metal
News: Epica release The Quantum Enigma B-Sides on all streaming platforms
A storm is brewing in the world of Epica. After previously teasing their new album through several studio vlogs, the symphonic metal titans have begun to prepare their fans for a major announcement to come very soon! But today, the band is taking one last look into their past and is happy to announce that “The Quantum …
Album Review – Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
Marilyn Manson’s eleventh studio album ‘We Are Chaos’ has just been released via Loma Vista Recordings. Co-produced by Manson and GRAMMY® Award winner Shooter Jennings [Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker], the ten-track opus was written, recorded, and finished before a pandemic blanketed us all. “Making this record, I had to think to myself: ‘Tame your crazy, stitch your suit. And try to pretend …
Track: Motionless In White cover The Killers’ ‘Somebody Told Me’
Motionless In White have shared a cover of The Killers’ ‘Somebody Told Me’ via Roadrunner Records. The band’s frontman, Chris Motionless explains: “During quarantine we wanted to continue to see what new projects we could push ourselves to create. “We’ve always wanted to take a shot at covering an iconic alternative song, and ‘Somebody Told Me’ …
News: Sanctury to release 30th Anniversary Edition of album ‘Into The Mirror Black’
‘Into The Mirror Black’, originally released in 1990, is a truly special, much revered metal record, which received massive critical acclaim back when it came out and is still loved dearly to the very day. Its gloomy atmosphere and thought-provoking lyrics, its brilliant mix borderlining heavy and thrash metal, its stellar guitar work and the …
News: Opeth announce Evolution XXX ‘By Request’ tour for their 30th anniversary
Sweden’s OPETH have come a long way in the past 30 years, having evolved from raw death metal to virtuosic and progressive vintage rock. Always forging their own path, the band have delivered 13 albums, each a fresh milestone within its genre and soon, the band centered around frontman and guitarist, Mikael Åkerfeldt, will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary. To …
Track: Dying Wish are signed to Sharptone Records and share video for single ‘Innate Thirst’
Portland based hardcore band Dying Wish, have announced their signing to SharpTone Records. In celebration the band have released single ‘Innate Thirst’. Additionally, the band has announced the release of a 7-inch due out November 13, 2020. It will feature both ‘Innate Thirst’, as well as a new version of ‘Enemies in Red’ featuring Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose. …
See: In Flames share lyric video for re-recorded track ‘Clayman’
After announcing news of the release of 20th anniversary of their seminal, critically acclaimed album Clayman, see here. Sweden’s heavy metal giants In Flames share a lyric video for the albums title track ‘Clayman’. Unlike Bullet Ride the band have lightened this track up. The catchy riff is still present but its joined with synths and the drum …
See: Pig Destroyer share video of new track The Cavalry taken from their new EP
Grindcore legends Pig Destroyer return with a new EP – ‘The Octagonal Stairway’ via Relapse Records. The band have also shared a music video, featuring fan-submitted video footage during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic for track The Cavalry. ‘The Cavalry’ is Pig Destroyer doing what they do best. Complete chaos but carried out with impressive precision. …
See: Enslaved share psychedelic video for new track Urjotun
Norway’s progressive black metallers Enslaved have today released third single ‘Urjotun’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Utgard’ due 2nd October via Nuclear Blast. Vocalist Grutle Kjellson commented:“The lyrical idea for Urjotun had been spinning around in the chaos in the back of my head for quite a while, when Ivar sent me the riff-demo last autumn. I knew instantly that this was it, the very soundtrack …
Track: Napalm Death share second single ‘Amoral’
UK Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death will be releasing their new studio album ‘Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism’ on September 18th, 2020 via Century Media Records. In celebration of the album’s release, a new single has been shared by the band – ‘Amoral’ Napalm Death’s vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway gave a comment about the song …