A few weeks have flown since we shared 37 albums recently announced. Since then there’s now 2129 New & Noteworthy metal releases on record this year. In the fast-moving world of new music, missing even a week means missing countless new songs and album...
Photos/Review: GWAR unleash Gor Gor at House of Blues Anaheim with Helmet, Dwarves, and Blood Vulture – 10/23/2025
Not much in life is guaranteed, but you can always count on Richmond, Virginia’s, scumdogs of the universe, GWAR to do an October/November fall tour every year to deliver their over-the-top bloody massacre on stage. Here in 2025, the band is headlining their...
Album Review: Sumo Cyco – ‘Neon Void’
Narrowing down Sumo Cyco is a weird contractual negotiation between three things that usually don’t talk to each other on good terms: Metal, Disney pop style hooks, and Punk’s social anxiety. Not a bad thing, but the obvious contradiction makes for an epic...
Album Review: The Acacia Strain – ‘You Are Safe From God Here’
There are bands you can joke about, and then there are bands you just don’t. The Acacia Strain belongs firmly in the second category. They’re basically a physics experiment on how much sonic weight you can drop on a human skull before it liquefies. They operate on a...
Album Review: Mammoth – ‘The End’
Mammoth has been a band on the rise since day one, and the latest album, The End, proves why success has been inevitable. Wolfgang Van Halen is a Grammy Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, vocalist, and producer, which sets him apart from so many others...



