Bloody Roots of Metal in 1991: Beyond the Black Album on Sirius XM
But as Metallica made its pivot, what else was going on in the world of heavy metal in 1991?
HEAVY METAL MOVIES: Big-Screen Bloodshed, Blu-Ray Brutality, and Streaming Screamers for August 2016
Strap in for this month's best metal, punk, and other hard-rock-related movies currently streaming online, actively screening in theaters, and/or newly arrived on Blu-ray, with gratuitous guidance from Mike “McBeardo” McPadden
METALION/ONLY DEATH IS REAL: New Darkthrone Song “Tundra Leech” Summons Instant Winter
The mighty Darkthrone, the most free-spirited and still-mysterious of Norway's prime-era black metal bands, will return on October 14 with ARCTIC THUNDER.
WE GOT POWER!: “1991: The Year Punk Broke” Makes Rolling Stone’s Top 25 Punk...
Rolling Stone has issued its picks for The Top 25 Punk Rock Movies of All Time, and pogoing in at a solid #17 is 1991: The Year Punk Broke, by WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey
MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Brian Lew on Metallica’s “So What!” Podcast
Brian joins host Steffan Chirazi over some fine English tea to discuss his participation in recent reissues of the classic Metallica LPs Kill ’Em All and Ride the Lightning
MTV Classic Brings Back Old Metal Videos and a Headbangers Ball Tour
VH1 Classic and its signature series That Metal Show died on August 1st so that Headbangers Ball and Beavis and Butt-head could live again....
NYHC: Bad Brains and the Big Payback
Frontman H.R. and guitarist Dr. Know of hardcore punk giants Bad Brains are each facing serious health issues. In the spirit of keeping up...
DIRTY DEEDS: Mark Evans and Angry Anderson Bring on Blood Sweat & Beers
Now in cahoots again with Mark Evans, the world can at least see Angry in action with one member of the classic Bon Scott-era AC/DC lineup.
HEAVY METAL MOVIES / MELLOTRONS: Maestro Fabio Frizzi Performs Zombie Film Scores and The...
Italian horror film composer extraordinaire Fabio Frizzi and his seven-member Frizzi 2 Fulci band will soon be performing "Zombie Apocalypse" hits from his soundtracks
CARBONIZED Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
Johnsson described the last as sounding like: “the worst of Sonic Youth, Syd Barret-era Pink Floyd, old Black Flag, and Voivod.”
Bloody Roots Thirty-Year Thrashback to 1986 on Sirius XM
Flash back thirty years to 1986, as thrash peak reached a creative peak and smashed through the commercial boundaries to take over the larger metal world.
Sound of the Beast: Ian Christe on the Danko Jones Podcast…Twice!
Ian Christe has guested twice on Danko’s robust and engaging show, and here's a roundup of appearances
Bloody Roots of Shoegazer Metal on Sirius XM
Dreamlike and intense bands from France, Chile, China, Norway, New Zealand, Germany, and the United States feature.
UNANIMATED Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
In Swedish Death Metal, author Daniel Ekeroth notes: “Like Necrophobic, Unanimated was great and deserved a better fate.”
Bloody Roots of Tenth Albums by Unstoppable Metal Lifers on Sirius XM
High points, low points, and points of departure on tenth studio albums by a variety of unstoppable metal lifers
NYHC: Warzone’s Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets Reissue Due in September
Boot up, buzz your scalp, and brace yourself for September 16, when Revelation Records will reissue Don’t Forget the Struggle, Don’t Forget the Streets
WE GOT POWER!: Hurry Up and Nab Streamage of the New Descendents HyperCaffium Spazzinate...
Awkward, earnest, non-stop power with full catchy force, clocking sixteen tracks in a whirlwind half hour...
Bloody Roots of Metal: When Animals Attack! on Sirius XM
Demented zookeepers include Exodus, Wehrmacht, Rainbow, Caninus, Hatebeak, Satyricon, Morbid Angel, Eagle Claw, Nunslaughter, Saint Vitus, and many many more.
NECRONY Is the Swedish Death Metal Band of the Week
From Örebro they came, and under the profound influence of Carcass they furiously flourished—one of the most over-the-top, off-with-their-heads, party-with-their-guts-out, goremonger cabals of their...
McBeardo Salutes Black Sabbath’s “Sweet Leaf” at Forty-Five
Would it blow your mind to know the song was not originally about smoking pot at all? Whoa!