Sacred Reich announced they’d parted ways with longtime drummer Dave McClain yesterday, October 20. McClain drummed for Sacred Reich between 1991 and 1996, and then again between 2018 and 2025. Filling in for McClain live is drummer Eduardo Baldo. Now McClain has issued his own statement, essentially saying it was time for him. to go: […]
Puscifer have announced a new album titled Normal Isn’t, marking their first full-length since 2020’s Existential Reckoning. The Maynard James Keenan-fronted outfit will release its fifth album on Feb. 6. It’s available for preorder now. They’re previewing the 11-song set with lead single “Self Evident” and will promote the album with a spring 2026 North American tour. You can watch […]
Steve Rifkind Called Out Uncle Ray Copeland Over DMX Funeral Claims, But Are “The Receipts” Next? There is an old urban parable about writing checks…and cashing those checks… Steve Rifkind and Uncle Ray Copeland are two men who were close to the late, great DMX. They are now in a quiet but growing public standoff. […]
In this EQ Music interview with Janethan, the Manchester-based dance-pop powerhouse talks about crafting emotional, high-energy tracks that live somewhere between heartbreak and euphoria — think “crying in the club” energy at its finest. He shares the story behind his moving collaboration honouring The Vivienne, featuring fellow artists Bimini, Tia Kofi, Eden Hunter, Bentley Robles, […]
Most producers find inspiration in heartbreak or euphoria, but Biosyrup went digging through medieval bestiaries and emerged with a banger inspired by the phenomenon of rats fusing together by their tails. Leave it to a bass music producer to find sonic inspiration in one of nature’s most disturbing concepts: the rat king, that grotesque phenomenon […]
Dream Theater is back with more box sets, because why not? They’ve got a shit ton of material out there and plenty of people who wanna own it – myself included. First up is the massive 14-CD box set The Studio Albums 1992–2016, which unites 12 of the band’s core studio works for the first […]
“[This] has ben a dream opportunity.” On Thursday’s edition of Loudwire Nights (Oct. 16), vocalist Jacob Charlton and guitarist Ethan McCann of Thornhill opened up about their recent tour supporting Sleep Token across North America. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “Yeah, it’s crazy to stop and […]
Post Malone finds himself entangled in a $10 million legal battle with a Utah limo driver who claims the Grammy-nominated artist never compensated him for his prominent role in a 2020 music video. Larry Deuel, a teacher and part-time chauffeur, filed a lawsuit against Post Malone, rapper Tyla Yaweh, Sony Music Entertainment and other parties. […]
Recently, Kim Petras celebrated the two-year anniversary of her groundbreaking project “Problématique.” (Fun fact: she prefers calling it a project rather than an album). With an undeniable sense of anticipation, she has revealed that her next body of work is on the horizon. Notably in way of teasing the exciting singles “POLO” and […]
Fusing the distinct universes of three beloved EDM festivals, the inaugural Wicked Oaks event will feature DJ sets from Martin Garrix, Eric Prydz and more. Austin’s self-proclaimed title as the Live Music Capital of the World typically conjures images of dusty honky-tonks and earnest singer-songwriters clutching guitars like lifelines. But not this weekend, when Wicked […]
