Oakland California Thrash Metallers Machine Head have been around the block and then some. Their 25th Anniversary tour trek celebrating their seminal debut album “Burn My Eyes” should be taking place as this twin track single “Civil Unrest” is released but instead the band are at home waiting out the storm of Corona Virus and
13th June marked the 25th Anniversary of “Demanufacture” by Fear Factory, a classic album both influential and seminal in the bands career. It was recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York with the legendary Colin Richardson, long time band collaborator Rhys Fulber and the band themselves each sharing production duties. A concept album that takes
As today marks the 25th Anniversary of seminal Fear Factory album “Demanufacture“, here’s the band playing the album in full at Bloodstock in 2016. Static-X bassist Tony Campos and Malignancy drummer Mike Heller are both in the band at this point and while a 10th studio album at this point seems unlikely, this remains a
Kind of ironic that Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold should choose the weekend after the postponed Download Festival for 2020 would have taken place to share a high quality full set from the band at the 2005 incarnation of the event? Perhaps not but for anyone who reminisces about their first three albums for Roadrunner Records,
A bleak new track with Leonard Cohen and Johnny Cash vibes has surfaced from Flint Michigan Metallers King 810 entitled “House of Dust“. The band, who have been increasingly diverse in their output since Chiodos guitarist Jason Hale exited stage left are yet to announce a follow up record to “Suicide King” despite this now
Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds chats to Alessandro Venturella aka V-Man, Slipknot bassist in this latest episode of The Downbeat Podcast. The pair go back 15 years as UK Techs, Reynolds doing the job for Architects and both now play in US bands so there is a fair amount of reminiscing in this
Courtesy of Liberated Tape Archive, here’s a full set from the Golden Era of Slipknot. Back in 2001 on the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, they joined forces with Rammstein, System Of A Down, No One and American Head Charge as their then new monster of an album “Iowa” was unleashed. This set was from the
New Orleans Louisiana quintet Exhorder are one of those bands who are cited as one of the creators of a sound and style of Metal but never really profited from it. Originally getting together in 1985 as a Thrash act, they developed their style from their debut “Slaughter To The Vatican” in 1990 to their
When it comes to riffs, some just stick in your head. It’s an essential component of what makes a song catchy and memorable. Back in 2003, the third studio album “Self Destructive Pattern” from Los Angeles Californian Industrial Metal band Spineshank was lead by a single that somehow wound up getting nominated in the ‘Best
Throwing back just five years, Wacken have dropped these performances of “I Am Loco“, “God Save Us” and “How Can I Live” from US Nu-Metallers Ill Nino. Their debut “Revolution Revolución” album is still arguably their best and despite being known for the vocals of Cristian Machado, he’s now out of the group after some
