Heavy Metal News
When it comes to 21st Century television, reality singing competitions have dominated the airwaves for well over a decade. The ratings for shows such as ‘American Idol,’ ‘The X Factor‘ and ‘The Voice,’ have all experienced great success, and whether or not you’re a dedicated viewer of these shows, there is one aspect of these programs we can all enjoy — epic failures. Due to monumentally awful and bizarre auditions,
The Occupy Wall Street movement is about to celebrate its first anniversary — and Tom Morello will be on hand to help commemorate the occasion with a free concert in New York on Sunday (Sept. 16). The Rage Against the Machine guitarist is scheduled to be part of a bill that includes former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, comedian/activist Lee Camp and hip-hop duo Rebel Diaz, among others. The event,
Led by vocalist Chris Jericho, rock band Fozzy are currently shredding their way through the United States on the 2012 Uproar Festival tour. Having shared the stage with Shinedown, Godsmack + many more since the tour’s kickoff on Aug. 17, Jericho paid us a visit on one of his very few days off for an exclusive interview. During our interview with Jericho, we spoke about Fozzy’s Uproar Fest experiences, the
Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: Motley Crue singer Vince Neil literally just had a tough break, as the vocalist broke two bones in his right foot. See if the Crue will continue their tour with Kiss, plus check out a picture of Neil’s broken foot. [Loudwire] Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine celebrates his 51st birthday today, so we’ve put together
Adelitas Way, ‘Alive’
The Faceless have once again captured victory in our most recent Death Match, this time against extreme innovators Converge. The Faceless have obviously proven that they have the ability to defeat human musicians, but in this next Death Match, the technical deathcore act will face the world’s greatest cartoon metal act. Dethklok have taken some time off from their Cartoon Network program, ‘Metalocalypse,’ to create a new music video for
On Tuesday night (Sept. 11) the death metal Floridians of Obituary were the cause of some massive pits along with Broken Hope and Decrepit Birth at Gramercy Theater in New York City for the Carnival of Death Tour 2012. There was a lot of hair onstage going as Obituary members did some serious head banging while bodies were moving on the floor creating some serious mosh pits. They performed heavy