Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

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Beltfed Weapon – “Darkened Demise” Fourth in a succession of EPs over the years, Seattle booker-extrordinaire Frank Hetzel’s all-star project Beltfed Weapon returns with more gristle. Flanked by personnel from Morbid Angel (Steve Taylor!), Control Denied, Arch Enemy, Black Label Society, Testament, Into Eternity, and Heathen, their latest EP and title track here Darkened Demise […]

Nervosa has parted ways with drummer Nanu Villalba due to a “lack of common agreement.” Villalba was only hired earlier this year to replace Eleni Nota, who had been in the band between 2020 and 2022. Nervosa states Villalba‘s departure will not affect the creation of their follow-up to 2021’s Perpetual Chaos. Advertisement. Scroll to […]

Punk has to be among the most ageless and dependable genres, as it’s essentially been going strong since it formally kicked off around the mid-’70s. While it’s had its fair share of evolutions and differences since then, that original attitude has remained beloved ever since. Case in point: Australian trio Frenzee, whose debut EP—Frenzee—flows like […]

Drummer Dave Lombardo (Testament, ex-Slayer, etc.) and his wife Paula Lombardo are now streaming their new Christmas single “The Gift.” The single was written by both Paula and Dave, mixed by Dave, mastered by John Golden of Golden Mastering, and features a video by Displaced/Replaced. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. I know you’re expecting some […]

Sharon Osbourne was rushed to the hospital on Friday after suffering an unknown medical emergency. Now Osbourne‘s son Jack Osbourne has revealed Sharon is back home after the incident, and that she’ll make it known what happened when she’s ready to do so. We wish the Osbourne family all the best at this time. Advertisement. […]

Metallica played their Helping Hands Concert & Auction on December 16 16th) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The concert saw the debut of both the band’s “Borderline” by Thin Lizzy and “It’s Killing Me” by UFO covers, as well as St. Vincent joining the band for “Nothing Else Matters.” The show also saw […]

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Children Of Bodom broke up in 2019 after one final show at the Helsinki Ice Hall. Bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman, and drummer Jaska Raatikainen then departed Children Of Bodom, while frontman Alexi Laiho and guitarist Daniel Freyberg would go on to form Bodom After Midnight. Laiho would sadly pass away in 2020, marking […]

Full Of Hell and Nothing played their livestream The Great Dismal: An Auditory And Ocular Trauma together in 2020, and even made a pretty sweet shirt out of their names. Now Full Of Hell and Nothing are in the studio together recording what might be my personal most-anticipated record of 2023. Or at least one […]