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10 Essential Trap Metal Songs

Trap metal is difficult to define, because aggressive hip-hop often doesn’t often cross into metal territory.  The trap metal genre, which grew from the Soundcloud hip-hop underground of the mid-2010s, can be best characterized by the use of heavily distorted 808 drum machine beats, tuned-down guitars, screaming vocals, industrial or nü-metal soundscapes, hip-hop flows, and […]

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GUNS N’ ROSES Announces New Drummer, Fans’ Dreams Of Classic Member Return Dashed

Guns N’ Roses announced the departure of longtime drummer Frank Ferrer yesterday, and now they’ve got a new drummer today! Guns N’ Roses has welcomed new drummer Isaac Carpenter whose resume includes everyone from Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Awolnation, Adam Lambert to Barbarians of California, A Perfect Circle, and The Exies. Guns N’ Roses first show […]

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SWANS Announces North American Tour

Swans will hit the road this September and October in support of their upcoming seventeenth studio album Birthing, due out May 30. The tour kicks off on September 4 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA and wraps up on October 7 at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY. All dates will be opened by Little Annie […]

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LINKIN PARK To Release A New Single Next Week

Linkin Park is continuing their meteoric comeback with vocalist Emily Armstrong next week with a brand new single. Linkin Park is slated to drop “Up From The Bottom” on March 27, though it’s not clear if this also means there will be a follow-up to the band’s 2024 comeback record From Zero. I’m guessing not, […]