HEAVY EVENTS The Woodstock Music & Art Fair kicked off 52 years ago today (August 15th–18th, 1969), on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. 400,000 people showed up to watch 32 bands perform including JIMI HENDRIX, THE WHO, CROSBY STILLS NASH ...
West Coast death metal trailblazers, Ripped To Shreds, have announced their Relapse debut full-length 劇變 (Jubian), out October 14. The band’s new video for “Reek Of Burning Freedom”, directed by Kevin Burleigh, can be viewed below. Physical pre-orders ...
Scorpions have released the official fan video for "Rock Believer, the title track of the band's latest album. Says the band: "Thank you for sharing your videos with us, seeing you all rocking out to our tracks means the world to us." Scorpions previo...
KISS icon Gene Simmons is the featured guest on Episode 660 of Dean Delray's Let There Be Talk podcast, which can be heard below. During the interview, Simmons discusses the band's ongoing End Of The Road farewell tour, as well as the possibility of KI...
International all-star melodic death metal project Act Of Denial - founded by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim) and guitarist Luger (Koziak, Benighted-Cro) - has entered the studio and started working on a new album that will be re...
Albert Bouchard has released a music video for the song, “Shadow Of California”, featured on his album, Imaginos II - Bombs Over Germany (minus zero and counting). Watch below: Albert Bouchard is best known as a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult, al...
Aero-Zombie Death Metal! Swedish death metal with that classic “Sunlight Studio” production. The new EP, following the debut album Fly The Fiendish Skies, featuring Rogga Johansson and the death metal elite. The story of the airborne zombies from Fly T...
Russian Deathcore demolishers, Slaughter To Prevail, have dropped their new track "1984". It's the first new music from the band since their 2021 release, Kostolom. The new song is accompanied by an official music video which can be viewed below. Find ...
Portuguese dark metal masters, Moonspell, have announced the cancellation of their planned North American tour. Says Moonspell: "We have no other option than to cancel our American Fullmoon tour with Swallow The Sun and Witherfall that would start Augu...
Arch Enemy performed at the Alcatraz Metal Festival 2022 in Kortrijk, Belgium on August 14th. Pro-shot video of their full show can be viewed below. The setlist was as follows: "The World Is Yours" "Deceiver, Deceiver" "Ravenous" "War Eternal" "In the...
Been delayed a couple of times, but good things come to those who wait... the fourth album by Oakland's best new hope, Hell Fire. While the hyperbolic press release throws around a lot of (dangerous) comparisons to the greatest names in metal over the ...
Politicians from across Birmingham have used the ‘heavy metal’ bench on Westside to launch a campaign for a royal honour to be given to rock legends, Black Sabbath. The new demands follow the band’s “barnstorming” surprise performance at the Commonweal...
by Mark Gromen Calling themselves LatiNWOBHM (Latino Wave of British Heavy Metal), a trio of LA scene veterans are set to launch an eponymous six-track debut. On the mic, the considerable talents of James-Paul Luna (Holy Grail, White Wizzard). Man can ...
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again said that he doesn't know exactly when and where the final concert of the band's "End Of The Road" tour will take place. KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 but was forced to put it on hold ...