More and more, festivals are becoming the driving force for touring rock and metal bands. While obviously there were none in 2020, festivals are returning in force in 2021, mostly in late summer and early fall. Headliners and co-headliners include such heavy hitters as Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Rob Zombie, the original Misfits, Korn,... Continue Reading →
This was THE album for rock and metal fans for the summer of 2000. I had just moved into my very own apartment for the first time and "White Pony" became the soundtrack of this time in my life. From the mega-hit "Change (In the House of Flies)" to "Digital Bath" and the rap rocker... Continue Reading →
Ahead of the release of TesseracT's much-anticipated new studio "Sonder," the band has revealed the first official video for the new single "King." The emotive and viscerally challenging clip was directed by Kyle Kadow and Steven Cleavland and shot in a snowy Wisconsin following a brutal storm, which all added to the atmospheric footage. As... Continue Reading →
Review by Jeff Maki ---- The much-hyped new “supergroup,” CyHra—featuring former In Flames members, bassist Peter Iwers and guitarist Jesper Strömblad, alongside ex-Amaranthe singer Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg and drummer Alex Landenburg (Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody)—released its debut album “Letters to Myself,” Oct. 20 on an unsuspecting audience, and for those fans who’s expectations are high, lower... Continue Reading →
Mastodon's seventh album, "Emperor of Sand," finally saw this critically acclaimed Sabbath-inspired, stoner-heavy metal band break through into the mainstream in prehistoric proportions. The first single, a Queens of the Stone Age-style rocker, "Show Yourself" peaked at #4 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart and was in heavy rotation on Sirius XM's Octane. It didn't stop... Continue Reading →
