Category Archives: Hard Rock/Metal

Check Out An Extra Early Stream Of XENOBIOTIC’s Pulverizing EP Hate Monolith

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. Are you ready for some rad new music from Australia? Because we’ve got the […]

BAD OMENS Drops “Concrete Jungle” Video, Announces Tour With DAYSEEKER, MAKE THEM SUFFER & THOUSAND BELOW

Bad Omens is now streaming their new music video for “Concrete Jungle” directed by Orie McGinness. The single is from the latest Bad Omens record The Death Of Peace Of Mind, out now and available here. And if you haven’t heard that just yet, you really should – Bad Omens is doing radio-friendly rock anthems […]

CYBORG OCTOPUS’ New Single “Trash Island” Is A Surfy Progressive Metal Nightmare

Cyborg Octopus will release their first new record in six years Between The Light And Air on August 26, and we’re streaming the perfectly weird single “Trash Island” right now. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “Trash Island” is all about being garbage, eating garbage, and dying from consuming plastic found in just about everything these […]

“I Feel Like We Have To Save Heavy Metal”

Singer Johannes Eckerström of Swedish metal act Avatar recently told TotalRock  the band’s next album is recorded and mixed, and the band are eyeing a 2023 release. As for what the vibe of the LP is like, Eckerström got to the point: “The short version is we will make you see the devil, and we will make you dance. […]

AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s Vocalist Really Doesn’t Like Dolby Atmos Mixes

It seems quite often that I find myself writing about Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows and his seemingly endless nuggets of knowledge. Shadows tweeted last week “To me Dolby Atmos sounds objectively worse than a stereo mix,” speaking about the surround sound technology that many DSPs—such as Apple Music and Tidal—have adopted as their default […]

DØDHEIMSGARD’s VICOTNIK Is Black Metal’s “Supervillain Outcast”: 10 Amazing Moments

“Så tetnet tåken til sist.Så vandrer vi endelig til Dødheimsgard.Tilvaerelsens morkeste elementerhar stenket jorden med en gravskjendig ild.” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “Then the fog finally thickened.Then we finally walked to Dødheimsgard.Existences’ dark elementshave spattered the earth with a grave-desecrating fire.” Yusaf “Vicotnik” Parvez is recognized as one of black metal’s greatest artists. Yet, […]

NICKELBACK Is Teasing New Music And It Sounds Pretty Heavy

Nickelback is teasing their first new music since their 2017 album Feed The Machine and it actually sounds pretty heavy? I mean seriously, the band has posted the below teaser and while it’s not much to go on, it’s certainly sounding pretty beefy with those opening panic chords and Morbid Angel pickscrape into the main […]

KATATONIA Announces First North American Tour In Five Years With THE OCEAN & CELLAR DARLING

Katatonia is coming back to North America for the first time in five years and they’re bringing The Ocean and Cellar Darling with ’em! Katatonia announced in June they’d signed to Napalm Records for a “new chapter” of the band, so here’s hoping this tour also means new music is coming. Get the dates below. […]

FUMING MOUTH’s Vocalist Has Been Declared Cancer Free

Fuming Mouth guitarist and vocalist Mark Whelan was sadly diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in November 2021. Whelan underwent rounds of chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant to battle his AML, and as of this week has been declared cancer free! Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. In a post on Fuming Mouth‘s Instagram, Whelan […]