A Female-Fronted Japanese Metal Band Just Took Over Colbert, and They Won’t...
The J-pop band Babymetal might be ready for American mainstream; on Wednesday they appeared on The Late Show, a trio of chipper, hyper-choreographed Japanese girls harmonizing and talk-singing about...
View ArticleCelebrating Terrorizer's Legacy, 25 Years Later
Terrorizer’s 1989 debut album World Downfall showcased what would become trademarks of the grindcore genre. That is, extremely short bursts of aggression similar to punk, but amped up by distorted...
View ArticleCD Review : WATCH OUT STAMPEDE - "Tides"
Watch Out Stampede drops this massive release titled “Tides” on Sept 25th via Noizgate Records. This post-hardcore band gives you everything you enjoy listening to in that genre but they also kick it...
View ArticleNo Longer Under the Radar
X Japan, the subject of the documentary “We Are X,” live at Madison Square Garden, October 2014.It’s an interesting time to be in a Japanese punk or metal band — especially, but not only, if there are...
View ArticleShepherd – Stereolithic Riffalocalypse
Bangalore metal has got a brand new release to rep it, and that’s coming from sludge and heavy rock band Shepherd, who, as the genre tag suggests, like to dive deep into heavy atmospheric guitars, a...
View ArticleCD Review: FOZZY - Do You Wanna Start A War (2014 Century Media)
Fozzy is back to deliver the beginning of a new metal revolution, and the vehicle to push the revolution is the brand new album “Do You Wanna Start A War.” With no barriers and restrictions the brains...
View ArticleCementing their reputation
If there is one band rock and metal fans can trust, it is Deftones. The American alternative metal band have always managed to make their fans rejoice with every release, for delivering the kind of...
View Article>Music Review: AUG - 'Be Careful What You Wish For.'
Hailing from Meadowlands, New Jersey, the band AUG's second album, Be Careful What You Wish For. brings together sounds reminiscent of Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, and Kiss. AUG - the name of...
View ArticleThe Playlist: metal – Fear Factory, Baby in Vain and more
Your latest dose of heavy metal medicine features bowel-shredding breakcore, an untamed trio of teens and the sound of one of the genre’s greatest bands...
View ArticleMegadeth Dishes It Out on ‘Dystopia’
Megadeth have been through a lot in the past few years, since their 2013 album Super Collider the group has weathered everything from family members dying, band members departing, watching the world...
View ArticleDance Gavin Dance – Acceptance Speech Album Review: All Eleven Tracks Analyzed
[rating: 3.5] For a band that harbors one of modern rock’s most electrifying, melodically creative guitarists currently active, they sure don’t get many questions about him. Following the release of...
View ArticleKrokodil
With their debut Nachash, British progressive metal band Krokodil (not to be confused with the now-defunct 60s Swiss prog/krautrock act of the same name) have immediately announced themselves as a...
View ArticleSoundmankillz stretches genres on 'Until the End'
Listening to the sophomore album from Soundmankillz, one immediately lays to waste any misconceptions that the Phoenix-based act is another cog in the metalcore machine. Catapulting off the inevitable...
View Article10 Essential Glassjaw Songs For The Post-Hardcore Band's Return
Having released two beloved albums in the early noughties, ferocious post-hardcore New York group Glassjaw have unleashed their first new song – the pulsating ‘New White Extremity’ – since the 2011 EP...
View ArticleCD review: Judas Priest continue iconic legacy with Redeemer of Souls
Six years have passed since fans last had a taste of new Judas Priest music, the last being 2008′s multi-disc concept effort, Nostradamus. This month not only brings a hellacious slab of classic Metal...
View Article'The Stories We Could Tell': Super group Mr. Big returns with new studio album
After forming in 1988, Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar), Billy Sheehan (bass) and Pat Torpey (drums) immediately began to solidify their place in music history by combining inspired...
View ArticleToronto heavyweights Olde still making noise
Question: What do you call a gig that draws noise complaints from three floors of an office building? Answer: One of Olde’s quieter shows. Such is the power of these Toronto heavyweights that their...
View ArticleMercury Rev – 10 of the best
Over 25 years, the US greats have ploughed a wayward furrow through grunge, funk, doo-wop and electronica. Here are some of their finest tracks...
View ArticleRocking a harmony
Music review Rocking a harmony Singer-songwriter Robert Plant is (or rather was) best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. His powerful, hight-pitched vocal range has...
View ArticleCD review: DevilDriver return in brutal form with Trust No One
California death-groove thrashers, DevilDriver, return this month with perhaps the band’s strongest effort since 2009’s Pray for Villains. Trust No One is the group’s seventh studio effort, and the...
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