The run of Ozzfest sets from 20 years ago that have surfaced over the past few weeks from Liberated Tape Archive have been a nostalgic pleasure and this one which sees Fear Factory at the Polaris Amphitheatre in Columbus Ohio on on 14th June 1999 will be familiar to more than most. Why? Because it
There can’t be many people on Planet Metal who can name more than one Armenian-American Heavy Metal band. 5 albums, 4 Grammy nominations, 1 Grammy award and a wealth of critical acclaim later and quite what System Of A Down are doing in 2020 remains anyone’s guess. Back in the day however, it was a
Continuing the celebration of the virtual success of “No One Survives“, a song and music video which put Californian Melodic Death Metallers Nekrogoblikon on the map, here’s the band performing the track at the Mansfield MA stop of the 2018 incarnation of the Vans Warped Tour, filmed from the side stage. If you missed it,
While they continue to work on the follow up to “Welcome To Bonkers” with Jason Suecof, Californian Death Metallers Nekrogoblikon have gone back to their cover of “Chop Suey!” by System Of A Down for a quirky video 84 days after it began streaming. If you haven’t seen their 8 year celebration documentary about their
When we reviewed “From Filth To Filth” from Filthy Crook, one thing came to mind. Headbanging. Their EP is so groove laden that it will have even the hardest of Metal Heads cracking a smile as they listen to it. So we asked them about the influences behind it and this is what they said… “After
Ukrainian Pianist Viktoriya Yermolyeva, who studied classical piano since the age of 4 has stunned with her reimaginings of Metal classics over the past few years. She’s shared her full set from SynthFest in 2017, where she performed in her Wedding Dress as the event by took place on her Honeymoon. It includes songs by
Having said in an interview that covers were for the stage and not for recordings, it seems that Motionless In White have changed their minds in 2020. Having performed songs like “Chop Suey!” by System of a Down and “One Step Closer” by Linkin Park in the live arena, the Industrial Metal act have chosen
So it seems that one of the biggest names to come from the Nu-Metal era and Glendale California in Armenian-American quartet System Of A Down seem destine to follow Rage Against The Machine down the path of being a Festival or Arena tour act only with no new material, living from former glories. Not that
Following the photograph of Nekrogoblikon in the studio with producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, Death Angel, Whitechapel) who helped them create their 2018 album “Welcome To Bonkers” with the caption “Making album #5” and a cover of “Chop Suey” by System Of A Down, the band have shared a drum playthrough “Row” from sticksman Eric W. Brown!
It wouldn’t be Wednesday at this point without a Q&A with Sepultura and guests along with some special extras. The Brazilian Thrash Gods have indulged us this week with not only System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian but also Titãs guitarist Tony Bellotto joining them. As if that wasn’t enough, both join the band
