The 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 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 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 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 ArticleMost anticipated albums of 2016: Dystopia released during NAMM week
Dave Mustaine, the mastermind behind Megadeth and the keeper of heavy metal's thrash legacy, did what most longtime legends after decades of evolving their music fail to do - a successful return to his...
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...
Scarlett Gypsy (PRNewsFoto/Scarlett Gypsy) Scarlett Gypsy - All Access (PRNewsFoto/Scarlett Gypsy) × Scarlett Gypsy (PRNewsFoto/Scarlett Gypsy) Scarlett Gypsy - All Access (PRNewsFoto/Scarlett Gypsy)...
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 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...
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 ArticleAnthrax Celebrates The 30th Anniversary Of Its Classic "Spreading The...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 20, three decades after its October 30, 1985 debut, Universal will release a special 30th anniversary edition of Anthrax's classic Spreading The...
View ArticleDeftones - 'Gore' Review
How does an act get tagged ‘the metal Radiohead’? Innovate and challenge at every turn? Inspire a generation with songs that appear to have been given their titles by a cat walking across a caps-locked...
View ArticleMetallica's Top 10 Greatest Riffs: 'Enter Sandman,' 'Master of Puppets' & Beyond
Let’s give thanks for Metallica this Thanksgiving, because today -- Black Friday -- is now “Blackened Friday.” Rising to the occasion by helping small businesses during the biggest shopping day of the...
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