Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

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 […]

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, 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, 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 […]

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, 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 […]

Waltteri Väyrynen announced his departure from Paradise Lost yesterday, though he’s clearly not out of work. Opeth has announced Väyrynen as their new full-time drummer, replacing drummer Martin Axenrot who left the band in 2021. In their statement, Opeth also thanks drummer Sami Karppinen (Therion) for taking over the live reins as they searched for a new and […]

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 […]

P.O.D. has a handful of tour dates coming up with Korn and Jinjer, and has recruited ex-Suicide Silence drummer Alex Lopez for all of ’em. On his new live position, Lopez offered “Payable on death. Tour starts tomorrow and I’m super grateful and honored to drum for these dudes for the rest of the year. […]

Love-ins are nothing new to the hardcore scene. Those of you who have dared to leave the house and gotten back to your regular, pre-COVID show-going schedule may have noticed a preponderance of dudes excitedly greeting each other, locked in mutual bear hugs, administering rotor cuff-tearing handshakes and countless bro-hugs (y’know the one: where the […]