New band of the week: Pinkshinyultrablast (No 28)
Introducing the finest Russian shoegaze band in the world today!...
View ArticleDeftones' Chino Moreno On Surviving, Evolving And 'Gore'
i Chino Moreno, who has led Deftones since it formed in Sacramento nearly 30 years ago, performs with the band at SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption toggle caption Adam...
View ArticleDeal With It, Headbangers — Babymetal Is Here
11:30 AM ET i i Babymetal perform during the first day of the 2014 Heavy Montreal festival. Tim Snow hide caption itoggle caption Tim Snow Babymetal perform during the first day of the 2014 Heavy...
View ArticleThe playlist: metal – Megadeth, Vector, Heck and more
Veteran thrash titans unleash fiery new material, noisecore legends set the airwaves rampaging and anthemic Norwegians bring the big choruses...
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...
View ArticleBeatstreet: A heady mix of live sounds
You know how Bengaluru likes its metal? Look no further than stoner/doom band Bevar Sea’s second full-length album Invoke the Bizarre. The makings of a favourite are all in it - six tracks that range...
View ArticleProving their 'metal'
Lnspired trio They are men of few words but one of the loudest bands when they come together. Fans flock to ‘Shepherd’, the sludge metal band, which bleats a crusty sound with heavy guitar riffs....
View ArticleThe Deftones sell out the Cotillion in Wichita
On May 25th, 2016, Code Orange warmed up the crowd at Wichita's Cotillion. Code Orange formed in Pennsylvania in 2008. Their sound is a doom style hardcore American punk. The hard core steady beat of...
View ArticleTankcrimes reissues Final Conflict's 'Ashes to Ashes' LP
Tankcrimes has re-released the 1987 debut album, Ashes to Ashes, by Los Angeles, California’s hardcore punk quartet Final Conflict. With the thrash of D.R.I. and Institutionalized-era Suicidal...
View ArticleThe playlist: metal
Gore aficionados Cannibal Corpse, Nothing More's alt-rock anthem-in-waiting, and the bonkers charms of Sonisphere conquerors Babymetal all feature on our latest metal playlist...
View ArticleRed Electrick's new album: ‘Inside You’
Yesterday and today mark the two launch dates for Red Electrick's new album, 'Inside You'. It goes to show how big a band has become in Malta when they need two consecutive release dates because the...
View ArticleSwallowed
Can you remember the first time you ever came face to face with extreme metal? It's a feeling cherished by unwashed longhairs the world over, and one that has a tendency to reoccur every time metal...
View ArticleScarlett Gypsy #1 Debut Album All Access Dead-On Revival of 80s Glam Rock...
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View ArticleExclusive interview: Finland’s Kuolemanlaakso revitalizes classic doom metal
Finnish music label Svart Records has made a name for itself by exposing the world to esoteric, genre-bending, and even genre-breaking music. In a relatively short span of time, Svart has done...
View ArticleFirst Listen: PUP, 'The Dream Is Over'
i PUP's new album, The Dream Is Over, comes out May 27. Vanessa Heins/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Vanessa Heins/Courtesy of the artist PUP's new album, The Dream Is Over, comes...
View ArticleCD review: Night Ranger takes 'High Road' to vintage sound
Bay Area hard rockers Night Ranger returned in 2012 with an album, Somewhere in California, that brought many fans of the band back to the fold after a long absence. This is not to say that the band...
View ArticleCD Review RED SUN RISING Polyester Zeal
Red Sun Rising – Polyester Zeal (2015 Razor & Tie) The Akron, OH band Red Sun Rising has just released their latest efforts titled Polyester Zeal and I have had the opportunity to listen to this...
View ArticleSlash Interview: 'Everybody’s in a panic because the music business has...
Slash is one of the most iconic figures in the world of rock n’ roll, so distinct that pretty much anybody would be able to identify the man, even in silhouette. He’s a rare breed, a guitarist whose...
View ArticleBabymetal shreds heavy-metal's seriousness at the Fonda
The most subversive, rage-inducing act in heavy metal played the Fonda on Sunday night. The group is fronted by three Japanese teenage girls in pigtails who make heart-shaped hand gestures onstage and...
View ArticleAlbum review: Light Up The Sky - "NightLife"
Light Up The Sky, a five-piece rock band from Spokane, Washington, has already had a busy 2016: they're preparing for a summer tour with metalcore band Myka Relocate and modern rock band Out Came the...
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