Living up to their metal
When you’re Gojira, one of the metal world’s most revered bands for their unsparing brutal brand of death, groove and experimental metal, there’s certainly a lot of pressure to prove yourself. The band...
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 ArticleDead Kennedys – 10 of the best
From a song about a failed sexual escapade to a 20-second mini-masterpiece, here’s our pick of tracks by the California punk tearaways...
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 ArticleMegadeth
Megadeth seriously needed to refocus after the massive misstep that was 2013's Super Collider. The fourteenth studio album by the thrash metal pioneers highlighted the periodic carelessness of...
View ArticleMegadeth Singer Goes From Thrashing Guitars to Threshing Wheat
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - In this unprecedented and pretty bizarre period of U.S. Presidential politics, pundits still pull out the hoary old line that goes “which...
View ArticleMarty Friedman After Megadeth: His 11 Years As A Superstar In Japan
Marty Friedman, left Megadeth in 2000, after 10 years of headbanging to his heavy metal guitar beside Dave Mustaine. In those days, at times, Marty’s dark curly locks overlapped Dave Mustaine’s fiery...
View ArticleInside Megadeth's Virtual Reality Adventure
Dave Mustaine is spinning slowly in a chair, holding a visor tight over his eyes, as he enjoys a rare experience: watching Megadeth perform live. He's looking at rehearsal footage of his thrash metal...
View Article10 Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Albums Of All Time
On June 12, 1985, Megadeth stunned hard rock fans everywhere with their maiden long-playing weapon of thrash destruction, Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good. It’s been rocking the universe...
View ArticleMegadeth's Dystopic Visions Have Almost Come True
For more than 30 years, singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine has guided thrash-metal kings Megadeth through shifting musical, social, and political landscapes with a guttural growl, shredded notes, and...
View ArticleMegadeth moves forward with old sound, new members
Three decades, fifteen albums and countless lineups later, Megadeth is going back to the basics. With “Dystopia,” frontman Dave Mustaine wanted to stay in line with fans’ expectations: opting for a...
View Article'I Can't Help But Ask Myself If This is the Best We've Got'
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine doesn't need an election year to inspire a little socio-political snarl in his songs. But rest-assured there are plenty of those on the band's new album, Dystopia. "It's...
View ArticleWrenching week for Megadeth's Dave Mustaine
Our deepest sympathies go out to Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine, whose mother-in-law's body was discovered Wednesday afternoon near Julian nearly two months after she'd disappeared while on a camping...
View ArticleMegadeth's Dave Mustaine Talks 2016 Politics: ‘We’ve Kind of Lost What...
For more than a decade now, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has been critical about politicians and distressed by the establishment. But even as the metal veteran lashed out at corruption, greed, and...
View ArticleRock and pop: the biggest albums and tours of autumn 2015
Adele’s back with a follow-up to the biggest-selling album of the 21st century. It’s the last days of One Direction – while A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa and Giorgio Moroder (in DJ mode) hit the road...
View ArticleRust in Peace by Megadeth: 25 Album Facts
Thrash master Dave Mustaine and his mighty metal cohorts in Megadeth detonated Rust in Peace on September 24, 1990. Coming out shortly after Anthrax’s Persistence of Time and predating Slayer’s Seasons...
View ArticleDownload Festival renames main stage in memory of Lemmy
Download Festival organisers have confirmed that they have renamed its main stage after Lemmy, the Motorhead frontman who passed away last year. Motorhead were due to perform at Download 2016 but...
View ArticleMAY DAY MANIA -BANK HOLIDAY ALL DAYER- 8 LIVE ACTS tickets
The Ruby Lounge in Manchester Sunday 1st May 2016 3:00pm til 11:00pm (last entry 2:00am) Minimum Age: 18 MAY DAY MANIA-BANK HOLIDAY TRIBUTE BANDS ALL DAYER-Thrash Metal Mayhem vs Nu Metal Meltdown-8...
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