Just when you thought you’d heard everything that Bay Area behemoths Machine Head could throw at you, from the glory days of Burn My Eyes and the sledgehammer resurgence of The Blackening, Robb Flynn pops up with a question: “What about a concept album, have we done that yet?” Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Given […]

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 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 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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

“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 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 […]