Nik Nocturnal is now streaming his new trap metal single “Burnout” under the name NIK NXK. Check it out above alongside a music video by Patrick Lawler above, and stream the single here. As for as the whole “trap metal” bit goes, it makes sense given the recent nü-metal revival. Just updated for what’s popular […]
America’s Hardcore Fest will take place between December 1 and 3 at The Middle East and Sonia venues in Cambridge, MA. The festival will include Fuming Mouth‘s first show back after vocalist Mark Whelan was declared cancer free, as well as bands like Vein.FM, Sunami, Mindforce, and more. Check out the full lineup below. Advertisement. […]
Rage Against the Machine‘s recent Public Service Announcement tour ripped through North America, reminding anyone who forgot that RATM is still a powerful force to be reckoned with. One person, though, who never got it twisted when it comes to Rage (not surprisingly) is Stray from the Path guitarist Thomas Williams. It’s fair to say […]
Director Rob Reiner is already laying on the heavy schtick for the forthcoming sequel to his 1984 comedic opus This Is Spinal Tap, resurrecting his mockumentarian alter-ego Marty DiBergi in an interview with Total Film—firmly suggesting the lines of reality will be blurred, that cinematic walls one through four will be smashed, and all amps […]
Time has proven that while a tad excessive, Guns N Roses‘ 1991 double-album pairing Use Your Illusion I & II defined an era with bombastic Stones-ey rock n’ honk peppered with a lyrically Lynchian worldview. Paranoid and strained as they are at times, the pair of albums burned bright and immodestly into the ether of […]
Former Exodus vocalist Rob Dukes joined the band on September 9 at Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ for an especially heavy version of their 1989 classic “The Toxic Waltz.” Dukes originally sang with Exodus between 2005 and 2014 and was replaced by longtime vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza, who shared lead vocals during the live performance. […]
Down played one of their few 2022 shows at the esteemed Blue Ridge Rock Festival over the weekend, where vocalist Phil Anselmo dedicated the song “Lifer” to his late Pantera band members Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. “This next song goes out to Dimebag and Vince,” said Anselmo in the above video. “I want you […]
Few states in this federal union can boast the extensive history enjoyed by that of Virginia, so it goes without saying that a large undertaking is par for the course for one of the first colonies to declare independence from the British Empire. Though competition for the largest music festival in the country, let alone […]
Shadow Of Intent has just released the deluxe version of their 2022 album Elegy. The deluxe version features a previously unreleased B-side “Frozen Tomb,” the band’s cover of “Laid To Rest” by Lamb Of God, and an entirely instrumental version of Elegy (including the two bonus tracks). Stream ’em below. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. […]
A lot strange things were happening at the turn of the century, including the circumstances under which Korn singer Jonathan Davis recorded his vocals for the Korn classic “Freak On a Leash” from their heady 1998 LP Follow the Leader. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “Everyone was out of their fucking minds. Alcoholic drug addicts!” […]