Earlier this month, Misfits and Danzig frontman Glenn Danzig kicked off his brief United States tour (with support from Down, Abbath and Cro-Mags). The tour runs until the end of March, and while it should be a wholly fun experience for attendees, some fans are calling out Danzig over Nazi iconography on his merch. What […]
Here is the most played song live by 15 big thrash metal bands. Thrash’s history spans more than four decades with Metallica largely credited for birthing the genre with their 1983 debut Kill ‘Em All. However, so many thrash metal vets typically point the finger at Exodus, who were making a name for themselves in the […]
What are the five best groove metal albums of the 2020s? We’ve tasked Alien Weaponry, masters of groove themselves, with providing the answer! The definition of groove metal is pretty straightforward. And, unlike so many of styles of heavy music, it’s not as concretely defined by one specific sound. From death metal to industrial to mid-tempo […]
In the newest clip from the Beardo and Weirdo podcast, comedian Craig Gass and Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael react to a totally unhinged pre-song speech. The speech in question comes from a viral clip published by YouTube channel hate5six, which features the frontman for hardcore band Red Scare giving the most real of real talks. Elaborate, mildly confusing but always entertaining intro […]
Following their U.K. and European tour this summer, the reunited Sex Pistols, without singer Johnny Rotten, will play North American dates. It’s their first tour of the continent in 22 years and they’ll be playing Never Mind the Bollocks in full. The new shows – featuring original band members Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock […]
Linkin Park are back with the new song “Up From the Bottom” and the lyrics for their latest single are now available. The song, which was written after the band’s From Zero album was complete, will be included on the deluxe edition release of From Zero that’s coming May 16. Linkin Park have been keeping […]
Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott is here to look back at his five favorite albums back when he was a teenager. The now-55-year-old axeman was a teen from July of of 1982 through 1988 and, in shouting out these selections, he takes it back to his earliest teenage years. He’s come quite far from those […]
With Brand New playing their first public show in a few years later tonight (March 26), we wanted to look back on the setlist and some video footage from their last official performance in 2017. Brand New first reunited for a show this past December, but it was a private, invite-only performance for charity. Thus, the […]
Brand New superfans are going all out for the band’s first reunion show tonight (March 26). The concert will take place at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas, and will mark Brand New’s first performance that’s open to the public since late 2017. This past December, the group reunited for a private, invite-only show for […]
Music soundtracks were big in the ’90s, and as it turns out Amy Lee began to formulate the sound of Evanescence after finding inspiration in one of the decade’s biggest soundtrack hits. Evanescence formed in 1994 when Amy Lee was just a teenager, but their first major album didn’t arrive until nearly a decade later […]
