by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 28, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates
Legendary Pantera bassist Rex Brown has signed a worldwide deal with eOne Records. Brown plans to release his yet-to-be-titled debut solo LP later this year. Brown emphasized, “I’ve been working on these songs for a long time.” Brown’s solo effort includes him on...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 28, 2017 | News, Touring, Updates
Yesterday, word got out that Slayer, Lamb of God and Behemoth might be touring together in what would be one of the most metal tours of the summer. Slayer, of course, is Slayer. The thrashiest of the big four, and standard-bearers of heavy. Lamb of God is their...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 28, 2017 | In The Studio, News, Updates
One of the biggest left-field rock hits in recent years was the Disturbed cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.” Uncharacteristically acoustic, it was faithful to the original in a way that the band’s other covers...
by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 27, 2017 | News, Releases, Updates
It wasn’t too long ago when we heard about Megadeth’s plan to tour twice this year in North America and Dave Mustaine hinting at a new album. 2016 was probably Megadeth’s most successful year, and it only took them 34 years, 12 Grammy nominations, and fifteen...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 27, 2017 | Crime, Updates
Back in 2008, onetime Static-X guitarist Tripp Eisen, who’d also logged time in Dope, Murderdolls and Roughhouse, went to jail for a year. The reason he was in jail was a pretty gross one – it was a parole violation from his original crime, in which...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 24, 2017 | News, Updates
There’s been a reversal of fortune for Thy Art is Murder frontman CJ McMahon. Back at the end of 2015, he’d left the band, stating that he just wasn’t making enough money. They continued on for another year, but at the beginning of this year,...