by Zenae Zukowski | Apr 24, 2017 | News, Reviews
Over the past five years, Swedish power metallers Sabaton toured North America a handful of times as openers. They supported bands including Amon Amarth, Nightwish, and most recently Trivium. However, out in Europe, they frequently headline, have their own 4-day...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 11, 2016 | News
Given the body of work he’s amassed already, not to mention his long, flowing gray beard, it’s hard to imagine that Rick Rubin is only 52 years old. In his 32 years of producing, he cofounded Def Jam, then American Recordings and he produced everything...
by Bram Teitelman | Jul 23, 2015 | Get Well Soon, News, That's Unfortunate
There are a lot of gruesome ways to nearly lose a finger. For example, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi had the tips of all of his fingers cut off in a factory accident in Birmingham (and birthed heavy metal as a result). Def Leppard’s Rick Allen lost an arm in...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 8, 2014 | Metal on Metal, New Music, News
One of our favorite albums of last year was Beastmilk’s debut full-length, Climax. While it fits more into the loud post-punk landscape than it does metal, it was loud, aggressive, and split the difference between Christian Death and Joy Division. Yet the...
by Seth Werkheiser | Oct 3, 2014 | New Music, News
The Black Dahlia Murder are putting out a 7″ as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday festivities. This would be the band’s first new recorded material since 2013s Everblack. According to the the band’s Facebook: “Grind Em All 7″...