Nominations for this year’s Grammys were announced yesterday. And in all the excitement over the nominees for Best Metal Performance and Best Rock Performance, we failed to notice that Marilyn Manson also scored TWO NOMINATIONS: one in the Album of the Year category, for his contributions to Kanye West’s recent release, Donda, and one in
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Ghost have announced plans to tour Europe and the UK in 2022. Support will come from Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Twin Temple. Dates are below (via The PRP). Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 26 at 09:00am CET. Ghost recently released a new song, “Hunter’s Moon,” as part of the soundtrack for
Spencer Elden, the 30-year-old man who was the four-month-old baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind, has amended his lawsuit against the band, claiming, amongst other things, that he was also photographed as a mini version of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The suit, first filed in August, claims that neither Elden nor his legal guardians
Megadeth’s highly-anticipated new album, The Sick, the Dying, and the Dead, will finally be released in the spring of 2022. This according to Megamastermind Dave Mustaine himself, who tells American Songwriter magazine that the record’s title refers not to the pandemic or his recent battle with cancer, but, rather, to the 14th century bubonic plague
Death Angel riff master Rob Cavestany is our guest this week! We discuss the Grammy nomination of their last record, Humanicide, performing acoustic songs on the band’s latest live album, The Bastard Tracks, and what it was like revisiting deep cuts for it, fan backlash for having to reschedule the Bay Strike Backs tour with
Rage Against the Machine have posted a statement condemning the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, the white teenager who murdered two men at a protest for racial justice last summer in Kenosha, WI. Accompanying an infamous photo of Rittenhouse crying in the court room during his testimony, the notoriously liberal band, speaking through their own social
Mire, the new project featuring former As I Lay Dying guitarist Nick Hipa, have released their third single, “A New Found Rain,” along with a music video. The band also features guitarist Ryan Glisan and vocalist Benton McKibbern alongside Hipa. Thy Art is Murder drummer Jesse Beahler (ex-Black Crown Initiate) also plays on this track. Two previous singles, “Refined”
The kids of The O’Keefe Music Foundation, which has become known over the years for its endearing videos of young music students covering hard rock and metal tunes — including Sepultura, Rammstein, Danzig, Clutch, Tool, Korn, and plenty of others — are back with a rousing rendition of the Slipknot anthem “Wait and Bleed,” from their eponymous 1999 debut. The video
Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his wife, Ayesha, have moved to New York City, Mrs. King recently revealed on social media: “I suppose it’s time to tell you all that the King and I have moved to NYC (back home for me, excited to be near my family again ). I figured I’d beat some
On February 4th, Cannibal Corpse vocalist George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher will release a solo album, titled Corpsegrinder. The 10-song effort is co-produced by Nick Bellmore (Dee Snider/Kingdom of Sorrow) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed). The album features a guest appearance from Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) on the track “Acid Vat” and will be released through Jasta’s new label, Perseverance
Cynic have released the new song “In a Multiverse Where Atoms Sing” via a playthrough video from their current drummer, Matt Lynch. The track is the second single off of Ascension Codes, Cynic’s first new album in seven years. The track is classic Cynic: highly melodious, deeply impressive prog that’s just heavy enough to remind
Just in time for the impending holiday season, Swedish heavy metal icons In Flames will reissue their classic albums from 1994-2008 that were previously unavailable and out-of-print. The CD collection comes out on November 26 via Nuclear Blast. The catalog reissues on CD include: Lunar Strain + Subterranean EP The Jester Race + Black-Ash Inheritance EP Whoracle Colony Clayman Reroute to Remain Soundtrack
A new report by local Indiana publication The Republic indicates that Iced Earth frontman Jon Schaffer, who in April became the first person involved in the January 6 Capitol riot to reach a plea deal with the government, is continuing to cooperate with federal investigators. Schaffer had been held in custody since turning himself in
Your winter just got a healthy infusion of live death metal: Obscura, Abysmal Dawn, Vale of Pnath and Interloper have announced an extensive North American tour in February and March of 2022! The nearly seven-week run goes ALL over the U.S. (even Florida! but still no Montana, sorry) and eight cities in Canada, ensuring heshers
After sixteen years, Opeth have parted ways with drummer Martin “Axe” Axenrot, the band announced today. The reason behind the split was an unspecified “conflict of interest.” Therion’s Sami Karppinen will fill-in for Opeth’s co-headlining tour with Mastodon, which kicks off tonight in Asheville, NC. Opeth mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt comments: “However sad it is to not
Dream Theater have announce rescheduled dates for the tour they postponed this year. The new dates are below (via The PRP). Guitarist John Petrucci has said “wasn’t a unanimous decision.” Dream Theater released a new album, A View From the Top of the World, on October 22. 02/02 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center [tickets]02/04
The Brass Against on-stage pee incident that has captured the metal internet’s attention in recent days has taken another twist: someone filed a police report in relation to the incident. New details about the events that led to the golden shower heard ’round the world have also come to light. In case you missed it,
Jinjer have released a new music video for “Disclosure!,” a track from their most recent album, Wallflowers. Bassist Eugene Abdukhanov explains: “The track ‘Disclosure!’ and the video itself is a very important video for Jinjer. Not only is it one of our favorite tracks on the new album as well as live, our ex-guitarist Dmitriy
New York brass collective Brass Against have apologized for the incident that saw frontwoman Sophia Urista pee on a fan’s face on stage during the band’s Welcome to Rockville performance on Thursday, November 11. Posting on Twitter, the band said: “We had a great time last night at Welcome to Rockville. Sophia got carried away.
Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe is the latest notable metal musician to publicly address last week’s tragedy at the Astroworld festival. On Friday, November 5, there was a crowd surge during Scott’s headlining set at the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas. Eight people, ages 14 – 27, were crushed to death, and hundreds more were