Melodic death metal pioneers In Flames have been at the center of an age-old conflict since their evolution took them in a more mainstream direction. Fans of the band, while not to an extreme extent, have found themselves caught either side of a [...]
Power metal, sci-fi themes, sexy-ass riffs, fantastic laser beams and intergalactic heroes charging at the sight of injustice and evil; what more could a nerdy metalhead want? Iron Savior has been at the space sentinel business for more than 20 years now, [...]
Queensrÿche’s long career is full of ups and downs, being for a period of time one of the best heavy/prog bands in the world and later on becoming a true shitfest thanks to a lot of wrong choices. Well, Geoff Tate is no longer a factor and [...]
2017’s ‘You Are We’ marked new territory for the British metalcore quintet While She Sleeps, based off the popularity of single “Silence Speaks” featuring Bring Me the Horizon frontman Oliver Sykes and a plethora of tours [...]
As an avid player of Dungeons & Dragons in my formative years, I quickly realized that as an RPG soundtrack my Van Halen records just weren’t cutting the mustard. My brother’s Deep Purple and Rush records fared better, and regarding the [...]
Metal music is home to a beloved, traditional, unapologetic sound. One that’s given birth to a plethora of sub-genres across its evolution. From Progressive to Pirate Metal, unique juxtapositions and fusions have often further blended many of [...]
One of the more consistent of the many bands that straddle the fence between art rock and progressive rock has been no-man, a collaboration between main songwriter/vocalist Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson. The last time these two men worked together was in [...]
So the question everyone is asking is how are the average citizens of the world doing economically in 2019? Is the ratio of the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to the annual inflation rate, higher or lower? In other words, what is the Misery Index [...]
Metal Wani’s Jessie David chatted with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. In 2019 Megadeth will be releasing a new album, going on tour with Ozzy, and preparing for the first ever Megacruise. For years, Megadeth have been carrying around ideas. [...]
Metal Wani‘s Carl O’Rourke recently sat down with guitar legend John Petrucci of Dream Theater. The two touched on a range of topics, including in-depth conversations on the band’s upcoming new album, Distance Over [...]
Morbid Angel are a month away from hitting the road with co-headliners Cannibal Corpse on the Decibel Magazine tour 2019. Joining this death metal dream team is Necrot and Blood Incantation. The combined death metal mayhem will surely make this one [...]
In an era where music is more accessible as ever and one where genres are constantly being blended and blurred by new and upcoming bands, Watain continues to be one of the few bands carrying the torch for true black metal. By combining their [...]
Soen’s new album, Lotus, will be unleashed on the 1st of February via Silver Lining Music and they will be on tour in Europe throughout March and April. Metal Wani’s Katia Filipovic talked to singer Joel Ekelof about their new offering. [...]
Multiple bands, new albums, long tours. Rammstein guitarist and Emigrate front man Richard Z. Kruspe is a busy man. On November 30th his band Emigrate released their third studio album ‘A Million Degrees.’ This album has been years in [...]
Outside the iconic Dingwalls in London’s Camden Town, a lively crowd begins to form, spilling out into the food market. Their giddy spirits continually elevate with anticipation. You could easily be forgiven for thinking this [...]
It’s been a bitter winter where I live in Michigan. Certainly not the kind of weather that I want to venture out into unnecessarily, especially on a Sunday night. But for this evening in particular, the energy and power that I witnessed from the [...]
Oigs Fest III – Season of the Oigs tore a hole in space-time and ripped apart Mac’s in Lansing, MI with twelve ferocious rock and metal bands. This year marked the third year of the rock and metal extravaganza known as Oigs Fest. If you have [...]
After the blackened-death metal giants Behemoth released their latest record ‘I loved you at your darkest’, they went on an European tour called “Ecclesia Diabolica Evropa” and stopped in Hamburg on the 1st of February. They [...]
Playing in Pratteln, Switzerland always feels a bit like coming home according to Amaranthe, and that is exactly the feeling they created at the legendary Z7 Konzertfabrik on February 2nd. Before Amaranthe hit the stage and let their latest [...]
Oigs Fest III – Season of the Oigs tore a hole in space-time and ripped apart Mac’s in Lansing, MI with twelve ferocious rock and metal bands. Here are some of the best moments of the day:
On December 20th at Konzerthaus in Ravensburg, Germany the finnish melodic folk metal band Ensiferum played their songs in a very entertaining acoustic version. Supporting them with a wide array of acoustic metal cover songs were the [...]
As metal enthusiasts queued hours ahead of show time on December 16th 2018 for a sold out show as German thrash legends KREATOR along with Norwegian Black Metal wizards DIMMU BORGIR, HATEBREED and BLOODBATH took on London’s Camden Town. Here [...]
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL returns this March, 2019. With some of the biggest names in heavy music already confirmed to play festival dates in Sydney and Melbourne, today we can reveal official sideshows [...]
After a record-breaking year in 2018 that welcomed a sold-out crowd of 90,000 over an expanded three-day weekend, Welcome To Rockville returns even bigger in 2019. The ninth annual edition of Florida’s Biggest Rock [...]
Premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents has announced the highly anticipated music and comedy lineup for their new destination event, Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, which debuts at MAPFRE [...]
Stonedeaf 2019 a one day, one stage, hard rock festival. Cited as one of the UK’s friendliest rock festivals, come and experience it for yourself! In only it’s second year Stonedeaf is rapidly achieving a great reputation based on solid [...]
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