Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest will return to Denver for its fifth round, tapping the Fillmore Auditorium as home of the world’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, 2026. Southern doom supergroup Down will make its first Denver appearance in over 12 years to headline Saturday night... Continue Reading →
Nuclear Blast Records will release a remastered edition of heavy metal supergroup Down's third album, "Over the Under," on June 19, 2026. Pre-order if here, and hear the remastered version of "N.O.D." below. Initially released in fall 2007, "Over the Under" was produced by Warren Riker, delivering over 60 minutes of sonic frustration with songs addressing... Continue Reading →
Kirk Windstein of Down, Crowbar and Kingdom of Sorrow fame has unleashed his second solo album, "Ethereal Waves," through Perseverance Media Group, the label of Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta. He also has shared a lyric video for the song "Lord of Retribution." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ruUabfSu0 "Ethereal Waves" is a 10-song journey into the mind of one of the most prolific... Continue Reading →
Crowbar, which is readying to kick off a U.S. co-headline tour with fellow NOLA band Eyehategod, will welcome current Down bassist Pat Bruders (ex-Crowbar, ex-Goatwhore) to the lineup for its remaining 2025 shows. Bruders will fill in for Crowbar bassist Shane Wesley, who is on tour with Acid Bath. “Due to Shane’s prior commitments with Acid... Continue Reading →
New hard rock act Sun Don't Shine has returned with its next single, "Coming Down," following the previous release of "The Promise Song." Watch the music video below. Sun Don't Shine features an all-star lineup of Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Silvertomb), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, Down), Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Silvertomb) and Todd Strange... Continue Reading →
New Orleans, Louisiana, metal icons Crowbar and Eyehategod will team up for a summer 2025 U.S. co-headline tour. The run will kick off Aug. 8 in Tampa, Fla., and close Aug. 30 in New Orleans. It also will include a performance on the Rocks Off Concert Cruise in New York City. Crowbar and Eyehategod last... Continue Reading →
Heavy metal supergroup Down—vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders—has signed with Nuclear Blast Records and is slated to release its long-awaited new full-length album in 2026. “Nuclear Blast is proud to be in the trenches with NOLA legends Down as their partner in their long overdue return to... Continue Reading →
Louder Than Life has unveiled its 2025 lineup, featuring more than 160 bands performing on six stage from Sept. 18 to 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The 11th edition of Louder Than Life boasts the largest lineup in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents. In addition to the previously announced return... Continue Reading →
"Gold," the long-awaited debut full-length from the Phil Anselmo-fronted black metal project Scour, is out now on Housecore Records in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe. Scour's lineup features Anselmo (Pantera, Down), Derek Engemann (Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals), John Jarvis (Nest, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Mark Kloeppel (Misery Index) and Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer,... Continue Reading →
Milwaukee Metal Fest has added Black Label Society, Devin Townsend, Enslaved, Suicide Silence and Macabre to its 2025 lineup. The event will take place May 16 to 18, with a pre-party on May 15, once again at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tickets are available here. "It’s not even November yet and we’re thrilled... Continue Reading →
