Ending a year that has seen them sell out multiple UK headline tours and open for P!nk on her UK stadium tour, Doncaster pop-rockers Bang Bang...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with “It Ain’t Right,” the blistering new blues track from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. This latest single from his electrifying self-titled debut...
Portland-based photographer Peter Beste’s latest book release, Defenders of the Faith (Sacred Bones), is less a photo essay and more an anthropological investigation, interrogating that staple...
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of “The Year of Motörhead,” Sanctuary Records / BMG has just dropped 1979, an exhaustive and impressive, multi-disc box set —...
Standard song structures and some very rock-like riffing make Hallucinogen (Debemur Morti Productions) a Blut Aus Nord for beginners; a primer, if you will, or a...
Alcest’s latest offering, Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast Records), is an emotional caravan through the individual psyche that will leave you spent and wanting more.
I’m Alive (Metal Blade Records) is as important a live album for Cirith Ungol now as it would have been 30 years ago. Head-banging fury with...
Mayhem have produced an album of legendary quality with Daemon (Century Media Records), music that will both excite the fan and entice the novice.
Along with openers Windhand, post-metal instrumental band Russian Circles’ recent concert at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace was utterly impressive. Their stark lighting effectively amplified the mood and...
Brit rockers The Cult hit the road to celebrate 30 years of hit album Sonic Temple and we caught the tour in Leeds. Check out the...
Vambo have channelled the spirit of ‘80s rock n’ roll with pinpoint precision and delivered a self-titled debut—out October 25th on Goliath Records—that includes a varied...
Perhaps the largest U.S. metal festival Aftershock arrived for its seventh edition at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. Featuring Beartooth, Lamb of God, Slipknot and TOOL,...
Available via Despotz Records and with all profits going directly to Greenpeace, death metal as an art form has the chance to make a real difference...
Locket—formerly known as Safe to Say—are back with new pop-punk glory; their album All Out (October 25th, Fearless Records) is loud, catchy, intriguing, and an absolute...
Rap artist Wale brought the “Everything is Fine Tour” to the Mercury Ballroom in Louisville, Kentucky with Deante Hitchcock, ADÉ, Young Chris, and Bblasian for a...