By Greg Maki Now THIS is Rob Zombie. Make no mistake, he’s always been one of a kind throughout a music and movie career that now spans four decades. But he’s seemingly spent much of the past 20 years running from the industrialized metal sound on which he gained his fame, first with White Zombie... Continue Reading →
Veteran metal band Corrosion of Conformity will release its long-awaited double album, "Good God/Baad Man," on April 3, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. Watch the music video for the new single "Gimme Some Moore" below, and pre-order the album here. Much has gone down in the COC since its last album. In 2018, when the... Continue Reading →
Veteran metal band Corrosion of Conformity will return to stages in spring 2026 on a North American headline tour supported by Whores and Crobot. The journey will commence with a pair of headline shows on April 7 and April 8 in Atlanta, Georgia, and Greensboro, North Carolina, respectively, with Whores. From there, the band will... Continue Reading →
Polish extreme metal band Behemoth will tour North America in spring 2026 with support from Deicide, Rotting Christ and Immolation. The Godless IV Tour will kick off April 14 in San Diego, California, and travel across the country and back, ending May 21 in Los Angeles, California. It includes Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple festival appearances.... Continue Reading →
German thrash metal band Kreator has shared the next single from its upcoming 16th full-length effort "Krushers of the World" (Jan. 16, 2026, Nuclear Blast Records; pre-order here)— "Tränenpalast," an homage to the 1977 Dario Argento cult horror classic "Suspiria." While the lead melody references the film's original score by Italian prog band Goblin, lending... Continue Reading →
Long-running German thrash metal band Kreator will release its 16th studio album, "Krushers of the World," on Jan. 16, 2026, via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-order/pre-save it here in various configurations. The new album follows the recent releases of the Kreator documentary "Hate & Hope" and frontman Mille Petrozza's autobiography, "Your Heaven, My Hell." "We are... Continue Reading →
Long-running metal band Soulfly, fronted by Max Cavalera, will release its 13th tribally fueled album, "Chama," on Oct. 24, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-order/save the album here, and watch the lyric video for the first single, "Storm the Gates," below. "Chama is the Brazilian word for flame," Cavalera said. "It also means a 'calling.' Respect to... Continue Reading →
Finnish metal band Beast in Black has collaborated with "Diablo," the franchise that defined the action RPG genre and manga "Berserk" on the exclusive new song "Enter the Behelit." The track is available on limited-edition vinyl and via worldwide digital distribution, and is accompanied by a music video. The crossover event with Berserk, the classic manga written and... 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 →
Polish extreme metal band Behemoth has unveiled a music video for the new single "Lvciferaeon" from its upcoming 13th studio album, "The Shit ov God" (May 9, 2025; pre-order/save here). Similar to "The Shadow Elite," the previous single from the new album, "Lvciferaeon" encapsulates the band's black metal roots and the vicious grandeur of modern-era Behemoth. "It seems fitting... Continue Reading →
