The mid-’90s marked one of the most turbulent chapters in Iron Maiden‘s storied history. Following the departure of Bruce Dickinson in 1993, the band recruited Wolfsbane frontman Blaze Bayley as their new vocalist. With Bayley at the helm, Iron Maiden released two records — 1995’s The X Factor and 1998’s Virtual XI. While neither album […]
Swedish alternative rock band Mud Grief are set to release their highly anticipated debut full-length album on September 12, 2025 via Welfare Sounds & Records. The record follows their acclaimed 2023 EP Noise Pollution and showcases the band’s evolution into a hybrid sound of raw noise, thundering guitars, and razor-sharp melodies. Formed in 2022 by […]
Three of rock’s most unmistakable voices — Amy Lee (Evanescence), Courtney “Poppy” LaPlante, and Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox) — have come together for a powerhouse new single, “End of You,” out now via Sumerian Records. The track arrives with a striking music video that showcases the trio channeling dark energy and fierce independence, underscored by the […]
If you need something blackened and miserable in your life right this second, you need this new Krigsgrav song “Twilight Fell”. Stormcaller marks Krigsgrav‘s first album for Willowtip Records and their eighth full-length overall. Speaking about the record, the band said: “When we started writing the songs that would make up Stormcaller, our intention was […]
Brandon Ellis (ex-The Black Dahlia Murder) will stand in for Cannibal Corpse guitarist Rob Barrett on the death metal legends’ upcoming U.S. trek this fall. The run — featuring support from Municipal Waste, Full of Hell, and Fulci — kicks off September 15 in Nashville, TN and wraps October 22 in Charlotte, NC. Ellis confirmed […]
Future Swedish death metal juggernaut Fimbul Winter will make their official debut this fall with the release of the five-track EP What Once Was, due out November 14, 2025. Formed by former Amon Amarth founding members Anders Biazzi (formerly Anders Hansson) and Niko Kaukinen, alongside longtime Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson and Clint Williams (Munitions) […]
Metal Injection has crowned Revocation as its Artist of the Month for September 2025, a fitting honor as the Boston-born extreme metal stalwarts gear up to release their most ambitious and apocalyptic record yet: New Gods, New Masters. For two decades, Revocation has pushed the boundaries of extreme metal, blending technical precision with fearless songwriting. […]
Per Billboard, Deftones‘ highly anticipated tenth studio album private music has debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, moving 87,000 album-equivalent units in its first week of release. Of that total, 66,000 units were driven by pure album sales, while the remaining figure was powered by 26.72 million on-demand streams. The Sacramento alt-metal veterans […]
With their farewell tour still raging across the globe, Brazilian metal icons Sepultura are preparing one final gift for fans: a brand-new four-song EP, set for release in 2026. The forthcoming effort will mark the first recorded output with drummer Greyson Nekrutman, who joined the band in 2024 following the sudden departure of longtime percussionist […]
Josh Freese had a notoriously good spirit after being let go from his position as the drummer for the Foo Fighters – he even made a list of the “top 10 reasons why” he might have been booted from FF. And, his recent interview with The New York Times revealed that the possible reason for Freese‘s […]
