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In extremely cute and wholesome news, Rob Halford, Slash, and other big names have donated rare items to the LA-based cat charity Kitten Rescue’s Fur Ball gala. Slash has donated a signed Use Your Illusion I record, a major score for any fans of the classic, 1991 Guns n’ Roses album. He will be returning…
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After spending three months in a hospital following a scary motor vehicle accident, Year of the Knife vocalist Madi Watkins has finally recovered enough to be discharged. In a video posted to Twitter by her husband Brandon Watkins, you can see Madi being wheeled out the front door as medical staff stand and applaud her…
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The spooky season is upon us and that means one thing — time to break out the facepaint and robes for Philly’s own Devil Master. The band is heading out with their Relapse Record labelmates Final Gasp along with Fuming Mouth for a 26-date run throughout the U.S. Starting on Halloween at the St. Vitus…
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Songtradr has acquired Bandcamp from their previous owners, Epic Games. Despite the annoying spelling of the new parent company, folks seem to think this could be a positive move. In their official statement released September 28, Songtradr claim they will keep running Bandcamp like a music marketplace paired with social media, but also promise that…
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Earlier this week, Better Lovers frontman Greg Puciato made waves in the metal community by invoking a potential reunion of The Dillinger Escape Plan. While past rumors of a return had been squashed pretty quick, the vocalist’s comments included the insinuation that promoters were offering “astronomical amounts of money” to get the band together, but…
Earlier this week, Live Nation announced the On The Road Again program in an alleged attempt at helping emerging bands get back on the road. But the massive conglomerate have gotten their share of flack, and The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) released a statement that very politely calls BS. This initiative, which was announced…
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Baltimore oddity Dog Fashion Disco announced a special event for next month that fans of weird ass music will appreciate. On October 13, the band will head to the interwebs to perform the entirety of their 2006 concept album Adultery. Like many bands did during the height of COVID lockdowns a couple years ago, Dog…
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In a bout of egotism that surprises exactly no one, Corey Taylor opened up in an interview with Grammy.com about his need to do his own thing after being held back in previous projects. “As a performer, you physically want to rise to that occasion,” he explains. The only thing that holds us back in…
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How far would you go to portray your art exactly the way you wanted? Would you put yourself in a situation where it felt like you were drowning for nearly eight minutes straight? Because that’s what Portuguese black metal outfit Gaerea did for their latest music video — I mean “torture art experiment” — for…
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If you were around during the early 2000s, there was a time when the biggest song out on the radio was Evanescence’s “Bring Me To Life.” The song became monolithic for a time period normally dominated by butt rock and nu-metal, equally propelled by Amy Lee’s soaring vocals and dragged down by the just cringe-worthy…
Last weekend, the annual Louder Than Life festival saw some huge acts like Foo Fighters, Tool, Pantera, and Queens of the Stone Age take to the stage in Louisville, Kentucky for one of the larger American festivals still around. It’s during this kind of gig that some bands decide to switch things up and do…
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With a new album coming next month, hardcore band Mouth For War dropped a bunker buster of a track earlier today with the release of “Saturate Me.” As fans of the band have come to expect, the track jams face contorting breakdowns, brutal rhythms, and insanely pissed vocals right up the listener’s ass. Set as…
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Elephant Hawk, the newly formed duo featuring Marcus Lilja on synths and Esben Willems of Monolord fame on, just dropped a new trck, “Non Grata Revisited.” The track, which is currently streaming on their Bandcamp, is heavy, cosmic, and oh-so-doomy “Thank you for the heartwarming words about the only song we’ve released so far as Elephant Hawk,”…
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Near the tail end of last year, something happened that hadn’t been done in more than 20 years — a version of Pantera took the stage. Despite the fact that vocalist Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown were the only original members up there with guitarist Zakk Wylde filling in for Dimebag Darrell and Anthrax…
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Earlier today, hardcore band Dying Wish dropped a new single and that’s all fine and dandy. But the way it’s being described has me once again wondering if the whole exploding glass door thing was a ploy… Hear me out. While speaking about the new song featured on the band’s upcoming album Symptoms of Survival,…
Read More “Dying Wish’s New Single “Path To Your Grave” is More Like “Fragments Part Two”” »
What’s that? You think Ozzy would stop for a moment and take a fucking break given his health issues? Pfft. Get real. As it turns out, the “Prince of Darkness” has his eyes set on working on his 14th studio album next year. During an interview with Metal Hammer, Osbourne said he had plans for…
In a completely unexpected move by a major American corporation, bands are going to be less fucked while touring than normal — as long as they play certain venues, that is. Earlier today, Live Nation announced that it was launching a Willie Nelson-inspired program called “On the Road Again” that the company says will help…
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They say you should never meet your heroes — but what about letting your heroes join your band? That’s something Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor had to consider… at least as a joke… the first time he came face to face with the “Prince of Darkness” himself, Ozzy Osbourne. In a recent interview in Classic Rock magazine, Taylor…
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Over the weekend, classic heavy metal melded with classic dance artistry, as the long-awaited Black Sabbath: The Ballet premiered in Birmingham, U.K. Having been in the works for a while now, attendees got a special surprise when guitarist and riff master Tony Iommi made a surprise appearance at the Black Sabbath during the show’s final…
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It’s been nearly six years since the undeniable energy of The Dillinger Escape Plan came to an end, as they played their three final shows as a band in New York City. Since then, all kinds of acts have broken up and gotten back together to a huge amount of fanfare, with major festivals serving…
