Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

WHITECHAPEL Is In The Studio

Whitechapel is in the studio recording their ninth full-length album. It looks like the band is recording the album with Whitechapel guitarist (and owner of Titan Audio) Zach Householder, who also produced Whitechapel‘s 2010 record A New Era Of Corruption. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. The new record will also be Whitechapel‘s first with drummer […]

CANNIBAL CORPSE’s PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ Discusses The Mystique Of Pre-Social Media Days

The day of pre-social media meant reading magazines and digging through the liner notes to find out about your favorite bands. And then maybe, just maybe, you’ll get to see ’em live and have a quick chat. Now you can find out what their drummer ate for lunch and what they think about current affairs […]

BLOOD THRONE (WITHIN THE RUINS, GARGOYL) Drops New Single “Crawl”

Blood Throne the brand new, plenty blackened band featuring Tim Goergen (Within the Ruins) on vocals, Josh Gomez (The Machinist) on guitar, James Knoerl (Aviations, Gargoyl) on drums, Mike Beaujean (Within the Ruins, Burning Tongue) on guitar, and Marc Sergenian (Burning Tongue) on bass. The band is now streaming their debut single “Crawl”, which is […]

SPORAE AUTEM YUGGOTH However It Still Moves

Do you like feeling grim and unsettled? Do you also want to somehow lose yourself in that mood, giving yourself away to ominous, melancholy despondence? Then pay heed to the spirits emanating from this Chilean band’s excellent debut album. Sporae Autem Yuggoth has arrived with their first full-length of all-enveloping doom-death. Judging from this album, […]

Did SLIPKNOT Just Announce CRAIG JONES’ Replacement?

Hours before taking the stage at Nova Rock 2023 in Austria tonight, June 7, Slipknot announced they had parted ways with longtime programmer and keyboardist Craig Jones. Or at least they announced it, and then removed it from all social media. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. In the since-deleted social media post, Slipknot only commented: […]

Album Review: SCAR SYMMETRY The Singularity (Phase II

There are few melodic/progressive death metal bands that balance softness, harshness, and theatricality better than Sweden’s Scar Symmetry. Their sixth studio LP (and first in a planned trilogy), 2014’s The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity), demonstrated that exceptionally well; as such, it concurrently solidified that group’s stylistic mastery and made the nine-year wait for a […]

NOTHING NOWHERE, SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY, STATIC DRESS & UNITYTX Announce North American Tour

Nothing,Nowhere, the project headed up by singer and guitarist Joe Mulherin, will hit the road this September and October with SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Static Dress, and UnityTX. Get the full routing below and get your tickets here. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. 9/5 Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground9/6 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre9/8 Boston, MA @ […]

Ex-SLIPKNOT Percussionist CHRIS FEHN Misses The Fans, Not So Much Everything Else

Longtime Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn parted ways the band in 2019 after suing them over financials. The band tried to get the case thrown out, Fehn seemed hopeful that he might rejoin the band someday, and ultimately the whole lawsuit got settled out of court. Fehn was ultimately replaced by Michael “Tortilla Man” Pfaff, who […]

RAMMSTEIN Issues Statement After Publisher Drops TILL LINDEMANN Over Additional Allegations

It all started earlier this week when Rammstein (specifically frontman Till Lindemann) was accused of misconduct after a show in Lithuania, which they denied ever happened. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Then yesterday, Lindemann was dropped by his book publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch over those allegations plus usage of his 2013 book In stillen Nächten […]

TILL LINDEMANN’s Book Publisher Drops Him Over Past Porn Video & Recent Allegations

Publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch has dropped Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann as a client. The publisher cites allegations against Lindemann after a show in Lithuania, as well as usage of his 2013 book In stillen Nächten in a porn video that allegedly “celebrates sexual violence against women.” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Kiepenheuer & Witsch published […]