Metallic hardcore act Knocked Loose has shared the new song "Hive Mind" featuring rapper Denzel Curry. A music video, directed by Eric Richter and frontman Bryan Garris filmed in the band’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, at the iconic skate spot David Armstrong Extreme Park, can be seen below. "This is something we've talked about doing... Continue Reading →
The music set times and additional onsite experiences have been announced for the seventh Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. The event will feature 66 rock and metal bands across three stages, along with more than 100 tattoo artists and haunted attractions, July 18 to 20 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents also has launched the 2025 Inkcarceration mobile app so... Continue Reading →
The Unhinged Festival has announced the addition of the Unhinged Tattoo Experience presented by Ink’d and Amp’d for the July 26 and 27, 2025, destination event at National Western Stockyards in Denver, Colorado. The event will feature top extreme music artists, craft beer tasting and a full-scale tattoo convention. As previously announced, headliners Knocked Loose (Saturday) and Lamb of God (Sunday) will be joined by In This Moment, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Body... Continue Reading →
Slayer will make its only East Coast appearance in 2025 on Sept. 20, headlining Hershey, Pennsylvania's 30,000-seat Hersheypark Stadium with support from Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing "Chaos A.D.") and Exodus (performing "Bonded by Blood"). Ticket pre-sales are available starting at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, April 8 , ahead of the general... Continue Reading →
Poppy made her return to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Monday, March 10, 2025, less than four months after appearing on the show—and frightening some unsuspecting viewers—with hardcore act Knocked Loose. This time around, she performed "The Cost of Giving Up" from her latest album, "Negative Spaces" (Live Metal's pick for the best of 2024). Poppy's... Continue Reading →
Brew Ha Ha Productions, one of the nation’s leading independent music festival producers, will present the inaugural Unhinged Festival on July 26 and 27, 2025, at National Western Stockyards in Denver, Colorado. The event, produced in collaboration with AEG Rocky Mountains, will feature hardcore heavyweight Knocked Loose headlining Saturday and metal giant Lamb of God closing out Sunday. The... 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 →
Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch and Falling in Reverse lead the lineup for the 2025 edition of the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival. The event—featuring more than 60 rock and metal bands performing on three stages, over 100 tattoo artists and haunted attractions—is set for July 18 to 20 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Friday... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki — I feel like a broken record, saying it year after year, but man, what a year for heavy music. 2024 was full of genre- and subgenre-defining and defying releases by artists new, old and older—not to mention some of the highest profile moments we’ve seen in our space in some time,... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki — What a year. For the first time in what feels like forever, heavy music infiltrated the mainstream in a big way in 2024. And it happened without a hint of compromise, showing the world what metal is all about without being watered down for mass consumption. The year was full of... Continue Reading →
