Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 23, 2023
West coast thrash veterans Metal Church have announced their 13th studio album, Congregation of Annihilation, set to arrive on May 26th via Rat Pak Records. The album marks the first release since the tragic death of legendary frontman Mike Howe and features new vocalist Marc Lopes. The record takes the band back to their […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 7, 2023
Metal Church have recruited Ross The Boss and Let Us Prey vocalist Marc Lopes as the band’s new vocalist following the untimely passing of Mike Howe. On Thursday (2nd), guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof issued the following statement on social media: “Yes, the rumors are true, it’s official! Please welcome vocalist Marc Lopes to the […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on November 4, 2021
A special, limited edition booklet and t-shirt package memorializing late Metal Church vocalist Mike Howe is on the way. “Many of you have asked if there would be an official Mike Howe memorial booklet & shirt,” wrote guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof in a social media statement announcing the package. “It took some time, but here […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 30, 2021
Metal Church singer Mike Howe passed away on July 26th at the age of 55. Today (30th), TMZ reported his death was ruled a suicide. A spokesperson for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Dept. revealed his cause of death was determined to be asphyxia due to hanging and official authorities have called it a suicide. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 28, 2021
This week we’ve lost not one but two remarkable musicians: former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison and Metal Church vocalist Mike Howe. Both passed away on July 26th, 2021 as the tributes for both continue to pour. While we’ve shared a few reactions on Jordison, Slipknot and Stone Sour have blacked out their social media […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on July 26, 2021
We are shocked and saddened to report Metal Church singer Mike Howe has passed away. He was 55-years-old. No cause of death has been revealed. Metal Church confirmed the news of his passing on the band’s Facebook with the following statement: “It is with our deepest regrets that we must announce the passing of […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 22, 2020
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad time with a Nightwish album, so its nice to get one while the world is in such a muddied state. Their new double album is […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on February 28, 2020
This week, we’ve already seen videos from Jinjer, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Igorrr. Therefore, we decided to do something a little different and include these three, along with seven new videos for you to vote as your favorite video of the week. Last week, we compiled eight videos, and based on the poll, the winning […]
Posted by Zach Fehl on February 21, 2020
New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week features new music from one of the founders of heavy metal itself, Ozzy Osbourne, as well as the new Demons & Wizards, The Amity Affliction, and more. For last week’s […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 23, 2019
The metal queen, Doro Pesch, and Metal Church have announced that they will be joining forces for a U.S. spring tour as Images of Eden will be supporting both acts for the entire trek. Metal Church will be promoting their latest effort with 2018’s Damned If You Do as well as 2016’s XI, along with […]
