Including the current line-up, Annihilator has had around 40 members (including live stand-ins) in their 33-year career (according to Metal Archives) – and through three decades, and two scores of member changes, there has only been one constant – Jeff [...]

It has been over three years now since ‘A Skeletal Domain’; the thirteenth full-length studio offering from American death metal behemoths Cannibal Corpse hit listeners’ ears. With a generally peerless discography and a well-documented reputation that is [...]

The 21st century has been particularly kind to Boston metallic hardcore heroes Converge, with a string of releases beginning with 2001’s ‘Jane Doe’ cementing their undeniable position as one of modern music’s most relentlessly ambitious yet savagely heavy [...]

In 2002 prog rock masters Spock’s Beard released what many fans consider to be the band’s masterpiece; a sprawling nearly two hour concept album about a psychic albino simply titled ‘Snow.’ The album is routinely mentioned in the same breath as The Who’s [...]

Ontario’s Threat Signal are a purer strain of metalcore than many of their American counterparts. Generally offering a thrashy, melodic death metal sound with a dose of hardcore influence, Threat Signal are far more akin to the bands of the New Wave of [...]

I suppose it is safe to assume that music is always a challenge. The more you dwell and dive into the nuances of composition, playing and production, the more apparent the difficulties become. Add to this the desire to intensify and diversify a lot more [...]

Sweden, oh, Sweden. That’s where IKEA’s furniture World takeover started and, well, it’s also home to many, many (many!) metal bands, and about 90% of them are fucking ace. Gothenburg’s own RAM, a band known to be one of the most prominent of the NWOTHM [...]

Beast in Black are about to release their debut album ‘Berserker,’ due out this November on Nuclear Blast records. The band is the brainchild of former Battle Beast guitarist Anton Kabanen who left the band in 2015 under some hazy circumstances.  Without [...]

The second day of Louisville’s Louder Than Life music festival was a much more rockin’ affair than the more metal focus of the first day. Despite this, the attendance nearly matched the first day and there was no lack of enthusiasm from the [...]

Once again, I find myself in an extreme state of anxiety and anticipation as Danny Wimmer Presents smashes our faces with explosive energy from some of today’s most sought-after artists.  Bringing another edition of Rock Allegiance to BB&T Pavilion, [...]

Saturday September 30th was a beautiful Fall day in Louisville, KY, though the humid atmosphere could have led you to believe it was Summer instead. No matter the season, it would have been a great day to be outdoors and luckily, this just so happened to [...]

Soen is a relatively young band from Sweden with three albums to its name – Cognitive, Tellurian and Lykaia, which released this year. The first album particularly was called out by fans as sounding very similar to those of Tool in terms of riffing [...]

  The second day of Louisville’s Louder Than Life music festival was a much more rockin’ affair than the more metal focus of the first day. Despite this, the attendance nearly matched the first day and there was no lack of enthusiasm from [...]

  Once again Rock Allegiance smashed our faces with explosive energy from some of today’s most sought-after artists. It was quite apparent that all that attended made the most of this gorgeous day and had an awesome day just the same. Here are some [...]

  Day 1 had the strongest lineup of the weekend and was reportedly, the most attended Louder Than Life day to date because of it. With plenty of notable newcomers and veteran acts that commanded the stage, Louder Than Life was off to a killer start. [...]

  While it may have been a Friday night, there was no shortage of excitement in the air at 229 The Venue in London. The night featured rockers Nazareth and support act Death And The Miser. Here are some of the killer moments of the evening:

  Named as the ‘Event of the Year’ at this year’s Progressive Music Awards, Barcelona based festival Be Prog! My Friend recently announced that Sons of Apollo and Pain of Salvation will play in 2018. Today they have now revealed that Australian [...]

  Legendary Rock n’ Roll God Gene Simmons has today announced he will be returning to Australia with his band to treat the Australian KISS Army to a special run of concerts in February 2018. Gene’s tour dates will kick off in Adelaide on 1st February [...]

  Progfest 2018 has expanded to include all three east coast capital cities, hitting Sydney and Brisbane along with returning to Melbourne, following its December 2016 sold out edition! Featuring progressive bands of all styles and genres, from prog, [...]

  As we creep through October, BLOODSTOCK is very excited to announce three more bands for 2018! Joining Friday’s bill in the Ronnie James Dio main stage special guest slot are black metal legends, EMPEROR in a UK exclusive appearance.  Frontman [...]