Category: News

Kirkuk heavy metal band challenges cultural stereotypes  Rudaw

Iraq’s first heavy metal takes on corruption, religion, stereotypes.

Song You Need to Know: Vltimas, ‘Total Destroy!’  Rolling Stone

On subgenre-defining albums like 1993’s Covenant, his bestial roar — “Was that a bear?” Butt-Head quipped upon viewing the video for that LP’s closing track …

Why Aren’t There More Openly Gay Heavy Metal Musicians? TESTAMENT’s ALEX SKOLNICK Weighs In  BLABBERMOUTH.NET

During a recent appearance on “The Jasta Show”, TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick discussed the fact that there are very few openly homosexual musicians …

Stoner Metal Kings Sleep Detail ‘Live at Third Man’ Vinyl Release  Rolling Stone

Sleep, the doom-metal act behind cult classics like 2003’s Dopesmoker, is releasing a 4-LP live album through Third Man Records’ quarterly vault subscription …

We asked Ghost’s Tobias Forge if metal will rule the planet again. This is what he said  Louder

Inrto to comeThe Ghost frontman casts a milky eye over 21st century metal – and looks to what the future holds.

10 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2019  Consequence of Sound

Get ready, ’cause 2019 is shaping up to be the biggest year in metal in a long time. While 2018 saw a number of stellar releases by up-and-coming and …

Weekend in the 608: Bluegrass, punk, metal and classical music lineups in Madison  Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3

Madison presents several potentially wild, multi-band, genre-specific, local musical lineups this weekend. At the Majestic Theater, it’s bluegrass on Friday and …

The 10 best metal music videos of 2018  Louder

We count down the best music videos to come from the world of metal this year.

10 transcendent albums that made 2018 a great year for extreme metal  Mashable

Extreme metal has been having a fantastic year with tons of bands busting out some of their best albums yet. Here are 10 of the best.