Metal

Official press release: Floridia’s masters of death metal, Massacre, will return this fall with their highly anticipated 4th full-length album, Resurgence, that’s set for release on October 22nd. Their first record in seven years is well worth the wait, as one can attest from the cutthroat first new single, “The Innsmouth Strain,” revealed today. Fans can get a taste

Dark Tranquillity have announced that they’re parting ways with drummer Anders Jivarp and bassist Anders Iwers. Jivarp, an original member of the band, has played on all of their releases to date. Iwers joined the Swedish melodeath group in 2016. He appears on Atoma, released that year, as well as 2020’s Moment. The duo will

In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of Lamb of God’s massive Sacrament album, Epic Records is issuing an anniversary edition of the album and short documentary. The remastered Sacrament (15th Anniversary) will contain the original album tracks, as well as previously unreleased bonus live tracks recorded at House of Vans Chicago in the band’s only live performance of 2020. The album is scheduled

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, Slipknot, Clutch, Tool and plenty of others — are back with a rousing rendition of the Korn klassic “Here to Stay,” from their 2002 release, Untouchables. The video stars

Thrice have shared their newest single, “Robot Soft Exorcism,” off their upcoming album, Horizons/East. The track’s title will sound familiar to those who are aware of David Dark. The American author and teacher coined the term in a twitter thread, exploring a metaphor in an attempt to help us distinguish between harmful and destructive systems

Turnstile have shared “Fly Again,” the final advance single to be released off their widely-anticipated forthcoming album, Glow On. You can check it out below.  Turnstile are scheduled to perform a string of headline shows this summer. Dates are below. Glow On comes out on August 27 via Roadrunner; pre-order here. 8/22 – NYC @ Irving Plaza

Photo via Fred Durst’s Instagram Fred Durst may be one of the most embarrassingly untalented dum-dums to ever grace the planet. But at a time when we really, really, really need people to please just for the love of all things holy take a reasonable stance on coronavirus vaccinations, the rapper/singer/director/schlemiel is one of the

Perpetually provocative Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann is offering ten fans the chance to dine with him (individually or as a group, I’m not sure) in Moscow. He’s charging €100,000, which works out to roughly $117,000. Which sounds like a lot, I know. But keep in mind that the cost includes airfare, accommodations, and the necessary

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Van Halen’s “Jump” — one of the most uplifting songs of all time — and melded it with “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams. The result: “Jump” has never sounded so sad!!! Enjoy the mash-up below. Click here to check out some of McClintock’s

Tom Barber, monster noise-maker for Chelsea Grin and the Jane Fonda of the deathcore generation, has a sad message for his fan. Lambgoat reports that during a recent Instagram story, Baker made the following declaration: “If your country or state requires me to be vaccinated to play a show I will not play the show.”

Robert Fripp is on tour in the U.S. with King Crimson at the moment, but that doesn’t mean his infamous “Sunday Lunch” cover videos with his wife, the actress and singer Toyah Willcox, have taken a pause. For this week’s video, Willcox delivers a solo cover of the Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself” for her husband,

Former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach has announced that he’s contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated. Bach reports feeling “completely fine” despite a recent positive test following a series of fly-in live performances. So-called “breakthrough infections” have been attracting media attention lately although they remain rare. The three vaccines available in the U.S. remain tremendously effective

This Monday, August 9, marks the 27 year anniversary of the release of Burn My Eyes, the seminal debut album by Machine Head. To celebrate the event, three-fourths of the band’s Burn My Eyes-era line-up — Robb Flynn (guitar/vocals), Logan Mader (guitar), and Chris Kontos (drums) — put on a livestream performance of the entire

After several days of rumors, guitarist Marc Rizzo has confirmed his departure from Max Cavalera’s Soulfly. Earlier this week, it was announced that Soulfly would soon be touring with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares in place of Rizzo. Rumors of Rizzo’s departure from the group after eighteen years heated up the next day, when the

Official press release: Sleep Token have released “The Love You Want,” the second single from their forthcoming album This Place Will Become Your Tomb.  Watch the otherworldly video for “The Love You Want” below. Anonymous, silent, masked, armed with a staggering vocal range, a deft touch on the keyboards, plus a live approach that is never less than fully

Official press release: As they prepare for the release of their monumental new E.P. Forge Your Future (August 27, Century Media), Spirit Adrift have reemerged with a music video for the album’s stunning second single “Wake Up.”  Vocalist/guitarist Nate Garrett comments: “The video for ‘Wake Up’ marks the third time we’ve worked with Guilherme Henriques, and these collaborations somehow produce better results

In an interview published last night, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that as the U.S. daily COVID case average approaches 100,000 people per day — a whopping 48% increase from just one week ago — a new, more severe, vaccine-resistant variant could emerge. Furthermore, Fauci stressed the fact that vaxx holdouts

Sinsaenum have released a statement commenting on the death of their drummer, Joey Jordison (ex-Slipknot, Murderdolls, etc.). Jordison died last week at the age of 46. Although no cause of death has been publicly disclosed, Sinsaenum’s statement includes this telling passage: “Joey also had his demons, and nothing hurts more than knowing that we did everything

Anthrax have released the final episode of their Anthrax 40 for 40 video series, which celebrates the band’s 40th anniversary by taking a look at each individual ‘Thrax album over the course of the coming weeks. That all lead up to a special career-spanning livestream performance on July 16 (the band’s actual 40th anniversary). You can watch the last episode below. The

The unceasingly-divisive Deafheaven have done the most divisive thing a band can do: they’ve changed their sound. Specifically, on their forthcoming album Infinite Granite, they’ve ditched most of the screaming and generally-metal elements of their music in favor of elements sure to appeal to what Vince wittily dubbed “the Pitchfork / Stereogum demographic.” Personally, I,