4th July is American Independence Day and in 2020 it will be a special one for Westfield Massachusetts Metalcore heroes Killswitch Engage. Their debut self titled album will reach its 20th Anniversary, their one and only release for Ferret Music before signing to Roadrunner Records for their major label debut. Produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
As the 2019 draws to a close, Metal Hammer Magazine are taking a vote on your album of the decade here. That’s right, they’ve put together a list of albums released between 2010 and the end of 2019 and are offering you 10x votes, perhaps one per year. So will you pick something old, something
Earlier this week Kerrang Magazine published an article entitled “11 Nu-Metal Bands Your Probably Don’t Remember” and… covered 11 Nu-Metal bands that we remember very well! So in our infinite wisdom we’ve decided to put together a bunch of 5 Nu-Metal bands you may remember that were perhaps one hit wonders or a little bit
21st September saw Metallic Hardcore crew Jesus Piece play Bloodaxe Fest and while sometimes it’s cool to grab the mic, as Corey Charpentier found out, it ain’t always the case. Aaron Heard didn’t take kindly to his actions and as this video from hate5six shows, smashed him into next week! So when they hit Europe
A decent read, Kerrang Magazine have published their 50 Best Openers in Metal a couple of days back. The list covers a multitude of bands with as you might expect “Blind” by KoRn, “Ruin” by Lamb Of God and “Refuse/Resist” by Sepultura all making an appearance. Not sure why Slayer and Metallica get a pair
It could be argued that 2019 is the 20th Anniversary of the Nu-Metal era with 1999 being seen by the masses as the height of the period in Metal History. So with that in mind, we decided to explore the influence of Nu-Metal on a crop of more recent bands, especially as over the past
It’s amazing the lengths that people will go to to scare off their neighbours. When the kids are shouting in the street behind our houses how often have we turned to something that’s a bit violent to clear the air before we have a BBQ with friends or family? Obviously never having heard any Ingested,
As the bickering continues in the background with their now former Guitarist and Vio-lence man Phil Demmel talking to anyone who’s interested about the “Catharsis” album and why he and Dave McClain (now back in Sacred Reich) exited stage left, including this new article here, it’s time we did some celebrating. While the “Burn My
Orlando Florida Metallers Trivium are celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year having formed in 1999! Signing to Roadrunner Records just 5 years later in 2004 with second album “Ascendancy” the band have gone from strength to strength, receiving a Grammy nomination for single “Betrayer” from their 8th studio album “The Sin And The Sentence”. So
So… Spin Magazine decided to publish an article entitled “The 10 Best KoRn Songs”… which you can find here. Our initial reaction was… “Meh. Who cares?” Followed by “Sure this as been done before somewhere?” and then “Wtf?!” as we noticed “Alone I Break”, “Daddy” and “All In The Family” are on their list. They
