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(Editor’s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today’s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is Archspire guitarist Tobi Morelli’s ‘Top Albums of 2025.) Man, 2025 was a wild, exciting, panic-fuelled year for us in

Earlier this week, hardcore act Coalesce issued a public statement explaining their stance and voicing their support for guitarist Jes Steineger after claims that he’d attempted to groom a student of his while teaching at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri began circulating online. “We’re aware of a Reddit post and related comments making accusations

Ah, the holidays. What better time to get together with friends you haven’t seen in a while, play a little game, and ingest insanely hot chicken wings that make you question your existence? At least, that’s the scenario Insane Clown Posse’s Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J and GWAR’s Blöthar the Berserker and Balsac the

Cancer is a motherfucker. That’s probably the understatement of the century, but seeing your loved ones go through the hardship and physical strain that comes from a cancer diagnosis has to be one of the hardest things to experience. During a recent interview with The Brooklyn Blast Furnace podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Sick Of

Who needs off dates? It turns out not Ov Sulfur or Atlas, as they added a handful of special tour dates around their previously announced run as supporting acts for Orbit Culture. While their tour with Orbit Culture will run from February 18 to April 10, these additional dates take place at different times throughout

It’s time for the metal community to once again come together and help some of our own. Progressive metal outfit Vola recently look to social media to announce that a majority of their gear was destroyed in a Copenhagen storage facility fire last week. Though there were thankfully zero injuries or deaths as a result

Looking forward to 2026, there are few albums that personally spark as much excitement as Down’s next one. It’ll be 19 years since the release of their last full-length album Down III: Over The Under and aside from the two additional EPs that followed, the band’s been largely resting on its laurels. New music is

We love a supergroup, especially when the musicians participating are actually… super? Like Axe Dragger, which is a new mega band comprised of current Dark Funeral and Fu Manchu members, as well as former members of Pantera and Pentagram. Yowza. Axe Dragger is set to release their self-titled debut record on March 6, 2026 via

Support the arts! It’s literally all we have left at this point, especially on a local, community level. Black Stone Cherry knows this, and have started a little something called the “All I’m Dreamin’ Of” Foundation to show some support for the local arts. The Kentucky band made the announcement in a post on their

The back and forth between filmmaker Matt Zane and the estate of Wayne Static and Tera Wray Static continues, though this time, it seems like Zane has finally got a little bit of support for his side of things when it comes to the unauthorized documentary he’s working on about the couple’s dramatic relationship. No

To our friends south of the border, you guys are up for a treat starting mid-April, as Swedish metal act In Flames announced they’ll be touring Latin America around that time next year. Set to kick off on April 18 in Montevideo, Uruguay and coming to a close in Zapopan, Mexico on May 5, the

Yet another spring U.S. tour on the docket to share with you all. This time around, it’s War On Women hitting the road this coming March with Oceanator. They’ve got a new album titled Time Under Tension coming out some time next year. Set to kick off on March 18 in Pittsburgh, the tour will

Italian computer metal outfit Master Boot Record are coming out to the U.S. next spring, bringing their metal instrumentals meets retro video game soundscape to our part of the globe. Having just recently finished an European tour with IGORRR and Imperial Triumphant in Europe, this announcement reveals that the band isn’t quite giving up the

‘Tis the season to get together with the people that matter to you, reconnect, and in some instances, squash the beef you’ve been harboring for a while now. In a pair of statements from both parties, Jane’s Addiction and their estranged vocalist Perry Farrell have apparently “resolved their differences” more than a year after an

The endless stream of tour announcements as 2025 comes to an end continues unabated, as Lacuna Coil has now entered the chat with their own run of dates slated for next spring. Set to run from March 24 in New York City until May 1 in Albany, New York, the U.S. leg of the band’s

A sexual assualt and battery lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson by his former assistant Ashley Walters four years ago has just been dismissed by a Los Angeles judge. The decision removes yet another legal albatross dangling from his neck as he tries to revitalize his career. Los Angeles County Judge Steve Cochran’s ruling, initially reported

In a move that honestly should have been seen from a mile away, it seems horror-based metalcore/theatricore act Ice Nine Kills is joining forces with yet another horror IP. This time, they’re trading Art the Clown for Ghostface, the iconic killer of the Scream movie franchise. News of their apparent collaboration with the 2026 film

With 2026 in sight, Larcenia Roe has a lot on their plate. Tons of tour dates coming up, which is great considering they released their debut album Extraction earlier this year. With all that in mind, they put out a new music video for the track “Lean” earlier today, following its initial premiere on Nik

Has anything heavier ever reached the Audiotree stage? Possibly, but Converge certainly solidified their place in top 5 heaviest, I’m sure. They performed four tracks during their session earlier this year on May 11 from Audiotree’s Chicago studio, and they’ve now put it up as a stream. You can watch it below. Converge’s brief setlist

Add this to the list of why big corporations are goddamn devils—they always get the best shit. While so many of us are getting pizza in the break room or aren’t getting a company holiday party at all, the employees of some big ass company got a fuckin stacked bill to play their lil shindig.