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Recorded outside of a Judas Priest and Dokken show at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD on May 31, 1986, an energetic young man wearing a sleeveless zebra-print body suit would loudly and proudly proclaim into a microphone, “Heavy metal rules, all that punk shit sucks. It doesn’t belong in this world. It belongs on

As much as I don’t mind the occasional tussle with hair metal and classic-in-their-own-mind albums from the ‘80s Sunset Strip, I admittedly don’t put a lot of stock in the hairspray-doused philosophies and opinions emerging from behind all that lipstick. To this day I still can’t refrain from shaking my head in horrified shame when

The reason you don’t see an image of the members of black metal mob Cross Bringer accompanying this post, is due to the fact that the four person collective—Lina (vocals), Sanya (guitars), Artemy (bass/synths), Michael (drums)—is spread across Belgium, Russia, US and Cyprus. But as we know that’s not a dealbreaker when it comes to collaborating

Witchcraft – Burning Cross Swedish doom mystics Witchcraft have conjured another spellbinding chapter with their upcoming album IDAG, set for release on May 23 via Heavy Psych Sounds. The first single, “Burning Cross,” is a smoldering invocation of their signature ‘70s-laced, riff-heavy sorcery—both raw and hypnotic, yet laced with an unsettling intensity that lingers long

It’s been more than fifteen years since re-formed thrash vets Sacrifice put out their first reunion album, The Ones I Condemn, but they’re finally back with its follow up, the aptly titled Volume Six. Featuring the band’s original lineup, Volume Six is a fast-paced, sharp slab of thrash that will please old-school thrashers and new fans alike. Volume Six is loaded

After announcing their return to the stage last year, Savannah sludge-psych troupe Kylesa are introducing their new lineup. Joining founding guitarists/vocalists Laura Pleasants and Phillip Cope will be the former rhythm section of famed NYC crust punks Nausea, Roy Mayorga (drums) and John John Jesse (bass). The revamped and rejuvenated lineup will hit overseas festivals

Drawing their moniker from an old Grand Funk Railroad tune circa 1975, Austin, Texas quintet Mean Mistreater sound more like they were birthed in 1985 at the height of the US metal renaissance. They not only have the classic riffs, they have one helluva a vocalist in Janiece Gonzalez, who has the range of Leather

Cross-continental duo Mantar first crashed the Decibel Flexi Series back in 2018, and Decibel isn’t just to happy see them and their new track “Bitter Cum Symphony!” In fact, we’re so excited that we’re about to “stream” it all over the place! Recorded during sessions of their forthcoming Post Apocalyptic Depression LP (out now via Metal Blade on,

We’ve known Ozzy Osbourne has been struggling with his health over the last few years. He hasn’t played a full show since 2018, but is going to be hitting the stage with the reunited full original lineup of Black Sabbath for their “Back to the Beginning” charity concert later this year. While we knew we

Tool stay up to mysterious shit. Sometimes they let us know what’s going on, but they do love to be elusive about some shit. They spend years in between albums just diddling around or doing whatever they do, but their bassist Justin Chancellor gave us a lil update on what they’ve been up to musically.

I don’t know why this is something that has literally never crossed my mind or something I even thought was possible. I know Post Malone is a fan of a lot of great shit, with Nirvana definitely falling into that, but of all the Saturday Night Live hoopla lately, this wasn’t on my bingo card

Rising ticket prices are a problem we’ve all been dealing with for a while now. Inflation, rising travel budgets for bands, costly travel visas… all those costs have to get made up somewhere, so naturally ticket prices can increase as the band’s profile and size of the tour get bigger. It’s sadly a fact of

Toronto sludge crew Pyres have taken a long journey to get to their second album, Yun. The follow-up to their last release, first album Year of Sleep in 2013, Yun is a testament to Pyres’ resilience, the band overcoming grief, lineup changes and a years long hibernation to get to this point. Yun will officially be released on March 7 via Hypaethral Records but

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Photo courtesy of All Against All Against are releasing their new album, Straight Down To Hell, on March 14 via Raging Planet. Before it officially drops, you can check out the video for “Out Of The Box” to get a preview. The album was recorded and mastered at Nox Messor Sound Studios, and promises to

On a gray, overcast winter Friday in Austin – Super Bowl weekend and still 70 degrees easy – trucks encircle the Crow’s Nest like Stephen King filming Maximum Overdrive. Scorpion Child himself, frontman Aryn Jonathan Black, pulls up near 10 a.m. in a flurry of hair, tattoos, and a bar owner’s exhaustion and anxiety. I

And the gnarliest song title this week goes to Philly death metal grunt mob Moros, whose new track, “Pulling Off Leeches,” we’re, uh, bloody thrilled to premiere. The trio of Jason Dost (guitar/vocals), John Hauser (bass/vocals) and Mike Howard (drums) pair their revolting song title with equally gut-churning sludgy DM and ranting-lunatic vocals that sound like

New York City mathgrind trio Thin are back with their latest release, The Overlapping Nature of Things. A fast and brutal EP, Thin use the six songs to traverse new sonic territory with the same frantic energy. In addition to the core of technical grind, the trio pull from death metal, screamo and sharp noise

Japanese multi-instrumentalist Kosuke Hashida, best known for his work with death metal/hardcore outfit World End Man, is back with his second album in two years. Following up 2024’s Justifiable Homicide, new album Outrage picks up on a similar page, dishing out 11 tracks of grindcore and death metal. There aren’t many frills to be found on Outrage; Hashida