Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Iron Maiden‘s The Number of the Beast being released. Besides the first four Black Sabbath albums and the biggest albums by thrash’s Big 4, you would be hard-pressed to find a heavy metal album more iconic, beloved, and influential than this one. The fact that we can still put
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Remember how Staind frontman Aaron Lewis literally wrote the “Where My Country Gone” song from South Park, even though he’s forgotten the lyrics to the National Anthem in front of thousands of people? Welp, now he’s apparently bought into the belief that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is actually an attack on the Deep State,
Sad news for the sports and metal world today, as John Clayton, the NFL reporter for ESPN who once portrayed a rabid Slayer fan in a SportsCenter commercial, has died. He was 67 years old. According to Consequence of Sound, Clayton died Friday, March 18th, while surrounded by family in Washington state. No cause of
Fear not, mortal: Blind Guardian are here to bless your post-St. Patrick’s Day regret with their latest single “Secrets Of The American Gods,” and boy is this a catchy one. Singer Hansi Kürsch gave some details about the newest effort, including a reminder that they’ll have an album out in September: “The time has come
It’s been a crazy month for Polish death metallers Decapitated, what with members of the band distributing supplies to stranded Ukrainians at the border. But now, the band have good news: they’re releasing a new album this May! Decapitated’s new record will be called Cancer Culture, and will…ugh, really? Cancer Culture? I mean, it’s not
A big argument from the chin-stroking-emoji crowd about metal bands coming out against the war in Ukraine is that these bands perform music about war and use war-oriented imagery — so how can they be ANTI-war? Now, Millie Petrozza of German thrash legends Kreator has spoken out against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and has
Right now, Valerie Bertinelli is in the process of promoting her new book, Enough Already: Learning to Love The Way I Am Today. A big part of that book is her relationship with her ex-husband Eddie Van Halen, who tragically passed away in 2020. Now, Valerie has addressed the idea that she caused the band’s
There’s something to be said about consistency in music. Putting out seven full-length records in 28 years without a single one sucking is a difficult task, but one that Dark Funeral can add to their incredibly studded belts. We Are The Apocalypse marks the band’s first record with bassist Frederik Isaksson (Adra-Melek) and drummer Janne
Ever since he first joined the band, the identity of Slipknot percussionist Tortilla Man has been in question. Now, the band have officially confirmed his identity by announcing a Reddit AMA with him! Tortilla Man is in fact Michael Pfaff, as was long suspected. Pfaff plays keyboards in Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s side project, Dirty Little
Back in December, progressive groove metallers Meshuggah postponed their U.S. tour due to “a skin condition” among one of the members. Now, speaking to Rolling Stone, drummer Tomas Haake reveals the condition was his, and opens up about the health concerns surrounding it. In the interview, Haake reveals that he has eczema inside of his
Earlier this month, melodeath legends Omnium Gatherum wowed fans at Come And Take It Live in Austin, TX. Along for the ride were technical wizards Allegaeon, road dogs Black Crown Initiate, Nacogdoches crushers Spiral Eye, and Austin’s own Whore of Bethlehem. The gig was captured in blazing detail by our own Drew Nesbitt of Njorodynphoto. Check
From the get-go, it’s been clear that Rob Zombie‘s adaptation of TV horror-comedy The Munsters was going to be a big production. From his blueprints of the Munster family home at 1313 Mockingbird Lane to his elaborate costume designs, Zombie’s teased audiences with just how much effort (and money, damn…) is going into this film. Now, Rob
This week, Periphery guitarist Mark Holcomb joins the show! We discuss the debut full-length album from his project Haunted Shores, how the band’s formation led to him join Periphery, the riff graveyard that he uses to create songs, and on treating music for Haunted Shores like a 9-to-5 job. We also talk about how to
It’s no secret that Iron Maiden are not the biggest fans of Sharon Osbourne. When the NWOBHM legends performed at Ozzfest, the band and their people infamously clashed with Sharon left and right. Now, frontman Bruce Dickinson has taken a moment during a recent spoken-word engagement to say that he doesn’t think Black Sabbath exists
On Friday, we reported on how outdated rap-rocker Kid Rock was so unoriginal, he just made the same bad music video twice. But apparently, that kind of moxie is the stuff of dreams to Ted Nugent, who took a moment to praise Kid Rock recently, basically calling him a genius. As reported by Blabbermouth, Ted
So back in the early 2000s, when the Internet was young but hungry, there were a series of early viral videos that were designed to freak people the fuck out. Some were weird and ambient, some were normal videos with a startling moment in them, and many were these absurd, poorly-animated videos off of sites
Last month, Tool frontman and lovable rapscallion Maynard James Keenan played a little Jenga behind drummer Danny Carey’s kit mid-show, with disaaaaastrous results. Now, Maynard has decided to take on the medical profession, donning scrubs and a mask in order to play Operation behind Carey’s drum set. We have to warn you: what you’re about
You could be forgiven for not having heard of Distention before. Why, you might ask? Well, that’s because the band has officially been around for one week. So why then, should you care? You should care because 1) this shit rips, and 2) Distention features Darren Liwen (ex-The Kennedy Veil), Nick Padovani (Equipoise), Dylan Potts
Last year, aging rap-rocker Kid Rock released a music video for his song with Canadian rockers Monster Truck, titled “Don’t Tell Me How to Live.” The video was a poorly-made conservative meme that made Kid Rock look like a dad on Facebook from five years ago; Kid Rock would later go on to act as
Everyone loves a good comeback, right? Well, it looks like Alexisonfire sure do, and to prove it, they’ve announced Otherness, their first studio album in 13 years, and a new single, “Sweet Dreams of Otherness,” to boot. The songwriting on “Sweet Dreams of Otherness” borrows elements of desert psychedelic rock to make for a relaxing,