Metal playlists from the underground
Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward will not be reuniting with the rest of the band this summer. Ward issued an official statement regarding the manner on his website BillWard.com. He is especially sorry that he cannot perform with guitarist Tony Iommi who has been battling cancer. From a Sabbath’s fan perspective, this is very […]
Thrash metal giants Testament have announced that Dark roots of Earth will come out this July – July 27 in Europe and July 31 in US. Great news indeed.
US tour dates are now available for The Love Below. The tour runs from May 19 in Pomona to June 24 in Phoenix. The band’s debut album Every Tongue Shall Caress features 13 brutal tunes in less than 24 minutes. Here are the dates in support of the new album: 5/19/2012 The Glass House – […]
Joey Ramone’s posthumous release …Ya Know? is now streaming at the Rolling Stone website. Listen to the late Ramones frontman’s album here.It’s good stuff overall. Joey never fails to impress.
Few Against Many, the forthcoming record from Firewind, will officially release in the US on May 22. You can watch video below of guitarist Gus G. (also plays with Ozzy Osbourne) taking you through a track-by-track rundown of the new material. The Greek power metal group is one of the finest in the industry, so […]
Watching studio footage of Cattle Decapitation singer Travis Ryan laying it down for the new album Monolith of Inhumanity is freaking hilarious. See the video below. It is an eleven-minute riot. It is particularly awesome when Ryan switches between melodic vocal lines and death-grinding lunacy. Wow, it is just insane.
Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo’s new band PHILM will release Harmonic tomorrow. Go to AOL Music to stream the album in its entirety starting today. It is pretty wild and bad ass experimental metal; not Slayer thrashy, more like jazzy thrashy. We dig it and so you will you. Philm are Dave Lombardo (Drums), Gerry Nestler (Vocal […]
It looks like the Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) drama is calming down. Last week, there was talk that Snider bashed Sixx’s book Heroin Diaries in his autobiography Shut Up and Give Me the Mic. Today, the Mötley Crüe bassist invited the Twisted Sister frontman on his radio show Sixx Sense […]
Earlier today, it was reported that Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) rejoined supergroup Velvet Revolver. Well now it is time to stop enjoying that fantastic Monday morning news. Lead guitarist Slash told 93X in Minneapolis that Weiland is not in contact with VR and has not rejoined the band. “I have absolutely no intention of […]
One hell of a metal tour is headed your way in North America this summer – Lamb of God, Dethklok, and Gojira are teaming up for a killer set of shows. Here are the dates. I’ll see you at the Roseland show on August 29th! Aug. 01 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Thater Aug. 02 […]