Category: Spotlight

Spotlight: Loathe & Trivium rated in “10 Best Live Bands”!

Whatculture.com have taken it upon themselves to join Listmania season with a “10 Best Live Bands of 2018”. To be fair, starting with Trivium at #10 is a great shout as they are indeed a live force of emmence power. For those that have seen them Loathe at #1 is also a fantastic call. No place

NEWS: 10 Metal Bands in Mainstream Media!

Getting more Metal into TV, films, radio and other mainstream media has to be a thing. After all, when you recognise a Slayer riff on a TV advert, you’re paying attention, right?! Ultimate-guitar.com have put together 10 of the most notable appearance including Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax and Pantera. You can check it out

Spotlight: Kmac2021 talks Top 10 albums for 2018!

It maybe a little bit early for the albums of 2018 with the whole month of December to go but Kmac2021 has gone in deep with this very interesting Top 10 list. While Brighton Progressive Metalcore Heroes Architects will no doubt feature on plenty of this year’s lists, we doubt whether Time, The Valuator will

Spotlight: The Labels That Saved Our Lives!

Kerrang! Magazine have written an article about 11 American Record Labels that made us fall in love with the sound. It’s an interesting list with the Christmas Listmania season fast approaching and uses some of the finer albums to make its point. Notable absentees include Roadrunner Records, though it has to be said their influence

Spotlight: The Return of Static-X!

Having taken the time to digest the announcement that the remaining members of the original line-up of Static-X (Bassist Tony Campos, Drummer Ken Jay & Guitarist Koichi Fukuda) are reforming the band to record a new album “Project Regeneration” and tour the World for the 20th Anniversary of “Wisconsin Death Trip”, it’s time we talked about

NEWS: Tony Campos announces NEW Static-X album!

As the 20th Anniversary of “Wisconsin Death Trip” will be 2019, the original members of Static-X are reuniting to record a new album entitled “Project Regeneration”. The album and a 20th Anniversary World Tour will be a tribute to the much loved and dearly departed Wayne Static, who passed away on 1st November 2014 of

NEWS: Kerrang! Go Evil with 50.

You’d think they’d have left it until Halloween but Kerrang! Magazine have continued the Listmania season with their Mammoth 50 Most Evil Songs Ever! It’s an interesting read, even if there is no place for any Type O Negative or Wednesday 13. The variety however is present with everyone from Slipknot to The Beatles appearing

Spotlight: Solidarity in Metal

Having had some $20,000 plus worth of Merch and Gear stolen while on tour in the US, Chicago Illinois Harms Way announced a Go Fund Me campaign as well as asking fans to help out by purchasing Merch to get them over the debt hurdle and keep them on the road. Amazingly, the campaign has

Spotlight: Metal Hammer go with 50 of the Best…

Listmania is back again with Metal Hammer posting their list of “The 50 Best Riffs Ever”. The format is an interesting one with current Metal Scene musicians talking about each pick. There are more than a few surprises in the Subgenre and generation spanning list which sees the likes of Progressive Tech-Metal pioneers SikTh alongside