heavy metal

The Tehran-bred, LA-based heavy metal band has long made protest music and spoken out against the oppressive regime.

The Pretty Cult is for “misfits and dark hearts.” Founder Arielle Salsa explains how the fashion and lifestyle brand is rooted in a love of witchcraft and rock.

Record Safari’s Alex Rodrigez has created the optimal record store experience. The vinyl enthusiast and DJ reveals how his love of collecting began.

The British are coming? Nah, they never really went away. Whether it be the prototypical likes of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, game-changing extremists Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower and Carcass or more recent globe-straddling champions such as Architects, Bring Me The Horizon and Asking Alexandria, there’s scarcely been a moment since Tony Iommi […]

Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s was a “boomtown,” according to MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. “It was the manufacturing center of the world,” he wrote in the October 2003 issue of Mojo magazine. “If you wanted it built, we could build it in Detroit. Jobs were there for anyone willing to put in an honest […]

Controlled chaos is a mentality that Kid Bookie brings to his day-to-day life just as much as his metal-laced hip-hop. At the beginning of the interview, Kid Bookie politely asks if he can light up a spliff after breaking a tooth onstage a few days prior. He was performing a cover of “Creep” by Radiohead, […]

The ‘90s was the moment when the experiments wrestled control of the laboratory away from the scientists. Suddenly, punk rock — the ragged step-sibling of rock and pop — was squarely in the mainstream of culture, after years of ruling the underground. It spawned alternative music and the latter’s most successful subthread, grunge. Grunge was […]

Elvis Presley portrayed by actor Michael St. Gerard performing “Baby Let’s Play House” in 1955 in the 1990 ABC TV series “Elvis”: Rockabilly is the original punk rock, from back in the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s. Nothing is more rebellious and life-affirming than some greasy hillbilly gittin’ real, real gone on […]

Monte Conner, the music industry veteran who signed Slipknot to Roadrunner Records in 1998, has written a tribute to Joey Jordison on Variety. Jordison was an iconic drummer and one of the founding members of Slipknot. Conner starts off his piece by discussing the depth of Jordison’s multifaceted creativity. At the time, Conner was the […]

Despite the grousings of certain members of punk’s first generation, grunge most certainly earned its place on rock’s historical timeline, the perfect antidote to the cliche-ridden joke hardcore became fairly quickly: Everyone attempting to run the 100-yard dash in two seconds? Why not take a nice, leisurely stroll, instead? Most know that meat turns out […]

Paris Texas have released their debut project, BOY ANONYMOUS. The self-produced 8-track mixtape is available now via DSPs. The new recording follows the mysterious rise of Paris Texas, the joint project of Louie Pastel and Felix. The duo crept onto the scene through a chain of drops including “FORCE OF HABIT,” “SITUATIONS” and “HEAVY METAL.” […]

Monument Of A Memory are experimenting with a new sound in the video for their latest single, “Seeking Somewhere.” Singing about broken promises and shattered hearts, vocalist/drummer Dylan Newhouse also put his love of fashion to use for the extravagant visual. The blood, romance and longing depicted in the video all add to the song’s […]

Rammstein are taking their merch to the next level with a new capsule collection. The industrial metal band are teaming up with Balenciaga for a line of clothes that is unlike anything they’ve done before. The Rammstein x Balenciaga collection includes nine original pieces that are already selling out. As well, the new collection is […]

Chadwick Boseman has taken home the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at the SAG Awards for his moving performance in his final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. This year, Boseman was up against a talented group of nominees including Riz Ahmed for Sound Of Metal, Steven Yeun for Minari, Gary […]

Tetrarch are giving fans another taste of their forthcoming album Unstable which arrives April 30. On April 1, the metal band dropped a truly haunting visual for their heavy new single “Negative Noise.” In the video, Tetrarch find themselves in the middle of a nightmarish scenario. While being held captive by an evil doctor, each […]

From 2003 to 2012, Bamboozle took over New Jersey for its annual multi-day festival. The event, which evolved out of the Skate And Surf, led to some iconic live sets from artists such as My Chemical Romance, Thrice, Paramore, Foo Fighters and Jimmy Eat World among many others. Now, the festival is making its long-awaited […]

“Goth-punk,” eh? Not as far-fetched as you might believe. Goth was essentially an offshoot of punk, especially its darker early bands—the Damned or Siouxsie And The Banshees, anyone? But basically, anyone playing chainsaw punk rooted in the artsier end of glam a la Bowie and Roxy Music, a fondness for Hammer horror films, macabre literature […]

It’s no secret most of us often turn to music to relieve stress, reduce anxiety and escape life’s demands. For all of you metalheads out there, that means rocking out to bands such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath and Pantera. However, a new study has reportedly found that blasting heavy metal music may be […]