by Zach Fehl | Jul 24, 2014 | Interviews, News
DragonForce is a power metal band based out of London, England. They will be releasing their sixth album, Maximum Overload this August 18th (EU) and 19th (US) via Metal Blade Records (US) and earMUSIC (EU). This is the second album to feature new vocalist Marc Hudson,...
by Metal Insider | Jun 26, 2014 | Hiatuses, News
It’s been awhile since we heard anything from Danish industrial metal group Mnemic. After the release of Mnemesis in 2012, the band did some touring around Europe, but then went silent in December 2013. Even the band’s Facebook page was quiet, with the last update...
by Bram Teitelman | May 22, 2014 | Bad News, Touring
What is it about Chicago? It was only earlier this year that Zakk Wylde had a guitar stolen from him (that’s since been found). But while Wylde is at the top of the food chain, there are plenty of other working musicians that aren’t as fortunate as he is....
by Bram Teitelman | May 20, 2014 | Festivals, News, Touring
It looks like Austin’s annual Fun Fun Fun Fest is going to be even more fun this year. The ninth incarnation of the festival will take place from November 7-9 at Auditorium Shores and Butler Park. This year, however, metal will take center stage, or “Black...
by Matt Brown | May 13, 2014 | News, Stupid, That's Unfortunate
Last week, Paul Masvidal and Sean Reinert of Cynic publicly came out as gay and the majority of the metal world’s reaction was basically “That’s cool man, now come play (insert name of city here).” Of course, you knew that someone was going to...