Heavy Metal News
We recently had the chance to speak with legendary Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante. As one of the main acts on the 2012 Mayhem Festival, Anthrax chose to take a ‘guerilla’ style approach to their Mayhem set, pumping out song after song in an unrelenting series of bursts. Along with discussing Mayhem Fest, we spoke with Benante about ‘Worship Music,’ the return of singer Joey Belladonna, zombies, the recent death of
Intergalactic metal merchants GWAR are set to pillage the Earth once again with their announcement of a fall North American 2012 tour. Coming along for the ride will be DevilDriver, Cancer Bats and Legacy of Disorder. After successfully completing an insanely awesome tour with Municipal Waste and Ghoul, GWAR plan to squirt blood and guts on North American soil once again with their ‘Fate or Chaos’ Fall Tour. “Once again
Today on your Daily Reload, it’s a great time for festival goers. Korn are now co-headlining with Godsmack aboard the ShipRocked 2012 cruise in late November. Meanwhile, Rob Zombie and Godsmack are leading the way for the Rock Vegas two-day festival taking place Sept. 28 and 29 at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay. They’ll be playing alongside Shinedown, Marilyn Manson, Staind and a host of other great acts. Also today, we
The Devil Wears Prada are out on the hard-hitting Mayhem Festival this year, and the festival booking comes at perfect timing, as the Ohio-based metal-core guys recently unleashed their new ‘Dead & Alive’ concert set, featuring killer footage from their ‘Dead Throne’ tour. Loudwire caught up with bass player Andy Trick at the Detroit stop of Mayhem, and Trick said playing the tour has been nothing short of “surreal” thus
We wish a very Happy Birthday to everyone’s favorite top-hatted guitarist, Slash. (Sorry, Mick Mars, we love you too!) Slash has been actively playing in rock bands since 1981, and today, the six-stringer hits 47 years of age. After jamming with local bands Tidus Sloan, Road Crew and Black Sheep as well as auditioning for Poison at one point, Slash joined Hollywood Rose, which featured singer Axl Rose and guitarist
Linkin Park may have built it all, just to burn it back down with their lead single from the ‘Living Things‘ album, but out of the ashes of ‘Burn It Down‘ remains the flickering, echoing synth work driving the sound of ‘Lost in the Echo,’ their latest single from the album. The group recently teased the release with a new lyric video for the album opener, and have made good on
Vegas baby! It’s time to double-down on hard rock, as the Rock Vegas festival will take over Sin City for two days on Sept. 28 and 29 at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort. The event will feature such topline acts as Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Marilyn Manson and Godsmack. But the talent lineup doesn’t stop there. Staind, Stone Sour, Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Adelitas Way, All That Remains, P.O.D., Art of Dying,