Months after rape allegations forced Between The Buried And Me/Glass Casket guitarist Dustie Waring off of the band’s “Parallax 2: Future Sequence Tour,” Furnace Fest attendees were surprised yesterday to see him back on stage with the band. And while the band has made zero mention of his return, the embattled guitarist has since posted…
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Despite firing the show’s mastermind and voice behind so many its most recognizable characters, Adult Swim is continuing to milk the Rick and Morty cow without Justin Roiland’s involvement. But that’s old news at this point. What’s not news is the fact that the show’s latest trailer not only features the new voices of the…
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I know it doesn’t feel like it, but did anyone else just realize that it’s been two years since Mastodon released their double album Hushed and Grim? Because that’s how long it’s been since we got new Mastodon tunes. I mean, it makes sense given how much they’ve been touring lately, but still. Well, according…
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To make a reference to the international outfit Taubrą, the French-born visionary Maxime André Taccardi “is the Rembrandt of Death.” This self-described “Priest of Terror” is a revered musician and exhibited visual artist. Taccardi’s creative output has earned much acclaim. And while visionaries are rarely adequately understood in their own age, it’s common knowledge that…
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Death metal can be a tiring, exhausting form of music to crush day in and day out for years at a time. Just ask Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster — that dude’s been going on for years with one of the most iconic outfits around. During a recent interview with The Rockman Power Hour (as…
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Kill Devil Hill, featuring Johnny Kelly on drums (Type O Negative), Mark Zavon on guitar, Dewey Bragg on vocals, and Matt Snell (ex-Five Finger Death Punch) on bass, are back after being on hiatus for almost 10 years. Their new album, Seas of Oblivion, is out now on Legend Recordings. The band have always been…
As Furnace Fest 2023 wraps up today, they end things on a confusing note. First they shared a cryptic post about how things were maybe, probably ending, or just morphing or changing, and then they responded to a post by hinting even more heavily that the fest isn’t exactly ending. This is fitting given the…
Thy Art is Murder made headlines yesterday when Chris McMahon was fired from the band, and it was announced that he would no longer be appearing on their new album. Now, McMahnon has doubled down on his stance and made a statement about not being sorry and his frustration with the band. This happened on…
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Suicide Silence and Chelsea Grin are going on tour this fall starting October 13 and ending November 9. The tour will contain 23 dates and runs from San Antonio, Texas to Seattle, Washington. Suicide Silence are touring in support of the record Remember… You Must Die, out now via Century Media. The record came out…
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How the fuck is it already almost October?! Did this year just fly past for you guys, too? God damn. Time to start getting the cold weather shit out and brace for impact here on the east coast, I guess… At least the newest iteration of our playlist has some hot fire in the track…
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Keith Buckley, former vocalist of Every Time I Die, is getting ready to launch his new project via a music video he is filming. A post on Reddit explains that he is filming a music video on October 1 and is looking for video extras. And back in December, he Tweeted that he was collaborating…
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By now, most of us are familiar with the fact that the Blue Ridge Rock Festival had to completely cancel their event, causing quite a scandal with outraged concertgoers. For those who missed it, the show in Alton, VA experienced sever weather conditions on September 7 , the festival’s opening night. Those who were at…
There are certain truths in life that you just can’t deny: the sky is blue, the sun will rise tomorrow, and baby — Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke will insert himself into some drama. That’s exactly what’s going on over on social media following the batshit crazy stuff that’s going down between Thy Art…
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In a turn of events that could really only happen in today’s ridiculously social media obsessed society, it turns out Thy Art Is Murder didn’t just fire ex-vocalist Chris McMahon and replace his vocals on the album they just released today, Godlike. No. They also let him find out he was headed for the unemployment…
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After four years without any new music, American industrial outfit 3Teeth are back with today’s release of their fourth studio album, EndEx. While the tracks within are full of contempt for concepts like hyper-consumerism and tech being too prevalent in our lives, the whole thing is a fun romp with old-school industrial styling and a…
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In an unexpected twist that maybe zero people saw coming, Thy Art Is Murder announced just moments ago that their long-time vocalist Chris McMahon has been kicked out of the band. According to an Instagram post on Thy Art Is Murder’s official page, the lineup change is exactly why their new album Godlike was pushed…
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Whether you’re a vinyl collector or get insanely nostalgic for early 2000s New Wave of American Heavy Metal fan, you’re going to want to get your wallets and alarms ready. On October 20, God Forbid’s insanely badass album IV: Constitution of Treason is getting a proper release on vinyl and the variants look fucking sick…
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From their ongoing legal dispute with ex-guitarist Mick Mars to their incredibly busy tour schedule throughout the year, there seems to be a lot going on behind the scenes with Mötley Crüe. Yet if you ask guitarist John 5 what he’s most excited about as the newest band member, there’s only one thing that stands…
Earlier this week, Avenged Sevenfold got back on their bullshit and posted some weird shit on their social media accounts. At the time, we saw a video of Barbie giving birth to another Barbie, a doctor being pretty odd about the whole thing, and then a weird Barbie showing up and being an edgy nihilist…
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In what’s turned out to be a week full of L’s, former Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Board of Directors member and Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner might have suffered his biggest one yet. First he got removed from said board of directors for suggesting female and black musicians weren’t as impactful as their…
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