Ex-Tesla Guitarist Tommy Skeoch Recruited for New Project with Brian...
It’s the obvious low-hanging fruit, so I won’t make some joke about Tesla cars and Tesla the band because, what purpose would it serve besides making me giggle? BUT, since...
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Q&A: Max Cavalera (Cavalera) Gets Schizophrenic
Cavalera (or Cavalera Conspiracy) are re-living old glories on the re-recordings of classic Sepultura death-thrash platters Bestial Devastation, Morbid Visions, and Schizophrenia. Not only are these revisits from the heart,...
Upcoming Ramones Tribute to Feature GWAR, Napalm Death, and More
Ya know, the Ramones are the kind of band that really do need to be celebrated outside of whatever Halloween cover band scenario might align at the end of the...
Converge Add More Tour Dates to Their 2025 Plans
With some festival dates already nailed down for later this year, Converge have opted to fill out their touring calendar a little more with the addition of a handful of...
Ingested Unveil the First Single with Their New Lineup, “Altar...
Roughly four months after Jason Evans left the band, U.K. death metal outfit Ingested have officially announced earlier today that their lineup’s back to 100% capacity, as they’ve formally confirmed...
Reborn in Blasphemy: Revisiting Pavor’s ‘A Pale Debilitating Autumn’ Album...
We are hanging out at my place in San Diego, sometime in 2003. San Diego had this amazing website going back in the day, SDMetal.org, and all the top forumites...
Dio’s “Holy Diver” Turns 40
In 1983 vocalist Ronnie James Dio wasn’t long removed from his inaugural stint with Black Sabbath. With Iommi and Co., he helped reinvent a band that was losing steam and...
Metallica’s “Kill ‘Em All” Turns 40
Metallica has been a cultural commodity for so long that it’s difficult to imagine their lives before global fame. Fortunately, there is a time capsule: the band’s life-altering debut Kill...
Black Sabbath’s “Born Again” Turns 40
Born Again is the strangest album in Black Sabbath’s career and the product of their strangest era. It might be the most bizarre album in heavy metal’s 50-plus-year history. Unsurprisingly,...
Mercyful Fate’s “Melissa” Turns 40
Metal fans have used many superlatives to praise Mercyful Fate’s Hall of Fame-certified debut, Melissa. Still, few have discussed how different the album was from everything else at the time....
