Japanese metalcore act Crystal Lake has parted ways with vocalist Ryo Kinoshita, who fronted the band between 2012 and present day. Kinoshita issued the below statement citing his ongoing adjustment disorder making it difficult to continue on with the band. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “I have decided to leave Crystal Lake. I sincerely apologize […]
Gaerea‘s new record Mirage lyrically explores stories about regular people and the difficulties of modern life, as black metal is increasingly wont to do in modern times. In an interview with Metal Injection, a member of Gaerea discusses how black metal has moved away from leaning into anti-Christian lyrics and into the realm of dealing […]
AOL was trying to promote their AOL 9.0 Optimized “Talk” feature for Instant Messenger back in 2003 (it was a new concept at the time), and chose a Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield love story for the commercial. The commercial centers around Ulrich and Hetfield trying to express their feelings for one another before landing […]
Serj Tankian will release a new EP called Perplex Cities on October 21 and is now streaming the first single “Pop Imperialism” outside his recently-announced VR experience. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “This whole collection of songs within Perplex Cities is a completely different sound than what I’ve done before,” said Tankian about the Perplex Cities EP. “More electronic, subtle and deeper in terms […]
A good cover song (to me) is one that takes a composition and reimagines it in a totally new way, while still retaining what made the original so good. Foscor has done exactly that with their uniquely haunting cover of Alice In Chains‘ “Would?” which they’ve released a few days prior of Dirt turning 30 […]
Souvenirs once belonging to the late Ronnie James Dio are very much in vogue of late. Most memorably, Stranger Things hero Eddie Munson donned a Dio denim jacket that once belonged to the former Rainbow and Black Sabbath vocalist throughout the Netflix hit’s most recent season. Ronnie James Dio fronted his own outfit until his […]
Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee joined the legendary Tenacious D on stage at the Louder Than Life festival for both “Kyle Quit The Band” and the appropriately-named “Lee.” Given their collective talents and obvious senses of humor, both songs were fantastic all the way through… and again, it was just too easy for Lee to get […]
Super Bowl LVII will be held on February 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ and, like every other Super Bowl that has come before it, won’t feature any heavy acts for the halftime show. Instead, this year’s halftime show will feature Rihanna with Apple Music as its sponsor. So I guess there’s […]
David Lee Roth is now streaming two re-recorded Van Halen classics, “Dance The Night Away” and “Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love.” These are now the second and third Van Halen classics has covered after publishing his version of “Panama” a few weeks ago. You can check out all three below. Prior to releasing the reworks of […]
He Is Legend is now streaming their two new singles “Lifeless Lemonade” and “The Prowler” from their upcoming record Endless Hallway. He Is Legend shreds pretty hard on “The Prowler” after bringing some initially chunky riffage, but “Lifeless Lemonade” just goes full on Meshuggah throughout the whole intro and it kicks all kinds of ass. […]