Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

ROCK FOR PEOPLE To Welcome Over 170 Bands Including NOTHING MORE, DEAFHEAVEN, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, And LORNA SHORE In Three Weeks

Atop Rock for People‘s ferris wheel, you can see all eight stages, some covered by circus-style tents, others boasted in fields surrounding old Soviet airfield bunkers. The town of Hradec Králové is best known for producing musical instruments – and it tracks that one of the biggest music festivals in the Czech Republic would take place […]

Leather Hearse Steaming New Single

Leather Hearse Steaming New Single From “Burn in Heaven” LEATHER HEARSE is a project brought to life by Tannon Penland, the guitarist known for his contributions to the instrumental band LOINCLOTH and the ambient enigma GAUCHISTE. The concept of LEATHER HEARSE, named in tribute to the late singer and artist Dwain Curd of ’80s hardcore […]

DOLVEN (AGALLOCH, ENEFERENS, Etc.) Brings You Acoustic Doom On Their New Single “Sun Bleached Stones”

Dolven – the project featuring Nick Wusz (Travellers Rest), Jason Walton (Agalloch, MoonBladder, Sculptured), Hunter Ginn (Agalloch, Canvas Solaris, Radical Research), and Jori Apedaile (Eneferens, Hyalithe) – is set to release their third record In My Grave… Silence on June 13 via Fiadh Productions and Winding Stair Records. I’m more than thrilled to present the […]

Sight of Emptiness Streaming Official Video

Sight of Emptiness Streaming “Mandates of Hate” Band Photo: Sight of Emptiness (?) Costa Rican melodic death metal band Sight of Emptiness released their nine track album “Above the Noise” a couple of months ago and is now streaming the track “Mandates of Hate” as its official video. This sonic assault explores themes of societal […]

MARTY FRIEDMAN Discusses Why MEGADETH’s “Symphony Of Destruction” Was Sort Of A Pop Song

Megadeth was on a tear in 1992. The band released their iconic 1990 record Rust In Peace two years prior, and continued that hot streak with Countdown To Extinction. The latter contained some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Symphony of Destruction” – a song that former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman considers to be kind […]

Haken Premiere New Official Live Video

Haken Premiere Official Live Video For “Sempiternal Beings” British band Haken have officially released their new live album, “Liveforms: An Evening With Haken,” today, May 09th. To mark the occasion, the band have also unveiled a live performance video for the track “Sempiternal Beings,” captured during their September 21st, 2024 show at the O2 Forum […]

BRING ME THE HORIZON’s LEE MALIA On The Band’s Explorative Sound: “We Did It From The Start Though, We Weren’t Scared To Switch Up”

Guitar recently had a chat with Bring Me The Horizon‘s Lee Malia about the band’s success over the last year. And how that with success comes scrutiny and dissection, and that BMTH are no strangers to it. For years, a constant point of criticism for the band was that they strayed away from their metal […]