The Download Festival organizers announced an epic 23 further additions to the 2019 incarnation of the Festival yesterday with one big surprise. Slayer have been announced on the bill for what is reported to be their final UK show, however they will not be headlining any of the three days. Also included are Lamb of
The Refused with their album “The Shape of Punk to Come” created not only a masterpiece of an album, but one that remains highly influential. The Swedish Hardcore Punks third album was released in 1998 and actually saw the band break up just a month after its release. Fortunately they reformed in 2012 and in
Given some of the comments we’ve received on this piece we’re going to take a moment to talk about what it’s about. Anyone can get the grossest, bloodiest, goriest album art work and say “this is hideous” and shouldn’t exit. That’s not what this is about. It’s about Artwork that makes you look at it
What’s more Metal than a skull? A burning skull! Blackhand used 10,000 matches to recreate a Ghost Rider style skull. Apparently it’s better to burn out than fade away, so there is nothing else to do but light it up! After watching the clip, why do we feel like putting on “Deathrider” by Anthrax ?!
Thrash Metal legends Slayer are a household name. They have so many classic songs from throughout their career that picking just one to cover must be a serious undertaking. “Disciple” is one of those songs that sticks in your mind and brings that instant hit. So perhaps a more obvious choice. In the blue corner we
Metal Injection released a their 10 most underrated Rap Metal songs over this past weekend and it got us thinking. While Rap Metal was something that was arguably started by Anthrax‘s collaboration with Public Enemy, it was generally considered part of the Nu-Metal era sound. So where does that leave it now? Nu-Metal elements have
Legends that are Behemoth have pretty much done it all, twice. The Polish extreme metallers have had a lot of praise from many corners and it’s not often that a bands name gets dropped in conjunction with the words “they helped establish a scene”. They’re impressive “Conquer All” single from 2004 album “Demigod” might sound
Some fan filmed footage from the Tinley Park stop of Slayer’s final tour in the US has appeared online. From the show on 25th May, here are a couple of the better cuts from each of the bands on the bill. Slayer will of course be upon our shores in November with Lamb of God and
July & August will see Killswitch Engage joining Iron Maiden for a European run as the Metalcore mainstays follow up their hugely successful run with Anthrax dubbed “KillThrax” by supporting another legendary band. To get you warmed up for those shows, here’s a full set filmed at The Filmore in San Francisco CA on 23rd
The ocean of discussion pieces, fan backlashes and frankly gushing over Slayer‘s career delivering Metal to the Masses has been snowballing since the bands decision to announce a final World tour before hanging up their collective boots. Their set list has even been dissected by Loudwire! Here’s the opener from their set at Papa Murphy’s Field,
