Album Review: Despised Icon – ‘Shadow Work’

Album Review: Despised Icon – ‘Shadow Work’

There’s something almost romantic about the idea that Despised Icon managed to survive both deathcore’s mid-2000s cultural extinction and the internet’s insatiable need to parody anything sincere. Every metal band eventually has to confront its own...
Volbeat scores twelfth #1 spot on the charts

Volbeat scores twelfth #1 spot on the charts

Volbeat just scored their twelfth No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart with “Time Will Heal,” which is either a miracle or a statistical inevitability, depending on how you feel about guitar solos in the year 2025. It’s the kind of record that shouldn’t even...
Babylon LA and Jackass Rock Las Vegas Complexicon

Babylon LA and Jackass Rock Las Vegas Complexicon

Crazy busy weekend for news. Las Vegas isn’t short on noise, but this past weekend at ComplexCon, the loudest thing in the room wasn’t a sound — it was a collaboration. Babylon LA, the Los Angeles streetwear label founded by Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson of...
Weight of the Tide vocalist Mark Moots launches podcast

Weight of the Tide vocalist Mark Moots launches podcast

If you’ve ever driven through Reno, you already understand why a sludge metal band could be born there. The city feels like the place you go when Las Vegas is too ambitious. There’s neon, but it flickers. There’s nightlife, but it smells like truck stop coffee and...