Punishing new track “Stygian Valley” from Uncured – Upcoming dates w/DevilDriver, Children of Bodom

Uncured delivers a punishing new song “Stygian Valley,” streaming below. It features ripping guitar work from 17 year-old guitar god Rex Cox and 19-year old brother Zak Cox. Yeah, you read that correctly—these dudes are that young and loaded with sick talent. It’s scary man. “Stygian Valley” is brutal, thrashy, melodic, and slightly progressive. These New […]

“Despacito” metal cover from Frog Leap Studios, Leo Moracchioli strikes again

Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios has been delivering amazing metal covers on his YouTube channel for several years now. They are all awesome and each video contains topnotch production quality. The latest cover from the Norwegian-based musician is “Despacito,” that Luis Fonsi song, later covered by Justin Bieber, you hear 7,000 times per day. […]

Kickin Valentina to release “Imaginary Creatures,” a huge rock album, on August 11 through Mighty Music

Kickin Valentina may be the best hard rock band that you’ve never heard of. They’ve opened for the likes of Fozzy, Sebastian Bach, Pop Evil, and Queensryche over the years, which are pretty kickass achievements to have under the belt; however the band hasn’t taken over the world—yet. The good news is that you still […]

Sepultura’s “Chaos A.D.” and “Roots” getting the remastered treatment this fall

Two of the greatest metal albums of all-time are seeing their own remastered expanded editions this fall. Sepultura’s pioneering albums Chaos A.D. and Roots will be rereleased by Rhino on October 6 and November 3, 2017 respectively. The Chaos A.D. Expanded Edition includes the band’s devastatingly heavy Black Sabbath cover of “Symptom of the Universe” from the Nativity […]

“Appetite for Destruction” came out 30 years ago today, Guns N’ Roses made hard rock music so much cooler with debut album

Guns N’ Roses released Appetite for Destruction on July 21, 1987. Since then the landmark hard rock album sold over 30 million copies [estimated from wikipedia], averaging 10 million copies per decade. That is remarkable considering the band was fairly inactive for 15+ years and didn’t even see a proper reunion of frontman Axl, guitarist […]