bandmates has boiled over into the court system, as members of both slam/brutal death metal outfit PeelingFlesh and deathcore band Orphan battle over who owns the name of their old band. Filed last month on December 3 by Jacob and Josh Mathes, the duo behind Orphan, the case alleges that…
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Millennials may be getting older, but that just means that ‘90s nostalgia is even more lucrative than it’s ever been because now they’ve got more money to spend. Bush, who were one of the biggest bands to come out of grunge’s second wave in the ‘90s, announced the latest leg of their “Loaded” tour for…
Legendary Bay Area thrash metal outfit Exodus announced in an Instagram post this afternoon that they and longtime vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza were parting ways. It was a move that I’m pretty sure no one outside of the band’s camp saw coming, but the fact that they reunited with former frontman Rob Dukes might be…
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New Zealand groove metal outfit Alien Weaponry are back with a new full-length release set to come out on March 28 via Napalm Records, titled Te Rā. It’s their third studio effort and their follow-up to 2021’s Tangaroa. As metal’s prime representatives of the Māori, New Zealand’s indigenous population, Alien Weaponry look to continue advocating…
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The world groans under the weight of its own undoing, a slow-motion calamity met with rage as raw as the earth’s wounded skin. Despair courses through veins like a bitter tide, as if humanity, burdened by greed and hubris, has willed its collapse. The skies darken with smoke and sorrow, the oceans rise with fury,…
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David Bowie’s I’m Afraid of Americans feels like it was penned not three decades ago but yesterday, its sharp critique reverberating through today’s tangled headlines. It’s a song of unease, of skepticism toward a culture that turns consumption into creed and influence into an unyielding shadow. Bowie’s jittery rhythms and snarling delivery mirror a world…
Mais cent fois je reviens vers toi Car je ne veux pas vivre sans toi Même si les astres nous privent de lumière Je ne veux pas vivre sans chimère Tu sais, parfois c’est plus facile d’y croire In the ceaseless march of human endeavour, we confront colossal challenges with a tenacity that defies despair….
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Today, Belarusian post-punk trio Molchat Doma have unveiled Live at Panorama Hotel, a three-song performance video that serves as both a celebration and a throwback. Released alongside their new album Belaya Polosa, the live session was filmed at Slovakia’s striking Soviet-era Panorama Hotel—the very building immortalized on the cover of their 2018 breakthrough album, Etazhi….
The thirty year friendship of Guillaume and Andrew began in the French city of Grenoble (from which the The Hacker and Kittin hail). As rave buddies, the duo spent copious amounts of time wandering around concrete, industrial ruins. It only took about two decades for Guillaume and Andrew to write a song together but the…
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Just when you thought the initial story was bad enough, we’re back with an update from yet another former Obscura member that’s calling out his former band for allegedly stealing music. In a recent post on his Facebook page, ex-Obscura guitarist Christian Münzner called out guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer — who I’m pretty sure he hilariously…
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Not content to just do their shows as the opening act for Disturbed and Daughtry, Nothing More announced a number of headlining shows that’ll fill out their already lengthy itinerary. With the added dates, that means their run on the road will go from March 28 in Chattanooga, Tennesee with a headlining show and come…
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Tommy Lee’s unshowered ass might want to get off his high horse, because in a recent post on his Instagram, he called out other artists for posting on social media and promoting their shit while Los Angeles continues to burn. “Makes me fucking sick to see most people just caring on a posting on lame…
Progressive death metal outfit Rivers of Nihil will be bringing their ‘The Aggressive Progressive Tour’ to North America later this spring nearly a month after their run in Europe is set to come to an end. Slated to kick off on May 22 in Philadelphia and coming to a close on June 22 in Toronto,…
There’s been a long running problem in the metal community that I know myself and a number of my contemporaries have called out for years now — bad fans. We’re not saying all of us (you) fans are bad people who do a piss poor job of interacting with the genre, it’s just that a…
Read More “Find the Lie: Nita Strauss Calls Metal Fans “Whiny Babies” That Don’t Like Change” »
Make no mistake I’m a slippery snake under archetype’s cool command Heads aflame, do you feel the same are you gutted when gazing at me? The pharmaceutical industry can feel like a towering gatekeeper, doling out easy fixes in tiny, colour-coded capsules. Yet one wonders: are these wonder tablets truly healing, or do they merely…
Isolation wraps itself around the soul like a maze with no exit sign, its walls pressing closer with every breath. There’s no grand scheme, no map marked with a dotted line to freedom—just the aching need to flee. The mind becomes both prison and prisoner, every thought ricocheting off the same unyielding barriers. Escape isn’t…
Washington, D.C.’s formidable darkwave collective VOSH emerges with a newfound ferocity, blending nerve and nuance in equal measure. Fronted by vocalist Josephine Olivia—her voice an evocative blend of gossamer and steel—the quartet orchestrates electric guitars, towering synths, and pummeling percussion to create a distinct tension between passion and menace. On their latest album, Vessel, VOSH…
Come take me where my mind belongs My heart bleeds and the days are long I’m bleeding, bleeding Since their inception, Turkey’s Ductape has forged a thunderous storm of post-punk energy that both jolts and mesmerizes. Their approach is unapologetically bold: pounding, ominous basslines collide with snarling electric guitars, slicing through silence like a blade….
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The Ozzman may be in his golden years and the possibility of him ever touring again may be a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean the music we already have will ever go away. Case and point is the fact that decades after their release, two major Ozzy Osbourne tunes have made their…
It’s going to take a long time before we truly understand the impact and economic devastation that’s fallen upon the Los Angeles area thanks to the ongoing fires that continue to show no sign of slowing down. As countless people are forced to evacuate their homes and the death toll sadly rises, organizations have been…
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Earlier today, the industrial metal outfit Fear Factory announced that they’ll be marking the 30th anniversary of Demanufacture by playing it in its entirety at most of their stops at European festivals this coming summer. There were a lot of killer albums that came out in 1995, so I’m sure it don’t be the only…
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Touring can be really rigorous and hard to keep up with. I don’t really blame any band for needing to take time off from touring for the sake of their mental health. And I think I can really understand why electronicore band I See Stars have had to cancel a bunch of shows due to…
Some new information about the forthcoming Mastodon record should get fans of their more experimental efforts excited, as it sounds like the Atlanta-based band will be taking some liberties with tier follow up to 2021’s Hushed And Grim. While speaking with Metal Hammer, drummer and vocalist Brann Dallor revealed some details about the album the…
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