Metal

A music festival organized by Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? Oh, this shit is about to be cryptic and horny as hell. I trust we’ll all be in good hands. Introducing Future Ruins, a new festival coming to Los Angeles on November 8 that sees creative powerhouse duo Nine Inch Nails‘

Dave Mustaine and Metallica. David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. Bruce Dickinson and weed smokers. In the decades that make up metal’s history, there have been storied rivalries that bleed into legend. But only one such rivalry exists in the year of our lord 2025 where it’s very likely only one side knows it’s even

Last week, Sleep Token released their highly anticipated fourth studio album Even In Arcadia amid a ton of fanfare. And despite the mixed reaction from fans regarding singles like “Caramel” and “Damocles”, which saw the band experiment even more with their sound, it’s still managing to explode on the charts. As it stands right now,

Within the last hour, metalcore outfit and Carrie Underwood’s favorite band I Prevail announced via social media that they were parting ways with their founding vocalist Brian Burkheiser. The split was apparently a mutual decision, with both parties feeling it was the right thing to do so both entities could reasonably move forward. According to

Over the weekend, some pretty sad news broke out about Alice In Chains band member Sean Kinney. While anticipated to play their show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday, May 8, the band ended up cancelling last minute. Then came the extremely unfortunate news that they were no longer going ahead with the rest

New Jersey natives and metalcore pioneers Deadguy are back with a pissed off new single that’s sure to get even the crustiest of oldheads into the pit, titled “New Best Friend.” Featured on their forthcoming album Near-Death Travel Services, out on June 27 via Relapse Records, it’s a fast and furious four minutes that nearly

Okay, this might be one of the more ridiculous lore dumps from that Swedish band everyone apparently loves to dunk on, Ghost. For years now, they’ve been releasing these “Chapter” videos on YouTube that advances the band’s narrative and this time, they not only might be hinting at some future event, but they’re apparently doing

This year’s Polar Music PrizeAwards ceremony is taking place at the the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday, May 27. British rock band Queen are set to receive the official Swedish international award. In celebration of their win, Ghost will perform a tribute to the band alongside Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson. As a long-time

It’s looking like this year’s iteration of Party Weekend is going to be an absolute banger. Taking place at The Iron Horse Saloon in Daytona Beach, Florida on September 27, some major players and heavy hitters are going to take the stage with some pretty special sets. According to organizers, the main event that night

We’ve got some new EPs, a killer instrumental LP, and the casual madness of an Atlanta-based mathcore band. What more do you want out of a new release week? There’s some cool shit in this one, so check it out and let us know what you’ll be listening to in the comments below. Full Of

There have been rumblings on the internet in recent weeks that Lorna Shore had new music coming down the pipe. A New Jersey Turnpike billboard near the band’s hometown sorta spilled the beans, but now we have official confirmation — Lorna Shore’s fifth full-length offering I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me will be released

Man… yikes. For a band that wants to pretend they’re the “kings” of thrash metal, Kings of Thrash put out probably one of the cheesiest thrash songs in a loooong time. Like not even in the “heh, this is so cheesy that it’s good” way, either. It’s got a certain low production value and low

We’re less than a month out from the release of the new Volbeat album God Of Angels Trust and they released its latest single, “Time Will Heal”. And if you’re expecting the kind of mid-tempo rock track that the Danish band’s been known to put out, then this will be right up your alley. With

Roughly 25 years after he played on Snot’s Strait Up tribute album remembering the late vocalist Lynn Strait, ex-Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin will take the stage this Sunday at Welcome To Rockville to fill-in for Jamie Miller. According to the band, Miller was unable to make it to the festival because he’s already touring with

Death metal will cross the Atlantic this summer, as Dying Fetus plans to spread their sound across as many countries as possible through their ‘Bludgeonend Summer:”. Along the way, they’ll have Rivers of Nihil and Psycroptic to back up the nightly insanity. The tour will kick off in Munchen, Germany on July 27 and come

After two nearly two years as Foo Fighters’ drummer following the untimely death of Taylor Hawkins, the band has unexpectedly let Josh Freese go. Not only that, but it seems like it’s come completely out of left field. According to a statement from Freese, he didn’t receive any explanation as to why he was being

There are some things in life that are just facts of nature. Grass is green. The sky is blue. Water is wet. And in our little corner of the music world, we all know that Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil sucks. So when Cradle of Filth frontman Dani Filth said it in a recent interview,

We all know Black Flag has been through it in some way or another. Despite whatever is going on with the founding guitarist Greg Ginn and the drama he finds himself in, he is making sure the band perseveres. They’ve officially revealed what their new lineup looks like, and it may not look like what

Guess who’s back? Back again? The millennial in me is bashing my head into a wall not finishing that lyric, but y’all get the idea. The answer is Abigail Williams, that one black metal band named after the obvious. They’ve shared their first song since basically pre-COVID, called “Nonexistence,” and let me tell you, I’m

You know what, why not just place “guess who” when it comes to the music we listen to? Everything else is so numbingly droll that we should just give this shit a shot. That’s why people watch the Masked Singer, right? I’ve never watched that show, but what I have watched is the new video