Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

ONCE HUMAN, CRYPTA, LIFE OF AGONY & HAND OF JUNO Members Team Up For Crushing SEPULTURA Cover

We’ve teamed up with Lauren Hart (Once Human, Divine Heresy), Tainá Bergamaschi (Crypta), Veronica Bellino (Life Of Agony), and Alice Lane (Hand of Juno) for one hell of a Sepultura cover. Check out the quartet laying complete and total waste to Sepultura‘s 1993 track “Territory” in support of Women’s Equality Day, and then check it […]

PSYCROPTIC’s Bassist Names His Top Five Technical Death Metal Bands

Who influences the tech death madness of Psycroptic? Well, we sat down with bassist Todd Stern to discuss to find out! The following was entirely written by Stern himself between (presumably) laying down the sweet, sweet bass shred. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Admittedly, I can hardly look anyone in the face these days and […]

TYPE O NEGATIVE Announces Dead Again Reissue For November

After a little teasing earlier this week, Type O Negative has officially announced the reissue of their long-out-of-print 2007 album Dead Again! The 15th anniversary version of Dead Again will arrive on November 25 and will feature the original album alongside a handful of bonus tracks. The full running order of the record is: “Dead […]

MUSE Singer Credits Son For Turning Him On To SLIPKNOT, Influencing New Album

If you’ve been listening to any of the new singles from British rock outfit Muse, then you may have noticed something: a considerable amount of heavy metal influence. As it turns out, that was no accident or fluke, it was by design, as Muse vocalist Matt Bellamy told Zane Lowe on his Apple podcast. Not […]

Explore The Dutch Death Metal Scene With STEVEN WILLEM’s New Book Streams Of Ancient Wisdom

For death metal fans, a few key scenes loom large: Florida, Sweden, Great Britain, you know the drill. For dedicated death metal devotees, however, the Dutch death metal scene holds a special place in the history of the style. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Big names like Asphyx, Thanatos, and Gorefest made mighty contributions to […]

DEVIN TOWNSEND Streams “Moonpeople,” Announces New Album Lightwork For October

After what feels like forever talking about it, Devin Townsend has officially announced his new record Lightwork for October 28. Townsend is now streaming the debut single “Moonpeople” alongside a video detailing his time in Spain. Lightwork is available for pre-order here in a variety of configurations, including with a second album called Nightwork. Check […]

SKELETONWITCH Working On First New Material Since 2018

Looks like Skeletonwitch has begun work on the follow-up to their 2018 record Devouring Radiant Light. All we know so far is that there’s new material in the works, given the below screenshot of the band’s recent Instagram story. So y’know, get stoked for some new Skeletonwitch in the future. It’ll skeleton your witches or […]

THE WEEKLY INJECTION – New Releases From MACHINE HEAD, SIGH & More Out Today 8/26

This week’s new heavy metal releases include melodic goth grooves, just a lot of different flavors of chaos, and more! You can also check out select new releases here on vinyl via Gimme Metal. Now to the metals… Becoming The Archetype – Children Of The Great Extinction Genre: Progressive metal/deathcoreOrigin: Atlanta/Dacula, GeorgiaLabel: Solid State Advertisement. Scroll […]

ENSLAVED Pays Tribute To The ’70s With New Single “Kingdom”

Enslaved is back with a brand new single called “Kingdom” and it might be one of the band’s best songs they’ve ever released. Though that’s easy to say that about anything Enslaved ever does considering how good they are, but still – I’m sticking to it. The hooks are great and the riffs are killer, […]