Folk metal is a party. Period. Strapped indoors with a pandemic out there, I am left with fewer options to have a good time. Folk metal’s party vibes come to my rescue and what better way to usher in 2021 with Finnish folk geniuses [...]
“In Remembrance” kicks-off Tribulation’s new record at the beginning of the end. A requiem for the living, the narrator remembers being “led by the devil, a possession in blood, a dance in the absence of God.” The soundtrack [...]
It’s a classic story. A young kid, in a room, with a guitar. Born in Newtownards, County Down in Northern Ireland, Ricky Warwick acquired his first electric guitar at thirteen years old. Since then, he has gone from strength to rock ‘n’ [...]
I don’t think there is anything for me to say about Accept that haven’t been said already. Perhaps the most iconic German heavy metal band of all time, these guys are responsible for presenting heavy metal to a legion of people and for [...]
Dutch legends Asphyx have been around for over 30 years now and their early 90s gems are still considered to be among the best and as landmarks in death metal. Asphyx’s style of doomy pulls before the nasty grimy death metal punches have been a [...]
It’s that time of year again. The time when Spotify creeps into your emails while you sleep and drops off unsolicited playlists entitled “end of year wrap-up” into your inbox. Later that morning, over coffee, you check it out, expecting [...]
On January 22, 2021, Brazilian thrash-death metal band Nervosa will release their fourth album called Perpetual Chaos. This title is apt given the hell of a year we have endured in 2020 with more chaos surely to follow in 2021. Nervosa have recorded a [...]
Riverside, a Polish progressive rock outfit that can claim musical kinship with bands like Pink Floyd, Tool, Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree, are a modern prog stalwart that have forged their own successful brand through almost twenty years of hard work [...]
On October 23, we get an early Halloween treat with the release of Order Of Magnitude: Empath Live Volume 1 from Devin Townsend via InsideOut Music. Fans will have a variety of formats to choose from including 2CD/DVD Digipak, 3LP/2CD box-set, and [...]
Just when the world needs a lift the most, Armored Saint is here to deliver us with their new album Punching The Sky which comes out on October 23 via Metal Blade. Bassist and songwriter Joey Vera was kind enough to share a few minutes with us. We [...]
With many artists postponing new album releases due to Covid-19, with even more of them unable to tour and promote their new efforts, John Petrucci took a slightly different approach. ‘Terminal Velocity’ marks the first solo album from [...]
Jon Schaffer founding member of such iconic bands as Iced Earth and Demons & Wizards isn’t letting the pandemic slow him down. While in lockdown, his creative flame continues to burn bright. The result is Jon’s venture into [...]
The blistering new self-title album from Lamb of God comes as a welcome respite in a year of pestilence and strife. Bassist John Campbell was kind enough to share a few minutes with us to talk about the new album and what it means to Lamb of God. [...]
Jessie David, of Metal Wani, recently chatted with Thomas G. Warrior, formerly of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, and currently in Triptykon. During their chat, they discussed REQUIEM (Live at Roadburn 2019) with Metropole Orkest, the layout of the [...]
Lacuna Coil took a devastating blow with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The outfit, which was in the early stages of promotion for their new album, found themselves dead center in the outbreak in early March. Adapting to the situation, as many [...]
The live music industry was hit hard by the pandemic, with tours having to be postponed or canceled. In this difficult time, artists have been navigating through the situation by live streaming shows wherein the audience can watch the show online from the [...]
They say hindsight is 20/20, a number of ominously relevant given events this year. If you were a frequent attendee of live shows, you’ll remember the rush of excitement when the doors open, charging the merch-stand before cementing your place in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
