Ghost got their name out in 2010 with a demo, a 7″ of the song “Elizabeth,” and their debut album Opus Eponymous. But four years prior, Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge was trying to see if the project was viable at all with a demo of “Stand By Him.” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. In an […]
What do you get if you combine the cosmic djent hookiness of TesseracT, mid-70s King Crimson, Vola, and Karnivool with the quirky lyricism and vocal characteristics of Björk? Well, you’d probably get something a lot like Swedish progressive stoner/doom/folk/psychedelic rock band Gaupa (Lynx). Led by frontwoman Emma Näslund, the quintet proved to be one of […]
After 41 years of existence, legendary Japanese hardcore band Gauze has called it quits. The news comes from the band’s Twitter account, which posted the following (in Japanese – the below is a Google translate version). Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “GAUZE dissolution report. Ever since I became a current member, I have decided that […]
Furnace Fest 2023 has announced their first four artists and to the surprise of nobody, The Dillinger Escape Plan will not be there. The first four artists are: Training For Utopia‘s first show in 24 years The Callous Daoboys Gorilla Biscuits Foreign Hands “We’re huge fans of every one of these bands and can’t believe […]
Rammstein is now streaming their music video for “Adieu” directed by Specter Berlin and holy shit, it’s incredible. I mean seriously, if the band came out and said this was actually the trailer for some currently-unannounced high budget action flick, I wouldn’t be even a little shocked. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. The “Adieu” single […]
We’ve got an exclusive gold vinyl variant of Machine Head‘s classic Burn My Eyes album available right here! The varian features the entire classic record alongside five demos of songs you all know and love… and have probably moshed to numerous times throughout the years. “Davidian” “Old” “A Thousand Lies” “None But My Own” “The […]
Writing a follow up to any record can be difficult. Do you stick with what made the last record so good, or branch out into something new? Maybe a combination of both, or even a hard turn into the latter? In an interview with Josh Weigell on Rolling Stone‘s Twitch, Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge commented […]
Looks like John 5 is starting to get warmed up to tour with Mötley Crüe in 2023! John 5 has taken to Twitter to post a quick partial playthrough of Mötley Crüe‘s 1987 track “Girls, Girls, Girls” and, to the surprise of nobody, it looks like he’s got those Mick Mars riffs handles just fine. […]
The Elon Musk takeover of Twitter has certainly been interesting so far. Recent highlights include a mass exodus of employees, the return of Donald Trump causing waves (and Kanye West too), and the copyright strike system failing so hard that people are just uploading entire movies. Amidst all this is of course high-profile names (and […]
Looks like Cynic is about to hit the road for the first time since 2014. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Cynic frontman Paul Masvidal has posted a teaser on his Instagram for a potential tour with fellow progressive death metal band Atheist, though it’s not clear where or when it might happen. But I guess […]