Full disclosure, I am a huge fan of the “new” incarnation of Aborted, by which I mean the version of Aborted after 2008’s divisive “Strychnine.213”, and beginning with a reimagined, less grind-focused, more-straightforward [...]
Throughout the historical timeline of heavy metal, the 1980s is and will always be a hallmark decade spawning countless artists, many of whom are still active today. Metal Church is one such band that has maintained a fairly consistent stream of [...]
In these fickle times of disease and dismay, there are few artists out there with the capacity to be reassuring of a dependable status quo as Detroit’s The Black Dahlia Murder. Breaking their album-every-two-year-cycle was cause enough for fans to [...]
A promising group who went largely undiscovered, a strong back catalog that has remained long out of print, an exciting revival that almost was but will now never be: these are just some of the talking points that surround the band, Grey Daze. The once [...]
Abysmal Dawn are back in 2020 with more Californian modern death metal with Phylogenesis, a new record after a six-year break following 2014’s Obsolescence. Phylogenesis is a front-loaded record, with opener Mundane Existence, The Path of the [...]
Gautier Serre best known by stage name Igorrr is back with yet another offering of madness. In case you’ve missed out all this while, Igorrr’s music has been this insane fusion of the genres ranging from Baroque influences to Drum and Bass to [...]
Joahan Sadonis’s initial metal cred came from the excellent but short-lived The Oath before she hooked-up with Cathedral’s Gaz Jennings for ‘Lucifer I.’ Having seen Lucifer on tour for their first record, I was struck by how [...]
The early and mid-2000s saw a true rebirth in the progressive rock genre. Increasingly popular bands such as Porcupine Tree, Coheed and Cambria, and Muse took the next step in mainstreaming the genre and inspiring younger musicians, all while selling a [...]
Metal Wani’s, Jessie David had a chance to chat with Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) about the highly anticipated third studio album “III” from Demons and Wizards. During the interview, the two touched base on the making of the album, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The 2019 edition of Stonedeaf Festival in Newark, UK, featured some amazing performances by Glenn Hughes, Inglorious, Wayward Sons and others! Here are some of the best moments from the day:
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 [...]
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