Gary Holt’s memoir ‘A Fabulous Disaster’ arrives April 2025

Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt will release his memoir, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way, on April 8, 2025, via Hachette Books. Featuring a foreword by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, the book chronicles Holt's journey...

Furnace Fest to return in 2025

Despite an uncertain future ahead, it looks like Furnace Fest will return in 2025. In late 2023, the event organizers expressed concern about the festival continuing after 2024. However, it looks like things are moving forward, as the organizers issued the following...

System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian reflects on nu-metal era

System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian recently spoke with Matt Pinfield on 95.5 KLOS's New & Approved, reflecting on the nu-metal movement that dominated the mid-late nineties and went well into the mid-2000s. Odadjian expressed how it wasn't necessarily a genre...

Chilean metal band Mawiza sign with Season of Mist

Chilean metal outfit Mawiza, have sown their paths in folk metal, collecting the roots of the Mapuche people to transform them into music, joins Season of Mist. With striking sonorities that include typical indigenous instruments, tribal songs (ülkantun), and all the...
Former Spiritbox bassist Bill Crook passes away

Former Spiritbox bassist Bill Crook passes away

Former Spiritbox bassist Bill Crook has passed away. The news was shared by his friend and former bandmate, Kai Turmann, who announced it on social media with permission from Crook's mother. Crook was a member of Spiritbox from 2018 to 2022 and contributed to their...

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Robse share new single “Von Der Schenke Zur Taverne”
Robse share new single “Von Der Schenke Zur Taverne”

Former Equilibrium frontman Robert-Martin Dahn (aka Robse) has made a return with his new project, Robse. With their debut album, Harlekin & Krieger, arriving next month on August 16th via Reaper Entertainment, the group has unveiled a lyric video for the third...

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