“Man, it is a fucking tight rope to walk, with the shadow I’m under and the expectations,” Wolfgang Van Halen explained during a Q&A in New Jersey on May 11th about dropping the ‘WVH’ from his band Mammoth‘s name, “I wanna be able to have the opportunity to reference my lineage, but not copy it […]
Welcome back to another episode of “Band Splits With Their Drummer”! Cynic did it, In Flames did it, The Who weirdly did it twice to the same guy, and even Foo Fighters did it. Now Paradise Lost is jumping into the fray as they’ve announced they’re parting ways with drummer Guido Zima. Zima joined Paradise […]
Maryland Deathfest 2025 just ended, so you know what means – it’s time to start announcing Maryland Deathfest 2026! The first wave of bands for the 2026 edition includes Grave continuing their old-school ways, Death Angel ripping through Act III, Batushka now that Krzysztof Drabikowski has full control over the name, and more! The first […]
Holy Fawn is back to make your life a little more miserable thanks to their new, gritty single “Beneath A Lightless Star” alongside a Joel Villegas-created visualizer. On the song itself, Holy Fawn guitarist and vocalist Ryan Osterman said: “With ‘Beneath A Lightless Star’ we wanted to release something with more emotional grit that mirrored […]
In Flames has parted ways with drummer Tanner Wayne, who joined the band back in 2018. In Flames has issued a statement saying they’re carrying on with all their planned live dates (which you can find below), but hasn’t mentioned who will be drumming for them. Wayne has also not commented on either splitting or […]
Dark Tranquillity is hitting the road this September and October to celebrate two anniversaries – 30 years of their 1995 record The Gallery, and 20 years of their 2005 record Character. Support for the trek will come from Soen, Equilibrium, and Iotunn unless otherwise noted in the list of dates below. Get your tickets here. […]
Paradise Lost hit the stage at Maryland Deathfest 2025 over the weekend to play their entire 1995 album Draconian Times, and of course there’s footage of the entire set. Check it out above thanks to YouTuber RichardMetalFan. Paradise Lost just announced a bunch of European tour dates with Messa, High Parasite, and Lacrimas Profundere as […]
Alpha Wolf has announced a handful of solo U.S. headlining dates around their upcoming Summer Of Loud tour with Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, and Parkway Drive. Get those dates below. Tickets are available here. 6/25 Memphis, TN 18846/30 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad7/3 Fresno, CA Strummers7/10 Des Moines, IA XBK7/21 Albany, NY Empire Underground7/25 Richmond, VA […]
Converge has been out on the road ripping through some classics while also introducing fans to new songs from their currently-unannounced new album. Footage of one song called “W.W.N.T.S.” has surfaced, which I’m assuming stands for “we were never the same” considering that’s one of the lyrics repeated throughout the track. All we know is […]
All-caps purveyor of violence PSYCHO-FRAME is set to release their debut album SALVATION LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF A GRIEVING MOTHER on July 25 via SharpTone Records. PSYCHO-FRAME is now streaming the gutteral new single “BLUEPRINTS FOR IDOL GENOCIDE” above alongside a music video directed by Salem Vex. “It’s a song about bad actors in […]
