Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher will release his first solo album, titled "Corpsegrinder," on Feb. 4, 2022. The 10-song effort was co-produced by Nick Bellmore (Dee Snider/Kingdom of Sorrow) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed). The album features a guest appearance from Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) on the track "Acid Vat" and will be released through Jasta's... Continue Reading →
Multi-platinum Danish band Volbeat has shared its version of “Don’t Tread on Me” from the forthcoming album "The Metallica Blacklist." The album features more than 50 artists contributing interpretations of their favorite cut from Metallica’s self-titled fifth album, celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Metallica" (aka “The Black Album”). All profits from "The Metallica Blacklist" will be donated to charity, benefiting... Continue Reading →
Bullet for My Valentine has released "Parasite," the second single from its recently announced self-titled album, due Oct. 22, 2021, via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy. "For 'Parasite,' we just wanted to let the song rip," video director Fiona Garden said. "The intensity and fury of the track tears along, pure performance and vitality. Along the way, in a world defined by blinding... Continue Reading →
Pennsylvania hard rock/metal band The Letter Black has released “Born for This,” the second single from its upcoming self-titled album—and heaviest release to date—due out Aug. 6, 2021, on Rockfest Records. Watch the music video below. The song addresses the pressures of life, the feeling of no escape, then reaching the ultimate revelation to ignore... Continue Reading →
Bullet for My Valentine will release its seventh, self-titled album on Oct. 22, 2021, via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy. Watch the video for the new single, "Knives," directed by Fiona Garden, below. "This is the beginning of Bullet 2.0," vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck said. "It signifies where we are right now. The music is fresh, it's aggressive, it's... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God will release a three-disc deluxe edition of last year’s self-titled album featuring the full record with two bonus tracks and a live version of the album, along with a DVD performance of "Lamb of God," on March 26, 2021, via Epic Records. “This album, and in particular, this deluxe edition is something I'm incredibly... Continue Reading →
Lamb of God’s new video for the single “Memento Mori” — which will appear on their upcoming self-titled LP (May 8th) — focuses on a man unaware of a deadly virus spreading across the world. Watch it inside! Singer Randy Blythe says he came up with the concept for the video months before the coronavirus... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki ----- On its previous release, 2015’s “Up,” Pop Evil took its biggest turn yet toward the “pop” part of its name, leaning hard in the direction of alternative rock. The self-titled follow-up, the band’s fifth album, indicates that might have been a one-off detour, showing Pop Evil at its most aggressive... Continue Reading →
LIVE PHOTOS: Sevendust, He is Legend, Never Your Zero ----- Review by Greg Maki ----- In spring 1997, I was 17 years old and finishing my senior year of high school. Though I had been raised on loud guitars and thunderous drums, I had become disillusioned with a lot of rock music in the mid-’90s,... Continue Reading →
