Champion of freedom and civil rights, Martin Luther King wrote “As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical [...]
With the title track, ‘Dreams in Motion’ begins auspiciously enough with the kind of funereal riff that Windstein probably writes in his sleep. Harmonized lead guitars over tribal tom beat guide the track into the sparse, open chords of a [...]
Some of the most influential bands in music history have been international in nature, originating in the largest countries and the most remote regions of the world. A lot of new music is currently coming from all corners of the globe. Alien [...]
Heavy metal is a titanic cliché. The lyrics, the names, the clothes…all elements we protect with heart and soul have been done so many times before, in so many different ways, that it’s impossible to take it seriously all the time. But [...]
With 2019 winding down to its final days, another year of excellent progressive releases is in the books. So we will be looking forward to 2020, and start with the aptly named ‘MMXX’ by prog-metal supergroup Sons of Apollo. This comes only a [...]
Rage is probably one of the first bands I ever heard in my life. Having a metalhead brother 8 years older than me had its perks when shaping my taste in music, and given the fact that my family always had a knack for the Teutonic style of playing metal, [...]
There is a tragic beauty in sorrow and grief, and all stories ultimately end in both. Neither can be avoided, all that can be done is to come to grips with them and find your way through life. There is beauty because there is beauty in life and its [...]
Cattle Decapitation are no longer a fringe deathgrind band with shock-value imagery and lyrics to hammer down their message. They have venerated giants in the technical/death metal scene and are looked at as dependable titans belting out records of the [...]
Metal Wani’s Chuck Marshall spoke to K.K. Downing about the upcoming show as well as his own memoir and plans for the future. I asked K.K. what could fan expect from this special event. K.K. mentioned “It’s a full-blown Priest [...]
Alice in Chains singer William DuVall is releasing his first-ever solo album, ‘One Alone’ which arrives on October 4th. Metal Wani’s Jessie David had a chance to discuss the upcoming album, the writing and thought process, [...]
Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke sat down with Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge and Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators to talk about the new AB record ‘Walk The Sky’, the new Alter Bridge sound, whether he would consider [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl Rourke recently sat down with Opeth frontman and mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt to talk about the band’s upcoming new album ‘In Cauda Venenum’, releasing the album in both English and Swedish, his [...]
The new Sacred Reich album called Awakening is coming out on August 23rd on Metal Blade Records. It is a great feeling to say “Sacred Reich’s new album” as it has been 23 years since we have we’ve had new Sacred Reich music [...]
KXM’s new album called Circle Of Dolls is coming out on September 13th via the Rat Pak records. We had a chance to chat with guitar maestro and all-around awesome human, George Lynch about the new album. As with their last album Scatterbrain, [...]
Dublin’s Voodoo Lounge has played host to more than a few memorable nights. Such as the night thrash metal legends, Sacred Reich, returned to the Emerald Isle in support of their first album in over twenty years’ Awakening’. A night [...]
On a cold winters night in Dublin, Cristina Scabbia clutches her microphone and sings “Tonight it’s going down,” in front of a sold-out crowd in The Academy. It’s an evening when these words feel more appropriate than ever. In [...]
An evening with Machine Head became a Heavy Metal marathon as the metal titans shook Dublin’s Olympia on the closing night of their ‘Burn My Eyes 25th Anniversary Tour’. An evening that has been proudly recognized by the band [...]
Battered but well-slept after the almost torturous day 2, I was ready to rock my entire list of bands for the final day. I first headed to the front row to check out promising prog/math rock band called The Physics House Band, a unique and [...]
David Lee Roth has told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he decided resume his solo career with the launch of a Las Vegas residency in part because VAN HALEN‘s future remains under a cloud of uncertainty. [...]
The largest music festival in California came to the city of Sacramento and 97,500 Hard Rock and Metal music fans from all over the country poured into Discovery Park October 11-13 to attend the 8th annual Aftershock Festival. And it just happened [...]
The largest music festival in California came to the city of Sacramento and 97,500 Hard Rock and Metal music fans from all over the country poured into Discovery Park October 11-13 to attend the 8th annual Aftershock Festival. And it just happened [...]
The largest music festival in California came to the city of Sacramento and 97,500 Hard Rock and Metal music fans from all over the country poured into Discovery Park October 11-13 to attend the 8th annual Aftershock Festival. And it just happened [...]
Download Festival, the world’s premier rock event, has announced IRON MAIDEN, KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2020 headliners. They also added Deftones, Korn, The Offspring, Disturbed and [...]
With just two months to go until the return of Aftershock at Sacramento’s Discovery Park, festival producers Danny Wimmer Presents have announced additional onsite entertainment and unique food offerings for the [...]
Two-time Grammy-nominated and millions-selling progressive music titans Dream Theater are currently in the middle of a successful European tour. With three weeks left on that run, the band is turning its attention back to North America with the [...]
Metalhead Meeting: Slayer will be playing their last show from the career in Bucharest-Romania on July 10th at Arenele Romane. It’s an interesting event as they are also celebrating 15 years of Metalhead Romania. Slayer has [...]
