Sikth – currently their classic lineup of Mikee Goodman, Dan Weller, Graham “Pin” Pinney, Dan “Loord” Foord, James Leach, and Justin Hill – is set to return in 2026 for two very special shows in the UK! Sikth will perform their 2006 album Death of a Dead Day in full at two 20th anniversary shows […]
CKY and Fiend Without A Face – one of the bands Brent Hinds is going full-steam on now that he’s out of Mastodon – is hitting the road (mostly) this November for a UK tour. The tour kicks off on October 31 at O2 Academy 2 and wraps up on November 21 at the O2 […]
“I don’t believe in retirement. Retirement is something that’s been forced onto people; I don’t believe musicians are allowed to retire,” Kirk Hammett told Metal Hammer in their newest print issue. And that’s understandable given his outlook on his career and the fact that “playing music is a gift, a blessing and a privilege. I […]
The UK band Malevolence had to remove their most recent music video due to an issue with a UK nature and conservation charity due to the band’s “unauthorized” use of some land for their newest music video. Nuclear Blast Records took down the Malevolence video for their song, “Salt From The Wound,” on Tuesday (10 […]
Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video was uploaded to YouTube in 2009. In 2019, it hit one billion views. This past week, within just six years of the first billion views, the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video hit two billion views. One of the best selling songs of all time with over 13 […]
I swear there has to be something in the air – between drummers getting fired, rehired, and then fired again, and making Instagram posts listing the possible reasons they could have been laid off – a lot of bands are going through a major structural change. And the German band The Ocean is no different. First, they […]
This week’s top tracks include Metal Injection’s Artist Of The Month Cryptopsy, the return of Between The Buried And Me, Till Lindemann staying as weird as he’s ever been, and more! Check out the playlist on Spotify here and on Apple Music here. The new additions this week are: “Until There’s Nothing Left” – Cryptopsy […]
Ahead of this weekend’s series of benefit shows for the legendary New York hardcore promoter Rich Hall, Converge and Coalesce have announced the release of an unapologetically raw 1996 live recording of the bands’ show at CBGB. The 14-song album captures the bands in their most primal form and is available digitally now and the […]
While you’re waiting for that new Megadeth record, why not get yourself some S-tier threads? Megadeth has teamed up with Half-Sumo for a whole new line of fightware merchandise that frankly looks cool as hell. All the merch celebrates Megadeth‘s Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! turning 40 years old, and ties in […]
Good news! We’re getting two brand new Panopticon records this year! Or at least one new one and one that you’ve definitely never heard before. Panopticon is set to release Laurentian Blue, which is an album purely of dark folk material that’s meant to be a companion to …And Again Into the Light; and Songs […]
