In a really great conversation with Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage and his co-host Matt Stocks on a recent episode of the Stoke the Fire podcast, Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe shared his thoughts on what he thinks makes a perfect front person. It’s an age-old debate, but when you have masters of the […]
Pallbearer and Stygian Bough, the project between Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin, are closing out their year with a handful of West Coast dates. The shows also close out Pallbearer‘s recent touring celebrations of their 2012 album Sorrow & Extinction, and presumably begin to usher in the next age of the band. Advertisement. Scroll to […]
Here’s a premise for you – Alice in Chains go back in time to 1999, kidnap the members of Backstreet Boys Taken-style, and turn the pop song “I Want It That Way” into a super moody grunge classic. Sounds too good to be true, right? Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. If this sounds like anything you’d want to hear, […]
From a respectable opening on Day 1 to a veritable dustbowl on Day 2, and then a gargantuan mudslide on Day 3, the 2022 Blue Ridge Festival has been nothing else if not an interesting outing for those who made the trek. But whether the element of chance promised smooth sailing or stormy weather, both […]
It doesn’t feel unfair to call Clutch inimitable at this stage, does it? There simply isn’t another band that does it like they do. After three decades of making the space they occupy in the rock scene indisputably theirs they’ve played with the formulas, injected their brand of effortless cool and turned all the groove-makers […]
Soilwork guitarist David Andersson has died at 47 years old. Andersson played with Soilwork between 2012 and 2022, with his most recent effort being the band’s latest record Övergivenheten. Andersson also played in The Night Flight Orchestra since 2007, had recently joined Gang Of Old Ladies, and will be sorely missed. Advertisement. Scroll to continue […]
Torche is now streaming their surprise new single “It Never Began” from what the band is dubbing an “upcoming double single release.” The single was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Torche guitarist Jonathan Nuñez at Sound Artillery Studio and features artwork from Dick Lucas (Subhumans, Culture Shock, Citizen Fish). Download the single, as well as […]
If you’ve been jonesing for a Ghost ritual lately, especially in Europe, Tobias Forge feels your pain. Ghost—instead of making the typical festival rounds this year—is currently out on a late-summer jaunt through North America with Mastodon and Spiritbox, something Forge seemed to indicate was a decision made partly out of having hands tied. Advertisement. […]
Greetings tech fiends, it’s that time of the week again. Before we dive into today’s column, here’s the usual weekly reminder that if you’re looking to find even more sick bands, you can do so here. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Around the midway point through 2021, a new project called Withered Throne came into being […]
A.A. Williams is now streaming her beautifully slow, sorrowful new single “The Echo” off the coming new record As The Moon Rests due out October 7. The single clocks in at seven minutes long, and uses all seven of those minutes to build toward a gorgeously climactic finish, captured visually by Fraser West. Personally, I […]