Blake Harrison and Mark Sloan, the human portion of the parrot-fronted extreme metal band Hatebeak, guest this week on the podcast. We learn about the collaboration’s history, we find out if they ...

It’s no secret: Indonesians love death metal. If you go searching, you’ll quickly find that the country of a thousand islands has hundreds of brutal death metal bands. I can’t possibly cover them all ...

For us metalheads, this past Saturday was the official end of an era. We are now officially in a post-Ozzy and post-Black Sabbath world, with both entities having officially taken their final bows ...

In the last few months, Born of Osiris has had a lot of changes. From parting ways with their long-time guitarist Lee McKinney and keyboardist Joe Buras, to announcing Fallujah guitarist Scott ...

Just in case you somehow have been living under a metal rock the last few months, you may have missed how yesterday, July 5, was “Back to the Beginning,” the final live concert for Ozzy Osbourne and ...

Well, if you’re a Scorpions fan, then you’re one step closer to getting that deep dive into the inner workings of the band that you’ve always wanted. Wind of Change is now in production, and you can ...

We’re officially in the throes of summer, so why not dig into some awesome rock and metal albums that’ll keep those beach days, chill nights, and endlessly good vibes going? Now, not all 10 LPs ...

I may be biased due to my love for System of a Down, but their 1998, self-titled album was a major milestone for the evolution of extreme metal. And with the album’s 25th anniversary taking place last ...

I think it’s fair to say that many among us planning to attend this year’s Glastonbury panicked a bit when news broke out that Deftones would be cancelling their set due to an illness in the band. Yet ...

Power metal outfit Vicious Rumors experienced a major shakeup in their lineup with the ousting of their longtime drummer Larry Howe. It was a major shift that wasn’t brought about because of ...

A perfect pairing is truly *chef’s kiss*. Pairings of food and booze for sure, but particularly those that come of the music variety. Like Ellefson-Soto, a collaborative project joining former ...

It seems unimaginable that we’ve lost yet another musician yet, here we are. And, of course it hurts. Yesterday (Saturday, March 29), Boysetsfire shared on their Instagram that their founding drummer, ...