In December of last year, Glassjaw announced the release of their original demos with producer Don Fury. Yesterday, March 7th, the demos made their debut on vinyl, which are available for purchase here. With no confirmation on whether or not the demos will be available on streaming platforms from Glassjaw, the vinyl may be the […]
Before Nita Strauss became a celebrated guitarist, shredding alongside Alice Cooper – and eventually Demi Lovato – she had to endure the kind of humbling experience that can make or break a young musician. In a recent interview with Guitar Player, she looked back on what she called the “worst gig of her life” – […]
Well holy shit – after 25 years, founding Mastodon guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds has left the band. Not much is known about the situation at the moment outside a statement published by Mastodon saying they’ve “mutually decided to part ways.” Fans might’ve noticed something was up earlier this week when Mastodon spent some time […]
This week’s new heavy metal releases include the second full-record from an already massive band, blues metal for your uncle, and more! To the metals… ALSO! Today, Bandcamp is doing one of their days of giving 100% of what you pay directly to the labels and artists. So if you can get stuff from Bandcamp, please do. […]
Founding The Damned guitarist Brian James has died at 70 years old. James played for The Damned between 1976 and 1978, again between 1988 and 1991, and then again briefly in 2022. James was responsible for almost all the music behind the first two now-iconic The Damned records, Damned Damned Damned and Music For Pleasure. […]
Volbeat fans are about to be the brokest metalheads on the planet because the rock’n’roll-metal fusion band has just announced their new album, Gods of Angels Trust, due out on June 6, with a coinciding massive North American tour. Alongside the announcement, the band also dropped a music video for their brand new single, “By […]
Former Fear Factory bassist Christian Olde Wolbers seems to be revisiting his past in some regard with a new band called Angst Fabrik… which if you don’t speak German is literally Fear Factory in German. All we know is that Angst Fabrik‘s debut album is due out sometime in 2026 and that Wolbers is working […]
After months of teasing, Ghost is back with a new single “Satanized” and a new record Skeletá due out on April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings. “Satanized” offers the first glimpse of the frankly horrifying Papa V Perpetua alongside some big swingin’ riffs, a face-melting guitar solo, and an overall sense of dread. This feels […]
Imperial Triumphant is currently the Metal Injection band of the month, given just how kickass their upcoming record Goldstar is. We caught up with Zachary Ezrin of Imperial Triumphant for our Artist on Artist series, who talked to us about NYC art rock legend Klaus Nomi and the genius he played. Check that out above […]
Slayer is headed to the UK this July to play Black Sabbath‘s farewell show Back To The Beginning, and now they’ve decided to play a few extra dates around the festival. Slayer has now announced July 3 and July 6 shows at the Blackweir Fields in Cardiff and Finsbury Park in London, both featuring Amon […]
