It’s hard for a band to keep good quality when they have such a sequence of great albums in their belt, let alone when you surpass all expectations and provide a fresh breath of air in the scene. But looking at Hannes Grossmann and Christian [...]
If Robert Johnson made a pact with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi, the name Adam Darski was probably in the fine print. Better known as the mighty Nergal of Behemoth, Darski has again stepped away from the chaotic sounds of his primary [...]
To me, Swallow The Sun plays out to be a band of emotional depth brimming with sonic harmony. This has always been the impression since the first time I heard the band. ‘Moonflowers’, the band’s newest offering once again carries forth [...]
There are few constants in this life: death, taxes, and Pathology releasing a new record nearly every year. The newest release aptly named The Everlasting Plague is Pathology’s eleventh record in their fifteen-year career, which is a gargantuan body [...]
Season’s greetings! Several months ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing Paul Gilbert’s (of Mr Big fame) “Werewolves of Portland” and here we are, surprised with a second album for the year and 17th overall solo release [...]
Unleashed are one of those bands that have shifted their early sound into something less brutal and raw, cleaner and some would even say more “professional”. While this often turns acts into train-wrecks, the Swedish extreme metal royalty have [...]
Omnium Gatherum has taken one remarkable road to get to where they are. Over the course of the past two decades, the band has transitioned in sound from a band rooted in the deep and dark aspects of melodic death metal to a more ambient and [...]
Bullet For My Valentine 2.0 is here folks, and they hit harder than a battering ram! Now that we have that out of the way, we can talk about their newest self-titled record, following 2020’s divisive-but-not-as-lackluster-as-TemperTemper record [...]
Exodus is back in action with another thrash-tastic album called Persona Non-Grata dropping on November 19th via Nuclear Blast. Steve “Zetro” Souza took the time to chat with us about Tom Hunting’s return, the new album, the [...]
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage) recently sat down with Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke to discuss his new album, The Atlas Underground Fire. The pair also talked about how Kanye West influenced the [...]
As we wait with bated breath for the release of Mastodon’s latest creation Hushed and Grim, we are honored with a quick chat with bassist Troy Sanders. The new album is Mastodon’s ninth full-length album. It is set to be released on [...]
Keyboard wizard and piano virtuoso, Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment) recently spoke with Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke about the many creative plates he is currently spinning in 2021. From the upcoming new Dream Theater [...]
The spectacular new Torn Arteries from Carcass comes out on September 17th via Nuclear Blast. In our hearts and minds, this album ranks up there with the very best that Carcass has released. I had the great honor of talking with guitarist Bill [...]
Dee Snider is an undeniable icon and living legend of heavy metal. With a history fronting such bands as Twisted Sister, Widowmaker as well as establishing a transformative and thriving solo career, it isn’t hard to see why. But Snider has [...]
With the festival’s last day rolling around, it’s unsurprising that energy levels seem to be dipping a little. There are almost as many people sitting in camp chairs and nursing a coffee or the infamous hair of the dog brew as there are inside [...]
As Saturday dawns on day two of the Download Festival Pilot, the ever-present rain seems to have finally eased up. Despite that, it’s going to be a struggle for many of the ten thousand fans to make it down to the arena after a long night of [...]
With last year’s Download Festival cancelled due to Coronavirus, it’s been two years since the hallowed ground of Donnington has been graced by an assault of blast beats, monstrous riffs, and the stomping feet of rock and metal’s [...]
An image flickers on the screen, the burning insignia of the Order of the Dragon to the backdrop of “At the Gates of Midian”. This could not have been a more enthralling setup for the recent Cradle of Filth Livestream and as a long-time fan, I [...]
The Melbourne music scene has incubated over the past year and what’s been churning out has been nothing less than magnificent! A cross-section of this talent pool was on show this past Friday night at the legendary Bendigo Hotel in [...]
The wonderful thing about the Melbourne music scene is its resilience to things like a silly little worldwide pandemic. From what I observed last night, it was like one never occurred. Many friends and varied groups had come together to have a good [...]
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 [...]
