Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

DREAM THEATER Streams 1991 Vocalist Audition Tapes, Images And Words Demos

Dream Theater has been digging deep into their now-defunct Ytsejam Records catalog this year and reissuing all its contents. This time around, the band has released the Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images and Words Demos featuring the original four instrumental demos from between 1989 and 1991 that became Images And Words songs, the 1991 ATCO […]

Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2022: Day Two Recap

Following a crackerjack showing by the Blue Ridge Festival’s first battalion of rock and metal mainstays on Thursday, September 8 of the grand post-lockdown year of 2022, the hunger for even more stellar performances hung in the early afternoon air as tens of thousands of attendees congregated at the Virginia International Raceway. The weather would […]

APNEA Riffs Along In New Single “Highs And Lows”

Brazilian riffsters Apnea is now streaming their new single “Highs And Lows,” whose driving high energy is matched by an equally ecstatic music video. It’s the kind of song you could easily close out a few last summer drives with, preferably at a volume that turns heads at red lights. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. […]

New Releases From OZZY OSBOURNE, BLOODBATH, REVOCATION & More Out Today 9/9

This week’s new heavy metal releases include atmospheric proggsters, nasty death metal-ers, The Prince of Darkness, and more! Get ’em on vinyl and CD here, and as always – to the metals… Allen/Olzon – Army Of Dreamers Genre: Progressive/power metalOrigin: Long Beach, California/Katrineholm, SwedenLabel: Frontiers Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Anette […]

ROBB FLYNN Of MACHINE HEAD On His Past With Drugs & Violence, Going From Introvert To Frontman & Much More

Frank sits down with Robb Flynn of Machine Head for a deep discussion on the band’s first ever show, the secret to keeping the band going after 30 years, why he can never recreate Burn My Eyes, his dark past with drugs and violence, going from introvert to frontman, how he became a podcaster, the […]

DREAM UNENDING (TOMB MOLD, SUMERLANDS) Streams Ethereal “Secret Grief,” Announces New Album

Dream Unending, the band featuring guitarist Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold, Outer Heaven) and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Sumerlands), is back less than one year after their debut album and there isn’t a single metal fan that shouldn’t be thrilled about it. Dream Unending will release Song Of Salvation on November 11 and […]

FIRSTBORNE (Ex-LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH) Streams Two Very Different Singles

Firstborne, the band featuring ex-Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler, bassist James LoMenzo (Megadeth, ex-Black Label Society), guitarist Myrone, and singer Girish Pradhan (Girish And The Chronicles), is now streaming two new singles. The first single “Bad Things” is all about bringing that speedy thrash metal heat with just a touch of power metal thrown in, while “One […]

“It Feels So Much More Diverse Than Ever Before”

Bring Me The Horizon took a noticeable turn away from rock in the late 2010s (lookin’ at you, Amo). In an interview with NME, vocalist Oli Sykes notes that the band’s shift culminated in the 2019 festival All Points East. The festival featured a wide variety of non-metal artists, which Sykes admitted came back to […]

STRIGOI (PARADISE LOST) Streams Doomed New Single “An Ocean Of Blood”

Strigoi, the band headed up by Greg Mackintosh (Paradise Lost, Vallenfyre) and Chris Casket (Valenfyre), is slowing things down with their utterly doomed new single “An Ocean Of Blood.” It’s a good thing Strigoi is releasing their new record Viscera on September 30, because this song along practically screams “fall and winter weather.” The band’s explanation is a little deeper […]