This year of plague has taxed even the heartiest of metal heads. A year without our usual fix of moshing and headbanging with our metal family, makes a bleak world that much more desolate. Thankfully the metal gods provide with new music seeping up from [...]
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 [...]
Henry David Thoreau wrote “When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.” While Thoreau is an a*shat, he gets it about the power of music. When listening to Throes [...]
Perhaps it is the power of the riffs that makes me think of the movie Conan the Barbarian when I listen to Iron Mountain by Bonehawk. Conan’s father says “The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, [...]
The year 2019 marked the 20th anniversary of Metallica’s S&M. To commemorate and build upon the groundwork laid by S&M, Metallica booked shows on September 6th and 8th, 2019, at San Francisco’s Chase Center. Once again they [...]
Fifty years ago thunder crashed, a funeral bell tolled, and music changed forever. Heavy metal was born with the release of Black Sabbath’s self-title debut in 1970 on Vertigo records. Now in 2020 as the world reels under the black wings of a [...]
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 [...]
